Flying the flag for CQARA at the Livingstone Shire Council Resilient Rural Living Event.

VK4FJGS Jason VK4FRC Bob VK4NJB Jeff VK4YLW Leigh and VK4KWS Kent.

Portable Winlink RMS work very well. Proves we can setup portable with a minimum of fuss.

Can also be used as a Digipeater where and when it is required. 

Also sent and received emails via HF through various RMS around

Australia and New Zealand, including VK4LM on 80m 40m and 30m.  

Jason VK4FJGS setup sending and receiving EmComms emails. 

Mayor Adam Belot checking out our display and meeting the crew.

Good roll up for the last Radios in The Park for 2022

Present left to right Jas VK4FJGS Bob VK4FRC Leigh VK4YLW Ray VK4XXX Mal VK4AED and Don VK4BYThe worlds problems will need to wait until 2023 for a solution. 

Another successful day’s training/refresher on Winlink held The Hub in Yeppoon LDCC.

Thanks go to Jeff VK4NJB for arranging the venue and topics for discussion. Frank VK4FLR for his insight into Trop/Aircraft Enhancement on microwave bands (3.4Ghz ECT). Don VK4BY for a demo on his homemade portable multiband HF vertical antenna. Kent VK4KWS on his multiband HF vertical plus some rough and ready demos of the sysop side of Winlink, Guardian IMS and RMS Express including touching on message templates within RMS Express.

 Left to right Frank VK4FLR Geoff VK4AGB Leon VK4JH Leigh VK4YLW Jeff VK4NJB

 Bob VK4FRC Don VK4BY Ray VK4HAW Archie (working on getting a license) Francis VK4FAAX Trevor VK4MAX Mal VK4AED Ray VK4XXX

 Don Archie and Ray

Trevor and Francis both from Gladstone with Jeff the organiser of the day.

QRP (100mw) Winlink connection using VARA HF to ZL2SEA. A distance of 2500 plus KM.