1. No where in the 2006 AMA Safety Code does it say that you have to use a frequency board. (You would be stupid not to if it is available, I agree. Now I will use it even when I am there alone.)

2. We do not have a "club" or written club rules to follow. "Common Courtesy" is the only rule. This field has been let go for quite a while physically. The charter hasn't even been kept up on for atleast a few years now. I think the AMA rules posted on the message board are from 1995.

3. This is what the frequency board looked like. Pins were missing...broken...and some were covered in bird poop. The nice slots in the plexiglass look good for AMA cards, huh? That was rarely used...mostly by us. The method that was used was to take the pin off the board and replace it with another plain brown clothespin with the owner's name hand written on it. From 10' away you can't tell the difference on some channels. Today, I brought the boards home, cleaned the boards, reglued some broken plexiglass, built an "A-frame" to keep the bird poop deflected, and I painted 50 new pins bright orange with numbers clear-coated on the pins themselves so they can't break off.

As soon as the paint is dry and I finish re-assemblying, I'll post pictures of the improved frequency board.

Albert.

Edit: pictures added