Sorry I’m a little behind with this post… Sunday 9 November 2014. The weather forecast for Canberra is a warm to hot day max temp 32 degrees while at the NSW South Coast the forecast max for the day is 21 degrees. The geographic feature which often defines the difference in weather between Canberra and…
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…
Saturday 15 March 2014 Mogood Trig VK2/SC-049 385 metres ASL, Clyde State Forest I’m spending 2 days, Saturday and Sunday at Broulee on the New South Wales south coast, 20 km south of Batemans Bay. The weather forecast is for warm weather 30 degrees Celsius and light winds. Today I plan to activate three summits…
This morning I successfully chased VK4 SOTA stations VK4FADI Brendan and VK4FSCC Glenn both on VK4/SE-041 from Broulee on the NSW South Coast. There background noise was low until the TV was switched on! Dam that made the chase a little harder. Below are photos of the QRP set up. FT-857D and a 4.2 Ah…
SOTA and Lighthouse (2013) chasing from Broulee, NSW South Coast International Lighthouse-Lightship Weekend 2013 For a bit of fun I though I might take a consistent approach to this post as for SOTA activations and include data on the HASL. The walk on the beach was a 450 metre hard slog, starting with a descent…
Took a break from the hustle and bustle of Canberra and headed down to Broulee on the NSW South Coast. Broulee is a quiet town with a small general store and a takeaway. On Saturday my wife and I went to Moruya for the well-known Saturday markets where I picked up a 9 metre squid…
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