[KL7AA] Looking for Ham volunteers

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Calling all Operators.....  Calling all Operators....

The Eagle Cap Extreme Sled Dog Race would like to invite Amateur Radio
Operators to join us for the 13-16 Jan., 2010 Sled Dog Race.

During January, Volunteers and spectators gather in Joseph, Enterprise and
Halfway Oregon to support the running of the Eagle Cap Extreme Sled Dog
Race. This Race brings Mushers and their Teams from across the country to
run through the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, which contains the Eagle
Cap Wilderness, for both a 100 and 200 mile event. The Race is a Qualifier
for the legendary Races in Alaska and Canada, the Iditarod and Yukon Quest
respectively.

For safety and logistic support, Checkpoints are established across the
Trail with the 2010 proposed Checkpoints being Salt Creek Summit, Ollokot
Campground, Fish Lake, Trinity, Cornucopia and Halfway. Headquarters for the
Race are located in Joseph at two diverse locations. These Checkpoints will
be staffed with Volunteers to provide Shelter, Food, Veterinarian care,
Logistic support, snow-machiner transportation and of course a multi-layered
Communications Network. Again this year the Checkpoint Communication modes
available will be Land-line, Internet, Satellite Tracking devices (SPOT),
Satellite Phone and Ham Radio at Checkpoints. We are excited to invite
Amateur Radio Operators back to the event. We utilized over 40 amateurs in
the 2009 race Comms in our VHF/UHF network. This was accomplished with the
support of the Central Idaho Amateur Club personnel and repeater. Since the
2009 event, Scott Hampton KB7DZR, has built and installed a local VHF
repeater that will have another layer of reliability to our network.

This year, we are inviting interested Amateur Radio Operators to exercise
their Net skills in an exciting winter community service setting. The
Communications Volunteer will be vital to passing 3rd party traffic as well
as providing support of critical situations and SAR efforts. Law Enforcement
from Wallowa and Baker County, SAR Teams and US Forest Service personnel
regularly participate as Volunteers and in a professional role during the
Race. The Communication Volunteers are vital to providing real time
information and coordination for general messaging, Logistics and in support
of critical situations through various and appropriate Communication modes.

To learn more..please email me for a detailed job description and Volunteer
application

If you would like to be part of our Amateur radio committee Project
Management Team, email me.

 Please stop by our web site www.eaglecapextreme.com supplied by EONI.com to
learn more.


Depending on the level of Amateur Radio Operator participation, we may
establish a Special Events Station to operate during the Race. These are
exciting times for us and invite join us to exercise your skills in a
challenging environment to a non-profit event, Eagle Cap Extreme!!

73s          KL0CW
Clyde Raymer, Jr.
president at eaglecapextreme.com