Daily Archives: December 3, 2024

Poland SOTA certificate

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A very pleasant surprise this morning to find the certificate below in my email inbox.

The certificate was issued by Leszek SQ9MDF in recognition of me contacting him several times whilst he was activating summits for the Summits On The Air (SOTA) program.

Thank you very much, Leszek.

Drendles Bushland Reserve VKFF-4161

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My final activation for Thursday 22nd August 2024 was the Drendles Bushland Reserve VKFF-4161.

The reserve is located about 27 km east of Murrayville in northwest Victoria.

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

The park is at the end of a dirt track that runs off the Mallee Highway’s southern side.

Above:- Aerial view of the Drendles Bushland Reserve. Image c/o Google Earth.

By the time I reached the park it was dark.

I ran out the 20/40/80m linked dipole in the dark with my head torch. I ran the Yaesu FT857 and 40 watts output.

It was a beautiful balmy evening and no mosquitoes. My location was quite remote, with the Big Desert Wilderness Area and North Wyperfeld Wilderness Area to my south. To my north was the vast Murray Sunset National Park.

Above:- An aerial view of the Drendles Bushland Reserve looking north. Image c/o Google Maps.

I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK5MAZ
  2. VK3PF
  3. VK7UK
  4. VK2EXA
  5. VK4SMA
  6. VK4FDJL
  7. VK4WAB
  8. VK3APJ
  9. VK5WU
  10. VK3HJW
  11. VK3SO
  12. VK3SFG
  13. VK6DS
  14. VK3SQ
  15. VK2BD
  16. VK4EMP
  17. VK4TI
  18. VK4GKO
  19. VK3EJ
  20. VK3VIN
  21. VK5PE
  22. VK4HNS
  23. VK2IO
  24. VK2GEZ
  25. KG5CIK
  26. VK7PJM
  27. VK4HMI
  28. VK5HS
  29. VK3MAW
  30. VK6JK
  31. VK5AKR
  32. VK2OKR
  33. VK5ZNP
  34. VK2FSAA

I worked the following stations on 80m SSB:-

  1. VK3PF
  2. VK3APJ
  3. VK2OKR
  4. VK2AUS
  5. VK4EMP
  6. VK4TI
  7. VK4GKO
  8. VK2YAK
  9. VK4YAK
  10. VK4HNS
  11. VK7HAM
  12. VK5LA
  13. VK5KAW
  14. VK5MAZ
  15. VK5PE
  16. VK2IO
  17. VK2GEZ
  18. VK5HS
  19. VK5ZNP

References.

  1. Dcceew.gov.au. (2023). Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) 2022 – DCCEEW. [online] Available at: https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/land/nrs/science/capad/2022 [Accessed 3 Dec. 2024].‌