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• Coyote Flat Overland Op - Level 3

  • Start
    19 Sep 2018
  •  
    1:00 PM
  • End
    23 Sep 2018
  •  
    6:00 PM
  • Location
    Rendezvous Location 37.368093, -118.392945
  • Spaces left
    3

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  OVERLAND OP - NEW UPDATE!

  Overland Op to the Coyote Flat area southwest of Bishop, CA

  Rendezvous Location at Bishop Community Pool and Park

  700 N. Main Street, Bishop, CA   37.368093, -118.392945

  Plan to arrive at the rendezvous before 1:00 pm as we will be departing promptly by 1:30 to head up the mountain as a group.

  
  Land Ops is going on a 5 day overland trip to Coyote Flat to explore the rich beauty and history of Coyote Flat southwest of Bishop, CA.  Coyote Flat is a beautiful alpine plateau at an average altitude of 10,000 feet, to escape the heat of the nearby Bishop area.  Several small lakes are hikeable or driveable for fishing or camping. 

  • We will take five days to complete this trip.  Coyote Flat is primitive camping, so you will need to pack food and gear accordingly.
    
  • Wednesday, Sept 19th is a travel day to Bishop and then on to Coyote Flat to set up camp.  From the Rendezvous, it is about a two hour drive to the camp area.  The exact location will be updated soon.
  • Thursday we will begin exploration of this area, rich in mining history.  We might take a drive up above Green Lake, to an area approximately 11,500 feet.
  • Friday will be another day to explore, or for the fishermen, to either hike to Baker Lake to fish or drive to Funnel Lake to fish.
  • Saturday will be another day of exploration.
  • Sunday will be travel day to drive down the mountain and home.

  Bishop is approximately 5 hours driving time from South Orange County so plan accordingly.  Temperatures drop at night at 10,000 feet, so bring appropriate gear.  There is always a chance of summer showers in the Eastern Sierras.  Here is a link to a preview video of the trail route Coyote Flat Trail Route Preview

  
  

  We hope to make HF radio contact on this trip, and will probably make contact with the Bishop Radio Club as well on their repeater.  The Comm Plan will be published prior to the trip, as well as coordinates for Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Camp Sites.

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Lucas Oil Offroad Expo

  • Start
    29 Sep 2018
  • End
    30 Sep 2018
  • Location
    Pomona Fairplex 1101 W McKinley Ave, Pomona, CA 91768

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  HARDCORE FANS | HUNDREDS OF EXHIBITORS 10 ACRES OF EVERYTHING OFF-ROAD

  The 2018 Lucas Oil Off-Road Expo Powered by General Tire is truly the greatest collection of off-road companies, parts, equipment, gear, action and experts ever assembled in America. From off-road racing to rock crawling, trail riding to sand sports, motorcycles and ATV’s, to camping and adventure travel, fans have the unique opportunity to meet and talk with the most knowledgeable people in the off-road industry. Fans can experience the dynamic world of off-road thru ride alongs, racing demos, celebrity appearances, live music, industry media events and product giveaways all weekend.  

  
  

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• Land Ops Meet & Greet / Club Meeting

  • When
    06 Oct 2018
  •  
    10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Irvine Regional Park

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  Land Ops Meet & Greet / Club Meeting 
  Irvine Regional Park, CA. 
  Saturday OCTOBER 6, 2018 10:00 AM -1:00 PM 
  $5 park entrance fee

  be sure to attend this outing

  New members come out to the park and meet the club organizers. 

  Ask questions about Land Ops. Get all the info on upcoming Ops 
  Bring friends to check out Land Ops. HF Radio Net.

  Meet & Greet at 10:00 AM with briefing about up coming events.

  
  Handheld GPS exercises, how to use GPS devices.

  We’re planning to cook some hot dogs. 

  
  

  Bring snacks, potato salad and refreshments 

  
  

  Bring your 4x4 Rigs for show and tell if you have one.

  Net Control Communications for this meeting 
  FRS 1 (no privacy code) 
  Primary 145.555 MHz simplex. 
  Secondary 145.525 MHz simplex.
  

