Category Archives: SOTA

Annual trip to NE Victoria for Christmas – Days 18, 19 & 20

Posted on 2024/05/14 by vk3pf

3 January 2024 With another hot day forecast and some family tasks to complete in the afternoon, I headed out relatively early. I headed west on the Hume Highway and then north and west through Barnawartha North on the Murray … Continue reading →

Posted in Amateur Radio, POTA, SOTA, WWFF | Tagged Bonegilla Nature Conservation Reserve, Huon Hill, River Murray Reserve, SOTA, VK-4019, VK3/VE-237, VKFF, VKFF-0980, VKFF-4147, Wodonga Regional Park, WWFF | Leave a comment

Annual trip to NE Victoria for Christmas – Day 16

Posted on 2024/04/30 by vk3pf

1 January 2024 New Year’s Day in VK (Australia) gives the opportunity to activate a summit not only on two days, but also two years. It also usually results in many possible Summit to Summit (S2S) contacts, with other activators … Continue reading →

Posted in SOTA, WWFF | Tagged Mount Granya, Mount Granya State Park, SOTA, VK3/VE-165, VKFF, VKFF-0767, WWFF | Leave a comment

Annual trip to NE Victoria for Christmas – Day 6

Posted on 2024/01/24 by vk3pf

Friday 22 December 2023 With another hot afternoon forecast, I spent some time in the morning to take a walk before heading off. I then headed to Porepunkah and around to the Mount Buffalo National Park. As always, one needs … Continue reading →

Posted in SOTA, WWFF | Tagged Mount Buffalo National Park, SOTA, The Horn, The Hump, VKFF, VKFF-0339, WWFF | Leave a comment

A trip to NE VK3 and the Shepparton Hamfest

Posted on 2023/09/21 by vk3pf

It had been several months since I had visited family in Wodonga, so the weekend of the SADARC Hamfest in Shepparton provided an incentive to travel to the North East of Victoria. My own Club – EZARC – had its … Continue reading →

Posted in SOTA, WWFF | Tagged Barnawartha Scenic Reserve, Black Dog Creek Natural Features Reserve, Broken River K13 Streamside Reserve, Broken River K25 Streamside Reserve, Commissioners Creek Streamside Reserve, Mount Stanley, Mount Stanley Scenic Reserve, Reedy Creek K14 Streamside Reserve, Reedy Creek K18 Streamside Reserve, The Glen Flora Reserve, VK3/VE-126, VKFF, VKFF-2450, VKFF-3588, VKFF-3599, VKFF-3614, VKFF-3617, VKFF-3652, VKFF-3794, VKFF-3842, VKFF-3844, WWFF | 1 Comment

The 2023 Hotham SOTA gathering – Sunday, Monday & Tuesday

Posted on 2023/04/17 by vk3pf

Sunday 2 April 2023 I ended up with the same passengers as yesterday. We headed towards Omeo, then out to Benambra and east on Limestone Road. I then took Misery Road. After one minor navigational error, we swung north on … Continue reading →

Posted in POTA, SOTA, WWFF | Tagged Alpine National Park, Brumby Hill, Cobungra Bushland Reserve, Cobungra Streamside Reserve, Mount Baldhead, Mount Bindi, Mount Birregun, Mount Delusion, Mount Nugong, Mount Nunniong, Mount Pendergast, Mount Phipps, Omeo Bushland Reserve, SOTA, VK-4319, VK-4320, VK-5424, VK3/VG-009, VK3/VG-011, VK3/VG-012, VK3/VG-015, VK3/VG-017, VK3/VG-018, VK3/VG-022, VK3/VG-026, VK3/VG-027, VK3/VG-157, VK3/VT-020, VKFF, VKFF-0619, WWFF | Leave a comment

The 2023 Hotham SOTA gathering

Posted on 2023/04/11 by vk3pf

Late in January 2023, Brian VK3BCM proposed that we consider running another gathering of SOTA enthusiasts at Mount Hotham. A public post to the OZSOTA group received several positive responses. The decision was made for planning to commence. The previous … Continue reading →

