MojaveRATS Baker-to-Vegas Team Radio Support

We 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.

We 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.
 

120 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.

Congratulations 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!
 

As 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.

On the start of Stage 18, LASD Norwalk is on the final stages of the 2008 Baker to Vegas Challenge Cup.

We don't have a stage time, but MCJ completed the 2008 Baker to Vegas Challenge Cup with an unofficial time of 12 hours and 48 minutes, 2 Minutes ahead of the 2007 winner, CHP. MCJ Took the Tape. Pending official results.
Congratulations to LASD MCJ!