South
East Radio Group
Convention 2005
(Mount Gambier)
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June 11-12 (Queen’s Birthday weekend) Amateur Radio Convention Venue: Scout Hall Lat: 37 49 57 For info or table bookings contact Wayne VK5ZX Accommodation may be at a premium this year as there is another large event in the town. Book early. One alternative to motels/caravan parks is bed & breakfasts. |
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South East Radio Group - Convention 2005
41st ANNUAL AMATEUR RADIO CONVENTION & AUSTRALIAN
FOX HUNTING CHAMPIONSHIPS
VENUE : Mount Gambier Scouts, Margaret Street, Mount
Gambier
CONTACT FREQUENCIES : 2m Repeater 146.900 and 70cm Repeater 439.825 (note change)
Parking
Ample parking is about 50 metres west of the scout hall in the swimming complex parking area. Being Mount Gambier the chances of clashing with a swimming comptition in June are non existent!
Map of Mt Gambier
298K JPG
Look in F5 for Margaret St and the scout hall is in the NE corner of the aquatic
centre. See arrow.
At the large roundabout on Jubilee Highway (Penola Road intersection - McDonalds Fastfood), turn south into Bay Road towards the lakes. Cross the main street and the railway line. At 100 metres turn right into Margaret Street. The scout hall is on the left.
Due to the change of venue there may be a re-arrangement
of the starting points for some events to obviate driving back into the town
- advice will be provided on the day.
DRIVE SAFELY AT ALL TIMES
** Note –Parking at the rear of the Hall is for Fox-Hunting
Teams, Starters and Foxes ONLY. ALL other vehicles must be parked in the
Olympic Park Complex, just west of the hall on the same side of the road.
SATURDAY 11th JUNE 2005
TIME |
WHAT'S ON |
0900 |
Hall opens for the setting up of ‘trade displays only’. |
1000 – 1100 |
Special practice fox hunts commencing from the hall, in Margaret St,
Mt.Gambier We will have a Fox on 146.550 and another on 439.025. Both will be transmitting simultaneously. Several teams have requested a trial hunt to test the gear, so here they are and at no charge. |
1200 – 1400 |
Event 1: Distance Based Fox Hunt to be conducted by AREG. Starting Location is to be advised |
1300 - 1630 |
Registration & entry to the hall. Admission is $8.00 (Covers both days) |
1430 – 1630 |
Event 2: ARDF Event. Starting location will be announced at a later time once the course has been set. |
1700 - 1725 |
Event 3: Sniffer hunt on 2 metres – Bryan VK3YNG made up to 10 transmitters available for this event last year. If these sniffers are again available (including the 3 he kindly donated us last year), then the frequencies that we may use are 144.000, 144.250, 144.500, 144.750, 145.000, 145.250, 145.300, 145.500, 145.700, 145.750. The number of transmitters that will be used will be advised before the event as will the starting location. |
1930 |
Event 4: The Infamous Night Multi-Leg Fox Hunt - 2 Mx., 70 Cm., 10
Mx., & 6 Mx. – Starting location for this event is the saleyards,
on the Princess Highway, heading out of Mt.Gambier (5.4km past the 110k
signs) towards the Vic. Border – 37 51.569S 140 52.942E Again this year each leg will be hunted in the above order, with the event finishing around 11.30 p.m. S.A. Time. It is imperative that teams involved in this event are contactable on Ch.6 repeater (146.900) at all times. Because SERG keeps track of entries and may search for missing teams, any team that withdraws from this event after its start without advising SERGwill be disqualified from Sunday’s Events. (Frequencies will be 146.525 FM, 439.025 FM, 28.450 USB, 52.100 FM). |
SUNDAY 12th JUNE 2005
TIME |
WHAT'S ON |
0830 |
Registration & entry to the hall : Admission fee is $8.00 (unless already paid on Saturday) |
0910 - 0930 |
Event 5: Sniffer Hunt on 2 metres. See event 3 for details – this event will be similar. |
1010 - 1200 |
Event 6: Two Metre Hidden Transmitter Hunt.- Starting location for
this event will be at the Compton Hall, just off Millicent Road just
around the corner with Ssanowsky Road – 37 48.119S 140 43.766E 1st. Leg 146.525 MHz. 2nd. Leg 439.000 MHz. 3rd. Leg Hidden Tx. 146.000 MHz. |
1200-1300 |
Equipment service time |
1300-1330 |
Event 7: Judging of the Home Brew & Announcement of the Results (3 sections catering from Novice to Expert). We still have our very kind anonymous trophy donor for this event and as always we will have some really useful trophies. Please enter your projects in support of Homebrewing – Our sincere thanks go to this person again. |
1300 - 1340 |
** Note – Events 8 & 9 will be hunted without returning to
the hall. After Event 9 all Foxes will return to the hall Event 8: Six Metre Fox Hunt on 52.100 MHz FM. – Starting location for this event is at the “ 5 Corners” just outside the 100kmp signs on the left out Millicent Road – 37 48.341S 140 43.754E |
1345 - 1425 |
Event 9: 80 Mx. Fox Hunt. 3.585 MHz LSB. – Starting location
for this event will be given to each team by the Event 8 Fox. (Make sure
you get this information..it cannot be added here for obvious reasons) 1425 – 1510 Equipment service time |
1510 - 1550 |
** Note – Events 10 & 11 will also be hunted without returning
to the Hall. After Event 11 all Foxes will return to the Hall Event 10: 2 Mx. Fox Hunt. 146.525 MHz. – StartinglLocation for this event is the same as for Event 8 |
1555 - 1635 |
Event 11: 1.2 GHz. Fox Hunt on 1296.000 MHZ – Starting location
for this event will be given to each team by the Event 10 Fox. 1700 - 1730 - Trophy Presentations |
Notes for 2005
(1) Events 1,2 & 7 do not count towards the overall championship.
(2) Speed Limits – Remember the highway speed limit in South Australia
is 100kph unless otherwise signposted. The speed limit in towns is 50kph unless
signposted otherwise. If we stay
at 50kph we hopefully will not attract
any un-wanted attention. Also be extremely careful when approaching any intersection.
Remember in the country you have no idea what is on the other side of the
hill or around the next corner.
(3) Scoring for events will be allotted to allow
every team to score points instead of just the first few. For example we
will start
with 20 points for first,
19 for second etc. This was successfully trialled in 2004. This means
that if we have 15 in the event,
the 15th placed
team
would
receive
6 points,
thereby
creating
more
interest
for
all
concerned.
Actual
scoring for each event may vary slightly, but the above principle will
apply. Full details on scoring for each event will be available on registration.
This page will most likely be up-dated again before the events are conducted,
so keep watching this space
Wayne VK5ZX Phone 08-87254335 or 0407718908 email: vk5zx@internode.on.net
Ammended : 5th June 2005
Catering will be by the widely
renowned connoisseur of the culinary art - Kevin VK5KJ and his partner
Judith both brought at great expense from distant Brisbane and Worrolong
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RULES
updated 8th March 2005