Monthly Archives: December 2018

Four summits along Buffalo Range

Posted on 2018/12/30 by vk3pf

Sunday 30 December 2018 Saturday was a quiet day, although I did venture out to a local recreation reserve in the afternoon to work Compton VK2HRX/3 on Mt Tabletop. I could not hear Compton on 40 m SSB on the … Continue reading →

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Mount Barandudah

Posted on 2018/12/28 by vk3pf

28 December 2018 The heat wave was forecast to continue, with temperatures expected to reach around 40. I had a slow start to the day and checked the SOTA Alerts. I noted that Sid and Adele were due to be … Continue reading →

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Two summits near Bright

Posted on 2018/12/27 by vk3pf

Thursday 27 December 2018 The weather forecast for the coming days was looking nasty: temperatures rising into the 40s. Glenn VK3YY and Kevin VK3KAB had posted an Alert for Mt McLeod VK3/VE-034 for 0900 local time. I decided to head … Continue reading →

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Black Range and Wabonga Plateau

Posted on 2018/12/26 by vk3pf

Wednesday 26 December 2018 I decided to head to the area of the upper King Valley to a couple of summits that had not yet been activated. I headed down the Hume Highway to near Wangaratta before heading south towards … Continue reading →

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Hollonds Hill

Posted on 2018/12/24 by vk3pf

Monday 24 December 2018 The day started with a short drive to the local athletics field to work Mitch VK7XDM/p on another VK7 summit. I then returned to base to get a few things organised prior to heading south to … Continue reading →

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Three summits south of Corryong

Posted on 2018/12/23 by vk3pf

Sunday 23 December 2018 Saturday was a quiet day with some family commitments. Sunday morning I decided to head to the east and to attempt to get to a new summit and hopefully activate a couple of summits to make … Continue reading →

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A day near Chiltern

Posted on 2018/12/21 by vk3pf

Friday 21 December 2018 I decided on a shorter trip for the day as I had a family dinner engagement. I was a little late heading off, posting an Alert for 0100 UTC. I travelled down the Hume Highway to … Continue reading →

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A trip to Shelley and near Tintaldra

Posted on 2018/12/20 by vk3pf

Thursday 20 December 2018 Andrew VK1AD/3 had posted an Alert for Mount Donna Buang and asked on the OZSOTA group if anyone was interested in any Summit to Summit contacts. I replied that I had family tasks in the morning, … Continue reading →

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Three Murray River Parks

Posted on 2018/12/19 by vk3pf

Wednesday 19 December 2018 I decided to return towards Yarrawonga and Mulwala and target two of the Murray Valley Parks in NSW. The first target was not far west of Mulwala, with a marked Park entrance about 900 m past … Continue reading →

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A trip to Yarrawonga

Posted on 2018/12/18 by vk3pf

Tuesday 18 December 2018 With no family commitments, I decided to activate a couple of Parks. I headed off to Rutherglen and on to Yarrawonga and just to the west of the town, turning into Brears Road. At the end … Continue reading →

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