On Easter Monday, 21st April 2025, Marija and I decided to head out into the field to activate some parks. I intended to use the special event call of VI100IARU.
Our first park for the day was Murray Park Reserve VKFF-4048, at Murray Bridge, about 75 km east of Adelaide.
Above:- Map showing the location of Murray Park Reserve. Map c/o Google Maps.
Murray Park Reserve is bordered by Eleanor Terrace, Thomas Street, and Albert Terrace.
Above:- An aerial view of Murray Park Reserve. Image c/o Google Earth.
Murray Park Reserve is a small piece (6 hectares) of remnant scrub located in the residential/industrial area of Murray Bridge.
A small area in the park is excluded from the park. It is the old Murray Park cemetery that was used as the first cemetery in Murray Bridge from 1885 to 1886.
We ran the Yaesu FT857, 40 watts, and the 20/40/80m linked dipole for this activation.
Marija worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-
- VK5IS
- VK2YK
- VK5GA
- VK3ZPF
- VK3JW
- VK3SO
- VK3CEO
- VK3SQ
- VK2BD
- VK3ALF
- VK3MCK
I worked the following stations on 40m SSB before the UTC rollover:-
- VK5IS
- VK2YK
- VK5GA
- VK3ZPF
- VK3JW
- VK3SO
- VK3CEO
- VK3SQ
- VK2BD
- VK3ALF
- VK3MCK
- VK3ZSC
I worked the following stations on 40m SSB after the UTC rollover:-
- VK3CEO
- VK3APJ
- VK2EXA
- VK3VIN
- VK2YK
- VK5GA
- VK3ZSC
- VK6XL/7
- VK1MA
- VK5PL
- VK3PAH
I worked the following stations on 20m SSB before the UTC rollover:-
- VK4/ZL3MR
- ZL2BB
- VK2IO
- VK2GEZ
I worked the following stations on 20m SSB after the UTC rollover:-
- VK2IO
- VK2GEZ
- VK2KET
- VK2VW
- VK2HFI
- VK2AKA
- VK2BUG
- VK1AO
- VK2MET
- VK2USH
- VK7TO
- ZL2BB
- ZL1POTA
- VK4BJS
- VK4SYD
- ZL3RIK
- VK4HNS
- VK2BUS
- VK2MG
References.
- 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 16 Jun. 2025].
VK5PAS 