Just an update on my operation from Mt Bindo for the MRC. I should have UHF CB
available, I have acquired a commercial 10 channel radio which will work on UHF
CB but will be limited to the 8 Rpt channels and two simplex. Also UHF CB aerial
will only be a mobile at this stage.
Regards
Kev
vkkev wrote:
> ...I chose to operate from
> Mt Bindo as I have worked Amateur Radio field days from there before and
> have worked in to Mt Ginini on various bands from that location, also have
> worked lots of location to the North as well.
>
> Not sure how it will go on 27Mhz but keen to give it a go. Equipment will be
> modest a stock standard SSB CB and an inverted V on a mast. Don't have any
> gear for UHF CB at this stage but will see what I can scrounge.
Hi Kev,
I reckon it'll work great on 27MHz. I'll be on Ginini with my 0.64λ
vertical on that band and am looking forward to making contact. I've not
had an MRC contact to the North yet. I've been end-of-the-line the last
few years. This is exciting news.
> I will also be operating the WIA Spring VHF-UHF field day as well on the
> same day, so should be a lot of fun.
VK1DA will be on Ginini too, so I guess you'll be talking to him as
well, http://vk1da.info/
Regards,
Mat.
Hi Guys,
Just thought I would say hello as a first time operator in the MRC. I have seen
the activity's of the MRC over the years on the internet on various media and
thought I would give it a go this year. One of the main motivations was that
there appeared to be a lack of stations in Sydney leaving a gap from Canberra to
northern NSW. I chose to operate from Mt Bindo as I have worked Amateur Radio
field days from there before and have worked in to Mt Ginini on various bands
from that location, also have worked lots of location to the North as well.
Not sure how it will go on 27Mhz but keen to give it a go. Equipment will be
modest a stock standard SSB CB and an inverted V on a mast. Don't have any gear
for UHF CB at this stage but will see what I can scrounge.
I will also be operating the WIA Spring VHF-UHF field day as well on the same
day, so should be a lot of fun.
Regards
Kev (VK2KEV)
Hello All,
Just thought Id mention have had a chat with possible stations at Peak Hill &
Gulgong in NSW, which would create a likely link accross to our Barrington Top
Flats & Mt Allywn Stations.
We also have a new Yahoo group member whos considering operating from Blue
Mountains, which may be our link from Peak Hill to ACT.
Im in the process of discussing this further with these people, and hope to get
some more info to you soon.
It would be great to finally link up to Pete & Kerry in NE NSW, who have been in
the MRC for many years, but we've never had a successful link to them.
Tony
Hello All,
Just thought Id let you know Ive updated the website.
I have added a station at Torquay, Vic, and also East Coast Tasmania.
Google Earth links have been updated, but no Google Maps yet.
Tony
Hello Colin and welcome to the group.
Pete & Kerry usually operate from Barrington Top Flats for the MRC, and i
believe most of the DX expiditions.
Pete is usually active on this forum, and Im sure he will reply to this message
or yours, when he finds out he might have a neighbour about 25kms away.
Im in discussions with the Orana Region Amateur Radio Club based in Dubbo, and
hope they can host a team this year, probably as part of the Amateur VHF/UHF
Field day.
Your objective would be to be able to make contact in that direction, as part of
the message relay.
Currently our most northern confirmed station, as part of the chain, is MT
Ginini in ACT. The next confirmed station after that is Pete & Kerry at
Barrington Top Flats, however this distance is not achievable with UHF or 27MHz
ground wave.
Mt Canobolas, near Orange, would be an ideal location, but we are still looking
for a group to fill that location. Do you know of any radio groups in that
area.
Thanks for the message and welcome to the group. I will discuss the event with
you further in the near future. Let me know if you have any updates, and a
little about your likely setup / equipment.
Tony
Hello All,
It has come to my attention recently that this years Amateur Spring UHF/VHF
Field Day has been moved to the last weekend of November, the same weekend as
the Mountain Radio Challenge.
I dont think there will be any issues with these events on the same day, and
will in fact be promoting the MRC to these Amateurs. Im hoping there will be
some amateur groups up mountains around Australia who will come over to our band
for a quick hello, and maybe a message relay or two.
