Navigation is easy, just follow the signs from Coonabarabran. Approaching the mountain. The large Anglo-Australian telescope visible. Note how close the recent bushfires came to the observatory!
Drove to the observatory car park.
Walked up to see if I could walk to Mt Woorut trig, a sign indicated no public access...
Mt Woorut is listed as 1155 m. Checked the GPS height at the top of the car park, 1136 m so within the activation zone.
Set up on the top picnic table, using the fence for squid pole support
Dipole legs along the fence
No sooner had I set up than 2 of the staff wandered over and asked what I was doing. They were concerned about radio interference. Advised operating HF only and wouldn't be long, about a half hour. They seemed happy with this. Got on 40 m, signals well down on most stations, VK2CCJ about the strongest, VK3s quite weak. Only made 7 contacts, and electrical noise started up, figured good time to leave...
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