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Get out of the Radio Shack and Live Life. Australian National Parks and ACT Nature Reserves. Hi all SOTA fans VK1 is pla.
Ego loqui ad viros super montes. A quick trip up to Swan Hill to visit my parents in their new house meant driving up and down the Calder Highway. With the radios in the back, an urgent need to evacuate the bladder, and a SOTA summit right off the highway, Mt Alexander was activated in a very ad hoc manner on the way back. Work has been in progress to add Japan to SOTA. Overnight, that work went live! There are a total of 5,2.
Big mountain, small voice, many ears. Last weekend was a contest double-bill with the Remembrance Day and Lighthouse contests. Receiver strip, now with replacement audio stage using a TDA7052. Instead of the prescribed LM380. 867MHz IF filter, SA612 product detector, TL072 op amp, 2N2222 BFO. With a 10MHz IF and 3MHz VFO, which sounds sweet.
Given Proposch Rd is accessible with a 2WD vehicle during dry condition and is subject to seasonal closures, will leave this trip for Spring. Went to Mt Bunnyiong to participate in the VK1 SOTA party.
Reuben VK7FREU and the author decided to try out our SOTA gear in the snow with a short walk to make sure we had everything optimised for snow before heading out on a longer bush walk.