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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.

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

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

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.

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

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)

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.

The Oakford 9.2 certainly gets around !

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.

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

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 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.

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

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 Antennae’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.

AWESOME PICS!