2022 Remembrance Day (RD) Contest

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I took part in the Remembrance Day (RD) Contest over the weekend. It also coincided with the very first sleepover of my little grandson Flynn. But thanks to my wife Marija, I got on air whenever possible.

I made a total of 812 QSOs with a claimed score of 974 points. Contacts were made on 20, 40, & 80m SSB.

The majority of my contacts were on the 40m band. The graph below shows my QSOs per band.

The graph below shows my contacts per State/Territory. The significant majority were into Victoria (VK3). It was really pleasing to get so many contacts into Western Australia (VK6).

Saturday afternoon on 20m was a write-off for the contest, as I was swamped with calls from Europe and UK, and worked a bit of a pile-up. Unfortunately, contacts outside of VK, ZL, & P29 do not count for the RD Contest.

The map below shows my contacts, both RD and DX contacts.

The map below shows my long path 20m contacts into Europe/United Kingdom on Saturday afternoon.

The map below shows my contacts around Australia and New Zealand during the contest. There was not a huge amount of ZL participation that I experienced. I logged 20 ZL contacts.

Whilst working VK and ZL on 40m on Saturday evening I was called by a station in Peru in South America. That was a real surprise.

Thanks to everyone who called. Although a long way off the leaders I had a lot of fun.

6 thoughts on “2022 Remembrance Day (RD) Contest”

    • Hi John,

      Flynn comes into the shack and listens. He is also very keen on the screen of the Yaesu FTdx101MP. It would be great if he does develop an interest. I will be encouraging him.

      73,

      Paul VK5PAS.

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  2. Hi Paul, the number that you give is the amount of years that you have been licensed. Does that mean continually or when you received your first callsign? There have been a few years where I was without a callsign due to health issues.
    Thanks in advance, Harry VK4TK.
    harryvk4tk@gmail.com

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    • Hi Harry,

      The RD rules state:-

      “For a single operator, the number of years you have been a licenced Ham. cFor example, if this is your 1st year as a ham then you will sign RS(T) 001. Round off to the nearest whole number. All zeros are not accepted.”

      I would not be counting years where you were unlicenced. Just add up the number of years that you have held a licence.

      73,

      Paul VK5PAS.

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      • Thanks Paul, they gives me the information required.
        Have fun stay safe and good contesting.
        De Harry VK4TK

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