Sunday 1 January 2017. I made my way to Mt Stromlo’s north-hump for the VK SOTA New Year S2S ‘bonanza’, an opportunity to add a hundred or so points to my SOTA Summit to Summit Log. On the Australian (VK) eastern seaboard we are fortunate to have UTC day change occur at 11 am local…
SOTA News Saturday 22 October 2016 – SOTA activators in VK, ZL and Europe are planning to hold simultaneous SOTA activations of mountain peaks in Australia, New Zealand and counties across Europe. The challenge for SOTA activators, who have the pleasure of operating in a low noise floor environment, is to chase mountain peaks in…
Sunday 7 August 2016, planned SOTA activation of Castle Hill, 942 metres ASL, 2 points on private property. Maidenhead Grid Locator QF44MM Possible Summit to Summit contacts: 34 and far too many to detail here. Today VK1 is holding the 2016 VK1 SOTA Winter QSO Party where Australian (VK) and New Zealand (ZL) SOTA…
Hi all SOTA/QRP fans Sunday 7 August 2016. Radio amateurs in Australia’s capital city Canberra (VK1) are planning a simultaneous activation of VK1 and nearby VK2 SOTA summits, kicking off at 09:00 local (2300 UTC, 6 August 2016) for operations over 2 to 3 hours. This radio amateur event is known locally as the…
Webbs Ridge VK2/ST-005 1306 metres ASL, Brindabella National Park VKFF-054 Sunday 30 August 2015. Today’s SOTA adventure is the VK SOTA QSO Party celebrating two SOTA anniversaries, VK2 and VK6 plus the end of VK1 Winter SOTA QSO. Today’s event was organised by Andrew VK2UH the VK2 SOTA Association Manager, thanks Andrew. Seriously, SOTA activators…
VK SOTA chasers and activators alike are preparing for a big SOTA day out on Sunday 30 Aug 15. For VK1 Sunday is a celebration to mark the end of the Canberra deep-freeze while our VK2 neighbours in NSW will celebrate the 2nd anniversary of VK2 SOTA. Over in the far west of Australia, VK6…
SOTA Fans, VK1 and VK2 will hold a combined SOTA QSO Party on the last day of winter, Sunday 30 August 2015 to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of VK2 SOTA (1 September 2015) and to say goodbye to the VK1 Canberra deep freeze winter. Oh! Yeah! 😉 Everyone is welcome to join the SOTA QSO…
Hi all SOTA fans VK1 is planning a simultaneous activation of VK1 and nearby VK2 SOTA summits on Sunday morning 2 August 2015, kicking off at 09:00 local (2300 UTC, 1 August 2015) for 2 to 3 hours. SOTA/VKFF stations will be operating on: HF SSB: 7 and 14 MHz, other HF frequencies may include…
3 hours on Castle Hill VK1/AC-032 942 metres ASL * Castle Hill is on private property. Stats 45 Summit to Summits, some are repeat contacts on different frequencies 32 shack chasers 20m long haul chaser – Mike VK6MB VHF DX summit to summit with Gerard VK2IO & Garry VK2GAZ on Mt Tootie 262 km north-east…
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