| June 21: Note from Larry Bullard |
Larry Bullard, N0WRK, writes:
Sorry I have been slow commenting on the Cruise this year.
Once again thanks to all of you for another great cruise and NET. Friday's wind was something to experience on the river. Exceptional wind, waves and we even had a water spout from a whirlwind crossing the river. The rest of the trip was uneventful.
Excellent comm. as is your standard now. It was great talking with all of you. The assistance at the takeout by the SDARC was exceptional also.
My thanks again for a job well done! You have the Comm. plan nailed on this adventure. I am hoping the Cruise will continue as I am getting concerned about the low number of participants. I think there were more support staff then participants this year.
Hopefully we will all be back next year.
73 N0WRK, Larry Bullard, Grand Junction, CO.
| June 12: Belated Wrapup |
It's all history now and the 2010 Cruise was quite successful from a communications point of view. Both temporary repeaters worked well throughout their times of operation and there were few communications problems.
Last year we had had a bit of a problem with the Green River fire station hearing the Panorama Point repeater well due to multipath distortion. This year it was the other way around — the multipath was on the signal going the other direction, i.e. from the fire station to the repeater. John Hardy, K7ALA, solved the problem neatly by using two rigs and two antennas — one to transmit and the other to receive.
The registration was apparently an all-time low at 27 boats. One good feature was that no one needed rescuing. None of the boaters needed to be towed or repaired. The worst it got was one who took on some extra fuel to be sure to make it to MGM.
There was a bit of panic near the end when there seemed to be one boat missing. It had to be between Rescue 5 and Rescue 6, but wasn't. It finally turned up at the confluence after having been hiding in Horse Canyon. Elaine tells us Rescue 6 had tried going up Horse Canyon but after stalling on a sand bar decided,
“Naw, no one would have gone up here.”
| Kathy Ryan: | kryan@utah.gov |
| JoAnne Chandler: | gabymom@etv.net (historian) |
| May 26: Update from Larry Bullard |
Today we received the following from Larry Bullard, N0WRK:
Plans are for my party to go on the river early Friday AM before 0900. We will stay till Monday morning. I will be on the air again for the entire event. I will be with another old time Friendship Cruiser named Mark Peterson of Grand Junction. We will both have red inboard jet boats. Check with me when you get a net set up. I will monitor 147.12 to begin with and will also monitor 146.52 until the NET is active.Call if we can be of any assistance on the river. Both of us are old members of the Mesa County Search and Rescue and can help if an emergency arises.
Thanks again to all of you for all you do each year.
73
| May 26: Flow Rate Chart Updated |
The flow rate chart is finally updated for 2010. Flow rates are drastically down from 2009, but at least both rivers are now above 15,000 cubic feet per second.
| May 24: Details falling into place |
Things are coming along reasonably smoothly. The best news is that the current forecast for the weekend doesn't show any rain expected for the Green River area.
Brent Thomas and Lou Little will be going to Mineral Bottom again. They expect to be on the air sometime Friday evening. Elaine Jones, N7BDZ, will be going on Kathy and Randy's boat. Chuck Killian, WB6YOK, may be able to go on another rescue boat, although he is checking his ability to get off work and Kathy Ryan is checking with other rescue boat operators to see when he would first be needed.
Mike Collett, K7DOU, the first and most frequent operator at the Canyonlands Overlook repeater will be setting it up again along with Dick Abbott, K7MZ. They expect to be on Friday night or Saturday morning.
| April 26: The Cruise is On |
We received e-mail from Kathy Ryan on the 26th that the Cruise is on. Here's what we know so far:
Everything else is still undecided or unknown. We'll keep this updated as we hear from or contact more people.
-Gordon, K7HFV (k7hfv@arrl.net)
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