Please have your mobile phone switched on throughout the event, in case we need to contact you, someone may need your help!
Collection of equipment at the
end of the event.
Dibbers
All competitors are asked to return their Dibbers to the car park.
Txs
& Triffids
These
do require some previous knowledge of the shutdown procedure
for safe recovery. 'Experts'
are asked to
ensure that the Txs
& Triffids in their Chain
of three are recovered.
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Experts: At your Joker.
If you have arrived in good time you can unlock the Triffid (code 196) but
keep it available to others until the end of the event (usually 16:00).
Do not remove the Triffid's lid, it is to be left switched on.
Uncover the Tx and remove the lid without disturbing the aerial, so that you are ready to switch off.
When the 'machine gun of dots' finishes, turn off the Tx so others know that you are there to retrieve it.
The only exception
to this is if you think you may need some form assistance, in which
case leave it running to attract attention.
Replace the lid but do
not use the side clips to retain it, instead wrap the aerial across the
diagonals, or use a rubber band to hold it in place.
Not re-using the side clips should extend their limited life.
Now
listen for the other two Txs in the same 'Chain'. If nothing is heard
after two minutes of frequency scanning then you should be ok to
return to the car park. (This shows the transmission times). If a Tx is still running please collect it and its Triffid.
The
mouth and camouflaged surface of a Triffid is easy to damage,
please be as careful as you can when carrying back to the car park.
Having
a small plastic carrier bag with you will help, if you forget to bring
one please ask the organiser for one before the event begins.
Please (to speed up the issue of results):
- Do not leave the area of your 'Chain'
until you are satisfied that all have been collected.
- Others
should be dealing with the other Chains but continue monitoring the
three
frequencies on the way back to the car park just in case.
- Contact the organiser by mobile phone if you are
aware of any problems.
Organiser
- Ghost.
The
ghost goes off an hour before the event ends and will not come on again
until after the event ends. You
must
either know exactly where it is or use your DF set to find it before it
goes off. If left switched on, taken to and set up in the car
park, it will change frequency to 1900 kHz and transmit 'P' to guide
competitors back. At the briefing organisers should inform competitors
whether 'P' will be available for guidance.
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