Category Archives: KRMNPA

Activation of French Island Marine National Park, VKFF-0950

Planning for this activation started back in November 2015. The French Island Marine National Park, VKFF-0950 was added to the WWFF award program in August 2015 and, along with other Marine National Parks, they can be activated within 100m of … Continue reading

Posted in Amateur Radio, KRMNPA, Radio awards, WWFF | 1 Comment

French Island National Park activation, VKFF-0622

Today I returned from my latest activation of French Island National Park. I’ve been over to the island before in January 2010 and January 2012 which were both before the introduction of the VKFF award program. The initial purpose of … Continue reading

Posted in Amateur Radio, KRMNPA, Radio awards, WWFF | Leave a comment

VK port-a-log launched

After working on it off and on for the past 8 months I am pleased to have finally released VK port-a-log. VK port-a-log is an Android logging app for phones and tablets, primarily for logging contacts in the field. It … Continue reading

Posted in Amateur Radio, Android, KRMNPA, SOTA, vk3zpf.com, WWFF | Leave a comment

VK3/VT-010 Talbot Peak activation

Today Glenn, VK3YY, and Kevin, VK3KAB, again activated VK3/VT-010 Mt Talbot. Glenn and I been here together before in 2013 and 2014 where we encountered snow. Today we also had snow although the temperature was a bit warmer than previous … Continue reading

Posted in Amateur Radio, KRMNPA, SOTA, WWFF | Leave a comment

Mt Dandenong, VK3/VC-025 revisited

After talking with a work mate, also a ham, about SOTA we headed off to activate the nearest summit to Melbourne. Chris, VK3TYG, had not previously activated SOTA so, after walking up Kyeema Track from the intersection of Ridge Rd, … Continue reading

Posted in Amateur Radio, KRMNPA, Radio awards, SOTA, WWFF | Leave a comment