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No Disappointment on VK3/VC-014 | vk3hn

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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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Mt Strickland VK3/VN-030 and Mt Vinegar VK3/VC-005 on a winter solstice | vk3hn

https://vk3hn.wordpress.com/2015/06/23/mt-strickland-vk3vn-030-and-mt-vinegar-vk3vc-003-on-a-winter-solstice

QRP, homebrew, SOTA, bricolage. Mt Strickland VK3/VN-030 and Mt Vinegar VK3/VC-005 on a winter solstice. And other Mt Strickland activator’s blogs. Who described driving almost to the top if you come in from Acheron Way via Feiglins Rd. So I did. The next time I was in the area. Which happened to be June 21st, the southern hemisphere’s winter solstice. On New Boundary Rd looking east. Activated just to the right. The summit is 1068. A 2 watt DSB transceiver with all discrete transistors up to the obligat...

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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 MST400&#821...

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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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Every well dressed SOTA activator needs one of these! | vk3hn

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Big mountain, small voice, many ears. Every well dressed SOTA activator needs one of these! SOTA patches (not the lapel badges. Arrived in the mail this week from SOTA HQ. They are the familiar SOTA logo, embroidered on a vivid red background with a black circular border. Nice quality, just as I expected from an organisation of this standing, and delivered in a hand-addressed envelope, revealing the presence of the dedicated people who make it all happen. With another activator ( VK3IL. Ordering one of t...

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SotaBeams Dipole Traps VK3BQ

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Installing poorly built antennas since 1994! June 8, 2015. A couple of months ago, the SOTABeams Facebook page. Posted a link to a new item they had just finished making. A simple pair of lightweight dipole traps. If you are in Australia). It took me a while to find the time to make them up, but i had a free day (Anzac day i recall) and spent some time making them up. They are pretty simple to construct, about 15 mins per trap taking my time, just follow the instructions. And choose the Frequency you wis...