Tag Archives: WWFF

A quick trip to Wodonga

Posted on 2020/11/01 by

Wednesday of the previous trip had some bad news, with a death in the extended family. Mum wanted to attend the funeral, scheduled for Monday. So I had Friday to complete some tasks and then left home to travel back … Continue reading →

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Another VKFF Hunter Award step – 1700 parks worked

Posted on 2020/09/19 by

2020 has been a poor year for the VKFF Hunter. Combine the very ordinary propagation due to slowly coming out of the Solar Minimum (recently confirmed as having occurred in December 2019) together with heavy restrictions due to the COVID19 … Continue reading →

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SOTA trip to Motor Bike Hill

Posted on 2020/03/03 by

1 March 2020 One of the summits added to the VK3 SOTA Association on 1 November 2019 was Motor Bike Hill, located near Wrathung, on the north-eastern boundary of the upper Avon River catchment. The summit had not yet been … Continue reading →

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Two new summits near Shelley

Posted on 2019/12/25 by

24 December 2019 I had spent Monday doing family tasks, plus writing up the previous day’s activity for the blog. There was plenty of smoke haze around from the various bushfires, but on Tuesday morning I decided to head out … Continue reading →

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A new summit NW of Noojee

Posted on 2019/12/09 by

Sunday 8 December 2019 The area to the north of the township of Noojee is interesting geography. There is a complex valley system feeding into the Loch River with associated system of ridges rising to high knolls surrounding the valley … Continue reading →

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New SOTA summits for VK3 – 5

Posted on 2019/11/21 by

Wednesday 13 November 2019 After a quiet day on Tuesday, I felt that it was time to head home. I loaded up the car and started the drive down the Hume Highway to Benalla and then south to Mansfield. I … Continue reading →

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An afternoon in Baranduda Regional Park

Posted on 2019/11/19 by

Monday 11 November 2019 The day started quietly, with chauffeur duties to transport Mum to the Remembrance Day service in Wodonga. After dropping off Mum, I headed to the nearest park area and managed to work Paul VK5PAS/3 and Marija … Continue reading →

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Keith Roget Memorial National Parks Award weekend 2019

Posted on 2019/11/18 by

  Saturday 9 November 2019 The annual Keith Roget Memorial National Parks Award activity weekend was in full swing. I have tried to participate in the activity weekend each year. As I was spending a few days based in Wodonga, … Continue reading →

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New SOTA summits for VK3 – 2

Posted on 2019/11/12 by

Saturday 2 November 2019 The weather forecast was for rain and possible thunderstorms, with winds and warm temperatures. My assessment of the satellite imagery was that the worst of the weather was likely to arrive mid to late afternoon. I … Continue reading →

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Latest WWFF Hunter certificate: 1644

Posted on 2019/09/25 by

Today I received the latest WWFF Hunter certificate for having worked 1644  different references. Many of the usual Activators feature in the more recent references worked, including Mike VK6MB, Gerard VK2IO, Scott VK4CZ, Rob VK4AAC/VK2VH, Neil VK4HNS, Marija VK5FMAZ, Paul … Continue reading →

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