With several stations out portable on Anzac day decided to also go out and activate a park. Returned to Turallo Nature Reserve, VKFF-2750 as only needed a few more contacts to reach 44 for a WWFF point.
Drove to Bungendore, then headed South on Ellendon St, which becomes Hoskinstown Rd as you leave town. The park is grassland on the right as you head South. Parked and walked through a gap in the fence into the park.
As per other activations used a park sign for squid pole support, with dipole ends tied to the nearby fence.
A quick check of the SWR using the Rig Expert Stick analyser, resonant close to 7.144 at 7.175Mhz, good to go.
Shack on the table.
Got on 40m. Band quite good. Started by chasing other parks first for park to park contacts
VK3TKK, AX3TKK Peter in VKFF-0972 Macedon Regional Park
AX3DL Dean inVKFF-2397 Mount Erip Flora Reserve
VK1ACE Rod on SOTA summit VK2/SM-093 Livingstone Hill
VK2YK/5 Adam in VKFF-1683 Anstey Hill Recreation Park
Spotted myself on Parksnpeaks and got a steady stream of park hunters.
VK3FD, VK2IO, VK2LP, VK2EMS, VK2APC, VK3BBB, VK2CCP, VK2MET, VK1RF, VK2YAK, VK4YAK, VK2OKR,VK4KC, VK4MAD, VK4DOG, ZL1BQD, VK3ZPF, AX5PAS,VK4SMA, VK3CRG, VK3DEB, ZM1BQD, VK3CA, VK3GL/P, VK3VIN, VK3PF, VK2MI, VK7QP
Another park to park with VK2YK/5 Adam in a new park, VKFF-0867 Angove Conservation Park
VK5FBIC, VK3GJG, Vk2IJS, VK5HS, AX5HS, VK3ADH
By mid afternoon the weather had become quite overcast and looked ready to rain, so packed up and headed home.
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