Mt Vinegar VK3/VC-005
Activated 21 September 2014
This was my second activation of Mt Vinegar with much better weather this time around compared with my first activation of this summit back on 2 June 2013.
A small group of EMDRC members led by Andrew VK3BQ activated nearby Mt Donna Buang VK3/VC-002 as a club SOTA activity so I decided to drop in to see them on the way. After socializing with the group andmaking one personal S2S contact with Mitch VK3XDM on Pyramid Hill VK3/VN-005, I set off along The Acheron Way to the intersection of Mt Vinegar Rd. I parked here and continued by foot to the summit. Once I had some elevation and within a few hundred metres of the summit I was able to make patchy simplex communications with the group on Mt Donna Buang on 2 metres with the handheld but I was still not within my activation zone. By this stage they had packed up their BBQ and the HF gear and were getting ready to head home so I quickly made my way to the summit and logged them,Andrew VK3KIS, Andrew VK3BQ and Greg VK3ND before setting up my HF gear.
As soon as the FT-817 was set up, my first contact on 40 metres was an S2S with Rod VK2TWR on VK2/ST-020 and then worked a steady stream of chasers until my last contact with Amanda VK3FQSO. All up, not a bad activation with a total of 25 contacts logged.
Activated 21 September 2014
This was my second activation of Mt Vinegar with much better weather this time around compared with my first activation of this summit back on 2 June 2013.
A small group of EMDRC members led by Andrew VK3BQ activated nearby Mt Donna Buang VK3/VC-002 as a club SOTA activity so I decided to drop in to see them on the way. After socializing with the group andmaking one personal S2S contact with Mitch VK3XDM on Pyramid Hill VK3/VN-005, I set off along The Acheron Way to the intersection of Mt Vinegar Rd. I parked here and continued by foot to the summit. Once I had some elevation and within a few hundred metres of the summit I was able to make patchy simplex communications with the group on Mt Donna Buang on 2 metres with the handheld but I was still not within my activation zone. By this stage they had packed up their BBQ and the HF gear and were getting ready to head home so I quickly made my way to the summit and logged them,Andrew VK3KIS, Andrew VK3BQ and Greg VK3ND before setting up my HF gear.
As soon as the FT-817 was set up, my first contact on 40 metres was an S2S with Rod VK2TWR on VK2/ST-020 and then worked a steady stream of chasers until my last contact with Amanda VK3FQSO. All up, not a bad activation with a total of 25 contacts logged.
