Our third park for Monday (2nd December 2019) was the Glenlee Flora & Fauna Reserve VKFF-2323.  The park is located about 371 km northwest of the city of Melbourne and about 19 km south of the town of Jeparit.

This was to be another first-time activation for the World Wide Flora & Fauna (WWFFO) program.

The Glenlee Flora & Fauna Reserve is a large park comprising about 1,369 acres of remnant scrub which is split into blocks.

The park consists of Buloke, Box, Cypress Pine and Sugar Gum.

During our visit to the park, we encounter the resident Hooded Robins and a bird of prey who was being harassed by some smaller birds.

We set up on a track in the northern section of the park.  Our operating equipment was the Yaesu FT-857d and the 20/40/80m linked dipole supported on the 7-metre telescopic squid pole.

I kicked off the activation by calling CQ on 7.144.  First in the log was Peter VK3PF, followed by Rob VK2VH, and then Grant VK2LX.  Seven minutes into the activation and I had qualified the park for VKFF with a contact with Ian VK5CZ who has recently become a regular park activator and hunter.

I logged a total of 30 QSOs on 40m from VK2, VK3, VK4, VK5, and VK7.  I then handed over the mic to Marija.

Marija called CQ on 7.144 and logged John VK5NJ, Adrian VK5FANA, Ian VK5CZ, and then Rob VK2VH.  About five minutes later Marija had qualified the park for VKFF with a contact with regular park hunter Grant VK2LX.

Marija logged a total of 23 stations on 40m before I jumped back into the operator’s chair.

I logged a further 7 stations before heading off to the 20m band.  I logged a total of 12 stations on 20m from VK2, VK3, VK4, and VK5.  Contact number 44 was with Ray VK4NH.  I then moved to 80m where a number of CQ calls resulted in just the one contact with Ivan VK5HS.

To complete the activation I called CQ on 21.244 on the 15m band where I logged a total of 6 stations from VK2, VK4, VK5, and VK7.

Marija worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

1. VK5NJ
2. VK5FANA
3. VK5CZ
4. VK2VH
5. VK4AAC/2
6. VK5PL
7. VK3AHR
8. VK3AZN
9. VK2PI
10. VK2LX
11. VK3UH
12. VK5KLV
13. VK7OT
14. VK3MIJ
15. VK5WU
16. VK3PF
17. VK3SQ
18. VK4NH
19. VK4DXA
20. ZL4TY/VK4
21. VK5HS
22. VK5KBJ
23. VK5JP

I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

1. VK3PF
2. VK2VH
3. VK4AAC/2
4. VK2LX
5. VK5FANA
6. VK7OT
7. VK2IO
8. VK5LA
9. VK5HS
10. VK5CZ
11. VK4NH
12. VK4DXA
13. ZL4TY/VK4
14. VK2VW
15. VK5NJ
16. VK5PL
17. VK3MCK
18. VK5WG
19. VK4FDJL/5
20. VK3UH
21. VK3FCMC
22. VK2YK
23. VK5FAAH
24. VK3AHR
25. VK4TJ
26. VK4/AC8WN
27. VK4/VE6XT
28. VK4SSN
29. VK3PI
30. VK3MIJ
31. VK3SQ
32. VK5KBJ
33. VK3BCM
34. VK3AZN
35. VK5KLV
36. VK3KAI
37. VK3GV

I worked the following stations on 20m SSB:-

1. VK3PF
2. VK3KAI
3. VK3GV
4. VK5WG
5. VK5KLV
6. VK2LX
7. VK4NH
8. VK4DXA
9. ZL4TY/VK4
10. VK3SQ
11. VK2IO
12. VK3EKA

I worked the following station on 80m SSB:-

1. VK5HS

I worked the following stations on 15m SSB:-

1. VK7JON
2. VK4NH
3. VK4DXA
4. ZL4TY/VK4
5. VK2VW
6. VK5FANA

 

References.

Protected Planet, 2019, <https://www.protectedplanet.net/glenlee-f-f-r-nature-conservation-reserve>, viewed 10th December 2019