WICEN News

Hunter  advise  that  their first meeting for the year will be on
20th February at the Emergency Operations Centre, on  the  corner
of  Elizabeth  and Hannell streets, Carrington, starting at 1900,
and thereafter on the third Monday of each month.  Do  other  re-
gions have any regular meetings?

The  major  event  this  month is the Central Coast Amateur Radio
Club Field Day, at Wyong Racecourse, on Sunday 26th February.  As
usual  there  will be a WICEN stall next to the Caravan, and peo-
ple, in uniform, are requested to help staff it for  an  hour  or
two  from 1000 to about 1500; this is an important "PR" exercise,
as we sign up many new members at  this  event.   Please  contact
Alan  VK2YYJ if you can help, during tbe day on (02) 839-1388, or
via packet radio at VK2CZR; members will recall that Alan has run
several  such  shows,  and we hope he will receive all assistance
this year.

Events next month include the "RTA Big NSW Bike  Ride"  from  the
4th  to  the  11th of March for which the current contact is John
VK2AMH, and the annual Bungonia Cave Rescue  on  the  weekend  of
18th-19th  March,  and  Mark VK2XGK is looking for volunteers who
won't necessarily have to go underground; Mark can  be  contacted
at work on (02) 936-8689.

A major event in April is the Oberon Car Rally on 29th April, and
about 20 people are required;  please  contact  Alan  VK2YYJ  via
packet radio at VK2CZR, or at work on (02) 839-1388.

WICEN is always looking for members to provide the community with
communications assistance.  Write to WICEN (NSW) Inc, PO Box 123,
St  Leonards  2065  for further information, or come up on one of
the WICEN nets: Blue Mountains on the first Monday of each  month
at  8.30pm  on  channel  7175  simplex,  Hunter each Wednesday at
7.30pm on channel 6900, Northern Rivers  each  Wednesday  at  8pm
around 3610 kHz, Central Coast each Thursday at 8.30pm on channel
7125, and Sydney each Thursday at 9.30pm on  channels  7150/8275.
If  there are any other regular nets then we'd like to hear about
them.

-- Dave VK2KFU, WICEN (NSW) Inc. Publicity Officer