SOTA: VK3/VC-004 Mt Observation Activation Attempt

SOTA
VK3/VC-004 Mt Observation
18th May, 2013

I decided to try to activate Mt Observation, near Marysville. The summit is actually exactly on the border of the Yarra Ranges National Park and the Yarra State forest, so I figured I could also activate the NP at the same time.

As it hadn't been activated yet, I figured it must be difficult to get to, as there has been a quite high level of summit activation activity in VK3 in 2013.

I was right.

Trans Tasman Contest 80 Metre Phone 2013

I had a great evening on the radio operating QRP (5 watts) in the Trans Tasman 80 Metre Phone Contest on the 11th May. It ran for six hours, with the 5 best one hour blocks being used for the final score.
VK Contest Log was used for logging and did an excellent job.