Some history – a number of Hobart stations had been testing out rigs and antennas on 23cm.  Just under 10 years ago in discussions at a REAST BBQ it was decided we should encourage this activity in some way.  The suggestion was that we run a 23 cm QSO party straight after the Broadcast each Sunday morning to see how that works out and explore how well the various stations can communicate and encourage the improvement of antennas and systems.  

On Sunday 6 December 2015, Murray VK7ZMS, operated from Mt Wellington and was the initial control station for the QSO party.  Operation was on FM on 1294.0 MHz and in general people  operated with horizontal polarization.  There was a wrap up of how this all worked out at the DATV night on 9 December 2015 and more activity was planned on 23 cm.  One option was that we can run a net by all beaming at Mt Wellington and continue each Sunday after the broadcast.  So those with 23 cm gear dusted it off and joined in.