13082017 – VK3/VC-003 & VK3/VN-030
13082017 – VK3/VC-003 Mt Ritchie in (VKFF-0556) Yarra Ranges National Park
Parked at the gate of Road Fifteen off Acheron Road. Got out, grated up and got on with the walk,
Mt Ritchie is a great walk. Your are walking down a maintained road that is seasonally shut. No issues with navigation or rough areas just a case of keep going up until you reach the summit.
Using a Garmin VirbX and still getting use to it. The mountain is square just my mount is not aligned.
Not as much snow this year as previous. The summit is a clear open space with signs to use as squidpole mount and enough room for a long antenna. I took 41m end fed as expecting the use of 80M given recent conditions.
Looking down the antenna here to the operating position. 41m end fed. The KX3 tunes it to everything. 9 contacts. All CW. Two S2s. First for the day with VK5CZ on VK5/NE-082 and after a lot of work with VK4JAZ on VK4/SE-117. This contact demonstrated the value of CW. It was marginal at best but we managed to get through. Two 80m contacts to work the local CW enthusiasts. Despite being 10℃ and being a ‘sunny’ day the wind was chilling and kept rugged up. Spent an hour on the summit and decided it was time to head home picking up another summit on the way.
VK3/VN-030 Mt Strickland
After reading Paul VK3HN blog I added Mt Strickland to the list for the day. Had been up and yes it was was a clean run.
Headed back down Acheron Road to turn right into Feiglins road to Mt Strickland.
Operating position on Mt Strickland. This is a open summit with enough room for the biggest antenna. I ran up the 20/40 dipole as was intending to qualify and keep heading home.
Park contact with VK4SMA in Mount Perry Conservation park and two ZL contacts. Headed back down to Acheron Road then into Healesville and home. Back in time for tea.
2 Summits, 2 S2S and 22K steps for the day.
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- SOTA ZL1/WK-142 ZL2AJ on 14.310 ssb*and 146.500 fm [SOTA Spotter] Posted by ZL2AJ
- SOTA ZL1/WK-142 ZL2AJ on 7.090 ssb*and 146.500 fm [SOTA Spotter] Posted by ZL2AJ
- SOTA ZL1/WK-142 ZL2AJ on 5.353 ssb*and 146.500 fm [SOTA Spotter] Posted by ZL2AJ
- WWFF VKFF-1424 - Hester Conservation Park VK6MB/P on 28.000 SSBNow QRT thanks for the fun [VK port-a-log] Posted by VK6MB
- WWFF VKFF-1424 - Hester Conservation Park VK6MB/P on 28.490 SSBMike also VK shire BG6 [VK port-a-log] Posted by VK6MB
- WWFF VKFF-1424 - Hester Conservation Park VK6MB/P on 21.244 SSBLooking forward to 2nd QSO [VK port-a-log] Posted by VK6MB
- WWFF VKFF-1424 - Hester Conservation Park VK6MB/P on 14.244 SSBMike also VK shire BG6 [VK port-a-log] Posted by VK6MB
- WWFF VKFF-1424 - Hester Conservation Park VK6MB/P on 10.125 SSBMike also VK shire BG6 [VK port-a-log] Posted by VK6MB
- WWFF VKFF-1424 - Hester Conservation Park VK6MB/P on 3.644 SSBMike also VK shire BG6 [VK port-a-log] Posted by VK6MB
- WWFF VKFF-1424 - Hester Conservation Park VK6MB/P on 7.140 SSBMike also VK shire BG6 [VK port-a-log] Posted by VK6MB
Thanks for reporting and linking Allen, a decent walk to Mt Ritchie followed by a drive-up. It’s worth noting that both summits are clear enough for 80m or 160m wire antennas. — 73 VK3HN.
Allen, I tried to coordinate my activation of St Leonard with yours that day, but no luck! Was wondering how much snow there would be at Mt Ritchie!
Hi
Its a easy walk without the need to worry re snow.
Patchy snow on the summit. Quite wet on the walk up (read muddy) but nothing like earlier years. Quite a nice walk if not chilly on the top.
Allen
Allen, not a peep from you on either summit nor any band. Got Glenn on 10m using cw on the Mt Mitchell activatiion. I have found phone coverage on Strickland very patchy. Cheers Tony VK3CAT