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COMMUNICATOR

S.A.

EST. 1976

Communicator No 637

e-Issue 12, Volume 3 April ‘18

Direct all enquiries to ACRM SA Inc. PO Box 69 MUNNO PARA SA 5115

DIV INC. 1979

OFFICIAL JOURNAL of the Australian Citizen Radio Monitors. S.A. Inc.

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In this issue –April ‘18 Page# INDEX What’s where in the Communicator. 1. PRESSIE’S PRATTLE. We’ve now done an event. 2. RALLY ROUND UP. What’s been & what’s coming. 2. FROM THE T.O. More maintenance. 3. TREASURE TROVE. A bit about Tanunda? 3. TUCK’S TALES Lucindale (Luckendally) 5. CROSSWORD. Last month’s crossword answers. 6. GREETINGS Birthday wishes to our March members. 6. MEMBER’S Contributions to our delinquency. 7. MINUTES. Of the 2017 AGM 9. IN THE KITCHEN. More delights with Chris 49. 10. DIGGING THROUGH THE ARCHIVES. Phil 48 12. CROSSWORD. This Month’s Crossword. 18. Editorial for the Communicator must reach the Editor on or before the second Thursday of the month for inclusion in that month’s issue. Any and all articles are welcome, however the editors reserve the right to choose content suitability for publication. To submit articles, items for publication, letters to the editor or to ask questions of our technical writers, please address all correspondence to The Editor at the address shown on the front cover or via email to [email protected] If you know of anyone who wants to advertise in the Communicator, space and charges are available on request, speak to a committee member for more information. ACRM SA Inc. c\- Chris or Phil 08 8522 6081. Editors Phil Richards 08 8522 6081 e-mail:- [email protected] Chris Richards 08 8522 6081 e-mail:- [email protected]

Graham Tucker 08 8523 1082 e-mail:- [email protected] Webmaster: Adrian Menzel 08 8581 7149 e-mail:- [email protected] Or via our postal address, PO Box 69 Munno Para SA 5115

Meeting dates. ACRM SA Inc. Meetings are on the FOURTH TUESDAY of each month.

There is no Meeting in December. The OCM in March is on the 27th.

April’s OCM is on the 27th. ACRM SA Inc. Meetings are held at 3 Redmond Rd. Collinswood. SA.

Gawler/Barossa general meetings are bi-monthly, on the THIRD TUESDAY of the month. Also no meeting in December.

Next meetings May 22nd. 2018

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The first line this month has to be about our first event for the year, which was the Tanunda show on 10th March. A more detailed account will follow so why am I mentioning it? Simply because I raved for the last three months about without events it’s hard to find topics to write about. I’ve only one thing to talk about, hopefully without stealing Chris 49’s thunder, and that is how far she walks at an event like this. It’s always been a bit of a mystery, why we have let the oldest person on the team do the entire running around? The fact that she is probably the fittest, could answer that. In an effort to find out just how far she walked at this event she wore a fit-bit for the first time but for many reasons, she was robbed of some statistics. Apart from walking between me at Gate 2 and Main to give Trev 120 a spell, she, for the first time, was not all over the place. Phil 322 on gate 3 survived with neither food nor rest break, got a good bladder there Phil! The weather wasn’t too lousy at Tanunda thankfully. It got fairly warm but not hot enough to deter visitors. Although it seemed quieter than normal the organisers were happy with the attendance. We theoretically needed one more crew to cover the 3 gates but as it turned out Ian 117 was going to be there as part of the crew at the CFS display and being close to gate One, offered (with a little persuasion) to man that gate. I wish to thank all who helped. Ian 117 on Gate one, Phil 48 & Chris 49 on gate 2 and Phil 322 on Gate 3. Special thanks to Chris 49, who did, her usual walking all over the place covering for the gates and Main, when a food or rest break was required. It was about 2.30 when I advised the gates that we could close at 3.30pm. I think everyone had had enough by 3.30 and gladly packed up to head home. Despite being a nice day everyone enjoying themselves, there is something monotonous about sitting at one gate for too long. Maybe therein lies another reason why 49 likes to do the roving.

