Category Archives: Amateur Radio

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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VHF SOTA activation of VK3/VC-006 Mt St Leonard

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Peter Fraser

Today was a Public Holiday  and I went hiking with Tom and Kath, whom I have know for about 15 years, and two friends of theirs. The hike was from Donnellys Weir up to Mt St Leonard and back to Donnellys … Continue reading →

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Mt Beenak VK3/VC-016 and Hyde Hill VK3/VC-008

Posted on May 29, 2016 by Peter Fraser

It has been quite some time since I had activated a SOTA summit so last night I planned a drive east to activate Mt Toorongo Range. I had to be up early to collect my son from his night shift … Continue reading →

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New VK port-a-log version

Posted on May 1, 2016 by Peter Fraser

Yesterday I released the latest version of my android logging app VK port-a-log. The new version is V20160430_03 and contains some changes and some new features; SOTAwatch spots are no longer cached at vk3zpf.com = faster delivery of new spots … Continue reading →

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AX3ZPF and Mt Worth State Park activation

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Peter Fraser

Today is ANZAC day, a day on which Australia and New Zealand commemorate their war veterans from all wars. The date is significant as it was on this day in 1915, during World War I, that soldiers from both countries … Continue reading →

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