Glen Affric Duathlon 2006 - robert, 23/04/2006, 23:20
Today I was up the earliest time on a Sunday for a long time. I was heading off to Glen Affric as part of the Inverness RAYNET group to provide radio communications at the 2006 Duathlon. John picked me up at 08:30 and we set off down Loch Ness side to Drumnadrochit before heading west through Glen Urquhart to Cannich and Glen Affric. There was a fair bit of cloud cover with patches of blue sky; we hoped it would clear up later.We arrived at the quarry, the start and control point for the event and after making our presence known proceeded to set up our own control. Once the Range Rover was parked in a suitable position, the masts, aerials and feeder coax were carted up the hill and the two masts put up each with a collinear antenna sat on top. The two cables were thrown down to the quarry. We discovered that two crucial connectors were rather bent and squashed. One wasn't in too bad a shape but the other was flat one side and a bit knackered. I managed to get it in a usable state but in the process split the outside. It worked though which was the main thing. While we were setting up control, the rest of the group were getting themselves positioned at various points around the course. Some had cross band repeaters going to allow complete coverage (for more detailed information on the whole set-up, look at the communications ...
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