For more information regarding this check the website at
http://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/vhfuhf/
I will update this group with any further information that develops with my
communications with organiser of this event.
Tony 355
Hello All,
I have updated the station location list at www.mrc.cat.net.au
You may wish to have a look, less than 3 months to go.
We are still looking for people north of ACT to extend our link further north,
we have a long distance to fill to our next station in NE NSW, and some stations
in SE Qld.
Thanks
Tony 355
MRC Sat Nov 28th 2009
(MRC 2010 - 20th year anniversary)
The 4 frequencies I will be using are 27.355 lsb (call), 27.385 lsb (qso) , 27.555 usb (call), 27.485 (qso) usb and maybe even down on the Kiwi Call and around it, 26.720 lsb. Looking forward to the 4 days, I just hope the 11m band opens for some good propagation.
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Mat Farrington <mat@...> wrote:
Pete wrote:
LOG DUMP
Mountain Radio Challenge
In the planning stages is a trip up to the Log Dump for this years Mountain Radio
Challenge. It will be a 4 day activation, from the 6th to the 9th of November 2009.
During those dates I'll have the 11m 0.64*lambda up and will VOX-record on your preferred call channel just in case a freak skip makes it through.
-- Good DX & 73 de 43SE144, Pete Co-Founder & Oceania Coordinator/Director Sierra Echo International 11m DX Group
Pete wrote:
> LOG DUMP
> Mountain Radio Challenge
> In the planning stages is a trip up to the Log Dump for this years Mountain
Radio
> Challenge. It will be a 4 day activation, from the 6th to the 9th of November
2009.
During those dates I'll have the 11m 0.64*lambda up and will VOX-record
on your preferred call channel just in case a freak skip makes it through.
Hi Tony, yes, the trip for the beginning of November is confirmed, 6th-9th Nov. Kerry has 2 weeks off work, I only work a 3 day week at the local hospital. I recently bought a 12m triangle tower, in 3 pieces. I'm setting it up for here at home and for portable work. The main reason for the 4 day trip is to try out the new tower & blow the cobwebs outa the 3 ele portable quad & 4 ele portable yagi, plus it's been awhile since I've been up there.
The trip up for the Mountain Radio Challenge is just an overnight stay, leave early Sat morning & come home Sun afternoon, as the Log Dump is only an hours drive from here at the home QTH.
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Tony <tony@...> wrote:
Hello Pete,
Can you confirm you will be at this location from 6th-9th of November and also for the MRC on 28th November. It would be good to arrange some calling times for your trip on 6th-9th, hopefully might get some skip during these days.
Tony
Hello Pete,
Can you confirm you will be at this location from 6th-9th of November and also
for the MRC on 28th November. It would be good to arrange some calling times
for your trip on 6th-9th, hopefully might get some skip during these days.
Tony
--- In mtradiochallenge@..., "Pete" <43SE144@...> wrote:
>
> LOG DUMP
> Mountain Radio Challenge
> In the planning stages is a trip up to the Log Dump for this years Mountain
Radio Challenge. It will be a 4 day activation, from the 6th to the 9th of
November 2009.
>
> Updates will be posted here & on the SEDX websites.
>
> http://sierraecho11mdx.forumwise.com/
> http://www.sierraecho11mdx.com/
> http://www.sierraecho11mdx.com/teamkangaroo
>
That would be great, Ive always found it
hard to get members up north from here, even though most of the participants
these days are found via the internet.
Let me know if you have anyone you want me
to chat to, Im keen to chat to anyone who is interested in MRC, feel free to
give them my Skype or MSN details, but they should mention MRC when asking to
chat to me, or I might ignore them.
Thanks for the posts to your websites,
good selection of pics too.
