South
East Radio Group
Convention 2008
(Mount Gambier)
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June 7-8 (Queen’s Birthday weekend) 2008 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 are often other large events in the town. Book early. One alternative to motels/caravan parks is bed & breakfasts. |
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South East Radio Group - Convention 2008
43rd 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.
Start work on your 2008 Home Brew Competition entry now. This is an excellent event with great prizes.
SOUTH EAST RADIO GROUP – CONVENTION
2008
COMPLETE PROGRAM as of 03/06/08
0900 on Saturday, 7 June 2008 Hall opens for setting up of ‘trade
displays only’,
Hall is located in Margaret St or approx. 37.832206s 140.775851e
** 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.
1300 - 1630 Registration & entry to the hall. Admission is $10.00 (Covers
both days)
SATURDAY 7th JUNE 2008 (STARTER = CHARLES VK5XCP & WAYNE VK5ZX
)
Event 1: 1200 - 1430 Sniffer Hunt on 2 metres – 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 commences. Also they will not be setup in any specific frequency
order but randomly.
At 1145 we will all meet at the top car park in the lakes area just before you
drive down into the Valley Lake at approx. 37.845121s 140767082e
Event 2: 1530 – 1730 VK5ZX 70cm on 439.025 Starting Point 3 – Assemble from 1500
Event 3: 1930 The ‘LOOKOUT TONIGHT’, Infamous Night “Multi-Leg” Fox
Hunt – Starting Point 3
2 mx on 146.525FM, , VK5ZGY
70cm on 439.025FM , VK5ZX
2 mx on 146.550FM , VK5AV
6 mx on 52.100FM , VK5DK
10 mx on 28.450USB VK5KET
Again this year each leg must be hunted in the above order. It is imperative
that teams involved in this event are contactable on Ch.6 repeater (146.900)
at all times.
Any team that withdraws from this event after its start and doesn’t
advise SERG (VK5SR) will be disqualified from Sunday’s Events. (Frequencies
will be 146.525 FM, 439.025 FM, 28.450 USB, 52.100 FM)
SUNDAY 8th JUNE 2008
0830 - Registration & entry to the hall : Admission fee is $10.00 (unless already paid on Saturday)
Event 4: 0910 - 0930 Sniffer Hunt on 2 metres. See Event 1 for details except
the Start will be from the Hall
Event 5: 1010 - 1200 Hidden Transmitter Hunt.- Starting Point 2
1st. Leg 146.525 MHz. VK5FOXX
2nd. Leg 439.000 MHz. VK5ZX
3rd. Leg Hidden Tx. 146.000 MHz. VK5FJIM
Event 6: 1300-1330 Judging of the Home Brew & Announcement of the Results
(Sections will cater from Foundation 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 Home-brewing – Our
sincere thanks go to this person again.
Event 7: 1300 - 1340 VK5DK Six Metre Fox Hunt on 52.100 MHz FM. – Starting
Point 1…Please Note this FOX will tell you where to go for the Start
of Event 8
Event 8: 1345 - 1425 VK5ZGY 80 Mx. Fox Hunt. 3.585 MHz LSB.
1425 – 1510 Equipment Service Time
Event 9: 1510 - 1550 VK5AV 2 Mx. Fox Hunt. 146.525 MHz. – Starting
Point 2… Please Note this FOX will tell you where to go for the Start
of Event 10
Event 10: 1555 - 1635 VK5DK 1.2 GHz. Fox Hunt on 1296.000 MHZ
Starting/Assembly Points are
No.1 = 37.848726 140.766950 (Grassed Area just South of the Lakes on Bay
Road as per last year)
No.2 = 37.805860 140.729397 (Grassed Area at ‘5’ Corners on the
Millicent Road as per last year)
No.3 = 37.859134 140.881032 (Saleyards Princess Hwy, Glenburnie as per last
year)
1700 - 1745 - Trophy Presentation
1830 (approx) - Bar-B-Que at SERG Clubrooms on O’Halloran Tce, Mt.Gambier
(Gold Coin Donation)
Notes for 2008
(1) Event 6 does not count towards the overall Championship.
(2) Speed Limits – Remember 110 kph is the Sign Posted, Highway Speed
Limit in SA, BUT all other roads, outside the city, are 100kph and in fact
some are 90kph. Also within the city 50kph is expected from all, even though
a few roads are 60kph. 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.
Wayne VK5ZX Phone 08-87254335 or 0407718908 email: vk5zx@internode.on.net
June 3rd 2008
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.
Catering will be by the widely
renowned connoisseur of the culinary art - Phil VK5HAM and
his team brought at great expense from distant Compton
.
Here is the way point numbers for a GPS - they are the start line points only. Sorry, not the location of the foxes!!!
updated 20th March 2008