USA Radio Orienteering Championships 2023
April 19, 2023 – April 23, 2023
USA Radio Orienteering Championships 2023: The 22nd USA Radio
Orienteering Championships will be held April 19-23, 2023 at Cooper Lake
State Park, near Sulphur Springs TX. April 19th is set aside for radio
direction-finding training and practice. Results of the competitions on
April 20-23 will help determine the members of Team USA who will compete
in the Radio Orienteering World Championships scheduled for the fall of
2023 in Liberec, Czech Republic.
Gerald Boyd, WB8WFK, the event's director, has requested the White Rock
Lake ARC coordinate regional North Texas ham radio support for this
national competitive event. Although the White Rock Lake ARC is taking
the lead for coordinating radio support, any licensed amateur radio
operator may volunteer to fill the needed positions across the 5 days of
the event.
The WRL ARC has created a Communications Plan supporting this event and
a website where volunteers may sign up to support the event.
The website is located here: ntxardf.org/radio-o
The needed hours of ham radio operator support are 8:00AM to 1:00PM
daily. Different operators can support the activities on different days
(i.e., volunteers do not need to support more than one day unless they
desire to do so).
All radio net operations will be by UHF simplex, 446.025 MHZ. Since all
support will be within 2 miles of the Event Operations Center (EOC)
position, 5 watt HTs are more than adequate for portable operations. The
EOC will be established in the Group Shelter at the park and will use a
35 watt radio and gain antennas.
VOLUNTEER RADIO POSITIONS TO BE FILLED:
• Event Operations Center (EOC) Net Controller (minimum one per day)
• Starting Line (one requested per day)
• Finish Line (one requested per day)
• Rovers (two requested per day)
Volunteers can pick multiple positions if they desire (however, only one
will be assigned at a time).
This is a very special opportunity for all of the North Texas ham radio
community to support a national level event. Please consider
volunteering and spread the word amongst all your ham friends.
QUESTIONS??? Email Dave, K5YR at: decatlett@ntxardf.org