emergency communications

Practicing EmComm Skills at Non-EmComm Events

JOHN FERGUSON

Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, December 3rd, the 32nd running of the Rehoboth Beach Seashore Marathon kicked off with nearly 3,000 participants in cold, rainy, windy, miserable weather. The supporting staff for the event included 25 Sussex County (Delaware) AUXCOMM volunteers directed by Bill Saunders, N3ID, the Operations Section Lead and the Sussex County EOC Deputy Auxiliary Communication Leader. This combined marathon and half-marathon is a well-established calendar event for the area, anticipated by the many businesses and people in the City of Rehoboth and surrounding areas. A qualifier for the Boston Marathon, the course has undergone changes every few years, and is now an interesting, resource-conserving course that has the participants in a see-saw back and forth pattern. This leaves only about 18 miles of course to cover, which stretched the…

You're reading a preview of

CQ Amateur Radio (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2023

DiscountMags is a licensed distributor (not a publisher) of the above content and Publication through Zinio LLC. Accordingly, we have no editorial control over the Publications. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including those made in Publications offered on our website, are those of the respective author(s) or publisher(s) and not of DiscountMags. DiscountMags does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness, or usefulness of all or any portion of any publication or any services or offers made by third parties, nor will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information contained in any Publication, or your use of services offered, or your acceptance of any offers made through the Service or the Publications. For content removal requests, please contact Zinio.