Tassies North West and South team-up for the horses

WICEN Tasmania (South) has developed a reputation for client focussed excellence, and promoted the capabilities of Amateur Radio generally, through it's involvement with Equine Endurance riding.

Providing communications, checkpoints and tracking, initially for the Southern Tasmanian Endurance Riders, and more recently also for Portland Endurance Riders in the St Helens area, WICEN has gradually been able to be rid of the title of 'the CB'ers' and be referred to in the endurance riding community as 'the Amateur Radio guys'.

Their fame is spreading – state-wide.

WICEN has now been asked to provide services for the Country Club State Championship to be held near Latrobe in late November. Two rides, one of 160km and another of 93km, starting at midnight 5:30 am respectively will be
serviced.

Given the location and scope in terms of time span and distance, the capacity of WICEN would have been overstretched. More resources were needed.

Coincidentally, the Cradle Coast Amateur Radio Club had been talking about getting into some WICEN type activities, so it was fortuitous that Roger VK7ARN, the WICEN Secretary, contacted David VK7DC, Secretary of CCARC, to
enquire if they were interested in joining forces with WICEN South for the event.

David responded within 24 hours, after consulting with the CCARC committee, with an affirmative.

Roger,VK7ARN

Source: Wireless Institute of Australia