12 element yagi for 2m used at home in March 2011. The temporary operating location in the shed used in the JMMFD and in the QRP hours contests. Computer came in handy for checking the rules. The FT817 next to it was the radio used for the QRP contest, running 5 watts output into the 80m dipole. It is very small and quite light. The antennas at the Yass property, as set up for recent operating events, April 2011. The dish has a future role on a microwave band above 1296 MHz.

I recently obtained a Yaesu VX-8DR, primarily for use on SOTA activations. The radio has the six metre band, which is a bonus as SOTA is presently running a six metre challenge. By David Fannin which uses an arduino to process the standard GPS messages from a UBlox GPS and convert them to the Yaesu protocol. It looked like a great place to start, although the end solution had to be reasonably compact.

Mt McLeod trig and Ovens Valley. Four Summits on the AAWT, March 2015. I had notice that a number of summits sat on or near the Australian Alpine Walking Track. Lake Cobbler would make and excellent base camp for a number of day trips which would easily pi.

Amateur radio station from Belgium. About O N 4 V T. It asked continious concentration to pull the stations out of the QRM. Made the effort worth the time.

The rantings of VK2GAZ on his SOTA experiences in Australia. Scheyville National Park VKFF-444 Revisited. This gallery contains 6 photos. Scheyville National Park was last visited on the 25th April, 2015 and a great time was had making 43 contacts. Solar controller, fan and wiring.

A blog about my activities with SOTA on the Amateur Radio bands, from Sydney, Australia. Thursday, 31 July 2014. Hi there, this site has migrated to a new WordPress site. You can access it HERE. Tuesday, 29 July 2014. Contacted me and over a short period of we made the necessary arrangements. The date was set for early in August 2014 however, fortunately the date was revised to 26-27 July, 2014 which coincided with the VK1 SOTA Party.