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Pikes Peak summit (14,115 ft) support

Like in past years, we used Winlink to transfer data for the Cycle to the Summit (Pikes Peak Cycling Hill Climb) from the summit of Pikes Peak down to the Start/Awards/Festival area. This is the same road course drive for the famous Pikes Peak International Hill Climb: 12.42 miles, 156 turns, Starting elevation 9,390 ft, Finishing elevation 14,115 ft, Average grade 7% uphill. Transferred 24 files, not counting a couple coordination and test messages. Files are CSV, but are handled as TXT files. Supported over 400 riders.

Be an attentive gateway operator/owner

Not sure how many gateway operators/owners actually take the time to review the messages traversing their gateways, but I highly recommend doing so weekly.

I typically review my gateway's traffic every Sunday evening, looking for any suspicious activity. This could be foul language, illegal activity, et cetera -- anything that might violate Part 97 rules. In my reviews I have found several messages that should not have been sent and either contacted the sender directly, reported it to the Winlink team, and in a couple rare cases even forwarded the info to authorities.

Cycle to the Summit (Pikes Peak Cycling Hill Climb)

Once again, Winlink using 9600 bd packet P2P was used to send 18 files from the Summit of Pikes Peak (14,115 ft) to a coordination point about 5.5 miles away and 5000 ft down the mountain. Equipment used: Yaesu radios and PK96 USB TNCs. Driving between the points as 12.4 miles, 156 turns, and takes 30-40 minutes. Data transfer takes less than 2 minutes.

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