Investigator Marine Park VKFF-1717 and Flinders Island OC-261

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On the morning of Thursday 18th April 2024, Chris VK5FR and I headed out to activate the Investigator Marine Park VKFF-1717. I had activated the park a few days previous, but I wanted to try to get some FT8 contacts for the very first time from a park for me.

Chris I headed down to the eastern side of the island.

Chris set up at the 4WD and I walked about 50 metres away and set up on the rocks close to the ocean. I ran the Yaesu FT857 and the 20/40/80m linked dipole. I ran 40 watts on SSB and just 5 watts on FT8. My FT8 program was WSJTX on the laptop.

I logged a total of 34 stations including 8 FT8 contacts on 20m and 5 FT8 contacts on 40m.

I worked the following stations on 20m FT8:-

  1. VK1AO
  2. VK7XX
  3. VK5FIL
  4. VK3CEO
  5. VK1DI
  6. VK3APJ
  7. VK2IO
  8. VK5MAZ

I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK3BEL
  2. VK5MAZ
  3. VK3PF/p (Gunyah Rainforest Scenic Reserve VKFF-3716)
  4. VK5QA/p
  5. VK3CLD/p
  6. VK2USH/p (Hellyer Gorge State Reserve VKFF-1139)
  7. VK5YP
  8. VK5TN
  9. VK3APJ
  10. VK5ZNP
  11. VK5DW
  12. VK5UW
  13. VK3PF/P (Little Franklin River Scenic Reserve VKFF-3751)

I worked the following stations on 40m FT8:-

  1. VK6EI
  2. VK5UW
  3. VK3NSG
  4. VK7XX
  5. VK3APJ

I worked the following stations on 20m SSB:-

  1. VK5MAZ
  2. VK2MG
  3. VK3TKK/p (Silo VK-WRB3)
  4. VK7EE
  5. VK5TN
  6. I4RHP
  7. VK3APJ
  8. VK5DW

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