During 2016 I undertook a personal SOTA challenge to activate and qualify all SOTA peaks on 70 cm 432.200 MHz USB or 439.000 MHz FM. More on the results of my 70 cm challenge later. For 2017 during which the predicted sunspot activity will be very low, I am setting myself a reasonable personal challenge.…
Exciting news, the Canberra DMR repeater was online late yesterday for experimentation and testing within VK. The Canberra Regional Amateur Radio Club (CRARC) has plans to refine the Talk Group (TG) settings for wider access. For the time being the repeater details are: Receive: 438.8125 Transmit: 431.8125 Colour Code: 1 Time Slot: 2 TG: 505…
This morning at 8:22 am this SOTA blog received its 100,000th view from a total of 36,604 unique visitors 🙂 Thanks everyone for taking an interest in Amateur Radio and the Summits on the Air (SOTA) awards program. 07:36 am 99,998 views from 36,599 visitors 07:58 am 99,999 views from 36,603 visitors 08:22 am 100,000…
Everyone needs a new challenge for 2016. My ambitious plan for 2016 is to qualify each SOTA peak on 430 MHz (70cm) either on 432 MHz SSB or 439.00 MHz FM simplex. To qualify each summit I will need 4 unique amateur radio contacts on either frequency or a mix of unique contacts on SSB…
