Snow gum near Mt Nelse, Victorian Alps
Welcome to the VK3SN webpage.
My home QTH is in north-east Melbourne, Australia (QF22me)
Here you will find updates on my radio work and related adventures.
Much of my radio work is done whilst mobile or portable, often from remote and wild locations in the Australian Alpine Region. I am a member of the CIARC, WIA, WICEN, RSGB and ARRL. I have also been a member of the NERG Radio Club for over 20 years.
So sad to leave Christmas Island Friday 30 September.... It was a wonderful experience to visit this amazing tropical paradise.... The snorkelling, hiking, swimming and immersion in nature were brilliant. I also really enjoyed meeting locals and learning more about their story. I can thoroughly recommend a visit to Christmas Island (CI)- the opportunity to work lots of DX is a real bonus! I will tidy up the log and correct obvious errors this week. QSL will hard copy will be set up very soon via David EB7DX. Log was uploaded to ClubLog and QRZ.com in real time (mostly- except when internet was down!).
Thanks to everyone I worked and apologies to those I could not- this was definitely a vacation rather than a DXpedition but it was great fun to be at the centre of a pile up and I learned rather a lot about how to do it more effectively. Additional thanks to the guys from the CIARC (especially Steve VK6SJ). I will definitely start to plan for similar efforts in future (and be substantially better prepared for the endeavour!).
Visit CIARC for additional CI insights and VK9XX QRZ.com page for further details, including QSL information.
The Annual Winter trip to the Bogong High Plains was a success in 2022! We were up in the mountains from Friday 5 to Tuesday 9 August. We operated on FT8 as well as SSB on 80 to 10m as well as 2/70 FM simplex and via repeaters. The team included VK3SN, VK3GT, VK3FIRH, VK3FMAW, VK3PCZ and VK3HUW. Thanks to all who worked our portable QRP station in the snow.
See the Winter Trips page and the slide show for photos from previous trips. I also operate mobile from my vehicle and will operate HF/VHF/UHF mobile during the five hour drive to and from the High Plains.
Interested in getting licensed to operate amateur radio?
My home QTH is in north-east Melbourne, Australia (QF22me)
Here you will find updates on my radio work and related adventures.
Much of my radio work is done whilst mobile or portable, often from remote and wild locations in the Australian Alpine Region. I am a member of the CIARC, WIA, WICEN, RSGB and ARRL. I have also been a member of the NERG Radio Club for over 20 years.
So sad to leave Christmas Island Friday 30 September.... It was a wonderful experience to visit this amazing tropical paradise.... The snorkelling, hiking, swimming and immersion in nature were brilliant. I also really enjoyed meeting locals and learning more about their story. I can thoroughly recommend a visit to Christmas Island (CI)- the opportunity to work lots of DX is a real bonus! I will tidy up the log and correct obvious errors this week. QSL will hard copy will be set up very soon via David EB7DX. Log was uploaded to ClubLog and QRZ.com in real time (mostly- except when internet was down!).
Thanks to everyone I worked and apologies to those I could not- this was definitely a vacation rather than a DXpedition but it was great fun to be at the centre of a pile up and I learned rather a lot about how to do it more effectively. Additional thanks to the guys from the CIARC (especially Steve VK6SJ). I will definitely start to plan for similar efforts in future (and be substantially better prepared for the endeavour!).
Visit CIARC for additional CI insights and VK9XX QRZ.com page for further details, including QSL information.
The Annual Winter trip to the Bogong High Plains was a success in 2022! We were up in the mountains from Friday 5 to Tuesday 9 August. We operated on FT8 as well as SSB on 80 to 10m as well as 2/70 FM simplex and via repeaters. The team included VK3SN, VK3GT, VK3FIRH, VK3FMAW, VK3PCZ and VK3HUW. Thanks to all who worked our portable QRP station in the snow.
See the Winter Trips page and the slide show for photos from previous trips. I also operate mobile from my vehicle and will operate HF/VHF/UHF mobile during the five hour drive to and from the High Plains.
Interested in getting licensed to operate amateur radio?
 Watchbed Creek, near Falls Creek
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Please feel free to explore these pages and see a little of the gear used and a few insights on how back country trips with radio gear are organised.
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Portable during field day
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