Tony
From:mtradiochallenge@... [mailto:mtradiochallenge@...] On Behalf Of Pete
Knox Sent: Monday, 13 July 2009 12:53
PM To:mtradiochallenge@... Subject: Re: [mtradiochallenge]
MRC 2009 in less than 5 months
Hi Tony, I've posted the news about the MRC 2009 on
the SEDX website & also a post in the SEDX Forum. I'll be having a few
talks with the Newcastle Crew to see if they can do some hilltop activations
for the MRC. I'll keep you updated with any news. Will also try to get some
stations to the north of me to do a hilltop activation.
Hi Tony, will be activating the Log Dump at the
Barrington Tops for the MRC 2009. My skype id is pete43se144 . I'm going for my
Foundation Exams in a fortnights time, so if there are going to be other bands
used, I'll be able to work them. I'll email you more details later.
by the way, I clicked on the MRC url & keep getting redirected to some
other site, called OXIDE SEARCH.
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 12:23 AM, Tony <tony@....au>
wrote:
Hello All,
Its now less than 5 months until MRC2009 (Nov 28th), and I have been chatting
to a few of you about it, including some new people. I've made a few updates to
the website at www.mrc.cat.net
MRC 2010 will be our 20th year Anniversary, and as such Im keen to make it the
biggest MRC ever. MRC 2009 will be a good opportunity to try something new, in
preperation for next year. It may also be a time to try something low key,
saving your efforts for 2010.
Id like to get things moving, so can you please let me know if you'd like to
participate this year, and your preferred location. We can start to create the
chain for the message, or consider opportunities that new locations &
people, may present.
It has been suggested we could benefit from a regular (ie monthly / fortnightly
/ weekly) online discussion. Can you let me know you preference in applications
such as; Skype, PalTalk, eQso which all have multi user chat capabilities.
Please reply so we can get started on MRC2009.
Thanks
Tony vft355
--
Good DX & 73 de 43SE144, Pete
Co-Founder & Oceania Coordinator/Director
Sierra Echo International 11m DX Group
Hi Tony, I've posted the news about the MRC 2009 on the SEDX website & also a post in the SEDX Forum. I'll be having a few talks with the Newcastle Crew to see if they can do some hilltop activations for the MRC. I'll keep you updated with any news. Will also try to get some stations to the north of me to do a hilltop activation.
Hi Tony, will be activating the Log Dump at the
Barrington Tops for the MRC 2009. My skype id is pete43se144 . I'm going for my
Foundation Exams in a fortnights time, so if there are going to be other bands
used, I'll be able to work them. I'll email you more details later.
by the way, I clicked on the MRC url & keep getting redirected to some
other site, called OXIDE SEARCH.
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 12:23 AM, Tony <tony@...> wrote:
Hello All,
Its now less than 5 months until MRC2009 (Nov 28th), and I have been chatting
to a few of you about it, including some new people. I've made a few updates to
the website at www.mrc.cat.net
MRC 2010 will be our 20th year Anniversary, and as such Im keen to make it the
biggest MRC ever. MRC 2009 will be a good opportunity to try something new, in
preperation for next year. It may also be a time to try something low key,
saving your efforts for 2010.
Id like to get things moving, so can you please let me know if you'd like to
participate this year, and your preferred location. We can start to create the
chain for the message, or consider opportunities that new locations &
people, may present.
It has been suggested we could benefit from a regular (ie monthly / fortnightly
/ weekly) online discussion. Can you let me know you preference in applications
such as; Skype, PalTalk, eQso which all have multi user chat capabilities.
Please reply so we can get started on MRC2009.
Thanks
Tony vft355
--
Good DX & 73 de 43SE144, Pete
Co-Founder & Oceania Coordinator/Director
Sierra Echo International 11m DX Group
Thanks for the update; hopefully conditions will be more favorable for us this
year.
There will be some other amateur operators
involved; we should arrange some alternative freq’s for you in case 27MHz
is not working for you (again).
We had success one year, when the skip
came good about 10pm, surprising, but it was good that we actually got to chat
on the radio.
The website link is actually www.mrc.cat.net.au i was close, but missed
the .au
Thanks for the reply, I will update the
website and give you a call on Skype.
My Skype address is Tony355, hope to chat with you soon.
