I decided I wanted to head south today, so these two parks were the likely two suspects. Unfortunately, as per what seems to be becoming the norm, I left a lot later than I intended so ended up finishing and packing up in the dark Ku-Ring-gai Chase National Park - VKFF-0272 APRS A decent drive … Continue reading 2019-06-29 Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park (VKFF-0272) and Berowra Valley National Park (VKFF-1162)
Doing my Google Earth research last night I thought I had hit upon the perfect spot to activate both of these parks from, requiring no movement between activations. What I hadn't planned on was rain. That spot above was on a sandy surface around sea level. It was marshy and swampy; under about half an … Continue reading Gir-um-bit National Park (VKFF-0589) and Port Stephens – Great Lakes Marine Park (VKFF-1410)
It's the day before I have to head back home from Queensland (cold permitting). I had planned to do 3-4 parks. Of course it didn't work out that way. I arrived at the first and discovered that I'd left my tablet logger at home. Fortunately the first park was only 11 minutes each way from … Continue reading 2019-06-15 Freshwater National Park (VKFF-0187) and Clear Mountain Conservation Reserve (VKFF-1511)
Given that work asked me to come up to Brisbane this week I decided to give myself a weekend day at each end to do some park activating in VK4. I had a lot to choose from, but ended up with VKFF-2868 and VKFF-2876 after spending the morning in Strathpine and looking at Google Earth … Continue reading 2019-06-09 Kurwongbah Park Nature Refuge (VKFF-2868) and North Pine Dam Nature Refuge (VKFF-2876)
Wow, what a day! As I had some mowing to do at home today, I thought it was going to be a bit tough, but I was going to try anyway. These two parks are pretty close to each other and I figured if I could knock over the first quickly, then I could get … Continue reading 2019-05-25 Wallaroo National Park (VKFF-0611) and Karuah National Park (VKFF-0596)
This trip started with a whole lot of problems and the like but ended out being a pretty good day. I had originally intended to get out nice and early as I needed to be home around 5pm to set my audio gear up for an online gig at 6pm. Alarm went off at 6am. … Continue reading 2019-05-12 Medowie State Conservation Area (VKFF-1349)
I've found that frequently it's useful to use a headset rather than the hand mike. Unfortunately it's not just a case of simply wring in a headset mike instead of the supplied mike, as most headset mikes are actually electret condensers, which need to be powered The radio I have is a Yaesu FT-818ND, and … Continue reading My Headset Microphone Adaptor
