Category Archives: Amateur Radio

Errinundra National Park, VKFF-0158

Posted on November 13, 2016 by Peter Fraser

My third activation for the KRMNPA activation weekend was at Errinundra National Park in East Gippsland. I had previously activated this park in August 2012 and chose to operate from the same location on Pastman Tarck, about 73 km north … Continue reading →

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French Island National Park, VKFF-0622 with John VK2AWJ

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Peter Fraser

Today at 7:00 am I met up with John VK2AWJ to travel over to French Island. This was my fifth trip over with previous trips in 2010, 2012, January 2016 and March 2016. This trip was to accompany John and … Continue reading →

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Blog update day

Posted on November 5, 2016 by Peter Fraser

After a busy 12 months I have finally had a day free to sit down and write some blog updates for recent SOTA and WWFF activations. The following pages have been added: 2 October 2015 – VK3/VT-010 Talbot Peak activation … Continue reading →

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New VK port-a-log version – V20161102_01

Posted on November 4, 2016 by Peter Fraser

I have released a new version of my Android logging app VK port-a-log. The new version is V20161102_01 and contains more new features; Logging and spotting support for VK Shires Award program Increased WWFF coverage – now includes non VKFF/ZLFF spots … Continue reading →

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One SOTA activation and two non-activations

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Peter Fraser

Today was a public holiday for the Melbourne Cup. A horse race and we get a day off. I got up early and headed north planning to activate SOTA summits Mt Ritchie VK3/VC-003, Mt Vinegar VK3/VC-005 and Mt Gordon VK3/VN-027. … Continue reading →

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