October 2018 - WICEN-Members - mailman.crarc.org.au

Follow up call for volunteers - Fitz's Challenge and Witwood horse Carriage events
by Matt 16 Oct '18

16 Oct '18

Good afternoon all, we have our final WICEN events for the year coming up on Sunday 28 October. Unfortunately there is a clash with 2 events on the same day which is stretching our current personnel resources. Currently we are still short of a number of volunteers for both events. 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 similar to previous years with checkpoints at Tharwa, Rendezvous Creek, Orroral Valley, Fitz Hill, Honeysuckle Creek, Corin Forest, Kangaroo Creek and Uriarra plus a headquarters station at Stromlo Cycle Park . The Witwood carriage driving event is another horse event where the participants drive small carriages behind horses (often barely bigger than the drivers) around a variety of obstacles. It takes place out on the Witwood property which is located half way between Bungendore and Braidwood. This year we have moved to using google forms to collect & collate responses rather than relying on emailed responses - as such can I ask if you can check your calendars for your availability and complete the form at the following link, noting your preferences for times and places: https://goo.gl/forms/Kpm8btxmwRxh2wj42 On submission / successful completion of the form, you should get an email confirming the form has been submitted and a link to your response. If you do experience any issues with the form (or don't get an email from google forms) then please let us know via the wicen(a)crarc.ampr.org <mailto:wicen@crarc.ampr.org> email address. If you have already responded to this form, then no further action is required, but if you are interested then please fill in the form with advice on your availability as we are still substantially short of volunteers to support these events. Matt VK1MA WICEN ACT Coordinator

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Witwood Carriage Driving Event - Call for Volunteers
by Wade Smith 08 Oct '18

08 Oct '18

[image: image.png] *Witwood Carriage Driving Event - Call for **Volunteers* WICEN will be supporting a Carriage Driving event at the property "Witwood" on the Bungendore to Braidwood road on Sunday 28 October. This is an ideal WICEN practice event for newcomers to amateur radio who wish to participate in WICEN events. We are looking for 15 operators however this can vary depending on set up for the course. All that is required of us is to pass back to control the arrival time of a competitor at an obstacle and the time they depart. This is done using 2M FM simplex, and most of the course is line of sight so only a modest set up is required. In most case you would able to operate from your vehicle using handheld tranceivers. Being a low key event we invite newcomers and recently licensed F-calls to join us and we will pair you up with a more experienced operator (if they are available) to gain experience of a WICEN event. Registered operators are provided with a snack pack lunch by the organisers. If you arrive at around 0700 you can avail your self of an egg & bacon roll and tea or coffee provided by the organisers. The event briefing starts at around 0730, set up generally begins around 0800hrs. The event runs from around 0900 to mid afternoon generally no later than 1600hrs. Amanda VK1WX will be the coordinator for the event. This year we have moved to using google forms to collect & collate responses rather than relying on emailed responses. Please check your calendars for your availability and complete the form at the following link, noting your preferences for times and places: https://goo.gl/forms/Kpm8btxmwRxh2wj42 <https://goo.gl/forms/Kpm8btxmwRxh2wj42> On submission of the form, you should get an email confirming the form has been submitted and a link to your response. If you do experience any issues with the form (or don’t get an email from google forms) then please let me know. Amanda Hawes VK1WX *Upcoming Events:* VK1Fcall net, Every Tuesday Night VK1RBM 70cm Repeater 1930hrs Local, Echolink via *VK3JED*, IRLP via 9558. *Digital Mode Net:* Tuesday evenings from 8 to 9pm. DMR on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays and DSTAR on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays. DMR for the time being will be on TG3801 (TS2). DSTAR users should select "VK1RWN G" so they can be heard through the gateway. If there is a 5th Tuesday in the month we will run a System Fusion net for those people who have this capability (e.g. most hotspot users ) - more details to follow. Rob VK2HR *October* 19-21 JOTA 20 - International SOTA Event - VK JA ZL - EU S2S QSO Party - more info - http://reflector.sota.org.uk/t/vk-ja-zl-eu-s2s-20-oct-18/18140 24 - Club Meeting, RedHill Scout Hall 1930, for 2000 start. ANU's James Gilbert on “exoplanet detection with locally built spectrograph” 28 - Fitz Challenge https://goo.gl/forms/Kpm8btxmwRxh2wj42 28 - Witwood carriage driving event https://goo.gl/forms/Kpm8btxmwRxh2wj42 *November* 4 - VK1 SOTA 6m, 2m & 70cm VHF-UHF S2S Party 28 - Christmas BBQ *** If you have items you would like included please contact me. 73, Wade VK1MIC VK1News Editor, CRARC Committee Member CRARC facbook page: https://www.facebook.com/crarc.vk1/ *Please do not reply to this email address. Please direct replies to the indicated address/es above or committee at crac.ampr.org <http://crac.ampr.org/>*

