Category Archives: SOTA

Mt Dandenong, VK3/VC-025 revisited

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Peter Fraser

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 →

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VK3ZPF portable logger – update

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Peter Fraser

I have a couple of weeks at home whilst my wife recuperates from recent spinal surgery. During this time I’ll be making some more updates to my portable logger application. High on the to do list is to include SPOT … Continue reading →

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SOTA on a bike – good or bad idea?

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Peter Fraser

Yesterday I wanted to get out and hike to at least one SOTA summit as it had been over 2 months since I last strapped on the boots in anger. I started looking around the hills to the east of … Continue reading →

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DX SOTA chasing, 2E0YYY and G4ASA

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Peter Fraser

I’ve been active in SOTA since the VK3 Association was launched in February 2012. All of my activations have been in Victoria and, until today, all my chasing was in VK. This afternoon, for no particular reason, I checked SOTA … Continue reading →

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The Paps, VK3/VE-204 activation

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Peter Fraser

With my new job I have the privileged of traveling around Victoria and sometimes find myself near to a SOTA summit. Usually when this happens I don’t have time to stop for an activation or I don’t have a suitable … Continue reading →

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