VKS-737 2025 RENEWAL TIME
IT’S RENEWAL TIME AGAIN: The Annual Renewal Period is now active with the renewals needing to be received at the Office by the end of November. Most renewals have been sent by email so make sure to check your Inbox. For those few with no…
2024 Moonambel HF Radio Gathering Reminder
The Annual Moonambel Gathering will be over the weekend of 19th and 20th October. People start arriving as early as Thursday 17th and some stay until Monday 21st. The annual event happens at the Moonambel Sports and Recreation Reserve, just a bit on the Avoca…
SatPhone Satellite Permanently Off-Air! And A Bit More To Digest!
When thinking of SatPhone reliability, we realise that there is a satellite way up there that acts like a repeater. Signals between the satphone caller and the receiver pass through a satellite and back down to earth and through various mysterious channels to the person…
VKS-737 2024 Winter Schedule Now in Operation
Following the end of Daylight Savings in those states affected by it, we are now operating our Winter Schedule. What does it mean? Basically, nothing! Only change is that in NSW, ACT, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia everything starts an hour earlier and this will…
2024 Road Alert for Anne Beadell Highway and Connie Sue Highway
This was posted by the Ilkurlka Visitor Centre, along the Anne Beadell Highway recently…….. Urgent travel update 18 April 2024: There was very high rainfall between Ilkurlka and Laverton in the first half of March. The latest advice is that the Anne Beadell and Connie…
HF-Tel Announcement
Important Information for HF-Tel Users The Australian National 4WD Radio Network Inc. Committee advises the following changes will affect current and / or intending users of the HF-TEL radio telephone service provided by the Network. Telstra has indicated that they will be closing their 3G…
2023 Codan Raffle Winners!
Congratulations !! Codan Envoy 2023 Raffle Winners 1st prize Codan Envoy X1 Mobile Radio Package Stuart Murphy, Mobile 2287 from NT 2nd prize Minelab Equinox 600 Metal Detector John Hammond from TAS 3rd prize Minelab Vanquish 540 Metal Detector David Wilson, Mobile 1760 from NSW…
VKS-737 2023 Winter Schedule Almost Upon Us
Don’t forget that we are changing to our Winter Schedule this Sunday, 2nd April. You need to be aware that there are some changes to the starting times, in order to make it a bit easier for our Volunteer Base Operators. Log in to this…
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…
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