Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary VKFF-1880

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Our next activation for Tuesday 31st October 2023 was the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary VKFF-1880. I ran the special call of VI10VKFF for this activation.

The Sanctuary is located on the east coast of Gulf St Vincent. It adjoins the north-western part of Adelaide and includes the Port River estuary and north of St Kilda. 

Above:- Map showing the location of the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary. Image c/o National Parks SA.

The sanctuary is 118.75 km2 and was established on the 4th day of June 2005. It was established for the protection of the resident population of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins.

Marija and I parked in the Outer Harbour 4 carpark and operated from the vehicle for this activation. We ran the Icom IC7000, 100 watts, and the Codan 9350 with the 1.5 stainless steel whip mounted on the rear of the Toyota Hi-Lux.

Marija worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK5FANA
  2. VK3SG
  3. VK3PF
  4. VK5MK
  5. VK1TTY
  6. VK5FB
  7. VK5HS
  8. VK5GY
  9. VK2IO/p (Pooginook Conservation Park VKFF-0929)
  10. VK5ZNP

I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK5FANA
  2. VK3SG
  3. VK3PF
  4. VK5MK
  5. VK1TTY
  6. VK5FB
  7. VK5HS
  8. VK5GY
  9. VK2IO/p (Pooginook Conservation Park VKFF-0929)
  10. VK5ZNP
  11. VK5FIVE
  12. VK3GJG
  13. VK3CWF

I worked the following stations on 20m SSB:-

  1. VK4EMP
  2. VK4TI
  3. IK4IDF
  4. IK1GPG
  5. VK6LMK
  6. VK5HAA
  7. I4RHP
  8. VK4NH
  9. VK4DXA
  10. KG5CIK
  11. ZL3MR
  12. UT5PI
  13. IW2BNA
  14. IW2NXI
  15. OH6GAZ
  16. VK5JDS
  17. OH1MM
  18. VK7AAE

References.

  1. Wikipedia, 2023, <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_Dolphin_Sanctuary>, viewed 18th December 2023.

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