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Permalink Reply by will on June 5, 2009 at 2:22pm

I put in a call to my buddy going down to pit the 2x bike,if he calls back I'll let you know.

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Permalink Reply by John on June 5, 2009 at 3:30pm

151.000 and 151.520 are what he used to run. No idea if they still do.

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Permalink Reply by John on June 5, 2009 at 3:38pm

151.625 is the main race frequency. You can also get a live internet feed off Race-dezert

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Permalink Reply by Rob Waldrip on June 5, 2009 at 3:39pm

Is there any live tracking via map and satelite?

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Permalink Reply by Tony on June 5, 2009 at 3:53pm

151.625 is the weatherman I got that one... Does anyone know how the driver to co-dawg to helo communications work? Is a an open freq or is it some kind of closed system?

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Permalink Reply by John on June 5, 2009 at 9:24pm

Driver to co is via intercom and recorded on the in-car camera feed but doubtful that is transmitted. Possible but not likely. There are a number of ways to talk to the crew, 2 meter band radio is most common. RG probably also has sat phone comms wired into the intercom. They can also be using some 800 mhz stuff and repeaters.

One of the cool things about desert racing is it's wide open. Whatever you can think of you can do.

The last time I looked at the antennas on the 77 it looked like he was running a ton of comms gear. two 2 meter radios, 2 seperate GPS, one 800 mhz radio, 1 sat link.

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