Who did NOT have comm problems in Waterloo regional?

[Pat Fairbank]

Originally Posted by Mr. Lim

Great regional from a field management standpoint. Does anyone know just how far ahead of schedule the event ran at times? I remember being called up to matches about 30 minutes before their scheduled start.

At the best point, before the Friday lunch break, FMS was reporting that we were running 20 minutes ahead. I don't believe that there was any point during the qualification schedule (which was on an 8-minute cycle) where we were behind.

One measure that the field/inspection team took that helped greatly was swapping out the few teams who were using the newer WET610N radios with WGA600Ns from spare parts, since not only do the newer radios take longer to sync up to the field, they have to do so before any of the old radios can be powered on (otherwise, the old ones lose their connection once the new ones link up).

Credit also should go to the FTA, Sean O'Grady, and the FTAA, Scott Kennedy, for quickly diagnosing on-field problems and making sure all teams were connected properly to the field before matches were started.