We are visiting Chrsitines parents for easter, they live in horsham in western Victoria, i was able to sneak out for a couple of hours to play and make a Sota Activation. I asked the family if th...
http://www.vk3bq.com/2015/04/05/sota-activation-vk3vw-022-mt-arapiles-2015/
Camping in Kosczisko National Park provides easy access to a number of sota summits, some are easy to access, and some require a bit of a walk, over the last week or so we have activated a number...
http://www.vk3bq.com/2014/12/30/sota-activations-vk2sm-065-vk2sm-007-vk2sm-014-vk1ac-043/
This whole 3D printer thing is very impressive, one of my local ham club members recently purchased his own device and he has been showing off creations. I continue to want one, but it seems the ...
I headed down the Mornington peninsular the other day with a job and managed to fit in a short activation on Arthurs Seat VK3/VC-031in the afternoon before heading home. The summit is very access...
http://www.vk3bq.com/2014/11/08/sota-activation-vk3vc-031-arthurs-seat/
Arghhhhh.. ye scurvy dogs! the 2014 MWRS pirate day flagpole contest has been run and won. I didn’t have a HUGE amount of time this year to activate, but I did make it into the local park in th...
http://www.vk3bq.com/2014/09/24/mwrs-pirate-day-flagpole-contest-2014/
The other day i had some work in Albury/Wodonga. This is a very long day, with near on 8hrs of driving, though I did manage to sneak in 45mins for lunch and a Sota activation on Huon Hill, on the...
http://www.vk3bq.com/2014/09/14/sota-activation-vk3ve-237-huon-hill/
Work took me back to western Victoria yesterday, with an early morning meeting in Warrnambool which meant a very early morning trip form Melbourne. Having finished all my tasks by mid-day, I took...
http://www.vk3bq.com/2014/08/20/sota-activation-vk3vc-022-mt-cowley-2014/
As part of my efforts to make the FT817 work as well as it can on sota summits (yes, i tinker too much). I was looking at options for filters for the radio. While i have been spending money on th...
As part of a short family holiday to Sydney and home via Canberra, I was able to fit in one activation. I had dropped the family off at Questacon early on good friday morning, the kids love this...
http://www.vk3bq.com/2014/04/21/sota-activation-vk1ac-040-mt-ainslie/
*** An update. I have only had the time for one sota activation since fitting the new speaker, it worked very well, I had my headphones in my bag, but didn’t need to use them as this new speake...