Tony
From:mtradiochallenge@... [mailto:mtradiochallenge@...] On Behalf Of Pete
Knox Sent: Thursday, 2 July 2009 8:28
PM To:mtradiochallenge@... Subject: Re: [mtradiochallenge]
MRC 2009 in less than 5 months
Hi Tony, will be activating the Log Dump at the
Barrington Tops for the MRC 2009. My skype id is pete43se144 . I'm going for my
Foundation Exams in a fortnights time, so if there are going to be other bands
used, I'll be able to work them. I'll email you more details later.
by the way, I clicked on the MRC url & keep getting redirected to some
other site, called OXIDE SEARCH.
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 12:23 AM, Tony <tony@....au> wrote:
Hello All,
Its now less than 5 months until MRC2009 (Nov 28th), and I have been chatting
to a few of you about it, including some new people. I've made a few updates to
the website at www.mrc.cat.net
MRC 2010 will be our 20th year Anniversary, and as such Im keen to make it the
biggest MRC ever. MRC 2009 will be a good opportunity to try something new, in
preperation for next year. It may also be a time to try something low key,
saving your efforts for 2010.
Id like to get things moving, so can you please let me know if you'd like to
participate this year, and your preferred location. We can start to create the
chain for the message, or consider opportunities that new locations &
people, may present.
It has been suggested we could benefit from a regular (ie monthly / fortnightly
/ weekly) online discussion. Can you let me know you preference in applications
such as; Skype, PalTalk, eQso which all have multi user chat capabilities.
Please reply so we can get started on MRC2009.
Thanks
Tony vft355
--
Good DX & 73 de 43SE144, Pete
Co-Founder & Oceania Coordinator/Director
Sierra Echo International 11m DX Group
Hi Tony, will be activating the Log Dump at the Barrington Tops for the MRC 2009. My skype id is pete43se144
. I'm going for my Foundation Exams in a fortnights time, so if there are going to be other bands used, I'll be able to work them. I'll email you more details later.
by the way, I clicked on the MRC url & keep getting redirected to some other site, called OXIDE SEARCH.
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 12:23 AM, Tony <tony@...> wrote:
Hello All,
Its now less than 5 months until MRC2009 (Nov 28th), and I have been chatting to a few of you about it, including some new people. I've made a few updates to the website at www.mrc.cat.net
MRC 2010 will be our 20th year Anniversary, and as such Im keen to make it the biggest MRC ever. MRC 2009 will be a good opportunity to try something new, in preperation for next year. It may also be a time to try something low key, saving your efforts for 2010.
Id like to get things moving, so can you please let me know if you'd like to participate this year, and your preferred location. We can start to create the chain for the message, or consider opportunities that new locations & people, may present.
It has been suggested we could benefit from a regular (ie monthly / fortnightly / weekly) online discussion. Can you let me know you preference in applications such as; Skype, PalTalk, eQso which all have multi user chat capabilities.
Please reply so we can get started on MRC2009.
Thanks
Tony vft355
-- Good DX & 73 de 43SE144, Pete Co-Founder & Oceania Coordinator/Director Sierra Echo International 11m DX Group
Hello All,
Its now less than 5 months until MRC2009 (Nov 28th), and I have been chatting to
a few of you about it, including some new people. I've made a few updates to
the website at www.mrc.cat.net
MRC 2010 will be our 20th year Anniversary, and as such Im keen to make it the
biggest MRC ever. MRC 2009 will be a good opportunity to try something new, in
preperation for next year. It may also be a time to try something low key,
saving your efforts for 2010.
Id like to get things moving, so can you please let me know if you'd like to
participate this year, and your preferred location. We can start to create the
chain for the message, or consider opportunities that new locations & people,
may present.
It has been suggested we could benefit from a regular (ie monthly / fortnightly
/ weekly) online discussion. Can you let me know you preference in applications
such as; Skype, PalTalk, eQso which all have multi user chat capabilities.
Please reply so we can get started on MRC2009.
Thanks
Tony vft355
Hello All,
I have updated the website (www.mrc.cat.net.au) to show locations of some groups
who have contacted me regarding the MRC this year.
