QRZ.com offer a number of different awards.  Each certificate costs around the @20.00 dollar mark for QRZ subscribers and $25.00 for non subscribers.  A few weeks ago I applied for the DX World Award which is issued for successfully making contact with at least one hundred different countries.

This afternoon I received my latest Global Activator certificate for the World Wide Flora Fauna (WWFF) program.  It was issued for activating 121 different WWFF reference areas.

Many thanks to Pit YO3JW, the WWFF Global Awards Manager.

Following on from our recent trip around South Australia, fellow WIA Director Andrew VK6AS and I have the following talks planned on current issues surrounding the Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA):

• Perth, WA.
  • 2.30 p.m. Saturday 22nd October 2016
  • Bassendean Seniors & Community Centre, 50 Old Perth Road, Bassendean WA
• Albury/Wodonga area
  • Monday 14th November 2016.
  • venue/time to be announced.
• Frankston & Mornington Peninsula Amateur Radio Club (FAMPARC).
  • 2.00 p.m.  Tuesday 15th November 2016
  • FAMPARC clubrooms, located at the south side of the school grounds of Cornish College, Patterson Lakes/Bangholme, VIC
  • 12.30 p.m. BBQ (sponsored by Gippsland Gate Radio Electronics Club) followed by the talk.
• Eastern & Mountain Districts Radio Club (EMDRC)
  • 8.00 p.m. Tuesday 15th November 2016
  • EMDRC clubrooms, located at 13a McCubbin Street, Burwood, VIC
  • 6.30 p.m. BBQ, followed by the talk
• Geelong Amateur Radio Club
  • 10.30 a.m. Wednesday 16th November 2016
  • Geelong ARC clubrooms, Storrer Street, Geelong, VIC

We hope to get to other States, finances and time pending.