Is Your Navigator (Or Other Passengers) Trained To Use Your Radio?
Here’s a question for you Fellas… You set up your vehicle, pack the troops and provisions and off you go. You regularly check in using your HF radio, “Here. Going there. Beer’s cold, flies are bad.” Have you ever wondered if any of your troops,…
Birdsville Track Motorcycle Crash – July 2016
This article discusses the events around an incident where a motorcyclist travelling the Birdsville Track came off at high speed, sustaining significant injuries that could have taken his life if it wasn’t for the efforts of people on the scene, medical professionals and the involvement…
How Good Is HF Radio?
Here are two examples of how reliable HF Radio is. The first video is of a subscriber talking to Alice Springs Base from Coongie Lakes near Innamincka. Distance to Alice Springs Base as the radio goes is about 750 kilometres. Second video is a traveller…
Trouble With Tent Pegs In Hard Ground
Here’s a handy hint from Kevin (Mobile 2456) about how to deal with tent pegs in hard ground…
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