Kevin G1SCQ recently attended the Zone 4 election for controller for east of England. This includes the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Beds, Herts and Cambs. Mike G8EEY (the current holder of the post) was elected with no other nominations being received.
Following election brief discussions took part re recruitment, covering larger events, wider area coverage for user services during power outages and scheduling of more regular zonal meetings for controllers.
Thank you to all the members that attended the groups AGM via Skype. Re – election of the group officers took place with G1SCQ, G4OKH and M3MPD staying in post.
Topics discussed included:
Thank you to the group members that assisted with the communications at this yearly event.
Runner numbers were down slightly from previous years and thankfully St John Ambulance had few casualties to deal with.
We ran control from a local highspot and this provided good coverage on 2m with a separate PMR link to St John.
The Norfolk Resilience Forum (which we are part of through the Voluntary and Faith group) have recently launched some on-line training. This is for those involved in emergency response and also those that would like to understand how Norfolk prepares for emergencies
It can be found at this link
Thank you to all the members that attended this event. Around 240 riders took part on one of the warmest days of the year so far. Luckily there were limited issues for riders and our role was very much around logistics and especially tracking the final riders of the day.
We ran the usual 2m net which provided good coverage and in addition some of the members trialled a Fusion net on 70cm. This allowed some testing around location sending/receiving and has given further thought for further uses of this mode.
