European DX on 40m at 2100 UTC This morning I was monitoring 7.144 MHz waiting for Nick VK3ANL, who was planning to activate Sydney Harbour National Park VKFF-473 from 0715 am local (21:15 UTC). While waiting for Nick I was listening to Lou I6KCWQ from Italy calling CQ DX on 7.144. After listening to Lou…
Big Badja Hill VK2/SM-059 1362 metres ASL, Deua National Park VKFF-138 So where is Big Badja Hill? Big Badja is on the western edge of Deua National Park 20 minutes from Numeralla. Big Badja qualifies for the WWFF VKFF National Parks program. The drive from Canberra is via Cooma and Numeralla, an alternative route is…
Boyne Trig and Durras Mountain, NSW South Coast Boyne Trig VK2/SC-050 370 metres ASL, North Brooman State Forest This post is the continuation of the 3 summit activation on Saturday 15 March. Having achieved a fabulous result at Mogood Trig it was time to move on to Boyne Trig. Depart Mogood Trig continue north-east along…
Decided at short notice to take two days leave from work and head to Melbourne for a family gathering and to tick off another birthday. There are ample SOTA summits within 30 minutes to one hour of the Hume Freeway, particularly in Victoria. On this occasion I decided to look at the proximity of National…
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