I will be attending the AGM and delivering a short presentation on the World Wide Flora Fauna (WWFF) program. See below….
The talk with have emphasis on the participation of Foundation operators, as this year, 2015, is the 10th anniversary of the Foundation licence here in Australia.
I would be very keen to hear from any Foundation operators who have been involved in the WWFF program, and also the VK5 Parks program. Please send me any comments to my email address at…..
Here are some results from the activation weekend for the 2nd year anniversary of the VK5 National & Conservation Parks Award, sponsored by the Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio Society.
The weekend was held on Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th March 2015.
There were a total of 111 park activations, and of those 81 were unique parks (in other words different parks). South Australia was well represented with parks being activated in the Far North, the South East, the Riverland, the Adelaide Hills, Kangaroo Island, the Adelaide metropolitan area, and the Yorke Peninsula.
Above:- Tom VK5EE and Col VK5HCF in the Big Heath CP in the South East
A total of 41 amateurs took part as activators. Below is a list of those who headed out into the field:-
Chris VK4FR/5
David VK5AAH
Andy VK5AKH
Tim VK5AV
Doc VK5BUG
Ian VK5CZ
Tom VK5EE
Alan VK5FAJS
Adrian VK5FANA
Gary VK5FGRY
Peter VK5FLEX
Bob VK5FO
Tom VK5FTRG
Norm VK5GI
Greg VK5GJ
Gordon VK5GY
Col VK5HCF
David VK5HDW
Geoff VK5HEL
David VK5KC
Andrew VK5KET
Peter VK5KX
Lesley VK5LOL
Bill VK6MBD
Matt VK5MLB
Andrew VK5MR
Nigel VK5NIG
David VK5NQP
Roy VK5NRG
Keith VK5OQ
Peter VK5PET
Mark VK5QI
Steve VK5SFA
Hans VK5YX
Tony VK5ZAI
Arno VK5ZAR
Greg VK5ZGY
Richard VK5ZRY
Paul VK5PAS
More than 3,000 QSOs were made by the activators all around Australia and throughout the world.
Above:- Greg VK5ZGY in the Martins Washpool CP
I would like to thank all the amateurs who took part in the weekend, both park activators and park hunters.
A special thanks to Tony VK3VTH/5 and Tim VK3MTB/5 who crossed the border to activate South Australian parks.
It was very pleasing to hear a number of first time park activators including Greg VK5GJ and Norm VK5GI, who activated parks on the Fleurieu Peninsula, and Roy VK5NRG who ventured out with David VK5KC.
Congratulations also to the five Foundation operators who took part as activators.
Above:- with Richard VK5ZRY in Point Davenport CP on the Yorke Peninsula.
Other notable mentions go to Chris VK4FR/5 who travelled over to Kangaroo Island, OC-and put a number of quite rare parks on air. Also to husband and wife team, Greg VK5ZGY amd Gabbie, who activated multiple parks in the South East.Many of the parks that were activated also qualified for the World Wide Flora Fauna (WWFF) program, with a number of activators taking advantage of the good conditions and working DX on 20m. They made many European, UK, and North American park hunters very happy.
More information on the VK5 Parks Award can be found at….
The talk with have emphasis on the participation of Foundation operators, as this year, 2015, is the 10th anniversary of the Foundation licence here in Australia.
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