Posted in SOTA, WWFF | Tagged Alpine National Park, Mount Elizabeth Nature Conservation Reserve, Mount Elizabeth No 2, Mount Hart, Mount Murray, Mount Sarah, Mount Sarah Natural Features Scenic Reserve, SOTA, VK-5265, VK3/VE-025, VK3/VE-032, VK3/VE-066, VK3/VG-074, VK3/VT-082, VKFF, VKFF-0619, VKFF-2149, WWFF | Leave a comment

Another trip to NE VK3, for family, with radio on the side

Posted on 2023/03/29 by vk3pf

This trip was for a family wedding – my nephew was finally formalising his partnership with his life partner. The wedding was scheduled for Saturday afternoon and evening at Buffalo River, south of Myrtleford. Friday 17 March 2023 I departed … Continue reading →

Posted in HEMA, POTA, SOTA, WWFF | Tagged Commissioners Creek Streamside Reserve, Goomalibee Nature Conservation Reserve, Jamieson/Deep Creek Nature Conservation Reserve, Mount Skene, Mount Skene NFSR, Mount Sugarloaf, VK-4335, VK-5266, VK-5938, VK3/HVE-015, VK3/VE-031, VKFF-2097, VKFF-2116, Wodonga Bushland Reserve | 2 Comments

Australia Day 2023 celebrated with a SOTA trip

Posted on 2023/02/02 by vk3pf

I had spent quite some time over the previous days examining the available mapping with regards to the many new Parks in Gippsland added to the Parks On The Air program (POTA). VK POTA Coordinator Marty VK4KC had recently added … Continue reading →

Posted in HEMA, POTA, SOTA, WWFF | Tagged Alpine National Park, Ben Cruachan, Ben Cruachan Natural Features Scenic Reserve, Mount Margaret, SOTA, VK-4038, VK3/HVE-036, VK3/VT-031, VK3/VT-032, VK3/VT-042, VKFF, VKFF-0619 | Leave a comment

A last gasp attempt for a Complete

Posted on 2022/11/05 by vk3pf

Late October 2022 I had almost given up hope of achieving a Complete for SOTA summit VK3/VE-079. A couple of weeks earlier, Warren VK3BYD and I arrived at the start of the access track to find large “Road Closed” signs. … Continue reading →

Posted in HEMA, SOTA | Tagged Glamour Hill Track, HEMA, Mount Sassafras, SOTA, The Paps South Peak, VK3/HVE-029, VK3/HVN-011, VK3/VE-029, VK3/VE-079 | Leave a comment

A week of late Bonus season activations in NE Victoria

Posted on 2022/10/20 by vk3pf

October 2022 The SOTA Bonus season for VK3 runs from 15 June to the end 14 October. Given that Victoria switches to Daylight Savings Time on the first Sunday of October, the Bonus season ends at 1100 local time on … Continue reading →

Posted in HEMA, SOTA, WWFF | Tagged Albion Point, Albion Track, Alpine National Park, Black Mountain, Bowmans No2 Track, Bull Hill, Ebenezer Range, Gibb Range, Mount Baldhead, Mount Buffalo National Park, Mount Delusion, Mount Emu, Mount Hotham, Mount Tawonga, Mount Yorke, Paw Paw Plain, Razorback Range, Sam Hill, The Horn, The Hump, The Knocker, VK3/HVE-001, VK3/HVE-003, VK3/HVE-053, VK3/HVE-055, VK3/VE-006, VK3/VE-014, VK3/VE-019, VK3/VE-030, VK3/VE-048, VK3/VE-061, VK3/VE-069, VK3/VE-070, VK3/VE-071, VK3/VE-076, VK3/VE-080, VK3/VE-081, VK3/VE-082, VK3/VE-093, VK3/VE-095, VK3/VE-256, VK3/VG-016, VK3/VG-026, VK3/VG-027, VK3/VG-033, VK3/VG-036, VK3/VG-049, VKFF-0339, VKFF-0619 | Leave a comment