Hawkestone Bushland Reserve VKFF-5113

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Our next activation for 27th October 2024 was the Hawkestone Bushland Reserve VKFF-5113. The reserve is located about 37 km southeast of Bendigo and about 140 km northwest of Melbourne.

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

The reserve is located on the southern side of Myrtle Creek between Pattersons Road and Bartys Road.

This is just a small park, being about 1.3 hectares in size. It was established on the 24th day of August 1982. (CAPAD 2022)

This was quite a difficult park to access due to the thick vegetation. Our 20/40/80m dipole was on all sorts of angles with the 80m sections lying on the ground. We ran the Yaesu FT857 and 40 watts.

The bands were alive with park activators from the 2024 VKFF National Get Together at Bendigo. We made a total of 41 Park to Park contacts during the activation.

Marija worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK4AAC/P (VKFF-3727)
  2. VK2VH/P (VKFF-3727)
  3. VK5AYL/P (VKFF-2230)
  4. VK3DL/P (VKFF-0972)
  5. VK2XSE/P (VKFF-5824)
  6. VK3GP/P (VKFF-5824)
  7. VK2KNV/P (VKFF-5824)
  8. VK3WSG
  9. VK1DA/P (VKFF-5436)
  10. VK3TKK/P (VKFF-5437)
  11. VK3PF/P (VKFF-5082)
  12. VK2IO/P (VKFF-3913)
  13. VK2GEZ/P (VKFF-3913)
  14. VK3OAK/P (VKFF-5085)
  15. VK3GRK/P (VKFF-3595)
  16. VK3KLI/P (VKFF-5762
  17. VK5ZNC/P (VKFF-2230)
  18. VK2IO/P (VKFF-6071)
  19. VK2GEZ/ (VKFF-6071)
  20. VK3BHR/P (VKFF-0960)
  21. VK3LF/P (VKFF-2446)

I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK4AAC/P (VKFF-3727)
  2. VK2VH/P (VKFF-3727)
  3. VK5AYL/P (VKFF-2230)
  4. VK3DL/P (VKFF-0972)
  5. VK2XSE/P (VKFF-5824)
  6. VK3GP/P (VKFF-5824)
  7. VK2KNV/P (VKFF-5824)
  8. VK3WSG
  9. VK1DA/P (VKFF-5436)
  10. VK3TKK/P (VKFF-5437)
  11. VK3PF/P (VKFF-5082)
  12. VK5TRM/M
  13. VK2IO/P (VKFF-3913)
  14. VK2GEZ/P (VKFF-3913)
  15. VK3OAK/P (VKFF-5085)
  16. VK3GRK/P (VKFF-3595)
  17. VK3KLI/P (VKFF-5762)
  18. VK3FQSO
  19. VK3CEO
  20. VK5MJ
  21. VK2EXA/P
  22. VK3APJ
  23. VK5HS/M
  24. VK3PWG
  25. VK3TTK
  26. VK5QA/P
  27. VK5ZNC/P (VKFF-2230)
  28. VK3HJW
  29. VK1AO
  30. VK2MET
  31. VK3MGM
  32. VK5FR/M
  33. VK2IO/P (VKFF-6071)
  34. VK2GEZ/ (VKFF-6071)
  35. VK3BHR/P (VKFF-0960)
  36. VK3LF/P (VKFF-2446)
  37. VK2GQR
  38. VK3UCD
  39. VK3YAR
  40. VK7PJM

I worked the following stations on 20m SSB:-

  1. VK4SMA
  2. VK2VW
  3. VK2HFI
  4. VK2AKA
  5. VK2BUG
  6. ZL1HIM
  7. VK3KLI/P (VKFF-5762)

I worked the following stations on 20m FT8:-

  1. VK4EMP
  2. VK4TI
  3. VK4GKO
  4. VK3SPX

I worked the following stations on 40m FT8:-

  1. VK1AO
  2. VK3SQ

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 9 Apr. 2025.‌

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