Hi Phil
I put my hand up as a standby. I may be almost spent by the time I have done JOTA then Fitz’s.
Cheers
Malcom Harrington +61 (0)409 315 153 malcomh1@bigpond.com mailto:malcomh1@bigpond.com VK1AAH Secretary, Canberra Region Amateur Radio Club
On 8 Oct 2017, at 8:20 PM, Phil Longworth plongwor@bigpond.net.au wrote:
Good evening all, and apologies to those who get this email twice.
WICEN has been approached about assisting with a Car Rally being conducted at Cooma on Sat November 4th.
This event is being conducted by the Light Car Club of Canberra (LCCC) and consists of 7 separate stages on council roads around Cooma.
Ideally we would like to be able to have enough people to man 18 field stations with 3 in HQ, which is quite an ask of course. There is a possibility that people on SS1 & 2 could relocate to SS6 & 7 but timing would be tight.
My wife Sally & I went down and drove the course recently and it looks to be a very fast set of roads for the competitors (I was averaging 90 - 100kph in my Ute).
The schedule has the first car commencing from Cooma Township at 10:00 AM meaning the first stage needs to be set-up and ready around 9:00 and so I would expect a meet time of around 8:00 AM out near the Snowy Mountains Airport. Last stage is expected to finish around 5:30 PM.
Travel time to Cooma from Canberra CBD is around 1Hr & 20 minutes according to Google so an early start for people wishing to attend.
WICEN traffic will be on VHF and hand-held radio's are not suitable, a good mobile radio capable of 10 watts or better and a good antenna is a must for this one. All places are accessible by standard 2WD vehicles and the roads are all in good condition.
All comers welcome, whether you have done a car rally before or not we can use you, but transport is your responsibility.
So, who, if anyone, can assist with this exercise ? Please let me know ASAP by email to wicen@crarc.ampr.org mailto:wicen@crarc.ampr.org.
Thanks in advance,
Phil Longworth VK1PL Deputy State Coordinator WICEN ACT, Treasurer, CRARC
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