g7kse.co.uk » g7kse http://g7kse.co.uk by Alex Hill Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:44:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Tour of Britain on APRS http://g7kse.co.uk/radio/tour-of-britain-on-aprs/ http://g7kse.co.uk/radio/tour-of-britain-on-aprs/#comments Sun, 11 Sep 2011 17:29:59 +0000 Alex http://g7kse.co.uk/?p=897 If you’ve ever wondered who runs the communications on the cycling tours. I know its a little bit niche but even so if you even had just the slightest interest then I may have found the answer to the Tour of Britain at least.

Today I took my son to watch the first stage finish in Dumfries and naturally was in the car with the APRS handheld operational and as I was leaving the town a message popped up so I pulled over to read it. Not really expecting anything but I was surprised to find out that it was SQ4CCR /SQ4INC who run the comms for either a team or the whole of the tour. I didn’t manage to find out from Martin as I went over a hill and lost him. Needless to say they are on APRS.fi and the last time I looked were on their way to Kendal for the next start.

Seems that APRS is on the up and I’m glad to hear it.

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