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 Saturday 11th
May 2019. It is a single day event only this year at the
request of the competitors who have to Travel. This will have various
competition classes but no APRC this year.
The draft itinerary and maps from the organisers
reveals there will be 4 physical stages on the Saturday with each stage being
run twice.
Saturday is similar the same as last year for
3 of the stages, but a short stage at Hyles Block has been
added.
Details I have at present are....
SS1 / SS5 will be Hyles
Block which is a small piece of Forest located between Brindabella
Road and the Molonglo River accessed from Brindabella Road in the Cotter to
Uriarra section of the road - almost directly opposite the Uriarra Village
entrance roads. This stage is approx 10.4 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 1500.
SS2 / SS6 will be Sherwood which
starts out on a side road from Blue Range Road and runs through the forest
finishing off at the intersection of Blue Range Road and Old Mill Road
This stage is approx 27 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 0545 and a potential finish time around 1600.
SS3 / SS7 will be Cottage 5 Ways
which is located in the Pearces West / Tidbinbilla part of
the Brindabellas. This stage is approx 16.4 KM's of competitive
distance and will have a Start, SOS A, SOS B, SOS C &
Stop. Guestimate meet time is expected to be around 0630 and a potential finish time
around 1630.
SS4 / SS8 will be Tidbinbilla
which starts out near the Tidbinbilla Tracking Station and weaves it's
way back to Paddys River road near Cotter. This stage is approx 18.2
KM's of competitive distance and will have a Start, SOS A, SOS B, SOS
C & Stop. Guestimate meet time is expected to be around 0715
and a potential finish time around 1730.
We will need 20 Field stations for the Saturday and around 5 or 6
people in HQ across the day also. HQ is at the Abode Hotel in Woden this year
with the 'service park' in the open air carpark opposite the Abode Hotel and
near the Hellenic Club in Woden.
We need to firm up people's availability and restrictions so as to be able
to organise a roster. Volunteers will also need to REGISTER AS A VOLUNTEER on
the NatCap Rally website
once that is up and
running, please get in early at
http://netiernationalcapitalrally.com.au/home/volunteers/ so
you can be listed to get a T-shirt etc. Assuming the volunteers registration
form is similar to previous years, please note that you are a WICEN Radio
Operator in the "
Comments and Previous Experience" section
of the registration page (regardless of whether you have done rallies
before or not), and select "Administration" in the "
Area's interested in working"
section.
I am also looking for people to look after the booking out, and returning
back in of the fleet of radio's used by the officials. The officials use a set
of Commercial UHF frequencies and have a set of ICOM Mobile and Handheld
radio's, along with other radio's borrowed from WICEN and elsewhere. The
tracking of these radio's has been very problematic over the years and so
I'd like to get some people from a radio background to handle the issueing and
receipt of these items instead of it being left to "anybody who is around" at
HQ. It is not very onerous and would suit somebody who has time to spare during
the week leading up to the Rally (Tues 7th - Sat 11th May Inclusive) and
don't mind sitting around with not much to do.
As this is only 5 weeks away, I don't have the time at present
to set up a Google Docs form and so If you can assist then please email to
wicen@crarc.ampr.org the
following information....
National Capital Rally 2019 WICEN Availability......
Your Name & Callsign :
If you are available for Saturday 11th May 2019
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 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
Communications Manager, Netier National Capital Rally
2019