Karween Bushland Reserve VKFF-4120

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Our second park for Thursday 26th October 2023, was the Karween Bushland Reserve VKFF-4120. The reserve is located about 53 km (by road) from Renmark.

Above:- Map showing the location of the Karween Bushland Reserve. Map c/o Google Maps.

Karween is a locality situated on the Redcliffs-Merringur Road in northwestern Victoria. Following the arrival of the railway, the area was settled by returning servicemen following World War One. At its peak, Karween had a Country Women’s Association and a Progress Association.

Above:- Article from the Sunraysia Daily, Tues 30 Jun 1931

The railway to Karween was closed in 1964.

Above:- First wheat train along the new rail extension, Karween, 1931. Image c/o Museums Victoria

This was to be a first-time activation of this reserve.

The Parks Victoria website has a page for this reserve, but it contains no information other than a park shape file.

The Karween Bushland Reserve was declared on the 8th day of May 1990 and is about 78 hectares in size.

We found a clear spot amongst the scrub off Milewa Road. We ran the Yaesu FT857, 40 watts, and the 20/40/80m dipole supported by the 7-metre heavy-duty squid pole.

I used the special call of VI10VKFF for this activation to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the VKFF program.

I enjoyed a very nice run of European/UK stations on 20m on the long path. Thirty-eight in total were logged from that part of the world. Not bad for 40 watts and a little bit of wire!

All three of us qualified the park for VKFF, while I went on to qualify the park for the global WWFF program.

Marija worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK2HHA
  2. VK3SG
  3. VK3CEO
  4. VK3APJ
  5. VK5HS
  6. VK3DL
  7. VK2IO/p (Merbein Bushland Reserve VKFF-4140)
  8. VK2EXA
  9. VK4NH
  10. VK4DXA
  11. VK3PF/p (Karawinna Bushland Reserve VKFF-4123 & silo VK-KRA3)
  12. VK2IO/p (Merbein Bushland Reserve VKFF-4140)

I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK2HHA
  2. VK3SG
  3. VK3CEO
  4. VK3APJ
  5. VK5HS
  6. Vk3DL
  7. VK2IO/p (Merbein Bushland Reserve VKFF-4140)
  8. VK2EXA
  9. VK4NH
  10. VK4DXA
  11. VK3ACZ
  12. VK5AAF
  13. VK4EW
  14. VK3ANL
  15. VK3CJN
  16. VK3NIK/5
  17. VK2DG
  18. VK3PF/p (Karawinna Bushland Reserve VKFF-4123 & silo VK-KRA3)
  19. Vk2KJJ
  20. VK3MCK
  21. VK2NP
  22. VK5BJE
  23. VK3SO
  24. VK2KA
  25. VK5MH
  26. VK3SQ
  27. VK2BD
  28. VK7PSJ
  29. VK5TN
  30. VK5FANA
  31. VK7MAT
  32. VK3BWS
  33. VK5FL
  34. VK5FD
  35. VK3CWF
  36. VK3EJ

I worked the following stations on 20m SSB:-

  1. VK4NH
  2. VK4DXA
  3. OH1MM
  4. IN3BJS
  5. VK8DNT
  6. IK1GPG
  7. PA1LX
  8. F4IOS
  9. OH5TQ
  10. F1BLL
  11. VK6LMK
  12. I4RHP
  13. IW2NXI
  14. ON4VT
  15. SO5CAL
  16. UT5PI
  17. PA5WK
  18. IW2BNA
  19. DK4RM
  20. OK1ES
  21. IK3HMB
  22. ON4ON
  23. KG5CIK
  24. VK6DS
  25. DL1EBR
  26. VK6DS
  27. IK2JTS
  28. VK4EW
  29. OH6GAZ
  30. SQ9FMC
  31. F6HQP
  32. EA3MP
  33. CT1AVR
  34. F5RQQ
  35. OH1NYD
  36. EA3HFS
  37. OM5TX
  38. M0IQD
  39. EA2DT
  40. OK1EP
  41. F6EOC
  42. IK4IDF
  43. EA1GIB
  44. SQ9CWO
  45. EB3AM
  46. EA5G

References.

  1. CAPAD 2022
  2. Wikipedia, 2023, <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karween,_Victoria>, viewed 8th November 2023.

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