Saturday 10 December 2016. Tantangara Mountain VK2/SM-024 1754 metres ASL, Snowy Mountains, Kosciuszko National Park VKFF-0269 Three weeks ago my wife suggested I might like to ‘climb a mountain’ on Saturday 10 December 2016, I’m having the girls over for the traditional Austrian pre-Christmas biscuit bake-off, in other words Andrew get out of the house…
Sunday 20 March 2016, planned SOTA activation of Mt Perisher VK2/SM-007, 2054 metres ASL Maidenhead Grid Locator QF43EO, Kosciuszko National Park VKFF-0269 Yesterday Al VK1RX and I activate three SOTA peaks in the Kosciuszko Nation Park, Mt Nungar, Blackfellows Hill and unnamed VK2/SM-036 aptly named March-fly Mountain. We completed the activation of SM-036 with just…
Saturday 19 March 2016, planned SOTA activation of Blackfellows Hill VK2/SM-033, 1620 metres ASL Maidenhead Grid Locator QF44HD, Kosciuszko National Park VKFF-0269 Earlier in the day Al VK1RX and I activate Mt Nungar VK2/SM-027 for the first time. Mt Nungar activation was a success for Al and I. We have moved from VK2/SM-027 to…
Saturday 19 March 2016, planned SOTA activation of Mt Nungar VK2/SM-027, 1710 metres ASL Maidenhead Grid Locator QF44HD, Kosciuszko National Park VKFF-0269 Today Al VK1RX and I plan to activate 3 summits in the vicinity of Wares Campground, Mt Nungar, Blackfellows Hill and an unammed peak known fondly as ‘March-fly Mountain’ named by Andrew VK1MBE…
Adan VK1FJAW and I will be in the Snowy Mountains, a 2 hour drive from Canberra (VK1) on Saturday 23 January 2016 to activate four mountain peaks for the SOTA 6 & 10m Challenge. 🙂 The BOM weather forecast is: Cloudy, Medium (60%) chance of showers, 2 mm of rain, most likely in the morning.…
Skains Mountain VK2/SM-038 1610 metres ASL, Kosciuszko National Park Sunday 8 March 2015, my last day in the Kosciuszko National Park for the VK Autumn SOTA Party. Yesterday I walked 17 km return to activate The Chimneys VK2/SM-010. Yes, I’m a little tired and today my SOTA plans include Skains Mountain and Peppercorn Hill. Last…
The Chimneys VK2/SM-010 1905 metres ASL, Kosciuszko National Park Saturday 7 March 2015. Continuing on with my adventures in the Snowy Mountains Kosciuszko National Park VKFF-269, yesterday I walked 15 km to complete a Summits on the Air (SOTA) radio activation of Australia’s 3rd highest peak Mt Twynam, today the plan is to activate The…
Mount Twynam VK2/SM-003 2196 metres ASL, Kosciuszko National Park Friday 6 March 2015. I’m spending four days in the Kosciuszko National Park VKFF-269 to activate 7 SOTA peaks, yesterday Thursday 5 March I activated Mt Perisher VK2/SM-007 2050m ASL and The Cascades VK2/SM-014 at 1840m ASL. Today the plan is to activate Mt Twynam the…
Summary of four days of SOTA activity in the Australian Snowy Mountains (Kosciuszko National Park) 5 to 8 March 2015 Total distance walked: 54 km Ascent metres (climbed): 1982 metres Activations: 7 Activator Points: 68 Summit to Summit (S2S) Points: 228 S2S Contacts: 40 DX S2S Contacts: 5 Chasers: 202 DX Chasers: 16 Photos…
I will be heading to the Snowy Mountains for the public holiday long weekend 7-9 March 2015. My SOTA activation plans, subject to weather conditions, are: Thursday 5/3/15 – Mt Perisher VK2/SM-007 250 metre ascent, 3 km return walk. The Cascades VK2/SM-014 10 km return walk from Dead Horse Gap. Friday 6/3/15 – Mt Twynam…
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