Vernon Conservation Park (VKFF-1669)

Only 10 minutes from Hervey Bay and only a couple of minutes from the main road this is a easy park to access and the dirt road to enter the park is just adequate for a standard car. 





















I setup around 100 metres into the park and there are plenty of large suitable trees so I used the golf ball and fishing line to raise the fan dipole and the 10 metre wire vertical.






















Contacts (prior to 00:00 UTC) 40 metres:

VK4CZ Scott

VK2IO Gerard


Contacts (post 00:00 UTC) 40 metres:

VK2IO Gerard

VK4CZ Scott

VK3PF Peter

VK4MJC Matt

VK4CAN Robert

VK4XD Jamie

VK3SQ Geoff

VK2VK Russell

20 Metres:

VK3SQ Geoff

VK3KTT Steve

VK2YK/5 Adam

VK5GA Adam

VK2IO Gerard

VK4CZ Scott

VK4FDJL Deryck



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