December 2011 - WICEN-Members - mailman.crarc.org.au

Request for assistance - WICEN Exercise for the "Rallye des Femme" (Lady Drivers Rally)
by Phil Longworth 08 Dec '11

08 Dec '11

Good afternoon all (well it is as I type this), Next Saturday (10th December) is the annual "Rallye des Femme" car rally. This small rally is designed for the long suffering Wives, Girlfriends, Partners and others to take over the rally car from the boys and get out to compete. It often attracts competitors from Sydney and the south coast in addition to the locals. The rally will be held out in Kowen forest and will consist of 3 stages, each to be run 3 times similar to last year. So we need 9 people for the field stations and 4-5 at HQ which will be on the hill near the old water tanks where we were for the last few events at Kowen - excellent view of the old "Rally of Canberra" jump and away from the noise and dust of the service park. So far we have had affirmatives from the following people.... Greg VK1BAT, Deane VK1DW, Ian VK1FMAC, Mark VK1HMS, Matt VK1MA, Peter VK1NPW, Phil VK1PL, Wayne VK1VNB & Bill VK1WPR. We have had a few of our regulars indicate they cannot assist as well. So, we are chasing another 4 or 5 people to come along and help out. Don't be shy, even if you have never done a WICEN event before don't worry, the duties and responsibilities are very easy and this is an ideal event to learn about what goes on. The meet times are 8:30 / 9:00 AM and the event should be over by 3:30 PM. Please contact myself (Phil VK1PL) ASAP by email to wicen(a)crarc.ampr.org (or direct if you have my email address) if you can assist, and even if you can't help out this time, could you let me know so I can notate the 'unavailability' as well. Cheers all, ... Phil Longworth VK1PL.

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Re: [WICEN-Members] [Committee] [Vk1-news] Request for assistance - WICEN Exercise for the "Rallye des Femme" (Lady Drivers Rally)
by Steve 04 Dec '11

04 Dec '11

I can think of a few reasons:- 1. They aren't interested in the comms side of these events. They just want to it work and turn their internal resources to whatever type of event it is. 2. CB, regardless if 27MHz or UHF would have great difficulty covering the area required during many (most?) of these events. You should know this. 3. CB repeaters are often supplied by CRARC, but are almost instant magnets for other "traffic". Have you ever listened to a UHF repeater near a population centre? Don't do it with your mother present.. 4. They could use mobile phones in some instances, as long as they have coverage and could absorb the costs. This would start to get very expensive given the short messages typical of these events (flagfall costs). 5. These groups like us for other reasons too. They need extra people and our mob free up their limited volunteer pool for other things. And what do the radio people get out of it? 1. Some people like operating equipment, and these events are a good excuse to actually do it. I like operating in the great outdoors, for instance. 2. Sometimes the club gets a donation. WICEN is the main reason we only pay $30 per year. We don't get a donation for everything, but some groups are good to us. There's probably many more reasons, but why don't you put your hand up and see for yourself? Steve (VK2ZSZ) On 12/03/2011 01:13 PM, Barry Matson wrote: > > Why do we bother with this? This is what the Citizens Band was > created for. Why can't they do their communications for themselves. > > > _______________________________________________ > Committee mailing list > Committee(a)crarc.ampr.org > http://www.crarc.ampr.org/mailman/listinfo/committee

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Re: [WICEN-Members] [Committee] [Vk1-news] Request for assistance - WICEN Exercise for the "Rallye des Femme" (Lady Drivers Rally)
by Peter Westerhof 03 Dec '11

03 Dec '11

G'day Garry, it is simple WICEN and CRARC support these events so that as a NOT FOR PROFIT organisation we can make a little bit of coin to support all the activies the club undertakes, let alone the taking care or our repeaters etc.. It also gives members the opportunity to keep their communications skills up todate so that they can be called on in an emergency by civil authorities.... As for CB, it is a complete waste of time in this region.... deliberate interference, nuisance traffic is not what the rally organisations need, our radio networks provide hassle free immediate communications for safety.... Cheers Peter VK1NPW the On 3/12/2011 1:13 PM, Barry Matson wrote: > > Why do we bother with this? This is what the Citizens Band was > created for. Why can't they do their communications for themselves. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Committee mailing list > Committee(a)crarc.ampr.org > http://www.crarc.ampr.org/mailman/listinfo/committee

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