Comrades 2018. Some of our members, together with HARC members, helped Hamnet again with radio comms on the down run. It was an early and cold start. Willem ZS5WA did duty as the Pietermaritzburg JOC, later handing over to the Durban JOC in Moses Mabida stadium, where ZS5GD, ZS5WFD and ZS5LT were on station. Both […]
Read MoreThe link to Alverstone was re-established today. The UHF repeater is now linked to the repeater network, and should come in handy for emergency comms during the Comrades Marathon. The repeaters linked at the moment are: Durban, Highway 145.625MHz Alverstone 439.325MHz Pietermaritzburg, World’sView 145.750MHz Pietermaritzburg, Hilton 145.6625MHz Estcourt, Griffin’s Hill 145.700MHz
Read MoreToday was Comrades, an up-run this year. The linked repeaters worked well. Unfortunately the Hilton repeater was still down, so the Pmb JOC needed to use the World’s View repeater with the lower audio level. It was a busy day for all radio operators, who helped today, especially our MARC members, who manned many of […]
Read MoreSome of our club members helped Hamnet with radio communications for the Comrades marathon. It was a down run, so it was an early morning for those who manned the stations in the beginning of the race, like Willem, ZR5ZS, who was JOC in Pietermaritzburg. There were no major incidences, but the operators further done the […]
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