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No Disappointment on VK3/VC-014 | vk3hn
https://vk3hn.wordpress.com/2015/06/29/no-disappointment-on-vk3vc-014
QRP, homebrew, SOTA, bricolage. No Disappointment on VK3/VC-014. Regularly comes up on my SOTA Finder app as the 3rd closest peak to home. I have been eyeing it off for some time and the opportunity arose on a Sunday afternoon in late June. Others have done it on the same day as Pretty Sally. VK3/VC-014 (Mt Disappointment) Call Used:. S57 r44, Peter. S58 r57 Noel, Sunshine Coast. 3 thoughts on “ No Disappointment on VK3/VC-014. June 29, 2015 at 2:31 am. Hi Paul, your new vertical antenna may generate int...
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TCF does RD — homebrew 7MHz SSB superhet | vk3hn
https://vk3hn.wordpress.com/2015/08/17/tcf-does-rd-homebrew-7mhz-ssb-superhet
QRP, homebrew, SOTA, bricolage. TCF does RD — homebrew 7MHz SSB superhet. Last weekend was a contest double-bill with the Remembrance Day and Lighthouse contests. I listened for a few hours Sunday late morning on the MST400 and my TCF/ Super-VXO. Receiver strip, now with replacement audio stage using a TDA7052. Instead of the prescribed LM380. TCF-receiver-strip — SA612 mixer, 8.867MHz IF filter, SA612 product detector, TL072 op amp, 2N2222 BFO. With a 10MHz IF and 3MHz VFO, which sounds sweet. Condition...
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Gentle Annie VT-078, and not a single Bunyip in sight | vk3hn
https://vk3hn.wordpress.com/2015/07/12/gentle-annie-vt-078-and-not-a-single-bunyip-in-sight
QRP, homebrew, SOTA, bricolage. Gentle Annie VT-078, and not a single Bunyip in sight. Gentle Annie is a 670 meter mountain in the Bunyip State Park north of the M1 between Melbourne’s south eastern suburbs and Drouin. It is one of the southern most SOTA peaks in the Great Dividing Range and in the VK3/VT region. The approach to be found on sotawatch.org. The first station I heard and worked was Peter VK3YE, operating his newly modded. On the drive south and out of the park the rain really dumped, comple...
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Unplanned dual activation of The Hump VK3/VE-019 with David VK3IL | vk3hn
https://vk3hn.wordpress.com/2015/07/08/unplanned-dual-activation-of-the-hump-vk3ve-019-with-david-vk3il
QRP, homebrew, SOTA, bricolage. Unplanned dual activation of The Hump VK3/VE-019 with David VK3IL. Where the ascent begins, on the main summit road near Cresta valley. The Hump looked innocuous enough at the start of the trail. 1 km seemed insignificant. Other activators had written about getting up there in 30 minutes. The Hump is very accessible and a popular summit for holiday-makers and activators alike. Here are some pictures (Marshall VK3MRG. Inadvertently testing the lower bound of the MST400̵...
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A center-loaded squid pole vertical for 7MHz | vk3hn
https://vk3hn.wordpress.com/2015/07/14/a-center-loaded-squid-pole-vertical-for-7mhz
QRP, homebrew, SOTA, bricolage. A center-loaded squid pole vertical for 7MHz. The parts that make up the center-loaded vertical — the blue fishing spool holds the driven element wire and its loading coil. The red spool holds the 4 radials with banana plugs. The termination box and 3 meters of coax provide the feed. VK3/VE-019). And having been to The Horn. Andrew VK1NAM came to the same conclusion for similar reasons. He whipped up a 5 meter long loaded vertical. A cable-tie is used to secure the top sec...
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W4C/EM-058 Unnamed Summit (Mt Jefferson Overlook) | VK3ARR's SOTA Blog
https://vk3arr.wordpress.com/2014/11/22/w4cem-058-unnamed-summit-mt-jefferson-overlook
VK3ARR's SOTA Blog. Ego loqui ad viros super montes. W4C/EM-058 Unnamed Summit (Mt Jefferson Overlook). This unnamed summit is located on the opposite side of the road to the Mt Jefferson Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The trip there is easy enough, and I made it at almost exactly the time I would have intended, but for the 3 hour delay bit. I hadn’t reckoned on the Polar Vortex that descended early and left the entire US freezing through the cold. The antenna rested on the sign. November 22, 2014.