This is my son's presentation for Boy Scouts about using Ham Radio during the Skinny Tire Festival in Moab.

1. Skinny Tire Festival in Moab, UT

2. On the Way to Moab
My grandparents and I left at 12:00 AM for the event and arrived at
12:00 PM, yes it took 12 hours there where it usually took 6. If the car you
were riding in didn't have 4x4 or AWD you wouldn't be making it over the
mountains that day. Guess what the event started at 6:00 AM!

3. 
There is a Skinny Tire Festival every year
that is a big biking event that happens in
march in the name of cancer research,
hundreds bikers participate every year.
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The location of the Skinny Tire Festival in
Moab has its pros and cons
pros: amazing plateaus and dazzling views of
the Colorado river along with miles and
miles of road
cons: literally no reception for most
communication devices because of the
high plateaus that absorb the low
frequency signals providing no
communication with cell phones, satellite
phones, and most other radio devices.
Even ham, otherwise known as amateur
radio has a challenge getting through.
Picture Source: http://www.skinnytireevents.com/page.cfm?
pageid=20074
About the event

4. The Skinny Tire Event

5. How I participated
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Each year 10 or so ham radio operators come to Moab
from Denver and other parts of Colorado. There are also
a few hams in training that come out to help and support
the hams. This year I was one of the 2 or 3.
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Basically my job was looking for bikers with flat tires,
carrying messages between locations (as I said it is
sometimes a huge challenge getting through so they had
to move the ham radio station away from the location of
aid station to get through to net control so I had to run
back and forth to deliver messages), and counting bikers
to sort out free loaders.

6. How it has helped the Moab
community
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As was said earlier this event is all in the
name of cancer research tens of thousands of
dollars are donated every year they have
already added a cancer wing to the local
hospital so in a cancer emergency the
ambulances on have a 1 hour round trip rather
than a 12 hour round trip. Before the hospital
wing, most emergencies ended in death. In
the end, this event has already saved many
lives and will continue to do so.
Source: http://www.moabtimes.com/view/full_story/10077552/article-
Private--corporate-donations-help-make-cancer-treatment-center-a-reality

7. Pictures from the Event

8. Pictures from a Thank You Email