PRESSIE’S PRATTLE;Phil48

RALLY ROUND UP; Trevor 120:


Once again a new year to-do list. Time to check all equipment, test and recharge all batteries, both portable and vehicle. Solar panels, clean and test for output, if a controller is used, ensure that it is working correctly. Coaxial cables and aerial leads, check the security of the connectors and insulation, if any damage have it inspected and repaired by qualified person. Vehicle aerials need to be cleaned and checked for any damage, if in doubt ask for assistance? Whilst on vehicles, how long since you have checked the lights for operation, tyres for abnormal wear and sufficient tread depth, remember, the vehicle is part of “your” personal equipment. Considering the build up I’ve had in a couple of previous articles it would be rude not to include something about Tanunda and my travels. Although robbed of some walking distance, which I’m not complaining about, I can work out an average of what it would normally be by taking the figures I have and multiplying that by 4 to approximate the extra distance that would normally be covered. My distance for one control was 9.5 km, thus an average when covering all controls could be 40km or more. A figure I was not surprised to hear but I’m happy to have to have it confirmed. After returning to Gate 2 the first time, it was still prior to 10 am, when our gate was due to open, Phil related a story to me about a couple of kids who snuck into the show by going under the fence at a drain, just 10 mtrs from our car. When Phil challenged them he was told they come in that hole every year, “Well not this year,” he warned them and they scurried back out the same hole. Because Gate 2 is never opened until 10 am, there is no one on the gate to see them.

48 at Gate 2 with the gatekeepers set up just outside. The hole in the fence is behind the car and had they been quieter about their entry, those kids would have got away with it. While I roved I looked for things to photograph, one was Phil 48 and the other was the boss Trev

Training Officer’s tweet

Treasure Trove; Chris 49:


120, who was running main on his own and quite looking forward to each break he took when I got there. Not a happy chappy, it’s a good thing I got him to smile. In Trev’s favour though, it’s a thankless task doing Main at Tanunda, you are more like a dog’s body, you have to be there but you never know what will be asked of you from one call to another and yet you have to dive into the magic bag of tricks and come up with the right answer every time. Chronologically a bit backward but I meant to mention that when I first went to Main, which is located outside the office at the side of the Main Hall, adjacent to St John, I noticed that Trevor and a female Ambo were quite concerned about the number of people who were tripping over the *cable cover

that crossed the pathway. I had some bright, multicoloured tape in the car so I headed back to get it. By the time I’d returned management had put two safety cones at each end of the offending obstacle, which was dull from wear and no longer bright yellow. * A cable cover is a reinforced channel that holds an extension lead, or other cable to allow safe passageway of foot traffic. Quick Quotes. If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.... Margaret Thatcher You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it… Margaret Thatcher. Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't… Margaret Thatcher.


It’s that time of the year when I ready myself for the four hour drive to Lucindale for the annual Field day. This year Saturday clashed with Election day so instead of driving down Friday and back home on Saturday, I went down Thursday afternoon and returned Friday afternoon. To keep me awake Brian 113 was seated next to me watching my speed (he’s convinced my Cruise Control is faulty). My reasons for these annual visits to Lucindale field days include the fact that my sister-in-law lives there, I still enjoy seeing the latest in Farm Products, and I get a chance to catch up with a number of old contacts from my working days. A brother-in-law from Mt Gambier also comes up for the Friday so its like old home week for a day.

Tuck’s tales; Graham 141:


LAST MONTH’S CROSSWORD ANSWERS

C O S T F U N C T I O N

H T D N O G O

I C E P I C K M A N E S

P R S E P I E

M U N I C I P A L I T Y

U O T A E B

N A T I V E D I E S E L

K A E A N A

M A B B R E V I A T I O N

A B A O N M K

C L I M B W A T T A G E

M E L A S G T

E A S T E R L Y L E E S

Wanted to sell, buy, or exchange ads are free to members. Please contact a committee member or send your ad to The Editor c/- ACRM at the address on the cover. You can also email it to The Editor c/- [email protected] I hate say it but items for sale, to buy or exchange have been a little scant over the last few months, thus it is an ideal time to put some in.

WANTED TO SELL, BUY OR EXCHANGE

Birthday greetings and best wishes. Birthday greetings are extended to our April members Derek 40 &Trevor 120, our two April fools for the 1st. Lynda 296 for the 2nd. Brian 113 for the 11th. Tash 167 for the 13th. Phil 322 for the 21st. Philip 20 for the 22nd and Bianca 233 for the 27th. We wish you all many happy returns of the day. Thinking of you:

Special occasions &

milestones

Bianca 233 turns 30 this month. Congratulations.