It seems that every second year is a low key event, compared to the previous
year. This year may be that low key event, and an opportunity to try a new
location, or introduce something new.
Please note that MRC 2010 will be our 20th anniversary, so Im hoping to make it
our biggest year ever, hopefully extending our challenge into NSW.
Please let me know if you're keen to participate again this year, and from what
location. I will post again in about a month, and hope to do some updates to
the website during this time.
Welcome to Greg, who recently joined, and is active on the aurfscan forum.
Thanks
Tony VFT355
tony@...
MSN: tonyvft355@...
It looks like the weather will be a
challenge for us this weekend, although I hear that the low pressure should be
in East Vic by Saturday evening.
Earlier predictions forecast lightning in Sth Gippsland, but that seems to have
changed, so Im not sorry worried now.
Either way can I suggest we’re all
prepared for a cool weekend, and maybe a few extra ropes and pegs to hold the
antennae steady.
Those lucky enough to be in caravans have
nothing to worry about, and I know my tent is good and sturdy to keep my team
and radios dry, should we be forced to seek shelter.
Hope the weather is forgiving for
all. It’s a contrast to last year when we were concerned about
fires and hot weather.
Mat Farrington wrote:
> Great skip again now. Nothing closer than Brisbane though. I'm
> scanning channels listing out for QTHs. Not sitting on any channel.
Skip gone.
This will be a challenge indeed if its
still running like that on the 29th Nov, might have difficulty in
getting the message through.
We’ll have to wait and see what
happens.
What time are you heading down the
mountain.
I have sent this email to Chris 471,
suggested he give you a call some time
Tony
From:
mtradiochallenge@...
[mailto:mtradiochallenge@...] On
Behalf Of Mat Farrington Sent: Monday, 17 November 2008
9:17 PM To:
mtradiochallenge@... Subject: [mtradiochallenge]
17-Nov-08 - Exceptionally Good Skip
Skip was
running the best I've heard it in ages. TAS, WA, SA, Northern
NSW and VIC booming in. Started to fall over a bit by 9pm. Still
okay
by recent standards. Still monitoring.
Anyone want to give it a try on Ch.27USB some evening during the week?
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Skip was running the best I've heard it in ages. TAS, WA, SA, Northern
NSW and VIC booming in. Started to fall over a bit by 9pm. Still okay
by recent standards. Still monitoring.
Anyone want to give it a try on Ch.27USB some evening during the week?
Yes I’ve spoken with Deno who runs an eQSO node in Gippsland, Vic, he
will be moving his node to the Spec Events room for the MRC, would you be
interested in doing similar with your node?
At least that way we’ll be able to
chat if the skips not running.
To be honest we usually hope the skip isn’t
to strong, as it can sometimes over-run comms between local stations.
Typically my longest ground wave contacts
are at night, when the noise drops to 0 you can have a good chat with someone
with a strength of a 1, if the noise during the day is 3, you’ve got no
chance.
Let me know if you’d be keen to add your
node to this room as well, and what times you’d be prepared to do this.
Thanks
Tony
From:mtradiochallenge@... [mailto:mtradiochallenge@...] On Behalf Of Ray Stockdale Sent: Tuesday, 11 November 2008
11:15 AM To:mtradiochallenge@... Subject: [mtradiochallenge] Re:
2008 MRC.
Hi Tony and all in the group.
I've been trying to arrange someone up here in Maryborough, Queensland to go mountain-topping
for 2008 MRC.
So far I've had no success but there will be a couple of stations
monitoring which ever frequencies are to be used. Please advise.
As we have an active e-QSO gateway here, I'm thinking that some form
of feed could be put into the SPEC EVENT Room as we have done for the
Human powered vehicle Enduro up here and JOTA.
You'll usually find me, MB 261, in the UHF CB room, or via AU4MBO-L
in the QLD room.
Good luck to all who participate in 2008 MRC.
73. Ray
--- In mtradiochallenge@yahoogroups.com.au,
"Tony" <tony@...> wrote:
>
> Hello Pete,
> Thanks for the reply, Im hoping you get this message, as Im keen to
> talk to you further to try to arrange a link from Mt Canobolas to
> Barrington
Top Flats. Alternatively, can i get contact details for
Kerry.
