Category Archives: FT450D

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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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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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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VK3 Portable Show and Tell

Posted on April 17, 2016 by Peter Fraser

Today was the second holding of the VK3 Portable Show and Tell, an event to encourage portable amateur radio operation. The first event was back in 2012 at Churchill National Park and was attended by five hams. Today’s event at … Continue reading →

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Armstrong 500 activity

Posted on September 14, 2014 by Peter Fraser

Last weekend Ash VK3FASH and I provided two radio type activities for the annual Armstrong 500 competition hiking event. The activities involved providing instruction on using the phonetic alphabet at one site, then using it to send various words related … Continue reading →

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