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Call for volunteers - Witwood Carriage driving
by Matt 30 Apr '17

30 Apr '17

Hi all, we have received another request for assistance - this time back out in Witwood at Doug and Dot's property (between Bungendore and Braidwood) to assist with communications for a horse carriage driving event on Sunday 7 May. These events are always a great deal of fun for all and also quite low paced (although it can be surprising how quickly those little horse drawn carriages can move around the obstacle courses), so represent another good opportunity to practice message passing, general radio procedures and remember how to use our radios! If you are able to assist with this event, please let us know of your availability by email to the wicen <mailto:wicen@crarc.ampr.org> email address (wicen(a)crarc.ampr.org) rather than directly to me. This is a group email address that goes to several people ensuring that it isn't missed if I am away or having email problems. Matt VK1MA WICEN ACT Coordinator

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Request for assistance - National Capital Rally - 26th - 28th May 2017
by WICEN ACT 12 Apr '17

12 Apr '17

Hello everyone, This email is going out to people on the ACT WICEN MEMBERS and VK1-NEWS email lists and so some people may get it twice. This is the formal request for assistance for this years National Capital Rally which is being conducted Friday 26th May through Sunday 28th May 2017. The draft itinerary and maps from the organisors reveals there will be 4 physical stages on the Saturday and 3 physical stages on the Sunday with each stage being run twice. Saturday is shaping up as follows..... SS1 / SS6 will be Colverwells which is a small piece of Kowen Forest located between the Railway line and the Molonglo River accessed from the Kings Hwy near Weetalabah. This stage is approx 6.5 KM's of competitive distance and will have a Start, SOS A & Stop. Guestimate meet time is expected to be around 0630 and a potential finish time around 1630. SS2 / SS7 will be Hibernian Reverse which is located off the Kings Hwy near where the now closed section of the old kings Hwy at "Sparrows". This stage is approx 22 KM's of competitive distance and will have a Start, SOS A, SOS B, SOS C, SOS D & Stop. Guestimate meet time is expected to be around 0700 and a potential finish time around 1700. SS3 / SS8 will be Womboin Reverse which is the old "River Road" and "Womboin" stages combined into one and run in the reverse direction to previous years. This stage is approx 25 KM's of competitive distance and will have a Start, SOS A, SOS B, SOS C, SOS D & Stop. Guestimate meet time is expected to be around 0730 and a potential finish time around 1715. SS4 / SS5 will be Homestead which is a very short stage at the "jump" in Kowen Forest. This stage is approx 2.6 KM's of competitive distance and will have a Start & Stop only. Each competitor will go through twice before heading off to Service prior to running the 3 longer stages again later in the day. Guestimate meet time is expected to be around 0900 and a potential finish time around 1430. We will need 17 Field stations for the Saturday and around 6 or 7 people in HQ across the day also. Sunday is basically the same as last year as follows..... SS9 / SS12 will be Hyles Block which is located near Uriarra Village This stage is approx 10.3 KM's of competitive distance and will have a Start, SOS A & Stop. Guestimate meet time is expected to be around 0600 and a potential finish time around 1545. SS10 / SS13 will be East West which is located in the Uriarra part of the Brindabellas. This stage is approx 19.5 KM's of competitive distance and will have a Start, SOS A, SOS B, & Stop. Guestimate meet time is expected to be around 0615 and a potential finish time around 1630. SS11 / SS14 will be Cottage 5 Ways which starts out near the Tidbinbilla Tracking Station and weaves it's way back to Paddys River road near Cotter. This stage is approx 30.5 KM's of competitive distance and will have a Start, SOS A, SOS B, SOS C, SOS D, SOS E & Stop. Guestimate meet time is expected to be around 0715 and a potential finish time around 1730. We will need 14 Field stations for the Saturday and around 6 or 7 people in HQ across the day also. We have had some early indications from people as to their availability, however now we need to firm up people's availability and restrictions so as to be able to organise a roster. Would you please email to wicen(a)crarc.ampr.org the following information.... National Capital Rally 2017 WICEN Availability...... Your Name & Callsign : If you are available for Saturday 27th May Y/N If Y, are there any time restrictions on you ? Y/N (and if Y, please state what they are) If you are available for Sunday 28th May Y/N If Y, are there any time restrictions on you ? Y/N (and if Y, please state what they are) Do you have any vehicle restrictions that would restrict you being able to traverse dirt roads in the forest Y/N Do you have VHF radio (2 metres) capable of 10 watts or more with a suitable antenna Y/N Do you have UHF radio (70 cm) capable of 10 watts or more with a suitable antenna Y/N Can you operate said radio's away from your vehicle Y/N Your Mobile Phone Number for contact. Please list any preferences of what you would like to do. Please also head over to the National Capital Rally website and register as a volunteer and ensure you put WICEN in the "Previous Experience" block (regardless of whether you have done rallies before or not), and also in the "Preferred Role" box. Go to : http://nationalcapitalrally.com.au/register-as-a-volunteer/ Please let us know even if you cannot assist as that way we can make notes that you are not available and we (hopefully) won't make further contact. Cheers All, Phil Longworth VK1PL Deputy State Coordinator, WICEN ACT

