Yesterday I activated a total of 11 silos for the Silos On The AIr (SiOTA) program.
As I had a 500 km round trip, most of the activations were ‘quick’.
I headed to my local silo at nearby Strathalbyn, and then to Monarto, Murray Bridge & Tailem Bend. I then headed east on the Mallee Highway to the VK3/VK5 State border and then turned around and headed home.
I made a total of 183 QSOs on 20, 40, & 80m SSB into VK1, VK2, VK3, VK4, VK5, VK6, VK7, & ZL.
Below are the silos I activated:-
- Strathalbyn VK-STN5 – 9 QSOs.
- Monarto South VK-MNH5 – 19 QSOs.
- Murray Bridge VK-MRE5 – 11 QSOs.
- Tailem Bend VK-WRN5 – 12 QSOs.
- Peake VK-PKE5 – 22 QSOs.
- Jabuk VK-JBK5 – 17 QSOs.
- Geranium VK-GRM5 – 33 QSOs.
- Lameroo VK-LMO5 – 16 QSOs.
- Parilla VK-PRA5 – 17 QSOs.
- Pinnaroo VK-PNO5 – 19 QSOs.
- Quarantine (Pinnaroo) VK-QRE5 – 8 QSOs.
I will slowly start adding my QSOs to the SiOTA database.
Thanks to everyone who called. It was a great day out. Many of these little towns have a lot of history, so other than activating there was quite a bit of ‘sightseeing’.
VK5PAS 
Amazing adventure!
Chris
Vk5FR
Hi Chris,
I have travelled along the Mallee Highway dozens of times but still found a few new sites on this trip. The ‘death’ of a lot of these little towns was the end of the railway.
73,
Paul VK5PAS.
Hi Paul. Its Dean and we spoke some time ago when i was in Strathalbyn. I am activating Wirrabara silo . I have registered but i need skme guidance onthe rules. I am not sure how to claim qso points. Is it time on air or distance from home or what? How is it calculated?
Dean VK5FL portable
Hi Dean,
All of the SiOTA program rules are on the SiOTA website. Below is a link to the rules page……
https://www.silosontheair.com/rules.html
You need a minimum of 3 QSOs at the silo for an activation to qualify. That can be accrued over multiple activations.
You can be within 1 km of the silo – this is the activation zone.
73,
Paul VK5PAS