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ANZAC weekend stormy EU chase – VK2/CT-012 and VKFF-598 | VK2IO
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ANZAC weekend stormy EU chase – VK2/CT-012 and VKFF-598. SOTA VK2/CT-012 and WWFF Marrangaroo NP VKFF-598, 25-26 Apr 2015. On Saturday 25th I arrived on the summit VK2/CT-012. Near Lithgow via a hailstorm and lightning, the same one that had just passed where Nick VK2AOH was on Mt Macquarie VK2/CT-011. And had affected Andrew VK1DA. Before that on Mt Ainslie VK1/AC-040. AZ and operating location at VK2/CT-012. And Ignacio EA2BD at EA2/NV-119. Antenna and shack on VK2/CT-012. But only from the car as it w...
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Mt Marulan and Towrang Range 9 Aug 2015 | VK2IO
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Mt Marulan and Towrang Range 9 Aug 2015. The last Sunday before the end of the first 10m/6m challenge period provided a good opportunity to head for the hills and activate, especially as VK1 operators would be out in force. The summits chosen near Goulburn are around 100km from Canberra so well within RF range. It was an early start to get to the first one well before UTC rollover. Mt Marulan VK2/ST-039 trig point and operating position. Route to Mt Marulan and Towrang Range. For my third S2S. The FT100D...
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Short/Long path DX from Australia | VK2IO
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Short/Long path DX from Australia. For working EU, see the average beam headings at the bottom of the page. Sov Mil Order of Malta. Agalega and St. Brandon. Timor – Leste. Dem Rep. of the Congo. San Felix and San Ambrosio. Fed Rep. of Germany. St Pierre and Miquelon. Juan de Nova, Europa. Amsterdam and St. Paul Is. Wallis and Futuna Is. San Andres and Providencia. Baker and Howland Is. Palmyra and Jarvis Is. Saba and St. Eustatius. St Peter and St. Paul. Trindade and Martim Vaz. Sao Tome and Principe.
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VK1DI's Blog: August 2015
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A blog about Ian Sinclair's activities on the Amateur Radio bands, callsign VK1DI in Canberra, Australia. Monday, 31 August 2015. After activating Big Smoky and stopping in South West Rocks for lunch drove back to the Pacific Highway and continued on the Mt Yarrahapinni. Took Albert Road and the Rosewood Road. Road becomes unsealed but is okay for 2WDs. There is a good picnic area and lookout before the summit. Big Smoky mountain is visible near the ocean. Shack on the tarp on the side of the road. Got c...
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VK1DI's Blog: August 2014
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A blog about Ian Sinclair's activities on the Amateur Radio bands, callsign VK1DI in Canberra, Australia. Saturday, 23 August 2014. SOTA Activation Mt Wee Jasper. My last activation of Mt Wee Jasper. Involved access via the Hume and Hovell walking track, a 15 Km walk with a 700 m climb, just too much! Since doing this walk Andrew VK1NAM established that you can get to the summit an easier way, by driving through the pine forest and walking the last rise to the summit, so set off to try this route. Just u...
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VK1DI's Blog: January 2015
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A blog about Ian Sinclair's activities on the Amateur Radio bands, callsign VK1DI in Canberra, Australia. Monday, 26 January 2015. SOTA Reactivation VK1/AC-034 Mt Majura. For the Australia Day holiday decided to activate a close by city summit, Mt Majura so would have the afternoon free for other things. As per previous activations parked and started walking at the horse paddocks track in Hackett. Mt Majura and a sign/map of the nature reserve. A short distance along the track took the track up to the top.
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VK1DI's Blog: ILLW Lighthouse Station Chasing
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A blog about Ian Sinclair's activities on the Amateur Radio bands, callsign VK1DI in Canberra, Australia. Saturday, 15 August 2015. ILLW Lighthouse Station Chasing. The ILLW (International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend) was on so instead of looking for SOTA and WWFF Parks Activations went looking for lighthouse stations instead on Saturday. Worked the following lighthouses. Callsign Band Mode Name QTH. VK3ATL/P 40m SSB Ken AU0028 Port Lonsdale Lighthouse. VK7LH/P 40m SSB Unknown AU0048 Low Head Lighthouse.
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VK1DI's Blog: June 2015
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A blog about Ian Sinclair's activities on the Amateur Radio bands, callsign VK1DI in Canberra, Australia. Saturday, 27 June 2015. Percival Hill Nature Reserve VKFF-0859. Time to activate another Canberra Nature Park for the World Wide Flora and Fauna Award, this one Percival Hill Nature Reserve VKFF-859. The park is names after Percival Hill, a prominent hill close to the Barton Highway roundabout intersection with Gundaroo Drive and William Slim Drive, in the Gungahlin suburb of Nicholls. Switched to 20...
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VK1DI's Blog: OConnor Ridge VKFF-0857
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A blog about Ian Sinclair's activities on the Amateur Radio bands, callsign VK1DI in Canberra, Australia. Sunday, 21 June 2015. OConnor Ridge is located West of the Canberra suburb of OConnor, bounded by Dryandra Street, Ginninderra Drive, Gungahlin Drive Extension and Bruce Ridge. Parked off Dryandra Street near the cycle path. There is a large parking area here and the sign for the park visible. The tracks joined a fire access road running along the ridge. After 40 m calls dried up changed the links to...
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