Monthly Archives: July 2017

Glenmaggie Regional Park VKFF-1877

Posted on 2017/07/25 by vk3pf

Sunday 23 July 2017 The weather forecast for Sunday did not look great, with strong winds all day and two cold fronts to pass through the region during the afternoon. I decided to risk the weather and head out to … Continue reading →

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Mirboo North Regional Park VKFF-1876

Posted on 2017/07/25 by vk3pf

On 18 July 2017, VKFF Coordinator Paul VK5PAS announced that he had added five new Parks in Victoria to the VKFF list of references. Two of these Parks are within an hour of my home, so they were quickly added … Continue reading →

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Three Gippsland summits on a winter day

Posted on 2017/07/25 by vk3pf

Over the previous week, I had been chasing Canadian amateur – John VA7JBE – as he activated summits in north east Victoria with Brain VK3MCD, in Canberra with Andrew VK1AD and near Sydney with Compton VK2HRX. I had replied to … Continue reading →

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Winding down after GippsTech 2017

Posted on 2017/07/03 by vk3pf

It had been a tiring weekend and lead up to the annual GippsTech amateur radio technical conference in Churchill. The conference was my idea initially and the local Club (now known as the Eastern Zone Amateur Radio Club) liked the … Continue reading →

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