{"id":484,"date":"2021-06-30T15:13:10","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T05:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vk1zdj.net\/?p=484"},"modified":"2021-06-30T15:13:41","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T05:13:41","slug":"sota-activation-mt-stromlo-vk1-ac-043","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vk1zdj.net\/?p=484","title":{"rendered":"SOTA Activation Mt Stromlo VK1\/AC-043"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I am at the stage of life where I get to have Wednesdays off on a reliable basis – It is a wonderful privilege and an opportunity to do much pottering around the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last night (Tuesday) there was much discussion on the local email reflector about people deciding to do a SOAT activation at 10.30 local time, so I had a quick look at summits, and decided to drive up Mt Stromlo for a bit of HF and VHF fun with radios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The drive up was completely uneventful – no cyclists (which is rare for Stromlo) – I vividly remember riding up this hill in my youth a couple of time with my workmates – Hard up, but *fun* down!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I setup near the geodetic observatory – Essentially a bright laser that measures how much our tectonic plate has moved by bouncing light off a nearby satellite – My sister Suzy used to run the one on Orroral Valley back in the day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Henry – The husky, keeping me totally focused \ud83d\ude42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Anyhow – setup was on a convenient rock, where I used a squid pole to hoist a 2m j-pole. I also deployed a HF longwire made by bushcomm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contacts were thick and fast – many other VK1’s had visited nearby hills, so there were summit-to-summit contacts a plenty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In all a fun morning – left by about 12ish, and came home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time<\/th>Call<\/th>Band<\/th>Mode<\/th>Notes<\/th><\/tr>
00:21z<\/td>VK1MA<\/td>2M<\/td>FM<\/td>Matt 5\/9 – 2.5 watts<\/td><\/tr>
00:24z<\/td>VK1DI<\/td>2M<\/td>FM<\/td>Ian 5\/9 S2S VK1\/AC-039 2.5 watts<\/td><\/tr>
00:27z<\/td>VK1MCW<\/td>2M<\/td>FM<\/td>Bill 5\/9 S2S VK1\/AC-040 2.5 watts<\/td><\/tr>
00:29z<\/td>VK1MIC<\/td>2M<\/td>FM<\/td>Wade 5\/9 – 2.5 watts<\/td><\/tr>
00:41z<\/td>VK1MF<\/td>2M<\/td>FM<\/td>Matt S2S VK1\/AC-034 2.5 watts<\/td><\/tr>
00:46z<\/td>VK1AD<\/td>2M<\/td>FM<\/td>Andrew VKFF 0377 5\/3 2.5 watt<\/td><\/tr>
00:52z<\/td>VK1CK<\/td>2M<\/td>FM<\/td>Chris S2S VK1\/AC-042 5\/9 2.5 watts<\/td><\/tr>
00:52z<\/td>VK1MBE<\/td>2M<\/td>FM<\/td>Andrew 5\/9<\/td><\/tr>
01:02z<\/td>VK1DA<\/td>2M<\/td>FM<\/td>Andrew S2S VK1\/AC-041 2.5 watts<\/td><\/tr>
01:05z<\/td>VK1MF<\/td>40M<\/td>SSB<\/td>Andrew – S2S VK1\/AC-034 5\/9 2.5 Watts 7.090Mhz<\/td><\/tr>
01:11z<\/td>VK1MF<\/td>20M<\/td>SSB<\/td>Andrew – S2S VK1\/AC-034 5\/9 2.5 Watts 14.310Mhz<\/td><\/tr>
01:14z<\/td>VK1MF<\/td>15M<\/td>SSB<\/td>Andrew – S2S VK1\/AC-034 5\/7 2.5 Watts 21.3Mhz<\/td><\/tr>
01:28z<\/td>VK1DI<\/td>40M<\/td>SSB<\/td>Ian S2S VK1\/AC-039 5\/9 2.5 Watts 7.110 Mhz<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

My HF antenna is a bit interesting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bushcomm SWE-100\/P<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It is a Bushcomm SWE-100\/P Longwire antenna. Built like a brick dunny, and simply works. Being a longwire, it does not have a neap of gain, but it does the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I shall write about it in another post. I have to set it up properly so I can do an A\/B comparison. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyhow – a fun day – now home for some sax practice \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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