Category Archives: Amateur Radio

SOTA Mountain Goat – at last

Posted on July 30, 2022 by Peter Fraser

After more than 10 years of activating SOTA summits I have finally achieved 1000 activator points, qualifying me to be a SOTA Mountain Goat. I made my first SOTA activation at VK3/VC-025 Mt Dandenong on 26 February 2012 using a … Continue reading →

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New VK port-a-log version released named, Warburton_01

Posted on November 14, 2021 by Peter Fraser

Today I have released the latest version of VK port-a-log, named Warburton_01. This version has the following updates (since Gisborne_02); HEMA logging HEMA spotting (VK only) Silos On The Air, SiOTA, logging and spotting (VK only) revised file name format … Continue reading →

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New VK port-a-log version released named, Gisborne_02

Posted on March 13, 2020 by Peter Fraser

Today I have released the latest version of VK port-a-log, named Gisborne_02. This version has the following change; Update SOTAwatch3 interface to use HTTPS All existing functions and features remain the same. Details of VK port-a-log can be found at … Continue reading →

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New VK port-a-log version released named, Gisborne_01

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Peter Fraser

Today I have released the latest version of VK port-a-log, named Gisborne_01. This version has the following additions and changes; Post QSO entry is now available SOTAwatch spots are now processed via SOTAwatch3 ParksnPeaks spots are now processed via the … Continue reading →

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Changes coming to SOTAwatch and VK port-a-log

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Peter Fraser

The SOTA team who manage the SOTA database, have recently announced the February 29, 2020 shutdown of SOTAwatch2 and full implementation of SOTAwatch3. Details are available here. So, what does this mean for VK port-a-log users? For those using any … Continue reading →

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