SOTA Rileys Mountain VK2/SY-002

After doing some walking in the Blue Mountains West of Sydney, wanted to do one more SOTA activation on the way home to Canberra, so drove to the start of the walk to Rileys Mountain VK2/SY-002. This is only the 2nd summit of 2 in the SY - Sydney Region, a new region for me to activate.

This is reached via Mulgoa Road, then following Fairlight Rd to the end to a car park for the walk. The track and summit is in Blue Mountains National Park, which is also WWFF park VKFF-0041.

Sign for Rileys Mountain walk

Walked along the track for 2.4 Km. Fairly easy dirt track walk, if a little warm as the day was around 25 c. After about a 20 minute walk reached a track on the left to Rileys Mountain Lookout

A short walk later reached Rileys Mountain Lookout. Spectacular views over the Nepean River. View to the South.

View to the North. Think it is Penrith in the distance.

The Nepean River about 200 m below.

The dot is a small power boat. Zoomed in on my camera.

Quite rocky and scrubby at the lookout so would have been tricky to put up the dipole there. Returned to the lookout track turnoff and used the sign for squid pole support, strung out the dipole legs up and down the road.

Shack on the tarp.

Started with a S2S on 40 m SSB with Glen VK3YY/p on VK3/VC-016 Mt Beenak. Then worked Nick VK3ANL/p activating a WWFF park, VKFF-2103.

Went on to work some of the regular SOTA/park hunters. Tony, VK3CAT, Col VK3LED, Steve VK7CW. Peter VK3GQ, Nev VK5WG, Peter VK3PF, John VK4TJ, Adam VK2YK. Allen VK3ARH/m. Rick VK4RF/HA, Gerard VK2IO.

Finally before packing up another park to park with Gerard VK2JNG/p in VKFF-1947 Kattang Nature Reserve near Port Macquarie. He was a very strong signal and was receiving my 5W signal strong too.

Track log of walk.