WIA VHF UHF Winter Field Day Contest 2021 Summary from VK7HH

 here is a short video (almost 7minutes) produced by Hayden VK7HH from up on top of Mt.Wellington next to Hobart, in Tasmania. 

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I was just up at Mt.Wellington a few months ago,  the trap with going up there is the weather can change so fast, we were in Hobart and it was sunny, we drove up the top  of Mt. Wellington, 30 minute drive and straight into cloud that just swept in and smothered the top of the mountain.

Regardless, I still have it on my bucket list, to go back to VK7 (via the ferry from Melbourne to Devonport) to do one of these VHF/UHF/SHF contests  portable from VK7, as Tasmania has so many damned good mountain sites (clear of trees and accessible by vehicle)  to run VHF, UHF and above, as portable station.

visit to REAST club site, Queens Domain, Hobart, Tasmania

 while driving up to the Queens Domain lookout in Hobart, stumbled onto the REAST club site, and Tas Marine Radio operations site, formerly the Commonwealth coastal Wireless Station site.

Just near this site is the city water reservoir storage, two massive concrete tanks,  up high, you can park near them, you can walk on the roof (thick concrete slab) you could take some portable microwave gear here to work across to sites like Mt.Nelson  to do your 10 GHz  up to  122GHz  contacts, the concrete slab is surrounded by heavy duty railing, so easy to lash up a small  lightweight mast for smallish 2metre yagi, or 70cm yagi., solar panel, battery,  portable operation. Easy done.