Beautiful trees and scenery at Norfolk Island

Beautiful trees and scenery at Norfolk Island

Beautiful trees and scenery at Norfolk Island

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The 2m and 6m antennas just fitting between two units of the accommodation used at VK9NA. The 6m antenna was the only one for that band. The 2m antenna was a backup to the Mt Pitt and other sites and was used several mornings for meteor scatter contacts. vk9na.com

View from Mt Pitt More about the VK9NA VHF Dxpedition About amateur radio in Australia

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Antennas ready for final assembly on Mt Pitt. The yagis were partly assembled on the concrete at the hotel, then transported in sections inside the Honda van to Mt Pitt. More about the VK9NA VHF Dxpedition About amateur radio in Australia

Another view from Mt Pitt. This is the easterly view. Some houses can be seen on the right and they are part of the Burnt Pine township, which is the main town area on Norfolk Island. More about the VK9NA VHF Dxpedition About amateur radio in Australia

Some comms gear at Mt Pitt, Norfolk Island. TV and FM radio transmissions are from this site too.

Another direction from Mt Pitt on Norfolk Island

From Mt Pitt, overlooking Burnt Pine the main township area on Norfolk Island vk9na.com

The 2m and 70cm antennas on their mast at Mt Pitt, mounted on a 6m aluminium mast in three sections. Rotation manual, direction controlled by two guy ropes due to the windy conditions this year. We left these antennas up like this overnight and each morning when we arrived onsite I was mildly surprised (but relieved) to find it all still upright and safe. When the wind became too high for comfort we dismantled this mast and took the antennas down to the lower site where the EME antenna had been taken. After setting up the antenna at the new site we were amazed to hear and work Rex VK7MO on 2m, whose signal burst through the speaker almost the second we connected the cable to the radio. See vk9na.com

Part of the station being assembled at Mt Pitt vk9na.com

The FT817 was monitoring 144.100 for any signals. During a 20 minute period, several pings were received from a station transmitting our way from the Port Macquarie area and a full callsign VK2AMS was received. As this little radio outputs only 5 watts and there were no power amplifiers connected yet, there was no option to return the call yet. vk9na.com

Michael, Kevin and Alan setting up radios and testing laptop connections for digital modes. The shelter was constructed from two tarps which were attached to the wire fence using cable ties and ropes. More about the VK9NA VHF Dxpedition About amateur radio in Australia