SOTA Isaacs Ridge VK1/AC-041

With a SOTA alert for Tait VK1HAB activating VK2/SM-026 Yaouk Peak on Sunday morning, decided to try chasing him from a SOTA summit. I picked Isaacs Ridge VK1/AC-041 as I also needed to finish the Isaaacs Ridge Nature Reserve for 44 contacts for WWFF (VKFF-0845) 

As per past activations parked off Long Gully Rd in Isaacs, walked up the fire trail to the top. Set up at the trig posts to the South of the transmitting towers. Started out with just the 2 m Jpole

 Tested the 2 m Jpole on the Expert 230 Stick, just about perfect, resonant on 146.50 Mhz with an SWR of 1.05

Shack on the tarp

Got on 2m. Found out that Tait VK1HAB was only activating 40 m, and would have been out of range with me anyway, so just worked the locals. All good strong signals.

VK1MCW Bill

VK1AD Andrew

VK1MIC Wade

VK1MA Matt

VK1FPHR Peter

VL1LAJ Aaron

VK2COW Dimitris

Put up the dipole, using links for 40 m

Was not able to hear Tait on 40 m. Spotted myself, went on to work

ZL1BYZ

VK7OR

VK3NBL

VL3PF

VK3GTV

VK3ANL

VK2LX

VK4SMA

VK4CZ

VK2COW

VK7AN

VK7VZ

VK5PAS

VK5FMAZ

VK2IO/p Gerard for a park to park to VKFF-0608 Tilligerry National Park


VK3PT
VK7QP

VK4HNS

The wind had come up during the activation and was quite cold, so packed up at this point and headed home for lunch.