Welcome to the Wasatch 100 Communication Site. This site supports the amateur radio volunteers who provide runner tracking and communications for the Wasatch Front 100 Mile Endurance Run.
Use the menu above to find information about the packet radio System, Checkpoint operations, Practice sessions, Race Use procedures, operating frequencies, checkpoint times, and Downloads.
Questions? Contact wasatch100@mikerenlund.com.
2026 Wasatch 100
Our next race date is September 11th and 12th, 2026.
This will be a bit of a different year. Please note the following:
- This year the race will be SPLIT into a Female race and a Male race. This will be represented on the runner tracking website for runners and their crews. The website will show the two races, and there isn’t an OVERALL classification (mix of Female and Male). This is only for the consumers of the race information from our website.
For our operations (managing runner in/out, DNF, and everything related to our back-end systems) there is still ONE race. We didn’t want to change the way the system worked to support two races. Our operations stay the same.
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Last year we had deep problems with keeping the packet system working. We think we’ve solved the issues and testing now. If you would like to help us in testing, please let me know.
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While packet is one of our most important channels, we have telnet (the same command line interface to packet) for interacting with the system (inputting times, DNF, lookups, etc.). With the advent of more stations having internet access (cell or satellite) we’re looking to provide web access through a nice interface to perform the same tasks. We’ll provide more information as we get closer.
The volunteer meeting will be Tuesday the 8th of September at the Sugar House Park, in our usual spot which is on the grass just east of the Lakeside Fabian Pavilion parking lot. The meeting will be at 18:30.
The Wasatch 100 system accepts the times and brings in other data from the aid stations. It is the system of record for tracking the runners, overdue situations, leads, finishers, DNF (Did Not Finish), and all other aspects of the event.
We’ll be deploying the same packet radio network as we do every year. Aid Stations should be prepared to perform all tasks as they have in the past. Runner numbers and timing should be taken by the staff and transmitted via packet radio, or Telnet through the internet.
This year we will be back to the 2024 course with Upper Big Water in Millcreek Canyon. The rest of the course is the same.
Our responsibility remains the same. Keeping track of our runners and ensuring their safety. Packet radio and voice radio will be used as it has in the past.
Runner lists will be sent by email to all of the aid station captains and lead radio operators well before the race. DNS lists will be available on the packet system after the start.
The race itself starts 0500 on the 11th of September.
Please check out your radio and TNC gear and let us know if you have any questions. You can reach out to Mike Renlund at wasatch100@mikerenlund.com