The weekend just gone (Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd April 2016) saw the special activation weekend to celebrate the 3rd year anniversary of the VK5 National & Conservation Parks Award.
Firstly a huge thankyou to everyone who took part in the weekends event. I hope everyone who took park, whether that was either as a park activator, or a park hunter, had a great time.
I activated 6 different Conservation Parks down on the Fleurieu Peninsula south of Adelaide, and had a total of 602 QSOs.
I activated the following parks between Friday 1st and Monday 4th:-
- Yulte Conservation Park, 5CP-261 and VKFF-1128. Total of 53 contacts on 40m ssb & 20m ssb.
- Deep Creek Conservation Park 5CP-054 and VKFF-0780. Total of 158 contacts on 40m ssb & 20m ssb.
- Talisker Conservation Park 5CP-223 and VKFF-0790. Total of 121 contacts on 40m ssb, 20m ssb, & 15m ssb.
- Waitpinga Conservation Park 5CP-243 and VKFF-0940. Total of 113 contacts on 40m ssb, 20m ssb & 15m ssb.
- Eric Bonython Conservation Park 5CP-062 and VKFF-0877. Total of 100 contacts on 40m ssb, 20m ssb, & 15m ssb.
- Myponga Conservation Park 5CP-157 and VKFF-0921. Total of 57 contacts on 40m ssb, 20m ssb, & 15m ssb.
I will add some more photos and info here my WordPress site in the coming weeks.
I will also start compiling some stats re the weekend and will post those details here once complete.
Again, thanks to everyone who took part.
Hi Paul, a great effort and it is hard to imagine what 40m would be like without all of the activity. Oh no, I remember, quiet!
cheers
John D
VK5BJE
Hi John,
Thanks for being a part of the weekend. Down a bit in activator numbers this year, but still a terrific weekend. What was really pleasing, was that three VK5 Foundation operators went out for the very first time to activate a park.
Cheers,
Paul,
VK5PAS.
It certainly is a different band when you are away from the action!
Really sad I missed it.
Thanks for all the work Paul, and indeed all the activators and chasers.
Hope to be out and about next year.
Chris
VK4FR/P
Howdy Chris,
I will keep pushing the VK5 activators to try different bands. Unfortunately this is a common complaint and not just confined to parks and VK5. It is a problem amongst certain quarters of SOTA as well.
I almost always try 20m and 15m during my Parks and SOTA activations. The 15m band is a great band to give the VK2, VK4 & VK6 Foundations ops a chance.
Cheers,
Paul,
VK5PAS.