Tuesday 13 October 2020 – I noticed the Australian Space Weather report MUF and T index were reporting ‘enhanced’ conditions while the K index was close to zero, excellent! I checked the local weather forecast, which with the exception of Thursday, indicated rain for the week. Thursday it is!! Plan: Thursday 15 October 2020, activate…
Good Friday 19 April 2019. Tom M1EYP in the UK has organised at Good Friday DX 30m CW S2S QSO Party, in addition Tom has invited 40m SSB participants. I have considered my options and decided to activate Mt Stromlo VK1/AC-043 for the first time this year, in doing so I will gain a single…
VK2/SM-053 1459 metres ASL 8 points Wollondibby Road, Crackenback Saturday 15 November 2014. I planned this activation 4 weeks ago after the VK SOTA group agreed with a proposal to hold a VK SOTA Party on the weekend 15 – 16 November 2014. As it turns out the weekend is also known in amateur radio…
SOTA DX – Spring Hill VK2/ST-036 876 metres ASL, Spring Range On Sunday I drove to Spring Hill with a plan to activate the summit in the period 05:30 UTC to 07:40 UTC or 15:30 to 17:40 local. The plan is to work VK chasers on 7MHz for 30 minutes 05:30 to 06:00 UTC then…
Standard of behaviour towards EU SOTA activators trying to work VK SOTA activators and chasers At my QTH I have severe noise problems which often drown out the reception of distant EU SOTA activators. To overcome the noise problems I have decided to try out my local ‘hill’ known as Oakey Hill in the southern…
Livingstone Hill VK2/SM-093 932 metres ASL, private property near Michelago, NSW snowy mountains Livingstone Hill is private land therefore one must gain permission from the land owner to gain access. A phone call to the owner, permission granted. 🙂 I’m convinced Livingstone Hill is my nemesis SOTA summit. Today is my third attempt this…
Tuggeranong Hill VK1/AC-038 855 metres ASL, Canberra Nature Park 1 April 2014 Left work at 16:30 for a 30 minute drive to the base of Tuggeranong Hill, followed by a 25 minute walk to the summit. The ascent is an easy climb, 171 metres over 1.5 km. Plan is to start the activation at 07:00…
Bowning Hill VK2/ST-042 792 metres ASL on private property, Bowning NSW Bowning Hill is one of those hills you drive past often and wonder if there is a track to the summit, what would it be like to climb, what on earth if anything is on top and what will the view from the peak…
Mt Coree VK1/AC-023 1421 Metres ASL, Namadgi National Park Access to Mt Coree is via Brindabella Road to Piccadilly Circus. At Piccadilly Circus take a sharp right turn on to Two Sticks Road. Stay on Two Sticks Road for about 10 km then turn right into Pabral Road. Two Sticks and Pabral Roads are not suitable…
One Tree Hill VK1/AC-035 876 metres ASL, QF44NU, Canberra Nature Park “From Australia down under I continued with the EU/UK DX chase to sunset at 08:25 UTC working stations in England, Hungary, Germany, Slovenia, France, Italy, Greece, Austria, Finland, Portugal, Belgium, Spain, Sweden and general DX contacts in New Zealand, America and finally Venezuela” The…
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