John Moyle Field Day 17th-18th March 2018

[VK3QI]

Unfortunately for VK3, the Country Fire Authority has declared a Total Fire Ban for the whole of Saturday.    This has put paid to our plans to operate from the Wombat State Forest, as the CFA advice has always been to leave early from a State Forest on a TFB day.  We have previous experience in the area with potential fires and the speed at which they can move in that area, and there has been virtually no rain since mid January when we were last there.     So VK3ER/p will not be participating in the JMFD this year for the first time in many, many years.

We suspect other potential FD operators will have similar apprehensions.

Cheers

Peter  VK3QI  (VK3ER/p)