SOTA News Saturday 22 October 2016 – SOTA activators in VK, ZL and Europe are planning to hold simultaneous SOTA activations of mountain peaks in Australia, New Zealand and counties across Europe. The challenge for SOTA activators, who have the pleasure of operating in a low noise floor environment, is to chase mountain peaks in…
Sunday 7 August 2016, planned SOTA activation of Castle Hill, 942 metres ASL, 2 points on private property. Maidenhead Grid Locator QF44MM Possible Summit to Summit contacts: 34 and far too many to detail here. Today VK1 is holding the 2016 VK1 SOTA Winter QSO Party where Australian (VK) and New Zealand (ZL) SOTA…
Hi all SOTA/QRP fans Sunday 7 August 2016. Radio amateurs in Australia’s capital city Canberra (VK1) are planning a simultaneous activation of VK1 and nearby VK2 SOTA summits, kicking off at 09:00 local (2300 UTC, 6 August 2016) for operations over 2 to 3 hours. This radio amateur event is known locally as the…
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…
Saturday 15 November 2014. Having had a great time and lots of fun on VK2/SM-036 and attempting to break the Yeti gearbox, it was time to push-on to Blackfellows Hill VK2/SM-033 at 1620 metres ASL. Continue the drive along Tantangara Road for 2 km or so, you will see a gravel road (visible on your…
Saturday 15 November 2014. My weekend of SOTA activations as a part of the VK Spring SOTA Party started late yesterday with the activation of The Cascades, 5 km from Dead Horse Gap in the Kosciuszko NP. Today the plan is to activate VK2/SM-036 (unnamed), VK2/SM-033 Blackfellows Hill and later in the day VK2/SM-053 also…
Friday 14 November 2014. I convinced my boss to give me 4 hours off work (great boss) and drove to Jindabyne from Canberra, arriving at 1630 local. I’m staying at Jindabyne Holiday Park, the park is busy with family holiday makers. Went to the local supermarket for food and goodies for tomorrow (Saturday), need food…
VK will hold a SOTA Party on Saturday and Sunday 15 – 16 November 2014 with the main activity being held on Saturday from sunrise through to sunset. By happy coincidence, this activity aligns with the VK3 KRMNPA weekend so expect some SOTA operations within Victoria’s National Parks. Weather permitting in VK and in Europe,…
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