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Wicen support to the two day walk
by Matt 03 Apr '17

03 Apr '17

Good evening all, and another event successfully completed on the weekend. The organisers of the two day walk have asked that their thanks be passed on to those who assisted with the successful running of this event and of course a big thankyou from me as well! The next event will be on the first weekend in May (a horse carriage event out at Witwood) for which we will shortly be calling for volunteers and then the National Capital Rally at the end of May. This year's NCR will be a big event as for the first time in a while it will be part of the Asia Pacific Rally Championship (making it a truly international event) and as such will need a lot of support from us. Hope to hear you all at one or both of these events. Matt VK1MA WICEN ACT

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Two day walk event
by Matt 27 Mar '17

27 Mar '17

Good evening all, I have sent out the roster for the two day walk by email directly to those who are rostered on for the event. If you have not received the email containing the roster and have previously advised your availability please let me know through the wicen email address <mailto:wicen@crarc.ampr.org> (wicen(a)crarc.ampr.org). If you are not participating but would like to have a look at how we support this event, please let me know by email and we will make arrangements for this to occur. We have also had notice of another event - that being a carriage driving event out near Bungendore in early May, a call for volunteers for this event will be going out shortly. Matt VK1MA WICEN ACT Coordinator

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Two day walk - call for volunteers
by Matt 06 Mar '17

06 Mar '17

Good evening all, hot on the heels of the great news that the NCR is being held at the end of May, we are now calling for volunteers to assist with communications for the 2 day walk. This year's event is being held on the first weekend in April (01/02 April), with the walk on the Saturday being the Centenary trail from near Hall, around the Eastern side of Gungahlin and then to the end point in Barton. The Sunday walk is around Lake Burleigh Griffin but in the opposite direction to last year's walk and a couple of the checkpoints have had small adjustments to their locations. To provide communications for this year's event, we need to be able to man 4 checkpoints on the Saturday, 6 checkpoints on the Sunday and the HQ between about 0730 and 1600 both days. Please advise of your availability to the wicen(a)crarc.ampr.org <mailto:wicen@crarc.ampr.org> email address, specifying what day(s) you are available and preferred timings (morning/arvo) and HQ/CP preferences. Matt VK1MA WICEN ACT Coordinator

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National Capital Rally 2017 Date Change - now 26-28 May 2017 !
by Phil Longworth 04 Mar '17

04 Mar '17

Good afternoon all, (sent to ACT WICEN MEMBERS and CRARC Committee) to borrow some words from Mr Adrian Dudok, Clerk of Course for the National Capital Rally... Now that the cat is out of the bag we are at liberty to make the following announcement.... The 2017 Nat Cap will host a round of the APRC (Asia Pacific Rally Championship) in Canberra, the only catch is that we have to move the event to 26, 27 & 28 May. The committee of the BMSC is proud to have returned the APRC home to Canberra. For those that may not know, the old Rally of Canberra was for many many years a round of this international rally competition which is run by the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile or in English, the International Automobile Federation) however tha APRC moved to Queensland a number of years ago. The APRC is a championship held across 6 different countries (New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia, Japan, China and India). So, with the change in date we need to start hetting the WICEN effort ready to go a lot sooner that anticipated and so once we have an idea of the rally stages and timings we will be coming along and asking for people to volunteer their time to once again assist with this event. ... Phil Longworth VK1PL