With the elections fresh in my mind, I was prompted to run an old favourite of mine.

Farmer Billy and the Pollie. An old station hand named Billy was overseeing his herd in a remote pasture in the outback when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced toward him out of a cloud of dust. The driver, a young man in a Brioni® suit, Gucci® shoes, RayBan® sunglasses and YSL® tie, leaned out the window and asked the old man, "If I tell you exactly how many cows and calves you have in your herd, will you give me a calf?" Billy looks at the young man, who obviously is a yuppie, then looks at his peacefully grazing herd and calmly answers, "Sure, why not?" The yuppie parks his car, whips out his Dell® notebook computer, connects it to his Cingular RAZR V3® cell phone, and surfs to a NASA page on the Internet, where he calls up a GPS satellite to get an exact fix on his location which he then feeds to another NASA satellite that scans the area in an ultra-high-resolution photo. The yuppie then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop® and exports it to an image processing facility in Hamburg, Germany. Within seconds, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot® that the image has been processed and the data stored. He then accesses an MS-SQL® database through an ODBC connected Excel® spreadsheet with email on his Blackberry® and, after a few minutes, receives a response. Finally, he prints out a full-color, 150-page report on his hi-tech, miniaturized HP LaserJet® printer, turns to Billy and says, "You have exactly 1,586 cows and calves." "That's right. Well, you'll be helpin’ yourself to one of me calves, then, since you won it fair en square." says Billy. He watches the smartly dressed yuppie select one of the animals and looks on with amusement as the man gingerly picks it up & stuffs it into the boot of his car.

MEMBER’S CONTRIBUTION TO OUR DELINQUENCY


As the yuppie is carefully brushing the dust & hair off his suit, Billy says, "Hey, if I can tell you exactly what work you do & where you come from, will you give me back my calf?" The yuppie thinks about it for a second, wondering what this wrinkled up dirt encrusted uneducated old man could possibly know? He grins and then says, "Okay, old fella, why not? I'm a believer in fair play." "You're a politician & you work in Canberra." says the old timer. "Wow! That's correct," says the yuppie, "but, tell me how on earth did you guess that?" "Not a guess at all." answered Billy "You showed up here even though nobody called you; you want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked. You used millions of dollars worth of technology trying to show me how much smarter than me you are; and you don't know shit about how working people make a living - or about cows, for that matter. This is a flock of sheep, now give me back my dog." Now one from 141. 141. A drunken, totally naked, woman boarded a taxi at Park Beach Plaza in Coffs Harbour, Australia. The Indian driver shook his head, opened his eyes wide and stared at the woman. He made no attempt to start the Cab. "What are you staring at, Luv, haven't you ever seen a woman with no clothes on before?" "I'll not be staring at you lady, but I am telling you, that would not be proper, where I am coming from.." "Well, if you're not bloody staring at me Luvie, what are you doing then?" I’ll be looking and looking and looking and lookiiiiiing, and I am thinking and thinking and thinking and thinking to myself, where is this lady keeping the money to be paying me with?!"


Minutes of Meeting 400 held on 27th February 2018 at Collinswood

Meeting opened at 2020hrs following AGM 40 Present.. 141,113.21,232,43,44,120,78,48,49

Visitors nil

Apologies 212,233,45,80,64,370,371,372,333,40,423 The existing committee was re-elected, unopposed. Reports Treasurer Bal $7560.53 In $1.56 Out $ 1880 Inc Central Belt $4135.09 Training Officer Are there any specific queries to be answered in the mag? None forthcoming so suggested use Letters to the Editor to ask questions. Rally Coord. Events listed. March 10 Tanunda Show .More help needed June 9,10 Roberstown 2 Day (Lew Job). July 14,15, 24 Hour (Swann Insurance). August 11, Mallala (Gil Harris). Sept 15, Clare (Beryl Pease). Social Sec Nil Resources Nil Next meeting 401, 27th March 2018 Meeting Closed 2045

Minutes of 400th OCM


500 g lean steak, cubed Seasoned flour to coat 2 medium-sized carrots, diced 1 lge onion, chopped

