Two members of the Victorian Scout Radio & Electronics Service Unit will be again hiking the French Island National Park southeast of Melbourne to operate the scout callsign VK3SAT for the Keith Roget Memorial National Parks Award. Peter VK3ZPF and Matt VK2ADF will be active from Fairhaven camping ground on 7 and 8 January 2012.
The bands proposed are 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m and 10m using wire antennas.
The team will carry all of the gear in backpacks, riding the ferry across and hiking to the camp site.
VK3SAT hopes to make many contacts and will be QRV Saturday afternoon and evening and Sunday morning.
French Island is also part of the OC-136 IOTA group.
VK3SAT will attempt to keep the published schedule, but please understand thattheyhave limited battery capacity and are at the mercy of the weather.
Saturday 7 January 2012
Band Frequency Local UTC (7 Jan 2012)
10m 28.480 1300 0200
15m 21.200 1400 0300
20m 14.190 1500 0400
40m 7.100 1700 0600
40m 7.145 1930 0830
80m 3.610 2000 0900
Sunday 8 January 2012
Band Frequency Local UTC (7 Jan 2012)
80m 3.610 0800 2100
40m 7.100 0830 2130
20m 14.190 0900 2200
15m 21.200 0930 2230
10m 28.480 1000 2300
The SRESU is a service unit of the Scouts Australia, Victorian Branch. Established to provide radio and electronics related services for Scouts, the SRESU provides health and welfare communications for large Scouting activities, helps Scouts obtain amateur radio licences by running theory classes and examinations and is responsible for co-ordination of the annual event Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) and Jamboree On The Internet (JOTI) in Victoria.
The SRESU also participate in contests and field activities often using the VK3SAT callsign.
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