#EmergencyCommsExercise

Stuart Longland (VK4MSL)

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6 months ago

Another #EmergencyCommsExercise this weekend. This time #WICEN is helping in a #HorseEnduranceRide at Dingo Creek near #WondaiQld.

Stuart Longland (VK4MSL)

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8 months ago

#BAWG (Brisbane Area #WICEN Group) is headed back to Imbil once again to #StirlingsCrossing for another #EmergencyCommsExercise. This time we're helping support the #QERA state championships.

I'll be assisting with some of Saturday's events, as appointments on Monday mean we have to be headed […]

Stuart Longland (VK4MSL)

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8 months ago

We're about to set off for another #EmergencyCommsExercise at #SouthbrookQld for the #Toowoomba Endurance Horse Riders' Association Hip Pocket Challenge.

This _was_ to take place in March, however #CycloneAlfred was the final word on that… so it got postponed until now. Southbrook is a little […]

Stuart Longland (VK4MSL)

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8 months ago

I've been busy the last couple of weekends busily coding up a program to assist me on checkpoints at future #EmergencyCommsExercise events.

We have an existing application, written in VisualBASIC 6… which works well, but I worry about future maintainability given its dependence on legacy […]

Stuart Longland (VK4MSL)

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10 months ago

Well, we're on our way again, another #EmergencyCommsExercise, this time for this year's #KokodaChallenge, taking place at #KenilworthQld

We'll actually base ourselves at #SterlingsCrossing outside Imbil which will serve as a checkpoint, but base will be at Kenilworth, as will be our checkpoint […]

Stuart Longland (VK4MSL)

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10 months ago

This weekend I'll be assisting with the #KokodaChallenge2025 … apparently we're on the first check-point near #KenilworthQld.

This is the first #EmergencyCommsExercise where I'll be using the official #ERPLAN message forms.

This will be interesting. Actual message passing instead of counting […]

Stuart Longland (VK4MSL)

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10 months ago

Blurry tablet photo of the showgrounds showing all the horsefloats and vehicles parked.

We have arrived at #Imbil for another #EmergencyCommsExercise. This time we are supporting Far-a-way Horse Endurance Riders in running their Easter Carnival.

We are based in the Imbil Showgrounds.

Stuart Longland (VK4MSL)

@stuartl.mastodon.longlandclan.id.au.ap.brid.gy

10 months ago

U94 PTT adaptor with a replaced pushbutton. The new pushbutton is a red dome with a black bezel.

Just did some PTT button surgery on my U94 radio interface adaptors.

A complaint I got at Kilkivan was that I was "scratchy" … this was not because my signal was low, it was because the microphone connection was bad. Yaesu in their wisdom, wire […]

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Stuart Longland (VK4MSL)

@stuartl.mastodon.longlandclan.id.au.ap.brid.gy

11 months ago

We're off again for this year's first #EmergencyCommsExercise. This event is another #HorseEnduranceRide taking place at #KilkivanQld.

First for the year because #CycloneAlfred saw the cancellation of the event at #SouthbrookQld.

I hear we're using 2m FM simplex for this one. Cross-band […]