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Fwd: Call for WICEN Volunteers Fitz's Challenge 28 October 2018
by Wade Smith 06 Oct '18

06 Oct '18

[image: mlkmknoehkijbomb.png] *Call for WICEN Volunteers Fitz's Challenge 28 October 2018* Spring WICEN has erupted with two events scheduled for Sunday 28 October. For those who enjoy watching cyclists suffer many hours in the saddle, Fitz’s Challenge is a real treat. For those who prefer real saddles and horses, see another post about the Witwood event. 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 similar to previous years with checkpoints at THARWA Tharwa Village 10.00 AM 3.30 PM RENDEZVOUS Rendezvous Creek 8.30 AM 2.00 PM ORRORAL Orroral Valley U-turn 9.15 AM 1.00 PM FITZ HILL Fitz Hill, Pedal Power food/water stop 1.15 PM as req HONEYSUCKLE Honeysuckle Creek U-turn 10.00 AM 2.30 PM CORIN Corin Forest recreation facility, RHS of road. CP is at the entrance to the car park. 11.30 AM 5.00 PM KANGAROO CK Kangaroo Creek U-turn 12.00 PM 4.30 PM URIARRA Near Uriarra Homestead, on Uriarra Rd just N of Brindabella Rd junction 2.00 PM 7.00 PM WICEN may not need to provide operators at all checkpoints. 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. This year we have moved to using google forms to collect & collate responses rather than relying on emailed responses – as such can I ask if you can check your calendars for your availability and complete the form at the following link, noting your preferences for times and places: https://goo.gl/forms/Kpm8btxmwRxh2wj42 On submission / successful completion of the form, you should get an email confirming the form has been submitted and a link to your response. If you do experience any issues with the form (or don’t get an email from google forms) then please let me know. Further information about the Fitz Challenge is at http://www.fitzs.com.au/ Malcom Harrington Malcomh1(a)bigpond.com +61 (0)409 315153 VK1AAH Secretary; Canberra Region Amateur Radio Club Upcoming Events: VK1Fcall net, Every Tuesday Night VK1RBM 70cm Repeater 1930hrs Local Digital Mode Net, every Tuesday night, alternating DMR (TG8 TS1) and DStar (VK1RWN G) 2000hrs Local October 4-5 - ANU Inward Bound - WICEN is contributing comms planning expertise and loaning equipment. 28- 6 October - Enigma Reloaded Event19-21 JOTA 20 - International SOTA Event - VK JA ZL - EU S2S QSO Party - more info - http://reflector.sota.org.uk/t/vk-ja-zl-eu-s2s-20-oct-18/18140 24 - Club Meeting, RedHill Scout Hall 1930, for 2000 start. ANU's James Gilbert on “exoplanet detection with locally built spectrograph” 28 - Fitz Challenge clashes with 28 - Witwood carriage driving event November 4 - VK1 SOTA 6m, 2m & 70cm VHF-UHF S2S Party 28 - Christmas BBQ

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