With a nice sunny Sunday morning decided to do a walk up a SOTA summit, Mount McDonald VK1/AC-048. Start of the walk
Good view along the Bullen Range on the way up
Took about 25 minutes to get to the top. View towards Mt Stromlo and Canberra, Black Mountain tower on the left.
Set up the squid pole on the trig. One leg of the dipole tied to the remnants of the fire tower, the other to a tree branch opposite. Noticed the vegetation at the base of the tower had been cleared, so no more shady spot to operate now... Anyway was a mild morning so not too bad in the sun.
Shack at the base of the trig
Got on 2m FM first. A summit to summit with Bill, VK1MCW/p on Mount Tuggeranong, VK1/AC-038. Then Mark VK2KI at Bowning, strong. After these contacts 2m FM was quiet, no more chasers. So headed to 2m 144.200 SSB to find more contacts. Worked Rob VK1KW and Al VK1RX doing some antenna tests, so at least qualified on 2m mixed mode.
Went to 40m. Worked before UTC rollover Matt VK1MA, and VK2IO/p Gerard on VK2/RI-006 NSW 6884. Quite a close by summit so 40m short NVIS skip working well.
After rollover worked VK1EM/2, VK3LOC, VK3RM, VK2VH, VK1MA, VK3HN, VK2IO/p again on VK2/RI-006, VK5IS, VK5PAS, VK3PF, VK5MAZ.
Saw a spot for a park activation, Linda VK7QP/p in VKFF-0227 Hartz Mountains National Park, so worked her, a new park for me.
Packed up and headed back down, then home for lunch.
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