> Tony
>
>
>
> --- In mtradiochallenge@yahoogroups.com.au,
"Pete" <43SE144@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all, sorry for being late with my reply, as I've been busy
moveing
> > to a new home location, 10km NW of Gloucester. Both Kerry & I
will be
> > active from the BarringtonTopsNational
Park again.
> >
> > This will be the last time I'll be using the web from my parents
> > place, as I'm disconnecting the Bigpond servicee from here &
putting
> > on Satelite Broadband from my new location. It should be hooked
up in
> > the next couple of weeks, hopefully intime before the MRT.
> >
> > Mike, WW44 from Burnie Tas, will be monitoring the frequencies
from
> > his home QTH, plus a couple of lads from the Newcastle region
will be
> > active also, (I've given them the URL of the MRC website).
> >
> > Next year I'd like to be more involved with the MRC, trying to get
> > some northen links established.
> >
> > Good luck to all involved in the 2008 MRC.
> >
> > Good DX & 73 de 43SE144, Pete
> > Co-Founder & Oceania Coordinator/Director
> > Sierra Echo International 11m DX Group
> >
> > http://43sierraecho144.tripod.com
> > ******************************************
> > http://sierraecho11mdx.forumwise.com
> > **********************************************
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierraechodxgroup/
> > **********************************************
> > http://sierraecho11mdx.tripod.com/
> > **********************************************
> > http://360.yahoo.com/unit144aus
> >
>
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Hi Ray,
Mat on Mt Ginini (ACT/NSW Brindabellas) here.
You'll get me on skip if it's running.
(Rocky region and Hobart region both seem to be coming through
semi-reliably for me at the moment.)
Ray Stockdale wrote:
> I've been trying to arrange someone up here in Maryborough,
> Queensland to go mountain-topping for 2008 MRC.
>
> So far I've had no success but there will be a couple of stations
> monitoring which ever frequencies are to be used. Please advise.
>
> As we have an active e-QSO gateway here, I'm thinking that some form
> of feed could be put into the SPEC EVENT Room as we have done for the
> Human powered vehicle Enduro up here and JOTA.
>
> You'll usually find me, MB 261, in the UHF CB room, or via AU4MBO-L
> in the QLD room.
>
> Good luck to all who participate in 2008 MRC.
>
> 73. Ray
Hello Ray,
Thanks for the reply.
We have a few people who will be on air from Queensland, mainly Brisbane and
south. Obviously contact to these will only be possible if the skip is running,
not however that the preferred message relay method is via groundwave contact.
Its always been a long term objective to relay the message to Queensland,
perhaps we can aim to this for next year. I think I'll need to allocate someone
to co-ordinate Queensland, would you be interested?
Dean from Gippsland is involed in MRC this year, and has an eQSO node in that
area. There are a few eQSO nodes I think I'll be able to access, hence we have
changed from our usual Ch26 to Ch27 for this year. I'll talk to you about
eQSO, on eQSO sometime soon.
More details at www.mrc.cat.net.au Pls note details will change so make sure you
check the website a couple of days before the event.
Tony
-----Original Message-----
From: Ray Stockdale <vk4tpt@...>
Sent: Tuesday, 11 November 2008 11:15 AM
To: mtradiochallenge@...
Subject: [mtradiochallenge] Re: 2008 MRC.
Hi Tony and all in the group.
I've been trying to arrange someone up here in Maryborough,
Queensland to go mountain-topping for 2008 MRC.
So far I've had no success but there will be a couple of stations
monitoring which ever frequencies are to be used. Please advise.
As we have an active e-QSO gateway here, I'm thinking that some form
of feed could be put into the SPEC EVENT Room as we have done for the
Human powered vehicle Enduro up here and JOTA.
You'll usually find me, MB 261, in the UHF CB room, or via AU4MBO-L
in the QLD room.
Good luck to all who participate in 2008 MRC.
73. Ray
--- In mtradiochallenge@..., "Tony" <tony@...> wrote:
>
> Hello Pete,
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