Tour de France Ham Radio Volunteers Rewarded

A RAYNET team that helped the 2014 Tour de France race through the Yorkshire Dales has received radio equipment worth about £5,500

The Radio Amateurs' Emergency Network (RAYNET) provided communications over 2,000 square miles in North Yorkshire.

Radios were operated by 42 volunteers. The money has been donated by North Yorkshire County Council.

Full story - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-30967391

RAYNET in Yorkshire - http://www.yorkshireraynet.org/