Fitz challenge difficult profiles ..... if you were at these, you had your work cut out :-)
However- I think that the difficulty scale it was probably one point too high for you guys given the short setup time you all had.

And that is the pursuit of the hobby- to learn, experience, understand...... If we give everyone full scale signals, then nobody learns anything. Nobody learns to copy weak signals, ensure their antennas works, understand propagation variabilities, understands how to pick a signal behaviour based on the terrain around them.. etc.

It's surprising what you can do with 15W (the power at repeater antenna) . Yes, 15W !
75W next time.
Why does it work with 15W? - because the repeater, on the left, has a very good takeoff.

Issacs- Rendezvous Creek (more difficult due to the proximity of the immediate obstruction)


Issacs - Corin Forest


Issacs- Kangaroo Creek (corin dam)


issacs - Honeysuckle tracking stn


issacs - Orroral TS.


This is more difficult :

Mt Tennant to Kangaroo Creek

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