Graeme, VK3CDO, is a friend from the Macedon Ranges Amateur Radio Club. He often shares his knowledge of bushcraft and this weekend we headed off to the Leanganook Campground in the Mount Alexander Regional Park. I took some wire, a squid pole and an UNUN to use with a KX3.
I had a few contacts and registered with POTA.app but really didn't spend much time at it. Enough to confirm that my unun allowed the radio to easily tune up the end fed wire. It was fairly cold and we spent some time, aside from chatting, cooking various delights. (Fried Spam in this case).
My tent worked out well but I'm glad I put a space blanket underneath as the ground was cold.
Graeme has some interesting skills, in particular, he appears to be able to make fire from almost nothing. First he used magnesium to get the fire going.
To top that, he used just a flint and a little piece of scorched cloth to quickly make fire.
It's a nice campsite with lots of space. Being a Friday night I didn't expect many other people but a few did turn up.
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