Our next activation for Sunday 12th November 2023 was the Gunners Tank Bushland Reserve VKFF-4178. The reserve is about 14km south of Underbool in northwestern Victoria.

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

We accessed the reserve Gunner Road which runs off the Underbool-Patchewollock Road, south of Underbool.

The reserve is located at the end of Gunner Road. It adjoins the Wyperfeld National Park.

Parks Victoria has a webpage regarding the park but it contains no information of value other than a boundary image of the reserve. 

The reserve is about 112 hectares in size and was established on the 1st day of May 1979.

It was a warm afternoon, so we found the shade of a small tree and set up the station comprising the Yaesu FT857, 40 watts output, and the 20/40/80m linked dipole.

I used the special event call sign of VI10VKFF for this activation.

Marija worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

1. VK3MCA/p (Little Desert National Park VKFF-0291)
2. VK2IO/p (Watseys Bushland Reserve VKFF-4250)
3. VK3PF
4. VK3KAI
5. VK5KLV
6. VK5LA
7. VK5KAW
8. VK3MTT
9. VK5IS
10. VK3ARM

Marija worked the following station on 20m SSB:-

1. VK2EG/p (Macquarie Nature Reserve VKFF-1958)

I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

1. VK3MCA/p (Little Desert National Park VKFF-0291)
2. VK2IO/p (Watseys Bushland Reserve VKFF-4250)
3. VK3PF
4. VK3KAI
5. VK5KLV
6. VK5LA
7. VK5KAW
8. VK3MTT
9. VK5IS
10. VK3ARM
11. VK3GDM/m
12. VK5NK
13. VK5DW
14. VK3BBB
15. VK2CCP
16. VK5FANA
17. VK3SQ
18. VK2BD
19. VK3APJ
20. VK3SG
21. VK3NBL
22. VK3GRX
23. VK3WMD
24. VK3AHR
25. VK3UH
26. VK3PKT
27. VK5AAF
28. VK3CEO
29. VK5DU
30. VK3EI
31. VK2EXA
32. VK3OAK
33. VK3CLD
34. VK2VAR
35. VK2GOM
36. VK3ACZ
37. VK3BFX
38. VK1AD
39. VK1NAM
40. VK5NM
41. VK7AN

I worked the following stations on 20m SSB:-

1. VK1AO
2. VK2MET
3. VK2EG/p (Macquarie Nature Reserve VKFF-1958)
4. VK4JT
5. VK4MUD
6. VK6LMK
7. ZL1HIM
8. VK2NP

References.

1. CAPAD 2022.