Tag Archives: VK3/VG-033

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 →

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A late push for Bonus summits despite COVID – Day 5

Posted on 2020/10/26 by vk3pf

Tuesday 13 October 2020 Late the previous evening, Mum received some sad news about one of her sisters. An incident at home resulted in her admission to her local hospital. I decided to not change my plans, as hospital visitors … Continue reading →

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A loopy plan

Posted on 2019/10/19 by vk3pf

Warning: Long post! For most of winter, I stayed away from the high summits. I did activate some Parks on the some nicer days. By early September, I was thinking about increasing my SOTA Activator score, particularly on CW. I … Continue reading →

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Three Razorback Spur summits

Posted on 2018/10/15 by vk3pf

Sunday 14 October 2018 It was time to head for home, plus hopefully catch Mitch VK7XDM for another S2S contact. I left Wodonga a little later than planned, with some last minute extra tasks completed. I headed for Mitta Mitta … Continue reading →

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An extended Easter trip to Mountain Goat and a Grand Slam

Posted on 2014/04/26 by vk3pf

I really started participating in SOTA back in May 2012 – prior to this I had only Chased nine (9) activations, a rather casual effort after the start of SOTA in VK3 in February 2012. I combined my trip to … Continue reading →

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