Vale Peter Williams (Mobile 1370)
It is my very sad duty to inform you that our great friend and VKS Base Operator Peter Williams passed away last weekend in Werribee Mercy Hospital. His health had taken a sudden significant turn for the worst over the last few days. This is…
2022 Moonambel HF Radio Gathering Reminder
Make Sure Not To Miss 21st Moonambel HF Radio Gathering Next Month! This is an event not to miss. Given that it’s been affected by the Pandemic these last two years, this one promises to be bigger than Texas! In particular, the Saturday evening festivities…
Broken Down and Isolated in Amethyst Fossicking Field South of Cloncurry
In early June 2022 we departed Brisbane in our new 79 Series Toyota LandCruiser, towing our trusty Quantum off road caravan. After two years of Covid lockdowns we were thoroughly looking forward to getting into the outback and doing some fossicking at some of our…
2022 Codan Raffle Winners!
Congratulations !! Codan Envoy 2022 Raffle Winners 1st prize Codan Envoy X1 Mobile Radio Package Peter Bennett from QLD 2nd prize Minelab Equinox 800 Metal Detector Jackson Boswell, Mobile 1201 from NSW 3rd prize Minelab Equinox 600 Metal Detector Percy Pearse, Mobile 1496 from SA…
We Hear You Loud and Clear – You Can’t Hear Us!
Now that travellers are able once more to move around this great country, an evil menace is starting to raise its ugly head again. Our Base operators take a call from you. We receive you loud and clear but sometimes you complain that you can’t…
Base Co-ordinator Bart Swart Retired
After a number of years of faithful service to our travellers, Bart has pulled the pin and retired as a volunteer on the VKS-737 Radio Network. Living in a part of Queensland where he enjoyed excellent HF radio coverage, Bart provided relay assistance for Queensland…
Sad Story of a Dead Codan Product… Sort Of…
Percy, one of our most regular callers, lives in Brinkworth, north of Adelaide towards Port Pirie. This is a distressing story about a dead Codan product… well… a cap anyway. It seems that our Percy was called upon one day recently to volunteer his services…
Vale Ken Metcalfe (VKS-737 Voice Of The Outback)
For those who have fond memories of our Alice Springs long time Base Manager Ken Metcalfe, it is with great sadness that we announce that he passed away on Saturday 4th December. Ken joined VKS-737 in the mid 90s and the first Alice Springs Radio…
An Interesting Bogging Saga
It was May 27th this year (2021) when we (Terry and Barb) left our place in the South-West of WA to embark on our winter driving trip that would take us to the Kimberleys. We decided to go a roundabout way and visit some of…
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