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Another step in the VKFF Hunter Honour Roll

Posted on 2019/04/22

Over the last few weeks, some activators have been very busy travelling to some of the newer Parks or visiting Parks previously activated that I have missed hunting. On checking the wwff.co website Logsearch facility, I found that I had … Continue reading →

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The April VK – ZL – JA – EU S2S “party”

Posted on 2019/04/09

6 April 2019 A number of amateurs had been planning for a S2S event on the first Saturday of April: late afternoon for the VK operators and early morning for the Europeans. After waiting to see what the weather would … Continue reading →

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Two parks near Woodside

Posted on 2019/03/30

Friday 29 March 2019 The weather forecast for Gippsland was looking good until late afternoon on the Friday. At the usual informal gathering at the radio club on Thursday night, I asked Ross VK3NRB if he was interested in another … Continue reading →

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The “Hillbillies” Hamfest and a Park on the way home

Posted on 2019/03/28

Sunday 24 March 2019 The Eastern & Mountain District Radio Club (the “Hillbillies”) annual Hamfest (formerly White Elephant Sale) was coming up. I again had volunteered to man a table to sell WIA merchandise, particularly the Callbook. The day required … Continue reading →

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Ada Tall Trees Reserve VKFF-2253

Posted on 2019/03/25

Saturday 23 March 2019 Saturday was wet and windy in the morning. I had been considering heading out to support the South Australian National and Conservation Parks Awards anniversary weekend. With the rain, I decided to chase for a while … Continue reading →

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Another step in VKFF Hunter Honour Roll

Posted on 2019/03/19

I have been slowly  increasing the count of new unique VKFF references worked. Last week’s trip to Outtrim gave me the chance to chase/hunt Ross when he was inside the reserve and I was outside and that happened to bring … Continue reading →

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A trip to Outtrim

Posted on 2019/03/15

Thursday 14 March 2019 I had been chatting again with my friend from Maffra. It appears that he enjoyed being out in the field with me on Tuesday when I activated Glenmaggie Regional Park. We decided to do a Park … Continue reading →

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A second visit to Glenmaggie Regional Park

Posted on 2019/03/13

A friend had requested advice regarding a delicate matter that had arisen. I suggested an option would be to start documenting the chronology of events leading to the current situation. I offered to head across to his home to assist … Continue reading →

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A trip to Neerim East

Posted on 2019/03/10

Saturday 9 March 2019 The morning started a little slowly, but with a little radio fun with chasing Katsu JP3DGT/3 activating JA/OS-004 on 17 m CW. After midday local time, I chased Tony VK3XV/p and Mike VK6MB/3 in Parks. I … Continue reading →

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A trip to Melbourne with a Park detour

Posted on 2019/03/01

Thursday 28 February 2019 I needed to travel to Clayton to pick up an item, so decided to add a detour to the trip home. I left home about mid-morning and arrived at destination in Clayton in reasonable time. I … Continue reading →

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