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VK7AX > WIA 28.08.15 02:03l 44 Lines 1419 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: [WIA-News] Microwave exponent at a look-out
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From: VK7AX@VK7AX.#ULV.TAS.AUS.OC
To : WIA@WW
Microwave exponent at a look-out
Date : 25 / 08 / 2015
Author : Jim Linton - VK3PC
Another example of portable operation, this time using microwaves,
comes from Peter Westgarth VK3APW who set up on a look-out at Cape Horn Loch
in Victoria’s South Gippsland.
He told the Loch Express, bi-monthly newsletter, that he believes this
elevated location is one of Victoria’s best kept secrets.
A radio engineer around Australia, Peter VK3APW of Sommerville on the
Mornington Peninsula enjoys Loch, a thriving historical village with
craft markets, cafes, antiques and galleries.
In the WIA VHF-UHF Winter Field Day in June he contacted other operators
on the 2.4GHz, 3.4GHz, 5.7GHz and 10GHz bands in Section 2,
for single operator portable stations, winning with 2516 points.
Peter VK3APW will be back again at the vantage spot for the VHF-UHF
Spring Field Day on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November
- and is certain to have challengers seeking those VHF-UHF Field Day
certificates and Grid Squares.
Related Files
Newspaper Article
PeterWestgarth-CapeHorn.pdf
http://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2015/20150825-1/documents/PeterWestgarth-CapeHorn.pdf
(Sourced from the WIA Website)
http://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2015/20150825-1/index.php
(Posted to the Packet Radio Network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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