PORTLAND RACE HF RADIO CHECKS

For those boats planning to head to Portland on Cup Weekend, hopefully you have already had your HF radios programmed to include the required additional simplex frequencies of 6218 kHz, 8210 kHz and 12305 kHz in addition to retaining our old faithful at 4483 kHz.

The next step is to complete the radio check as required by the Notice of Race.

Call Kordia on (02) 6279 5774 and ask to a radio check to Charleville Radio (their call sign) as part of the ORCV Melbourne to Portland race. They will tell you which frequency to try calling on (most likely 12305 kHz if calling -during the day). If possible, try all the new frequencies although during the day, communicating on anything but 12305 may well be problematic since the lower frequencies are better suited to night-time hours. Kordia will assess your radio’s performance and let the ORCV know the results.