On Saturday I activated VKFF-1772. In hindsight, while the location within the park that I chose was terribly easy to get to, it wasn't a great site. Large hill immediately to the south and a middling one to the north (with a huge tower containing lots of cell phone antennas). Sugarloaf actually has some great … Continue reading 2018-06-30 Sugarloaf State Conservation Area
Activated VKFF-0049 today. Thanks to all the folks who helped me over the line. 50 contacts 30m - 2 40m - 34 80m - 14 and 11 park to parks (including one on three different bands). Overall a great day. I took an hour between 1 & 2 to add 80m legs to the linked … Continue reading 2018-06-25 Bouddi National Park
The fourth park I've "activated". First time that I've managed to get the requisite 44 calls in one day and I did it with with a single mode (SSB). The linked dipole helped me to change bands quicker and I did get a few contacts on 20m, 30m, and 80m but the majority was on … Continue reading 2018-06-22 Werakata National Park
So after not being very happy with my location in this park (VKFF-1361) last night I pulled out google earth to have a look and turned up the gorgeous location. Because of the exposure to wind, I didn't set up on the platform (which is good as lots of people were looking at dolphins frolicking … Continue reading 2018-06-16 Tea Tree Picnic Area (Munmorah State Conservation Area)
This wasn't originally where I was going. I was originally going Popran National Park, specifically a picnic area Called Ironbark Picnic Area The National Parks pages says, ... Ironbark picnic area has a small, unsealed carpark, but it’s only accessible by 4WD vehicles. Visitors in 2WD vehicles will need to park and walk the last … Continue reading 2018-06-15 Munmorah State Conservation Area
I was at two parks today. This was the first, at Somersby Falls. I arrived at 11am, but doe to things like the phone ringing and my not timing off the 22m wire on the top of the pole and having it almost pull right through while I was trying to tension it, I didn't … Continue reading 2018-06-15 VKFF-0056 Brisbane Water National Park
I headed out to Somersby Falls Picnic Area to activate Brisbane Water National Park today for about two hours as VK2MG/p Slightly different set up today as I have cut myself dipoles for 40m and 20m. They were both hung from the SO239 that the coax fed in to and I also ran the 22m … Continue reading 2018-06-14 VKFF-0056 Activation
Came back again today to make sure that I'd got at least 44 contacts from here over the last few days. Had a pretty good day. Looks like the total contacts for the activation is 54! I had no rain on me today though it carried from heavily overcast looking like rain to very hot … Continue reading 2018-06-11 Wyrrabalong National Park (VKFF-0550)
I went out again to activate the park today as the sky was looking ok. Bad move. First off, on arrival, I thought I had left the squid pole at home. Turned around to drive home and get it. Stopped in Toukley to look again and it was in the back. Once I got set … Continue reading 2018-06-09 Wyrrabalong National Park
Today I did my first World Wide Flora Fauna Park activation at Wyrrabalong National Park as VK2MG Portable. The radio was my Yaesu FT-818ND set to run at 5 watts (QRP) running in to an L-match (the grey box) and 22m of end fed wire run up a 10m squid pole.
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