2 sticks celery, diced 1 x 250ml can tomato soup 1 small dessertspoon curry powder 1 tblspn golden syrup ¼ cup lemon juice Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method:- Preheat oven to 150ºC (fan forced) Toss the steak in seasoned flour to coat, then place in a large casserole dish. Add carrot, onion and celery to the meat. Mix the tomato soup with 1 cup of water, then stir in the curry powder, golden syrup and lemon juice, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Add mixture to the meat and vegetables, stirring gently to combine. Place in oven and simmer for 2-3 hours. Serve with steamed rice or mashed potato and peas. Serves 4

2 tblspns white vinegar 4 tblspns tomato sauce 12 pork spare ribs 2 level tblspns honey

Garlic salt, to taste Dash of Worcestershire sauce Method:-Preheat oven to 180ºC Combine vinegar, sauces and honey to make a baste. Sprinkle the ribs with garlic salt, then place on a wire rack set over a dish of water and bake for 25 minutes, turning once. (Alternatively you can cook in a frying pan.) During the last 10 minutes of cooking, brush ribs with baste frequently. Serves 4-6

IN THE KITCHEN WITH CHRIS 49.

TANGY SWEET CURRY

ROSY SPARE RIBS


Pastry 90g butter 2 ½ tblspns milk 1 cup S R flour

Filling 2-3 medium-sized leeks 125g bacon pieces 2 tblspns butter 4 eggs ½ cup milk 1 cup grated cheese 1 x 125g can corn kernels ½ medium sized sweet potato, chopped

Method:- Preheat the oven to 190ºC. Grease a 25-cm pie plate. To make the pastry, melt butter and milk in a saucepan, remove from heat, then add sifted flour and mix to combine. Roll dough into a ball, then press into the pie plate. Sauté leek and bacon in a pan with the butter until softened. Meanwhile, parboil the sweet potato. Drain. Place all the vegetables into the pastry case. Beat together the eggs, milk and cheese, then pour mixture over the vegetables. Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes, then reduce temperature to 180ºC and bake for another 20 minutes. Serves 6

1 dspn butter 1 onion, finely chopped 500g beef mince 125g shredded cheese 1 x 820g can tomato soup salt and pepper 250g macaroni or spaghetti breadcrumbs, for topping

Method: -Preheat oven to 180ºC. Grease a casserole dish. Heat the butter in a frying pan and cook the onion until soft. Add the meat and brown well. Stir in half the cheese, the tomato soup, 1 cup water, and season with salt and pepper. Bring to the boil and add the pasta. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Place mixture into a casserole dish and sprinkle with remaining cheese and breadcrumbs. Bake until light-brown on top (about 30 minutes). Serves 4-6

BEEF AND TOMATO MORNAY

LEEK AND SWEET POTATO PIE


90g butter 4 chicken breasts, each cut in half ½ cup white wine Grated zest of 1 orange Grated zest of 1 lemon Salt and pepper ¾ cup cream 90g grated cheese

Method: - Preheat grill to medium. Heat butter in a large frying pan, add chicken breasts and brown on both sides. Reduce heat, cover pan and cook 15 minutes, turning several times, until cooked through. Transfer chicken to a shallow heatproof serving dish and keep warm. Add wine to the frying pan and stir for a few minutes. Add orange and lemon zests, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Increase heat and slowly stir in cream. When thoroughly combined, pour sauce over the chicken and sprinkle with grated cheese. Place under the grill to brown the cheese. Serves 8

3 cups cooked rice 1 x 440g can mushroom soup 1 x 250g can tuna salt & freshly ground black pepper 1 small onion, finely chopped 1 dspn grainy mustard ¾ cup finely chopped celery 125g grated cheese Fresh parsley and tomato wedges , to serve Method: -Preheat oven to 180ºC. Grease a casserole dish. Combine all ingredients, reserving ½ half the cheese. Mix well, then transfer to the prepared casserole dish. Sprinkle with the reserved cheese and bake for approximately 20 minutes. Garnish with parsley and serve with tomato wedges on the side.

