With the Keith Roget Memorial National Parks Award activation weekend on, the chance to grab a few park to park contacts was high, so headed out to activate a local WWFF park.
Chose to return to McQuoids Hill VKFF-0849, as still needed about a dozen contacts to reach the 44 and finish activating it for WWFF. Parked off Kambah Pool Rd in Kambah and carried the pack in, as there are no public roads into the park. After passing through a walkers gate entered the park.
Instead of climbing the hill took an easier route and followed the boundary road to the North West. This is WWFF not SOTA after all... no need to get high up. Found a log suitable for squid pole support, an as a seat and set up the station
Looking back the other way. End of the dipole tied to a tree branch.
Shack on the log. A bit low down but did the job as an operating seat
Used the FT857D set to 40w. Got on 40m, just in time to hear Paul VK5PAS/3 about to QSY to 80m, so grabbed him and Marija VK5MAZ/3 in VKFF-0373 Murray-Sunset National Park
Then worked VK3SRC/p Joe in VKFF-0628 Point Nepean National Park. Spotted myself on 7.165 and worked a heap of park hunters and some more park to parks.
VK4KC, VK4MAD, VK4DOG
VK2IO/P Gerard in VKFF-0056 Brisbane Water National Park
VK3UAO Stuart in VKFF-0627 Organ Pipes National Park
VK7QP, VK2LWK, VK2HBG/m, VK3OHM, VK2KYO, VK2FPAR, VK2FAPC,
VK3YV/p Tony in VKFF-0020 Baw Baw National Park
VK4NH, VK4DXA, ZL4TY/VK4, VK3BBB, VK2CCP, VK3SQ, VK2WB, VK6WF/2, VK4BXX, VK4/NN3Z, VK3ARH/m, VK2JNA/m,
VK2TER/p James in VKFF-0550 Wyrrabalong National Park
VK3XV/p Tony in VKFF-0623 Greater Bendigo National Park
As had more than enough contacts to qualify, and around lunch time, packed up and headed to nearby Kambah shops for lunch.
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