to DavoM - re Kimberley fire
Submitted: Thursday, Sep 29, 2005 at 18:52
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Anne from Drysdale River Station
Hi Dave,
Sorry but wanted to contact you and wasn't sure if I posted a follow up after so many if it would be you who would end up with it.
I am very interested that it was you ( thanks) and would like more details. Is it possible for you to email me direct please ? Just use our web site, the address is all over it.
I also don't know how message came via
Hobart but it did.
cheers, Anne
DavoM posted this followup
Anne,
I was the person who called the
Derby base of the VKS737 4WD radio network about the fire, so not sure how
Hobart got involved, but I too am distressed to hear how far the fire has spread (and still spreading). I only hope that we can all be more aware of the potential for so much damage by fire especially in remote areas.
Best wishes to you and all at Drysdale
Cheers
Dave
Reply By: Ken - Thursday, Sep 29, 2005 at 20:50
Thursday, Sep 29, 2005 at 20:50
Anne,
Also sorry to hear of your problems caused by fools. Can't help the fires from here but the
Hobart contact would be due to the VKS737 base there. The characteristics of HF transmission means that sometimes [usually] better communication is achieved from a long way away. Hence VKS has one of its important sites there. Being in lay back Tassy it also have a lower noise floor than mainland sites which can suffer from spurious HF noise from a variety of industrial and other sources. Polution isn't only CO2 and oil spills it seems these days !
Regards,
Ken
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Follow Up By: GOB & denny vic member - Thursday, Sep 29, 2005 at 21:04
Thursday, Sep 29, 2005 at 21:04
goodday ken & anne
anne very sorry to hear of the plight of the area
1 reason the message (or another reason) is a lot of the bases are now remotely controlled so the base operator no longer has to be in
derby but may have been in
hobart
steve
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