Serves 2-4

CITRUS CHICKEN BREASTS

TUNA CASSEROLE WITH MUSHROOMS


This is a real blast from the past. The picture is the second version of Infoterm (colour). The first was fairly successful, I made it from an old mono monitor and because of the novelty factor, people initially showed interest in it and it was popular at bike and horse events. As equipment became available, I made a second one, only this time I went for colour but after about a year, interest in the Infoterm started to wane. Before I get too far ahead of myself, I should explain some of the Infoterm’s functions. It was similar for all event types, in that it provided a quick search reference

from the data kept stored on the main computer. It also had a screen saver function that showed photos from various events. Although a keyboard of some sort was essential, I was determined not to make it a full keyboard, for fear some smart-arse10 year old would fiddle and get into the main computer to corrupt the data. I ended up with a numeric keypad only and by using the plus & minus keys I had a method of scrolling through options and the numeric keys would enter the number of the rider to be searched and the Enter key actioned all choices. If there was no key presses for 15 minutes it defaulted to an info screen, a spiel about whichever ride it was at and if a key was pressed a list of options was displayed. E.g “S” printed a current (scratchings) DNF list, “P” was an unofficial placings list. The main object was to track a rider so once a

DIGGING THROUGH THE ARCHIVES; Phil 48:


number was entered it searched the main computer for current location and displayed the info as Time through last control, approx due time at next control and provisional placing at that time. Because we were also linked to SAERA’s main computer, at horse rides, I could generate a placings list at any time but I only listed it as provisional. While mainly a feature needed for Endurance rides because we always had someone at the door wanting to know how so and so was going and it got to be a bit of a time waster so initially Infoterm filled that need but it meant the personal touch was no longer and we found that maybe by habit, people still came to the door, caravan or room to us. The scoring for the bikes was a lot harder and being timed to the second, I never got around to incorporating that into the readout. Only at the end of each lap were any details available so it was decided to leave it out all together. Anyhow, what was it that brought about the demise of Infoterm? It was at a 24 Hour Trial one year at Eudunda when one of these 10 year old wonder kids, after playing with every key on the numeric pad, managed to lock it up. Actually locked is probably the wrong term, somehow the the keypress combination was printing “Q’s” all over the screen and everything scrolled off the screen as it went. It was outside a window that was close to our operations set-up inside so I went out and reset it – but within 30 minutes, the little turd had done it again. The first time Infoterm was used was at the 1986 Tom Quilty at Mt Pleasant and while sitting on a table under a tarp stretched between the caravan and Beast a wind gust blew the corner of the tarp up, dumping a few gallons of rain water over it. Surprisingly it survived and I’ve still got it, once the colour unit was put into use, version 1 was kept only as a spare that was never needed because of Infoterm’s unfortunate redundancy. So ended our foray into Hi-tech, until we adopted the method now used to show scratchings over the internet. Infoterm was back in the days when I had time to write a bit of code and all the info was available from the main computer, which was on and running all the time. In order to have the internet scratchings available it is double handling because each scratching has to be entered in a file that is part of our internet site. Only once that info is there can anyone access it via a computer or smart device. I started to talk about the year of the blow at the 24 last month and noted that I’d lost some photos that John 232 had sent me, I reckon it must have been about 5 minutes after sending the email version of the Communicator out , when I received an email from John with the two photos attached, hence they are included now to complete the article. You may wish to reread last month’s article to realise continuity.


They were left looking a little disheveled after the blow (left) but the car was going nowhere, thankfully as a fair bit depended on it and it was utilised to make things secure. The power lead (below)is the yellow coloured rope thing in the forefground, which had helped to hold it all together.


Phil 73 had some interesting characters (Yamaha) to work with each year at the 24, they would choose a theme and the controllers all dressed accordingly. I’m unsure of what the yellow theme indicated, whether it was Bananas in pyjamas or something totally obscure, this is an example of how they dressed up the control in 2009.

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Crossword Puzzle, compiled by Chris 49.

Answers next month.

(April 18) ACROSS 1. Halo. 3. Even 9. Basic, thorough. .10. Welsh dog. 11. Admitted to Health Facility. 13. Stowed. 15. Feeling of sickness. 17. England, Wales, etc.2 wds 20. Reside. 21. Celebration after harvest 22. Access inwards 23. Waistband. DOWN 1. Blimps. 2. Travels on a bike. 4. Not sinking. 5. Get used to surroundings. 6. Floor coverings 7. Water droplet. 8. Not on purpose. 12.Newborn’s bed. 14. Up-to-date. 16. Breathing ailment. 18. Slack. 19. Brim.

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