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Raindrop Wrap Up

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Although postponed from its initial May date, RASC conducted the 2023 Raindrop “Trees to Seas” Rally this past Sunday. RASC had only a skeleton crew at the event, as many members were volunteering at the Tour de Forest stage rally. First time rallymaster Bill Walsh deserves credit for an ambitious undertaking. The route was a great collection of roads, and the weather held little indication of it being October. Some last-minute changes to the route book created some hiccups in the scores seen on competitors’ phones while running the legs. Marvin Crippen wrangled the spreadsheet and Richta database to have things fixed by the time all cars arrived at the finish. Thank You to Bill, Marvin, and the others who contributed to putting on this fun event.

If you find yourself in Oak Harbor, check out Orlando’s Bar and Southern BBQ!

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What’s new?

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Our Quick Guide for the Richta GPS Checkpoints Competitor app has been updated! As has the link in the Documents folder.

As a follow-up to last Friday’s rally, Signs Of Rallies Past, we’ve been talking to the Richta apps development team. Thank you to the 40% of competitors who responded to our poll or direct email inquiry. Our initial assessment was that the Broadcast Messages were only received by teams using Android devices. They have done some additional testing and confirmed our findings. The cause appears to be external – a change in the cloud service used by the Richta apps, or a change in iOS. An update to the iOS version of Competitor to regain functionality of Broadcast Messages is now in the works.

We alerted RASC to our experience with non-receipt of Broadcast Messages, so that they would not rely on them for the upcoming Norwester (underway now).

A Poll About Signs Of Rallies Past

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If you were among the teams that entered the September NWRC Friday Nighter (9/8/23), I’d like to collect some information from you. If you are viewing the desktop version of this site, there is a LEAVE A COMMENT button at top right. If you are viewing on a mobile device, you may need to click on the title (A Poll About…) and then scroll to the down to find LEAVE A REPLY.

Your feedback is critical. We began using the Richta GPS Checkpoints system this season and everyone is still learning.

1. Do you know what a Broadcast Message is, in the context of a rally using Richta apps?

2. How was your device (phone/tablet running the Competitor app) mounted: Windshield mount? Sitting on dash pad? Hand held? On clipboard? Something else?

3. Android or iOS device?

4. Did you receive any Broadcast Message(s) during or after the rally?

If you did get one or more messages:

5. When did you receive message that adjusted NRIs to get around road closure?

6. When did you receive message amended to warn about elk?

7. When did you receive message to fix NRI 77 (adding MBCU)?