We left the Minyip silo and headed to the nearby Wimpak silo VK-WMK3 in Minyip in western Victoria.
Above:- Map showing the location of Minyip. Map c/o Google Maps.
The silo complex is located on R Learmonth Road in Minyip. The Wimpak company was formed in 1998 in Minyip by a small group of farmers and investors.
Wimpak was formed in Minyip in 1998 by a small group of ten farmers and investors, looking to add value to locally produced commodities. Their vision was a specialist pulse-type grain packing and cleaning facility within the Wimmera region to add value to their crops and to cut out the ‘middleman’. Pulses are the edible seeds of plants in the legume family. ETG Australia purchased Wimpak in September 2019. Each year about 55,000 tones of pulse-type crops are sold to customers in the United States of America, New Zealand, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent. (Wimpak 2024) (National Bank 2024)
Marija and I parked on the Stawell-Warracknabeal Road and operated from the 4WD for this activation. We ran the Icom IC-7000, 100 watts, and the Codan 9350 antenna with the 1.5 metre stainless steel whip.
Above:- The activation zone at the Wimpak silo. Image c/o SiOTA website.
Marija worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-
- VK2IO/p (Helms Flora Reserve VKFF-3057)
- VK4NH
- VK4DXA
- VK3PF
I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-
- VK2IO/p (Helms Flora Reserve VKFF-3057)
- VK4NH
- VK4DXA
- VK3PF
- VK3MCK
- VK7JFD
- VK3DJ/p
- VK3GB
- VK2TOT/p (Silo VK-DVT7)
- VK3DAC
- VK3GSL
- VK3YV
- VK2JCP
- VK1AO
- VK2MET
- VK2EXA
- VK3SO
I worked the following stations on 20m SSB:-
- VK4NH
- VK4DXA
References.
- http://www.nab.com.au. (n.d.). From second-hand silo to thriving grain-packing cooperative. [online] Available at: https://www.nab.com.au/business/small-business/moments/grow/buy-equipment/wimpak [Accessed 13 Feb. 2024].
- www.wimpak.com.au. (n.d.). Wimpak – ABOUT US. [online] Available at: https://www.wimpak.com.au/index.php/about-us [Accessed 13 Feb. 2024].
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