{"id":1976,"date":"2019-07-04T07:42:20","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T14:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ab0pc.org\/?p=1976"},"modified":"2020-04-13T07:24:23","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T14:24:23","slug":"pikes-peak-hill-climb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ab0pc.org\/index.php\/2019\/07\/04\/pikes-peak-hill-climb\/","title":{"rendered":"Pikes Peak Hill Climb 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> On Sunday June 30th, 2019 my son, N0XUE and I represented the Park County Radio Club and our ARES Group R2D3 at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb assisting the R2D2 ARES Group &#8230; This was an endurance testing event &#8230; All Radio Operators needed to be at the entrance gate at 0100 hrs Sunday Morning and at their assigned operating positions up on the Mountain by 0200 hrs &#8230; Only one way traffic permitted going up the Mountain &#8230; Spectator traffic entering&nbsp;at 0230 hrs &#8230; News reported this year 35,000 Spectators with the first race starting at 0700 hrs &#8230;&nbsp;<br>At the start of the race it was obvious how important the ARES operation of logging and reporting passing vehicles became &#8230;There where several motorcycles and race vehicles involved in crashes, not arriving at the next reporting station &#8230; The event had one tragic motorcycle accident &#8230; Carlin Dunne who did his &#8220;Last Race&#8221; &#8230;&nbsp;<br>This year had 27 motorcycles and 58 cars race the 12 mile course &#8230;My son and I made our way down the Mountain at 1900 hrs &#8230;With travel to and from, this it was nearly a 24 hour event &#8230;We both enjoyed working with the R2D2 ARES Group of professional&nbsp;Operators &#8230; This was a real learning experience for me and gave me ideas I can share with our ARES Group &#8230;<br>N0XCR &nbsp;&#8230;. &nbsp;Jeff&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ab0pc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ab0pc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/thumbnail.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.ab0pc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/thumbnail-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ab0pc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/thumbnail-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ab0pc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/MOTOR.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ab0pc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/MOTOR.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.ab0pc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/MOTOR-600x353.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ab0pc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/MOTOR-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday June 30th, 2019 my son, N0XUE and I represented the Park County Radio Club and our ARES Group R2D3 at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb assisting the R2D2 ARES Group &#8230; 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