The Upper Hawkesbury Power Boat Club is conducting the 78th Bridge to
Bridge Power Boat Classic on the Hawkesbury River today. WICEN is
supporting Marine Rescue, who are co-ordinating over 50 checkpoints
between Brooklyn and Windsor, using GRN and VHF marine.
Northern Rivers is providing communications for Tenterfield Equestrian
Club's Horse Enduro this weekend, in the Girard State Forest.
The Upper Hawkesbury Power Boat Club will conduct the 78th Bridge to
Bridge Power Boat Classic on the Hawkesbury River on Sunday 4th May
2014. Jan VK2FEB is organising WICEN's assistance to Marine Rescue,
who are co-ordinating communications and checkpoint personnel. There
are over 50 checkpoints between Brooklyn and Windsor, of which some
are some land based, allowing volunteers without a boat to operate
them. Communications will use GRN and VHF marine, with GRN handsets
supplied.
The Upper Hawkesbury Power Boat Club will conduct the 78th Bridge to
Bridge Power Boat Classic on the Hawkesbury River on Sunday 4th May
2014. Jan VK2FEB [pronounced similar to "Yarn"] is organising WICEN's
assistance to Marine Rescue, who are co-ordinating communications and
checkpoint personnel. There are over 50 checkpoints between Brooklyn
and Windsor, of which some are some land based, allowing volunteers
without a boat to operate them. Communications will use GRN and VHF
marine, as appropriate, with GRN handsets supplied.
WICEN has a new set of repeater hardware on 147.175 (+600 with a 91.5 Hz subtone) on test from tomorrow 17th April, from 12:00, with the call sign VK2REP, our portable 2M licence. It will be on air for a week or so.
The Upper Hawkesbury Power Boat Club will conduct the 78th Bridge to
Bridge Power Boat Classic on the Hawkesbury River on Sunday 4th May
2014.
Jan VK2FEB [pronounced similar to "Yarn"] is organising WICEN's
assistance to Marine Rescue, who are co-ordinating communications and
checkpoint personnel. There are over 50 checkpoints between Brooklyn
and Windsor, of which some are some land based, allowing volunteers
without a boat to operate them. Communications will use GRN and VHF
marine, as appropriate, with GRN handsets supplied.
Northern Rivers is providing communications for Tenterfield Equestrian
Club's Horse Enduro on the weekend of the 3rd and 4th of May, in the
Girard State Forest.
WICEN membership fees were due 31 March 2014. Many members have
already paid, mainly at the Wyong Field Day. The Annual fee is $15.00,
and direct payment to WICEN account is preferred. For details of
account please see the WICEN web page. If members are unable to
deposit their membership fee direct, then payment can be made by
cheque to WICEN (NSW) Inc and mailed to:
On Sunday 23rd March a VRA Induction training session was held at the
SARC Clubrooms in Lismore for about 10 WICEN members. This covered
the 5 basic competencies required for active VRA members. The WICEN
Northern Rivers group approached the training with enthusiasm and all
made a big effort to get through all the work required on the day.
This training will help continue WICEN's relevance to today's changing
emergency service environment. Thank you to all those who attended.
Northern Rivers is providing communications for Tenterfield Equestrian
Club's Horse Enduro on the weekend of the 3rd and 4th of May, in the
Girard State Forest.
WICEN ACT is part of the Canberra Region Amateur Radio Club, the
successor of the ACT division of the WIA. Their website at
http://www.crarc.ampr.org/ includes details of both WICEN and general
events.
WICEN has been asked to provide communications support for the
Bushwalker's Wilderness Rescue Squad's Operational Exercise, or OPEX,
at Winburndale Nature Reserve, 35kms north-east of Bathurst, on the
weekend of 22nd and 23rd of March.
WICEN Northern Rivers conducted a training exercise in the Girard
State Forest, west of Drake, testing a 70cm portable repeater on Mt.
Richmond, overlooking the area to be used for the forthcoming horse
enduro run by the Tenterfield Equestrian Club.
WICEN has been asked to provide communications support for the
Bushwalker's Wilderness Rescue Squad's Operational Exercise, or OPEX,
at Winburndale Nature Reserve, 35kms north-east of Bathurst, on the
weekend of 22nd and 23rd of March.
