WICEN NSW Communications

WICEN NSW is a volunteer group comprised of licensed amateur radio operators who provide emergency communications in times when the public communications infrastructure degrades or fails.
WICEN NSW is a communications support squad of VRA Rescue NSW providing recognition through the State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989 and the State Rescue Board

WICEN NSW News for Sunday 20th October, 2024

The next online general forum for WICEN members will be held this coming Tuesday, 22nd October at 7:30pm. Please add this in your calendar.

The Hawkesbury Canoe Classic is coming up next weekend, 26th and 27th October. WICEN is providing the safety communications and many members
have already volunteered. If there are any members still interested in being involved, please contact Mark, at email, mark.cheeseman@vrarescue.org.

WICEN has been asked to support this year’s VRA Rescue Navigation Exercise, which is on 15th and 16th November 2024.
If you are interested please email to wicen.ops@vrarescue.org.

WICEN NSW conducts weekly voice nets on Sunday evenings from 6pm on a number of repeaters around Sydney.
There is also an HF net and a DMARC net once a month for members outside of Sydney.

Weekly WICEN Nets

WICEN will be conducting regular weekly nets on Sunday as detailed below.

Sunday of
the Month		 1730 Hrs 1800 Hrs 1830 Hrs 1845 Hrs
1st Analogue Repeater Chatswood 2m Digital Repeater Kurrajong R52 TAC7 VRA P25 Repeater Zone 1, Channel TACT DGTL 1
2nd Analogue Repeater Kurrajong 70cm Digital Repeater DMARC TG 3810 P25 Pacific TAC1 TG10401
3rd 40m HF May to Aug
7110 kHz LSB +/‑ QRM / other traffic		 Analogue Repeater Kurrajong 70cm 40m HF Sept to April
7110 kHz LSB +/‑ QRM / other traffic
4th Analogue Repeater Chatswood 2m Digital Repeater Kurrajong R52 TAC7 VRA P25 Repeater Zone 1, Channel TACT DGTL 1
5th Analogue Repeater Chatswood 2m Digital Repeater Kurrajong R52 TAC7 VRA P25 Repeater Zone 1, Channel TACT DGTL 1

HF data network

In addition to the weekly nets, WICEN are establishing a permanent state-wide HF data network using Winlink and the VARA protocol on 80 Meters where possible.

Coordination is via Google Meet every first and third Monday of each month at 2000 Hrs.

The Google Meet link is in the project page. https://nsw.wicen.org.au/hf-data-network-vara-winlink

Time reporting

Any Event/Operations Commander please forward hours to patrick.griffin@vrarescue.org to be submitted to WICEN/NSW VRA for accountability.
These are collected by the end of each month.

WICEN COVID-19 Safety Plan - update

Would all members please familiarise themselves with our updated COVID plan, particularly when they are involved in any WICEN activity.