July 5, 2023

The San Francisco Radio Club has been invited to manage the Communications Team for the 2023 San Francisco Marathon, and we will appreciate your assistance this year.

This will be a DMR primary, FM secondary radio operation. We will be using our SFARC DMR UHF repeater on 444.225Mhz TG9 and we will fall back to our VHF repeater 145.150Mhz DCS 664 if our primary fails.

If you don't own a DMR transceiver don't worry. You should still consider volunteering. We will have a several radios (pre-programmed) to loan out for this event. 

We appreciate and thank you for your participation as a member of the San Francisco Radio Club Communications Team, whether that event was the San Francisco Marathon, Walk MS, the UMDF Energy for Life Walkathon, or Brain Tumor Walk. Your generosity and skill are valued contributions towards the success of these events, and are noted and appreciated by the event organizers and medical personnel, whom we partner with each year

Event Details:

NAME:                  The 2023 San Francisco Marathon – Communications Team
WEBSITE:            https://www.thesfmarathon.com
DATE:                    Sunday, July 23rd, 2023
VOLUNTEER POSITIONS:
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Aid/Water Station (18 locations) - Communicator for Medical Team Personnel:

1.      relaying event participant details to Net Control for aid guidance;
2.      requesting event participant transport; and
3.      requesting supply replenishment

SAG Vehicle (6 vehicles) - Communicator and Navigator for Driver

1.      maintain communications with Net Control, accepting and confirming dispatch requests, and updating on status and location; and
2.      aid driver in efficient navigation to and between destinations

Net Control (4 net control; 1 relay station)

1.      Net Control Operator (two)
2.      Scribe (two)
3.      Relief (one)

Shadow (1 event sweep; 2 event management)
     Event sweep (one)

1. follows final runners on entire event course, for duration of event, providing status updates to net control
2. must provide own motorcycle or bicycle

     Event Management (two)

1. accompanies event management for duration of event
2. provides constant communications channel between event management and net control

​We are presently working to finalize details of the event with the event producer, and expect confirmation of these details within the next few days. Once these details are finalized we will make station assignments, and provide communications on these and additional details for the event. 
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While we are receiving strong interest from licensed amateur radio operators, we welcome additional volunteers. We will appreciate your sharing the call for volunteers through your network(s).