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WICEN will have a stand at the Wyong field day. Volunteers will shortly be called for. Please consider helping, as the more volunteers, the shorter the shifts.

WICEN has ben asked to provide communications support for the Bushwalker's Wilderness Rescue Squad's Operational Exercise, or OPEX, Winburndale Nature Reserve, 35kms north-east of Bathurst, on the weekend of 22nd and 23rd of March.

WICEN ACT is part of the Canberra Region Amateur Radio Club. Their website at www.crarc.ampr.org includes details of both WICEN and general events.

Sister VRA squad, the Bushwalker's Wilderness Rescue Squad will be running their remote area first aid course at Cardiff Scout Hall on the 1st and 2nd, and 15th and 16th of February. For details see: http://www.bwrs.org.au/, being sure to include the “W”s.

Coming WICEN events include:

WICEN's display at the CCARC Field Day on Sunday 23 February
BWRS Operational Exercise north-east of Bathurst on 22nd and 23rd of March.

Submitted by Julian Sortland VK2YJS on behalf of the WICEN State Management Committee.