Good afternoon everyone, and apologies to those
that get this multiple times,
We have been advised that the Rallye des Femme
(Lady Drivers Rally) is proposed to be conducted on Saturday December
1st.
The propesd location is out in the Tidbinbilla /
Laurel Camp / Pierces Creek area and consist of 2 stages, one run 3 times and
one run once only, with HQ & Service Park being located on Tidbinbilla Lane
(Paddock off the side of Paddys River Road near the entrance to the tracking
Station).
At this point it is unclear whether the event will
actually be conducted as the Rally routes traverse thye area where the Pierces
Creek bushfire has been burning and hence there are concerns for road condition,
safety (burnt out trees falling, etc) and so forth and I am awaiting further
advice from the BMSC organisors.
The WICEN effort for this one is as
follows....
SS1 Start
SS1 SOS
A
SS1 SOS
B
SS1
Stop
SS2
Start
SS2 SOS
A
SS2 SOS
B
SS2
Stop
HQ x 2 or
3
It is
propose to erect the portable repeaters on Black Hill (where the Tidbinbilla
Tracking Station Columnation Tower is located) as this provides good coverage of
both sides of the ridge without the need for large antenna masts,
etc.
I have not
yet arranged for a Googledoc's response sheet for people to register against,
this is a heads-up only at this point and I expect to get all the
"set-in-concrete" details on or before 17 November at that time would be
able to provide more information, so stand-by for further emails around that
time.
For those
interested, the National Capital Rally 2019 is being planned for Saturday 11th
May 2019 and will be a new format SINGLE DAY ONLY event, so mark that in the
diary now !
Cheers for
now,
Phil
Longworth VK1PL
Deputy State
Coordinator, WICEN ACT.