Rainbow Bushland Reserve VKFF-5759 and Rainbow silo VK-RNW3

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Our final activation for Wednesday 23rd October 2024, was the Rainbow Bushland Reserve VKFF-5759 and the Rainbow silo VK-RNW3.

The reserve is located about 402 km northwest of Melbourne.

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

The reserve is located on the western side of Park Street and the northern side of Kruger Road.

Above:- An aerial view of the Rainbow Bushland Reserve and the township of Rainbow. Image c/o Google Earth.

By the time we reached the reserve it was totally dark. The Rainbow Bushland Reserve is about 12 hectares in size and was established on the 8th day of May 1990. (CAPAD 2024)

We positioned ourselves in the northern section of the park in the activation zone of the Rainbow silo VK-RNW3. Unfortunately we were just outside of the activation zone of the Rainbiow 2 silo VK-RNO3.

We ran the Yaesu FT857, 40 watts, and the 20/40/80m linked dipole for this activation.

Above:- the activation zone at the Rainbow silo. Image c/o SiOTA website.

Marija worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK5LA
  2. VK5KAW
  3. VK3SQ
  4. VK2BD
  5. VK5HS
  6. VK3WSG
  7. VK4MRH
  8. VK3PF
  9. VK3KAI
  10. VK3GJG
  11. VK2IO/P (VKFF-4631)
  12. VK2GEZ/P (VKFF-4631)

I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK5LA
  2. VK5KAW
  3. VK3SQ
  4. VK2BD
  5. VK5HS
  6. VK3WSG
  7. VK4MRH
  8. VK3PF
  9. VK3KAI
  10. VK3GJG
  11. VK5DW
  12. KD1CT
  13. VK3APJ
  14. VK7PJM
  15. VK3CEO
  16. VK1AO
  17. VK2MET
  18. VK2PV/P
  19. KG8P
  20. VK5AMH
  21. VK3ZSC
  22. VK3KRL
  23. VK2IO/P (VKFF-4631)
  24. VK2GEZ/P (VKFF-4631)
  25. VK3ZK
  26. VK7WC
  27. VK2EG
  28. VK2AGS
  29. VK5FANA

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 14 Mar. 2025].‌

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