The weather forecast for this weekend was mixed and it seemed that Saturday was going to be the best day for summit activations. I had to work on Saturday morning but had the afternoon free so the next best thing to do was dust of the Masi single-speed that hasn't been ridden for a while and go for a spin towards the city, finding a spot around the Kew Boulevard to set up HF operations. Before setting off on the bike, I made a contact from home with Peter VK3ZPF at Pyramid Hill, close to Mt Torbreck where we had done a dual activations a few weeks ago.
I managed to find a nice elevated spot relatively free of RF noise to set up and erected the doublet in an inverted-V configuration and was able to chase a total of 4 summit contacts, the first one with Rik VK3KAN on Mt St Phillack. Paul VK5PAS and Ian VK5CZ both operating from from VK5/SE-007 were also logged and Peter VK3ZPF was the final contact for the day, operating from Sugarloaf Peak.
So it wasn't a bad day for bagging some juicy chaser points. I added 28 points to my Chaser tally today and made the most of the afternoon before high winds and showers arrived in the early evening.
I managed to find a nice elevated spot relatively free of RF noise to set up and erected the doublet in an inverted-V configuration and was able to chase a total of 4 summit contacts, the first one with Rik VK3KAN on Mt St Phillack. Paul VK5PAS and Ian VK5CZ both operating from from VK5/SE-007 were also logged and Peter VK3ZPF was the final contact for the day, operating from Sugarloaf Peak.
So it wasn't a bad day for bagging some juicy chaser points. I added 28 points to my Chaser tally today and made the most of the afternoon before high winds and showers arrived in the early evening.