  HF COMMUNICATION organized by Rick Bean W8KO

  
  

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• Dual Base Op

  • When
    10 Nov 2018
  •  
    10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Two locations Cuddeback Lake and Broadwell Lake

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  Dual-Base Operation (twice the fun)
  Broadwell / Cuddeback
  Saturday November 10th, 2018

  
  

  Op Overview: This is a unique Land Ops exercise that involves two separate teams in two separate regions with two separate net control stations performing a synchronized nav-comm op. The two basecamps will be established approximately 60-80 miles apart. Each participant will be preassigned to a team and location prior to the op.
  

  BASE #1 -The Broadwell Base – a basecamp will be setup near Broadwell dry lake or perhaps slightly north of Broadwell. Either way the base will be known as the “Broadwell Base”

  BASE #2 -The Cuddeback Base – a second basecamp will be setup near Cuddeback dry lake or perhaps closer to Fremont Peak. Either way the base will be known as the “Cuddeback Base”

  Basecamp Notice: Both basecamps are rough camping. Please provide your own toiletry plans.
  

  
  

  Attendance Goal
  Ideal team size is 5-9 operators per team (3-5 vehicles per team) and 2-3 members at net control.

  • Broadwell total operators       =            7-12 participants ideal
  • Cuddeback total operators     =            7-12 participants ideal
  • Total Operators                       =            14-24 participants

  Op Schedule:

  • THURSDAY: Early arrivals - designated operator or setup team will determine exact basecamp location for each camp. Camp overnight.
  • FRIDAY: Designated setup team deploys instruction caches according to dual-base deployment procedure. Camp overnight.
  • SATURDAY:
  • 9:00 AM – Announced HF net check-ins to two stations.
  • 10:00 AM - All participants arrive for Op Orientation
  • 11:30 AM – Off road nav-comm teams launch simultaneously from both camps.
  • 12:30 PM – Lunch break (on the course 20 minute break – all stations)
  • 3:00 PM  - Target time for ending op (w/one hour 4pm buffer)
  • 4:00 PM – Op review at net control
  • 5:00 PM – Dinner at camps
    Dinner time is a great time to visit other members at their camps
    Prepare your own dinners
  • 7:00 PM – camp fire (weather permitting) & overnight camping
  • 10:00 PM – Quiet camp (whatever you are doing at 10PM be quiet)

  Who Should Attend (all experience levels)
  This is an excellent opportunity for members of all experience levels (new and veteran) to join together for a unique adventure. This is a level 2 nav-comm exercise with a level 3 communication team project.
  

  Vehicle Communications
  Vehicle to vehicle comms will be 2 meter for hams and/or FRS for non-hams.
  2 meter primary frequency = 145.555 MHz
  FRS = channel 1 (no privacy code)
  

  Net Control Communications

  • VHF/UHF - Vehicles will communicate with net control on 2 meter and/or UHF depending upon crossband repeater setups.
  • HF – net control stations are intentionally positioned to create a condition requiring NVIS. The two bases will communicate either by HF voice and/or data.
  • APRS – if operator and equipment available.
    

  Communication Overview

  • Teams will conduct their own 3 cache op in their respective regions
  • Instruction caches will require team to team communication via:
  • RELAY: Broadwell team VHF to BASE #1 to BASE #2 to Cuddeback team VHF
  • If mobile HF operators are present then mobile HF testing will be attempted.

  
  Communication Objectives (unique to this op)

  • Avoid VHF and/or HF ground wave conditions between two camps.
  • Create NVIS conditions between two net control stations.
  • Conduct two concurrent/synchronized ops in preparation for state to state dual operation procedure planning.

  
  

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• Land Ops Holiday Pot Luck and Raffle

  • When
    01 Dec 2018
  • Location
    TBD
  • Registered
    Nobody

  Join Land Ops for our first holiday Pot Luck and Raffle.

  Save the Date.  You will not want to miss this event!  We are still planning this event, so more details will follow.

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