SCORE Dumps PCI Weatherman??

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Saw a post on another forum saying that PCI's FB page has an announcement saying SCORE has parted ways with their radio relay service.

 
Hopefully it was a mutual decision, That is a longstanding business relationship to end any other way...

 
I wonder who is going to take over... and how much money changed hands to make that happen.  Money corrupts everything eventually.  Sad. 

 
So I've had heard of him, and his son and when using a radio was always told to stay off that channel but I frankly don't know anything about the purpose or what he did for the racing community. I would love to know more. Would anybody care to fill in clueless off roader like me about him or what took place and how can he be "dumped?" Sort of thing? Was it a paid profession? Anywho, just being nosy I guess but I know he meant a lot to the racing community. Thanks! 

 
Chingon619 said:
So I've had heard of him, and his son and when using a radio was always told to stay off that channel but I frankly don't know anything about the purpose or what he did for the racing community. I would love to know more. Would anybody care to fill in clueless off roader like me about him or what took place and how can he be "dumped?" Sort of thing? Was it a paid profession? Anywho, just being nosy I guess but I know he meant a lot to the racing community. Thanks! 
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They provided location services for a lot of race teams who needed an update on where their race vehicle was and what their status was. They also were VERY important when it came to coordinating emergencies. If there was a medical emergency situation they were the ones in contact with emercency services giving updates and locations so that the injured party could get the help they need.
In a pre-Starlink world, it was always a great experience to have the race map up and have the weatherman tuned in so you could hear updates on what was going on with different teams. A lot of times people watching the map would help out with status information. It was a preatty cool community thing in that regard.
I'm definitely gonna miss it.
I don't see how this was a good call from SCORE. We'll see....

 
 What starlink cannot provide is multiple people coordinating and listening to situations and providing support without having to be part of the conversation.  This is a HUGE loss for SCORE...but so goes the world....

 
Chingon619 said:
So I've had heard of him, and his son and when using a radio was always told to stay off that channel but I frankly don't know anything about the purpose or what he did for the racing community. I would love to know more. Would anybody care to fill in clueless off roader like me about him or what took place and how can he be "dumped?" Sort of thing? Was it a paid profession? Anywho, just being nosy I guess but I know he meant a lot to the racing community. Thanks! 
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"Weatherman" is/was a radio replay for racing in Mexico (Baja 1000, etc...) the owners of PCI radios erected a radio tower on the highest mountain peak for these races. The provided a service for the race operations and racers to communicate. It was the only way many of us could follow the race, you'd listen to the chatter and could get all kinds of good info. Race leaders, split times, emergency issues all kinds of race talk. Once I was at Prowlers and the race was being broadcast on the loud speakers in the store/warehouse for all the employees to listen to their favorite teams.

In the last 5-10yrs the radios got so popular that the channel would get over-run by other OHV users in Glamis, Ocatillo, etc... it became a cluster. Like you many people had no idea what the weatherman channel stood for and just talked all over it. During a race it really messed up safety. Since the weatherman relay was on the highest peak in mexico it could broadcast over 1000miles easy but also grab all kinds non-race chatter.


https://www.pciraceradios.com/pages/weatherman-relay-etiquette

https://offroadracer.com/pci-race-radios-weatherman-feed-coming-to-inaugural-california-300/

https://www.pciraceradios.com/pages/weatherman-celebration-of-life

 
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