Good evening all, a follow on call for volunteers as we are still a couple short of the numbers needed to assist with the Fitz’s Challenge on Sunday 27 October. I understand that some people have not been receiving these emails, so if you know of anyone who may not have received these emails, please pass to them (I will also send this to the VK1news and VK1 reflector email lists to catch as many as I can so apologies for duplicate emails).

The Fitz Challenge is a long distance cycling event (total distance of up to 255km) were we provide safety monitoring checkpoints at various locations along the course. The course will be through Namadgi National Park and Paddys River Rd Tidbinbilla. The course is the same as previous years with checkpoints at: Tharwa Village, Rendezvous Creek, Orroral Valley U-turn, Fitz Hill, Honeysuckle Creek U-turn, Corin Forest recreation facility, Kangaroo Creek U-turn and Near Uriarra Homestead. HQ at Stromlo cycle park will run two networks, one on 2m amateur band and one on an 80MHz WICEN allocation. We will need at least two operators on two shifts, total four. Further information about the Fitz Challenge is at http://www.fitzs.com.au/

We will need approximately 12 operators, so please let us know if you are available or not via the registration form at the below link.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QhcVwcti0hgOGrmkJfyP054dQii9SvY5jF2vAmQ_2uY

Matt

VK1MA

WICEN ACT Coordinator