Between Saturday, 13th September 2025, and Monday, 29th September 2025, I operated with the special event call of VI8POL to celebrate the 8th annual National Police Week in Australia.

Police Week is a celebration of Australia’s police. It includes National Police Remembrance Day, where we honour the 832 Australian police officers who have been killed on duty. It is also a time to remember police officers who have lost their lives through illness or other circumstances.

I made a total of 6,934 QSOs on 2, 5, 10, 15, 20, 40, & 80m SSB, AM, FT4, and FT8.

Below is a map showing my QSOs around the world.

• yellow – 80m
• green – 40m
• purple – 20m
• light blue – 15m
• purple – 10m
• dark blue – 6m
• red – 2m

I worked a total of 152 DXCC entities, and have qualified for DXCC.

• Alaska
• Angola
• Antarctica
• Antigua & Barbuda
• Argentina
• Aruba
• Asiatic Russia
• Australia
• Austria
• Azores
• Bahrain
• Balearic Islands
• Bangladesh
• Barbados
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Belize
• Benin
• Bosnia
• Botswana
• Brazil
• Bulgaria
• Cameroon
• Canada
• Canary Islands
• Chile
• China
• Christmas Island
• Colombia
• Corsica
• Costa Rica
• Crete
• Croatia
• Cuba
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Dodecanese
• Dominican Republic
• East Kiribati
• East Malaysia
• Ecuador
• England
• Estonia
• European Russia
• Faroe Islands
• Fed Republic of Germany
• Fiji
• Finland
• France
• French Guiana
• French Polynesia
• Georgia
• Ghana
• Greece
• Guam
• Guernsey
• Hawaii
• Honduras
• Hong Kong
• Hungary
• Iceland
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Ireland
• Israel
• Italy
• Jamaica
• Japan
• Jersey
• Kaliningrad
• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• Kyrgyzstan
• Latvia
• Lebanon
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Madeira Islands
• Maldives
• Malta
• Mauritius
• Mexico
• Micronesia
• Mongolia
• Montserrat
• Morocco
• Namibia
• Nauru
• Netherlands
• New Caledonia
• New Zealand
• Norfolk Island
• North Macedonia
• Northern Ireland
• Norway
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palestine
• Panama
• Peru
• Poland
• Portugal
• Puerto Rico
• Qatar Rep of Korea
• Reunion Island
• Rodriquez Island
• Romania
• Rwanda
• Saint Pierre & Miquelon
• Saint Vincent
• Samoa
• San Marino
• Sardinia
• Saudi Arabia
• Scotland
• Serbia
• Seychelles
• Sint Maarten
• Slovak Republic
• Slovenia
• Solomon Islands
• South Africa
• Spain
• Svalbard
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Taiwan
• Tajikistan
• Thailand
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates
• United States
• Uruguay
• Uzberkistan
• Vanuatu
• Venezuela
• Wales
• West Kiribati
• West Malaysia

I worked all 50 States in the USA. The last 2 States I logged were North Dakota and Montana. I have qualified for the Worked All States Award.

I worked 38 of the 40 Zones. Just Zones 2 and 34 eluded me, which are quite rare.

I worked all the Continents, and have qualified for the Worked All Continents Award.

The majority of my QSOs were on the 20m band, followed by 15m, and then 10m. There were some excellent openings on 15m on the long path into Europe and the United Kingdom.

The majority of my QSOs were on FT8. However, SSB was very close behind. I had some rather large pileups on 20m SSB & 15m SSB at times, having to resort to operating split frequency.

Below is a map showing my contacts into Europe.

Below is a map showing my QSOs into the USA.

Below is a map showing my QSOs into Japan.

Below is a map showing my contacts around Australia and in to New Zealand.

THANK YOU to everyone who called.

It was an honour to work dozens of serving and retired police officers around the world.

I am still awaiting the arrival of the VI8POL QSL cards. Once they are received, I will start sending out cards to those who have already sent me theirs.