Retrospective look at 15 VK3 SOTA activations in 9 days I planned a trip to the eastern-suburbs of Melbourne to visit my parents, celebrate mum’s birthday, catch up with my kids and my sister’s family. A trip to Melbourne over a long-weekend should include one or two SOTA activations. Conveniently Canberra has two long-weekend public…
It’s Friday and today is day 6 of the VK3 tour and I plan to activate Mt Disappointment and Mt St Leonard. The aim for today’s activations is to qualify both summits using 2 metres simplex, adding 2 more summits to the completed list. Comment. There are far more interested SOTA chasers on 2m in…
Today I had plans to activate Mt Vinegar VK3/VC-005 1069 metres ASL and Mt Gordon VK3/VN-027 764 metres ASL in the Yarra Ranges National Park. Departed Croydon at 8 am for the trip to Warburton then the Acheron Way leading to Carters Gap Road. We encountered two trees on the Donna Buang road and a…
Federation Range VK3/VN-003 1453 metres ASL – near Lake Mountain Today is day three of the VK3 tour and the plan is to activate Federation Range followed by lunch at Marysville. Pictures from SOTA activation of Federation Range VK3/VN-003 SOTA 1 Oct 13 Apart from having lots of fun keeping the gear dry and out…
Mt Torbreck VK3/VN-001 1516 metres ASL, Yarra Ranges Snobs Creek Yesterday 29 September I completed a multi-summit activation in the vicinity of Warburton with the company of my sister and my two kids. Later in the day I contacted Glenn VK3YY to discuss a joint activation of Mt Torbreck and Pyramid Hill, which was previously…
Mt Donna Buang VK3/VC-002 1259 metres ASL, Yarra Ranges National Park Equipment a simple SOTA station set up: Yaesu FT-817ND 7 metre squid pole 2m Slim Jim 40m half wave dipole, feed line 9 metres of RG174. 4Ah SLAB Today is day 2 of the VK3 trip and I plan to activate, in the following…
Mt Wombat VK3/VU-002 802 metres ASL 14 km South-East of Euroa, Shire of Strathbogie – 28 September 2013 Previously activated by Wayne VK3WAM, Peter VK3PF and Allen VK3HRA Mt Wombat is the second activation today, a part of the trip to Melbourne. The summit is 14 km south-east of the township of Euroa in the…
Mt Stanley VK3/VE-126 1052 metres ASL 16km SE of Beechworth – 28 September 2013 Today I am driving from Canberra to the eastern suburbs of Melbourne for a family visit. The visit will combine a week of SOTA activations around VK3 and a family gathering to celebrate mum’s birthday on Saturday 5 October. The proposed…
Mt Glenrowan VK3/VE-230 and Mt Big Ben VK3/VE-105 Mt Glenrowan is at the southern end of the Warby Ranges. Access to Mt Glenrowan is via Taminick Road off the Hume Highway just after the Glenrowan BP Road House. Weather forecast was sunny with a top of 34 degrees. Smoke from the fires near Mt…
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