We will need 17 Field stations for the Saturday and around 6 or 7 people in
HQ across the day also.
Sunday is quite different to last year and is
as follows.....
SS9 / SS12 will be Sherwood which
starts out on East West Road near Uriarra Village and runs through the
forest finishing off Blue Range Road. This stage is approx 24.75 KM's
of competitive distance and will have a Start, SOS A, SOS B, SOS C, SOS D, SOS
E & Stop. Guestimate meet time is expected to be around 0600 and
a potential finish time around 1545.
SS10 / SS13 will be Laurel Camp
which is located in the Pearces West / Tidbinbilla part of
the Brindabellas. This stage is approx 16.4 KM's of competitive
distance and will have a Start, SOS A, SOS B, SOS C &
Stop. Guestimate meet time is expected to be around 0630 and a potential finish time
around 1630.
SS11 / SS14 will be Tidbinbilla
which starts out near the Tidbinbilla Tracking Station and weaves it's
way back to Paddys River road near Cotter. This stage is approx 18.3 KM's of competitive distance and will have a Start,
SOS A, SOS B, SOS C & Stop. Guestimate meet time is expected
to be around 0700 and a potential finish time around
1730.
We will need 17 Field stations for the Sunday and around 6 or 7 people in
HQ across the day also.
We need to firm up people's availability and restrictions so as to be able
to organise a roster. Volunteers also need to REGISTER AS A VOLUNTEER on the
NatCap Rally website, please get in early at
http://netiernationalcapitalrally.com.au/#volunteer so
you can be listed to get a T-shirt etc (there will not be an additional T-shirt
run this year, if you aren't registered by the cut-off date then no shirt).
Please note that you are a WICEN Radio Operator in the "
Comments and Previous Experience" section
(regardless of whether you have done rallies before or not) of the registration
page, and select "Administration" in the "
Area's interested
in working" section.
I am also looking for people to look after the booking out, and returning
back in of the fleet of radio's used by the officials. The officials use a set
of Commercial UHF frequencies and have a set of ICOM Mobile and Handheld
radio's, along with other radio's borrowed from WICEN and elsewhere. The
tracking of these radio's has been very problematic over the past few years and
so I'd like to get some people from a radio background to handle the issueing
and receipt of these items instead of it being left to "anybody who is around"
at HQ. It is not very onerous and would suit somebody who has time to spare
during the week leading up to the Rally (Tues 29 May - Fri 1 June) and don't
mind sitting around with not much to do.
National Capital Rally 2017 WICEN Availability......
Your Name & Callsign :
If you are available for Saturday 2nd
June Y/N
If Y, are there any time restrictions on you
? Y/N (and if Y, please state what they are)
If you are available for Sunday 3rd
June
Y/N
If Y, are there any time restrictions on you
? Y/N (and if Y, please state what they are)
Do you have any vehicle restrictions that would restrict you being able to
traverse dirt roads in the forest Y/N
Do you have VHF radio (2 metres) capable of 10 watts or more with a
suitable
antenna
Y/N
Do you have UHF radio (70 cm) capable of 10 watts or more with a
suitable
antenna
Y/N
Can you operate said radio's away from your
vehicle
Y/N
Your Mobile Phone Number for contact.
Please list any preferences of what you would like to do.
Please let us know even if you cannot assist as that way we
can make notes that you are not available and we (hopefully) won't make further
contact.
Cheers All,
Phil Longworth VK1PL
Deputy State Coordinator, WICEN
ACT