Gossan Hill Nature Reserve VKFF-0842

With wet weather expected this weekend decided to do a quick WWFF park activation of one of the local WWFF parks. Went to one of my close by parks, Gossan Hill Nature Reserve, VKFF-0842. As per previous activations parked in Weatherburn Pl Bruce and entered the park. Took Gossan Four walking track.

Took this to Middle Track on the right

Then scrub bashed up to Gossan Hill itself. This turned out to be just scrub, no trig, summit markers, nothing...

Just below the summit found an old star picket, set up the squid pole on it and laid out the linked dipole legs to nearby trees

Operating spot. Map from OpenTopoMap

Tested 40 m dipole, resonant at 7.138 Mhz, good.

 

Set up the shack on the tarp

Got on 7.144 Mhz and spotted on ParksnPeaks. Got a good number of callers, most quite strong. For once NVIS seemed to be working, getting good signals from close by VK2 and VK3

VK3PF

VK2IO

ZL1TM

VK4TJ

VK3BBB

VK4HNS

VK2VH

VK4AAC/2

VK5KLV

VK4SMA

VK2HHA

VK3ZK

VK4SYD

VK5HW/M

VK7AN

VK2YK/5 park to park VKFF-0776 Black Hill Conservation Park

VK5AYL

VK3AAF/M

VK4FAAR

VK3CWF

VK4FDJL

A park to park with Adam in VKFF-0776 Black Hill Conservation Park

Tried 20 m on 14.310 Mhz. 3 contacts

VK4OZI

VK4HNS

VK3PF

Interesting to work Peter VK3PF in West Gippsland, sign of sporadic e as not far away. Learnt later 10 m and 6 m winter sporadic e about.

As looked like rain soon packed up and headed home. My 3rd activation of this park, 5 needed for the Boomerang Award so will need a couple more here some time.