Amateur Radio Club to provide comms for NZ rally

Marlborough Amateur Radio Club, Br 22 has again been asked to co-ordinate the Comms for New Zealand's 2010 Silver Fern Rally, 14-20 Nov 2010.

Although the rally will finish in Queenstown the intention is to have the Radio Base in Blenheim again as in previous rallies.

To assist in progressing plans for the event, early notification is out to give anybody the opportunity to consider participation in any of the following roles;

1. Area or Regional co-ordinators, (not necessarily the person who does everything), obviously somebody prepared to attract volunteers, consider the availability of repeaters and suitable locations for portable repeaters (includes IRLP kits) and pass on any relevant information,

2. Mobile Operators, either for all of the rally or part of it, with preferably VHF and HF capability and suitable vehicle,

3. Base Operators. Following on from 2008 a minimum of 14 operators (2 shifts) per day is required. If you are outside of Blenheim and would like to spend a week in a sunny location, appropriate expenses are being considered.

If you can assist or participate as local knowledge can only make this event work please contact Chris Grant at chgrant@value.net.nz or Br 22 at zl2ks@nzart.org.nz

he basic route is as follows;
1. Day One, Sunday, 6 stages out on the Peninsular 1st stage starts about 11.00am and the last one about 3.30pm. From this point on all days start from the Parc Ferme no earlier than 8.00am and the last stage ends about 4.00pm

2. Day Two, Monday, 6 stages from Chch to Timaru via Okuku Pass, Lees Valley, Lake Lyndon, Glentunnel and the Geraldine forest (Kakahu)

3. Day Three, Tuesday, 6 stages from Timaru to Dunedin via Fairlie, Black Forest, Duntroon, Herbert Forest, Macraes and Palmerston

4. Day Four, Wednesday, 6 stages has just been changed but basically north of Dunedin then to Middlemarch then the Old Dunstan Rd, a shorter version of Lake Onslow , Lawrence and back to Dunedin

5. Day Five, Thursday, 6 stages from Dunedin to Invercargill generally through areas we have used before around Dunedin, Balclutha and Eastern Southland

6. Day Six, Friday, 6 stages from Invercargill to Alexandra again through much of the area previously used

7. Day Seven, Saturday, 6 stages from Alexandra to Queenstown via all the stages that surround the general Omakau area

The awards function will be at the Skyline Function Centre

http://www.silverfernrally.co.nz

NZART Website