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Mallanganee Lookout - Bruxner Highway, Mallanganee, west of Casino, NSW (QG61JC)

Posted: 20 Jul 2022 08:52 PM PDT https://vk2kfj.blogspot.com/2022/07/mallanganee-lookout-bruxner-highway.html


on recent trip I found Mallanganee Lookout, it is just off the Bruxner Highway, near Mallanganee, which is west of Casino, NSW. The Grid location
is QG61JC, it is just over 400m ASL, not real high, compared to say the New England plateau, but what attracted me to this site is that it is easily accessible from the highway via short dirt track for normal car. the top
is almost clear of trees, it is a mountain so relatively unobstructed. I came across this site about 20 years ago and found it great for accessing distant repeaters, hence it could be useful for a VHF/UHF Contest,
without having to fight with trees.

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REAST - Ham Radio Conference and Expo - November 2022

Posted: 20 Jul 2022 08:30 PM PDT https://vk2kfj.blogspot.com/2022/07/reast-ham-radio-conference-and-expo.html


the Radio and Electronics Association of Southern Tasmania Inc (REAST) is holding an event on the Amateur Radio calendar ΓÇô the Tassie Ham Radio Conference & Expo to be held in Hobart at the University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay Campus on Saturday, 5th and Sunday 6th November, 2022 in Hobart,
Tasmania (VK7).
If you have the opportunity to take a vehicle across to Tasmania via the Spirit of Tasmania from Melbourne, then do it, do the conference weekend
and take a week to do a drive around Tasmania (and don't forget your
radios), I have done the drive tour around Tasmania and it is definitely worth it !! The VK7 VHF/UHF repeaters are located in excellent sites and
give great coverage across Tasmania. Plenty of accessible mountains across Tasmania to take weak signal gear and work DX back to the mainland.
Tassie Ham Radio Conference and Expo | Welcome to REAST

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