Welcome to the Mojave Radio and Technical Support website. Our core group has supported Baker-to-Vegas for twenty-three years. MojaveRATS was the first support group to blog live stage results for our teams. Twenty-five Ham Radio operators participated on our system this year.
For the 24th Annual Baker-to-Vegas Challenge Cup Relay, we provided radio support for the 2008 Champion Los Angeles Sheriff Dept Mens Central Jail Running Team; proudly supported our long-term home station team LASD Norwalk; and introduced new team Santa Rosa Police Dept to the event.
If you have an event in the Mojave region needing radio support - or even a place to blog your results - drop us a line at mojaverats - at - gmail (dot) com.
Mug Shots
Sat, 10/11/2008 - 15:28 — kf6vomOver the summer, a few of us met up in Big Bear for some off-roading in the San Bernadino National Forest. Bruce and Phil brought along the 2008 1st Place Open Division Champion Mug given to the MojaveRATS by the LASD Mens Central Jail team. This is an awesome honor given to our group... and a treasured item in the world of law enforcement athletics.
Slideshow at http://picasaweb.google.com/mojaverats/MugShots2008#slideshow
Thank-you Teams
Fri, 04/25/2008 - 11:57 — kf6vomWe thank all our ham radio and support volunteers for running a communications network for 30 hours across difficult terrain and conditions. And we want to thank all the other support volunteers, the team captains, and especially the running teams for making it a joy to support you year after year. Everyone rocks!!!
We may have some more photos up in our gallery (http://picasaweb.google.com/mojaverats) in the next few days as we close down our B2V operations. We'll begin our planning process for B2V 2009 in October.
Thank-you's
Fri, 04/25/2008 - 11:55 — kf6vomWe wish to thank Chuck Johnston and Beverly Johnston at Studio1204 (studio1204.com) in Union City CA for producing our custom team t-shirts; Matt Dann, his plotter, and all the crew at Precision Color Digital Imaging (pcolordi.com) in Las Vegas for vinyl lettering and RATS color team vinyls; and Norman Pearson at Eveloper.com for maintaining an Echolink Proxy.
Updated Results
Mon, 05/12/2008 - 01:54 — kf6vomThe official BakerVegas site has updated the results. The reported CHP Statewide penalty on the first BakerVegas.com release does not appear on these updated results. No changes to order. LASD MCJ - #1 ; LASD Norwalk - #91 ; SRPD - #131 .
Overall Finish -
http://www.bakervegas.com/ThisYr/Copy%20of%20FINISH.pdf
Finish by Category (8 pages)
http://www.bakervegas.com/ThisYr/Category%20finish.pdf
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http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html?promoid=BUIGO
Race Committee updates Final Results, Posted
Thu, 04/24/2008 - 11:19 — kf6vomLASD MCJ - 1 ; LASD Norwalk - 91 ; SRPD - 131
Results found at - http://www.bakervegas.com/ThisYr/OVERALLFINISH.pdf
MCJ remains #1 at 12:48:12 with CHP Statewide incurring a 5 minute penalty, placing them at 12:55. LASD Norwalk gained a few places to #91 with other teams incurring penalties. Debut SRPD zoomed up to #131 once their near 30 minute delay at Stage #18 due to closed station was accounted. SRPD beat their estimate by more than 1 hour 30 minutes.
We added a few additional photos in our gallery. More are expected.
What was your experience at Baker-to-Vegas 2008?
Mon, 04/21/2008 - 11:42 — kf6vom120 Miles are in the books. Share your stories and experiences here. Registered users can add a comment here. We'll keep registration open for a few days if you would like to participate.
Photo Links
Mon, 04/21/2008 - 11:02 — kf6vomTwo sets of photos are posted. Click on these links... Send your photos to mojaverats (at) gmail.com!
Team Photos - http://picasaweb.google.com/mojaverats/Teams2008
Comm Photos - http://picasaweb.google.com/mojaverats/Comms2008
If you have photos of our supported teams in action, send us an email to mojaverats (at) gmail.com.
Its Official!
Mon, 04/21/2008 - 08:57 — kf6vomCongratulations to all our teams!
LASD Mens Central Jail is the overall winner of the Baker-to-Vegas 2008 Challenge Cup Relay! The team finished in 12:48:12, a couple minutes ahead of second place CHP-Statewide.
LASD Norwalk Station improved their category position this year and 'mugged', finishing the 2008 Challenge Cup Relay in 16:47:39.
Santa Rosa Police Department beat their estimate by a full hour, finishing their first Baker-to-Vegas race in 17:58:31. Awesome debut performance!
Closing Command Post
Sun, 04/20/2008 - 06:44 — n6iqaAs LASD Norwalk is approaching the finish line the comm team changed frequencies as they neared the Hilton. As a result we are unable to cover the end of the race. We are shutting down our IRLP connection to Las Vegas and will close the command post. We will post some final numbers and closing remarks as the weekend draws to a close.
We will keep site registration open for a few more days. Please register and post comments.
Norwalk on Final Stages
Sun, 04/20/2008 - 05:49 — n6iqaOn the start of Stage 18, LASD Norwalk is on the final stages of the 2008 Baker to Vegas Challenge Cup.
