Saturday 26 October, I will operate from Mt Stromlo from 0630 to 0845 UTC on 14 and 28 MHz SSB or FT8.
Andrew VK1AD
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Hope we can make it S2S Andrew. Just 10m from my side, but all modes available - SSB, FT8, CW, FT4, RTTY (etc) - even SSTV if anyone is interested!
Tomorrow (Wednesday) from 07:30 UTC I will try 20m SSB long path from Isaacs Ridge VK1/AC-041. Duration ~1.5 hours.
Anyone interested in a S2S?
VK1 Sunset is at 09:15 UTC.
Regards
Andrew VK1AD
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Another cracking good SSB 20m LP activation to Europe 
QSOs:
17m - 3 including New Zealand, Hawaii and Western Australia
20m - 27 (see map)
40m - 18 including two New Zealand Dx
WWFF Park to Park - 3
No SOTA S2S
Congratulations to Gary ZL1GA for working me on all three bands, 40m, 20m and 17m, amazing!
20m LP was open at 0755 UTC and started to fade around 0845 UTC, 15 min before my planned QRT at 0900 UTC.
Equipment: FT-891 @ 20 watts, linked Inverted V dipole with the apex at 7m and an 8Ah LifePO4.
Thanks all chasers
73, Andrew VK1AD
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Sorry I missed you @VK1AD, looked like a cracking activation. Nice one.
If there is more grey line summit activity this VK Autumn / EU spring would appreciate a post - would be very interested to try from a summit here, especially 10m
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This evening I activate Mt Taylor VK1/AC-037 while my SOTA buddy Andrew VK1DA activated Mt Ainslie VK1/AC-040. Mt Taylor ascent is a 30 min walk over 1.5 km and very steep.
20m LP propagation conditions were not even close to yesterday’s example. 20m was open at 0800 UTC and well and truly closed 35 minutes later at 0835 UTC, 25 minutes earlier than the previous day.
On 20m I worked: VK6LK, IK1GPG, F4WBN, UT5PI, SP7MW, VK2LDJ, VK6JK, ZL1TZP, KH7AL/KH9 Wake Island in the Pacific and 9A/IZ3NVR.
17m offered three contacts in New Zealand and one in Western Australia (VK6). 17m is definitely underutilised, I will make a pledge to use 17m more often.
40m was the place to be with 17 QSOs, of which two were out to 2000 km.
Thanks Andrew VK1DA/P for the S2S contacts on 17 and 20m and Ian VK5CZ for the VKFF P2P.
The so-called bonus Eastern grey kangaroo ‘skip’ was not on offer this evening!
Thanks all chasers
73, Andrew VK1AD
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On Thursday I plan to activate Mt Ginini VK1/AC-008 1760m ASL (8 points) from 0500 to 0725 UTC for EU long path on 20 and 17m SSB and FT8.
Temperature on the summit will be in the vicinity of 4 degrees C 
Sunset is 0725 UTC.
Andrew VK1AD
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I might be able to activate DM/BW-099 again. 20/17 SSB and CW, no FT8, though.
20m LP was very good lately. My WSPR beacon (30dBm into a vertical) gets a lot of spots in VK/ZL.
Cul, Roman
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My apologies @VK1AD and others.
Got up super early to stop on a peak on my way into London.
Would help if I had actually brought some Coax….
Major fail. 
I hope to see “ best conditions ever” reports !
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What a great start to the day! 3 S2S to VK with some strong signals:
- VK1AD/P on VK1/AC-008 (20m and 17m)
- VK2JDL on VK2/MN-081 (20m)
- VK1DA/P on VK1/AC-043 (20m)
Thanks for the nice QSO’s!
Photo on the way back home from HB/BE-119:
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Yes, very happy to have made a contact with you, Stefan. I was using a multiband doublet fed with 300 ohm twin line, a choke balun and the KX3 at 15w. I think there was some multi path effects happening, there was a slight echo on some signals.
The other vk1 activating was Vk1AD, also named Andrew.
73 Andrew VK1DA/VK2DA
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Well, we have all done that, some have done it multiple times. My solution is to pack everything into my backpack and only remove the logging tablet and the battery for download and recharge respectively, both items religiously being replaced in the back pack. Same for radios, all accessories and adaptors needed for each radio are packed into a box or bag with the radio. Arriving on a summit after a 50 min walk and finding no microphone or feedline leads to new habits…
73 Andrew VK1DA/VK2DA
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Note to self…… 
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It’s been a great morning
one home station in VK3 and two VK S2S:
- VK1AD/P on VK1/AC-008 (20m and 17m SSB)
- VK2WP on VK2/CT-042 (20m CW)
Thanks for the QSOs and hope to cu soon again!
73, Roman
Sunrise on DM/BW-099 and Mrs. 3TU preparing the breakfast
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Leberkäse and semmel?
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My short notice activation of Mt Meehan went quite well despite a freezing wind which came up. Tested a home made Bandspringer aerial and a balun. The KX2 10W did well.
Two S2S, VK1AD and surprise DX DL3TU. Along with seven other DX contacts on 10 20 and 17M.
Next time will set up a beach shelter for wind protection so can stay a bit longer.
73’s Wal VK2WP
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Thanks for the contact on 17 m CW, Roman. I was not at home, I was activating a WWFF Reference: Toongabbie Bushland Reserve VKFF-5951. Station was an IC-7300 (100 W) to a ZS6BKW doublet as inverted V, apex at about 10 m.
Regards,
Peter VK3PF
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Wow! The propagation on 20, 17 and 40m was excellent, with strong signals on 20m, including the S2S! 110 QSOs over three hours which in VK is a fantastic outcome
17m propagation was open at 0430 UTC followed by 20m to Europe at 0500 UTC which continued to 0620 UTC.
Summary of QSOs: 17m FT8 -10, 17m SSB - 9, 20m SSB - 47, 40m SSB - 44
SSB S2S contacts:
Wal VK2WP at VK2/CT-042;
Roman DL3TU/P at DM/BW-099 both 20 and 17m;
Stefan HB9HCS/P at HB/BE-119 both 20 and 17m;
Simon ZL1THH at ZL1/AK-023;
Phil VK2JDL at VK2/MN-081;
Armin OE/DF1AI/P at OE/TL-057; and
Andrew VK1DA at VK1/AC-043.
Equipment: FT-857D at 20 watts, Inverted V linked dipole with the appex at 9m.
Mount Gingera VK1/AC-002
Thanks all for an excellent activation! At sunset 0725 UTC the ambient temperature at Mt Ginini fell to 2 degrees C (feels like -1), my finger tips were in pain
73, Andrew VK1AD
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