Mount Gawler VK5/ SE-013 and Mount Gawler Native Forest Reserve VKFF-2888

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My next activation for Tuesday 8th April 2024, was the Mount Gawler summit VK5/ SE-013 for the Summits On The Air (SOTA) program and the Mount Gawler Native Forest Reserve VKFF-2888 for the World Wide Flora Fauna (WWFF) program.

Above:- Map showing the location of Mount Gawler. Map c/o Google Maps.

I have activated this summit and the park several times previously.

Mount Gawler Native Forest Reserve is about 1,044 hectares in size and consists of remnant native vegetation.

Mount Gawler is about 541 metres above sea level. It has been activated a total of 162 times for the SOTA program and is worth 2 points. (Sotadata.org.uk, 2025)

There are some nice views from the summit out to the east and the west.

I ran the Yaesu FT857, 40 watts, and the 20/40/80m linked dipole.

I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK3PF
  2. VK3KAI
  3. VK5NRG
  4. VK5CZ
  5. VK5XE
  6. VK2EXA
  7. VK3ZSC/P (VKFF-2031)
  8. VK7DD
  9. VK2HAK
  10. VK5KVA
  11. VK5JW
  12. VKWYW
  13. VK5IS
  14. VK4NH
  15. VK4DXA

I worked the following stations on 40m FT8:-

  1. VK2HAK
  2. VK3PF
  3. VK3SQ
  4. VK3KAI
  5. VK1DI
  6. VK2IO

I worked the following stations on 20m FT8:-

  1. UA3PAB
  2. VK2IO
  3. VK2HAK
  4. VK4MGL
  5. VK5CZ
  6. VK1DI
  7. VK7XX
  8. VK3APJ
  9. LZ1YF

I worked the following stations on 20m SSB:-

  1. VK2VW
  2. VK2HFI
  3. VK2AKA
  4. VK2BUG
  5. VK2HAK
  6. VK3PF
  7. VK3KAI
  8. KG5CIK
  9. VK4DXA
  10. VK4NH
  11. VK5QA/M
  12. VK2DBF/M
  13. VK3CLD/M
  14. VK4MGL
  15. VK2USH/P (VKFF-1008)
  16. VK1DI
  17. VK3SQ
  18. VK2BD
  19. VK3JT
  20. VK3TBS
  21. VK4SMA
  22. VK4CK
  23. UT5PI

References.

  1. Forestry SA, 2016, Mount Gawler Native Forest Reserve Management Plan
  2. Sotadata.org.uk. (2025). Sotadata3. [online] Available at: https://www.sotadata.org.uk/en/summit/VK5/SE-013 [Accessed 15 Jun. 2025].‌

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