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WICEN - Call for assistance - Rallye des Femme (Lady Drivers car Rally) Sat 3 Dec 2016
by WICEN ACT 12 Nov '16

12 Nov '16

Hi everyone, Our last planned WICEN event for the year is fast approaching, yes once again we have been asked to assist with the BMSC's "Rallye des Femme" car rally which will be conducted on Saturday December 3rd 2016. RdF will basically be the same as last year, conducted in Kowen Forest there will be TWO physical stages with each run twice (to make a total of 6). SS 1/3/5 will be a 3.09 KM run requiring just a Start & Stop operator. SS 2/4/6 will be a longer 18.24 KM run requiring a Start, SOS A, SOS B & Stop operators HQ will need 3-4 people across the day. At present it is intended the same timeframes as last year will be used so looking at last years Roster, the SS 1/3/5 people would need to be out at Kowen by 12:00 noon, and the SS 2/4/6 people a little earlier at 11:30 AM with HQ needing to be open by 10:30ish to handle Travellers Net. The event is expected to be completed by, or shortly after 5:00 PM. BMSC are providing the shelter for the event, however we will need to provide Tables & Chairs along with the required radio gear. PLEASE NOTE - I will not be available for this event as I have a family function on in Albury that day, so I need some people to step up to run the event on the day from a WICEN viewpoint. Now is the standard request - Please hit the REPLY button (Not Reply All) and let me know of your availability and preferences, and if you can't make it then also please let me know so I can note that as well. Cheers all, Phil Longworth VK1PL. Deputy State Coordinator, WICEN ACT.

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Codan 7727B for sale (or possibly "free to ggod home")
by Phil Longworth 29 Oct '16

29 Oct '16

Good afternoon peoples (noting this email is going to a couple of different groups), The family is making me clean out the garage and I have dicovered that I have a Codan 7727 B (local) radio (serial No. 6996) available that I don't have a use for. Looking at the frequencies in it I am guessing it is an EX NSW SES radio It has the following fitted.... Channel Frequency (MHz) 1 2.563 2 2.566 3 2.569 4 2.572 5 2.575 6 3.729 7 3.732 8 3.743 9 4.567 10 7.330 This model has the added "Call" feature - the one with 3 buttons marked "OPEN", "RESET" and "CALL". It is USB only and so has the momentary toggle switch for TUNE. It is the Radio only, No mounting cradle, No mic, No power lead. Anyone who has any interest please contact me via direct email Cheers, Phil Longworth, Canberra.

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Fitz's challenge 2016 - Call for volunteers
by Matt 14 Oct '16

14 Oct '16

G'day all, Fitz's challenge will be held this year on Sunday 30 October and we need volunteers to assist in the following tasks: WICEN operations at Fitz Challenge HQ at Stromlo Forest Park from 0600h to approx 1600h WICEN operations at approx 8 checkpoints Setup and dismantle radio eqpt at HQ (partial setup on the afternoon of Saturday 29 Oct) Install and test commercial licence (80MHz) radios in Pedal Power volunteer vehicles (also on the afternoon of Saturday 29 Oct) This time of the year is usually peak period for WICEN supported activities (apparently Canberrans like to come out of winter hibernation and go out to play in the outdoors in spring) but this year several events have been cancelled or rescheduled due to the long wet winter. So here's your chance to help out on the Fitz Challenge event which we have supported for many years. Please send responses advising if you are available (and preferred roles/positions/checkpoints) to the WICEN email address wicen(a)crarc.ampr.org <mailto:wicen@crarc.ampr.org> to make sure the appropriate people get the responses. Matt VK1MA WICEN ACT Coordinator

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Cancellation of the BMSC Brindabella Stages Rally
by Matt 30 Sep '16

30 Sep '16

Good afternoon all, we have received advice that the BMSC have had to cancel the BMSC Brindabella Stages car rally that was scheduled for Saturday the 15th of October due to damage to the roads caused by the recent wet weather. At this stage we are not aware of any plans to re-run this event - so currently we have only two WICEN supported events before the end of the year, those being the Fitz's Challenge bike ride on Sunday 30 October and the "Rallye des Femme" car rally on Saturday the 3rd of December. The higher than average rainfall we have received this year has certainly put a dampener on events this year, but I am sure that we will be back to normal levels of events again next year. Regards Matt VK1MA WICEN ACT Coordinator

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