Southwest Bushfire Games

Blinky · Post by **Blinky** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 8:25 pm

Today, the Southwest Bushfire Games were held in Bridgetown. I thought I had better take some photo's for posting here

This is a panorama shot of the Bridgetown Showgrounds. Scroll right to see in full.
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This was taken during the lunch break. Thats why the ground is empty of people.

Post by **Tyranus** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:55 pm

Blinky blinky blinky...thanks buddy, some good shots there...is that a 7.2 behind the what looks like a 2.4??

Post by **robbage** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:06 pm

Is that a horn or siren below the front plate on the quad? I'd give way to that if I saw it behind me on the highway

Blinky · Post by **Blinky** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:10 pm

Tyranus wrote:Blinky blinky blinky...thanks buddy, some good shots there...is that a 7.2 behind the what looks like a 2.4??

No it's Oakford 9.2

You should be able to see it a bit better in this one.

Blinky · Post by **Blinky** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:12 pm

robbage wrote:Is that a horn or siren below the front plate on the quad? I'd give way to that if I saw it behind me on the highway

Speaker for the HF radio I am guessing

AVBFS · Post by **AVBFS** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:18 pm

its a pritty nifty looking quad.wonder how they got it.. looks like the antenare on it is a tapped one for tuning (like used on codans must be ses)

Blinky · Post by **Blinky** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:40 pm

AVBFS wrote:its a pritty nifty looking quad.wonder how they got it.. looks like the antenare on it is a tapped one for tuning (like used on codans must be ses)

Yeah one of the SES were driving it. I quite liked it. Even got the red and blues under the luggage carrier.

Fastlane · Post by **Fastlane** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 12:03 pm

The Oakford 9.2 certainly gets around !

Post by **Tyranus** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 12:22 pm

Ahh yes much better in that picture, I did wonder if it was a 9.2 but incorrectly decided against it.
That HF Antenna on the quadie is a manual tune. I.e. when the frequency goes past a certain point the rider has to change a plug into a different socket.
I'd say the speaker was for a siren/PA If it's a SES quad bike with standard HF they should have a small speaker for the HF which may be mounted on the bike or if they use the transportable HF sets in orange boxes then it will be mounted in that.
I'll get a photo some time of our portable HF's and create another thread for SES equipment.

AVBFS · Post by **AVBFS** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:54 pm

Blinky wrote:
AVBFS wrote:its a pritty nifty looking quad.wonder how they got it.. looks like the antenare on it is a tapped one for tuning (like used on codans must be ses)
Yeah one of the SES were driving it. I quite liked it. Even got the red and blues under the luggage carrier.

i wont one *hmmm.. wonder how i can get one*..lol

Post by **Tyranus** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 3:37 pm

Join Wanneroo SES unit, they have 2 which you can learn how to ride. In fact I believe they're working with the Police to gain the ATV qualification that the police issue.

Post by **robbage** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 4:15 pm

I did my quad training course in the dunes at Swanbourne. That was awesome. Watching the uh.. locals ripping through there on 6 wheel Polaris's is fun as well. Those things don't stop for small trees.

AVBFS · Post by **AVBFS** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 5:54 pm

Tyranus wrote:Join Wanneroo SES unit, they have 2 which you can learn how to ride. In fact I believe they're working with the Police to gain the ATV qualification that the police issue.

I wish i could but living in mt lawley makes it hard to do anything around here

AVBFS · Post by **AVBFS** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 6:00 pm

Tyranus wrote:Ahh yes much better in that picture, I did wonder if it was a 9.2 but incorrectly decided against it.
That HF Antenna on the quadie is a manual tune. I.e. when the frequency goes past a certain point the rider has to change a plug into a different socket.
I'd say the speaker was for a siren/PA If it's a SES quad bike with standard HF they should have a small speaker for the HF which may be mounted on the bike or if they use the transportable HF sets in orange boxes then it will be mounted in that.
I'll get a photo some time of our portable HF's and create another thread for SES equipment.

I have one of those Antennaeâ€™s here at home its for my codan(wich is broken and in the process of fixing) there a bit of a pain but do the job good.

chrissss · Post by **chrissss** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 6:54 pm

AWESOME PICS!