VHF Marine Channel 16 & 67 'Distress, Safety & Calling'
Mount Nowa Nowa
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The next phase of the marine radio projects was to establish channel 16 & 67 across Victoria's coastal and enclosed waters. Again, through the good office of Gippsland Water Police, the DisPlan priority tasks, reviewed at meetings chaired by Sergeant Richard Mostard, called for coverage of the distress and calling frequencies across the Gippsland Lakes and coastal waters of Bass Strait.
Coast Guard Flotillas had recently been chartered as 'CFA Brigades' to provide a fire response 2 Nm to sea. Communications support came from CFA Communications Engineer, Tony Danino whom carried out the design and scope of work including tendering for the supply and installation.
Tony carried out a propagation mapping exercise to identy the location that would maximise on the coverage at 156.800 Mhz. Mount Nowa Nowa, was selected and a site owned by Victoria Police was donated 'in kind' for the establishment of the network.
Coast Guard Flotillas had recently been chartered as 'CFA Brigades' to provide a fire response 2 Nm to sea. Communications support came from CFA Communications Engineer, Tony Danino whom carried out the design and scope of work including tendering for the supply and installation.
Tony carried out a propagation mapping exercise to identy the location that would maximise on the coverage at 156.800 Mhz. Mount Nowa Nowa, was selected and a site owned by Victoria Police was donated 'in kind' for the establishment of the network.
Mount Nowa Nowa was later networked to Coast Guard Paynesville's base utilising a DX64 Omnitronics console. Today, Marine Radio Victoria (operated by Kordia Pty Ltd from Canberra, ACT) broadcast from the Mt Nowa Nowa installation. Funding for the project was provided by Coast Guard's State Council and Marine Safety Victoria.
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