SOTA – Mount Marulan VK1AD 2017 QRP Update #6

Monday 24 April 2017.  Mount Marulan VK2/ST-039 868 metres ASL, Southern Tablelands NSW Mount Marulan fire trail ‘G98’ starts at the end of Tickner Valley Road (@700 metres ASL), it’s an extension of Tickner Valley Road albeit with a different name.   The public access G98 fire trail is hidden from view behind a clump of…

SOTA – VK1AD 2017 QRP Update #3 – Tuggeranong Hill

Wednesday 11 January 2017 – 8:00 am (21:00 UTC) joining the VK VHF DX Net from Tuggeranong Hill 855 metres ASL for VHF Aircraft Enhancement propagation (AE). Purpose of today’s SOTA activation is to: experiment with low power 500 mW (QRP); qualify Tuggeranong Hill with the FT-817ND power output set to 500 mW for QSOs…