Here are the latest QSL cards received for myself and Marija VK5MAZ during the past week.

Yesterday I received the following QSL card from WWCR in the USA for my reception of their station on 5th February 2022 on 5935 kHz.

Yesterday (Sunday 31st July 2022) was National Tree Day. The VKFF Team had organised a special day to celebrate National Tree Day, with a special certificate on offer for all VKFF activators who activated a park.

Planet Ark’s National Tree Day started in 1996 and has grown into Australia’s largest community tree planting and nature care event. Each year about 300,000 people volunteer their time to become involved.

Since 1996, a total of 26 million trees have been planted by 5 million volunteers, with 10 million hours of time volunteered.

More information can be found at…….

https://treeday.planetark.org/

I headed out to my local park, the Bullock Hill Conservation Park VKFF-0873, which is located only a few kilometres from my home.

I spent about 4 hours in the park from 0400 – 0800 hours UTC. I operated on the 20, 40, & 80m bands. I made a total of 145 QSOs which included 17 x Park to Park contacts.

There was a nice little opening to the DX on 20m, with a total of 25 DX stations logged. The following DX countries were worked on 20m:-

• England
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Italy
• Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Poland
• Slovenia
• Spain
• USA

My Park to Park contacts were with the following:-

• 40M

• David VK5HYZ/p (Belair National Park VKFF-0022)
• Peter VK3PF/p (Traralgon South Flora Reserve VKFF-2465)
• Ross VK3NRB/p (Traralgon South Flora Reserve VKFF-2465)
• Paul VK2PCT/p (Yellomundee Regional Park VKFF-0558)
• Neil VK4HNS/p (Boomi Nature Reserve VKFF-2536)
• Garrick VK3GJG/p (Upper Beaconsfield Nature Conservation Reserve VKFF-2219)
• Scott VK4CZ/p (D’Aguilar National Park VKFF-0129)
• Gerard VK2IO/p (Rouse Hill Regional Park VKFF-2784)
• Mark VK4EMP/p (D’Aguilar National Park VKFF-0129)
• Peter VK3ZPF/p (Churchill National Park VKFF-0621)
• Mark VK4SMA/p (White Rock Conservation Park VKFF-1676)
• Scott VK4MGL/p (Spicers Gap Road Conservation Park VKFF-1651)

• 20M

• Scott VK4CZ/p (D’Aguilar National Park VKFF-0129)
• Peter VK3ZPF/p (Churchill National Park VKFF-0621)
• Scott VK4MGL/p (Spicers Gap Road Conservation Park VKFF-1651)
• Mark VK4EMP/p (D’Aguilar National Park VKFF-0129)
• Mark VK4SMA/p (VKFF-1676)

The weather was pretty average, and towards the end of the activation I had to escape to the vehicle. By the time it came to dismantle the antenna, the heavens had opened up and I was totally soaked. Fortunately it was a very short drive back home, and straight into a hot shower.

Thank you to everyone who called, and thank you to all of the VKFF activators who headed out to celebrate National Tree Day.

I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

1. VK5HYZ/p (Belair National Park VKFF-0022)
2. VK3PT pedestrian mobile
3. VK3PF/p (Traralgon South Flora Reserve VKFF-2465)
4. VK3NRB/p (Traralgon South Flora Reserve VKFF-2465)
5. VK3VIN
6. VK1CT
7. VK3BEL
8. VK3APJ
9. VK2PCT/p (Yellomundee Regional Park VKFF-0558)
10. VK4FW
11. VK5LA
12. VK3SQ
13. VK2HHA
14. VK4HNS/p (Boomi Nature Reserve VKFF-2536)
15. VK2PKT
16. Vk4HAT
17. VK7HOB
18. VK5IS
19. VK5FB
20. VK3KTO
21. VK3GJG/p (Upper Beaconsfield Nature Conservation Reserve VKFF-2219)
22. VK4CZ/p (D’Aguilar National Park VKFF-0129)
23. VK3DJC
24. VK2IO/p (Rouse Hill Regional Park VKFF-2784)
25. VK2HJW
26. VK2GJC
27. VK1DI
28. VK5YX
29. VK7ALB
30. VK5WVX
31. V K3UH
32. VK4EMP/p (D’Aguilar National Park VKFF-0129)
33. VK3QA
34. VK2PBC
35. VK3ZSC
36. VK5KLV
37. VK3ZPF/p (Churchill National Park VKFF-0621)
38. VK2EXA
39. VK5HS
40. VK2IE
41. VK5UK
42. VK5HYZ
43. VK3CMA
44. VK3AMO
45. VK3ACR
46. VK4HMI
47. VK3ZD
48. VK4SMA/p (White Rock Conservation Park VKFF-1676)
49. VK2FF
50. VK5FANA
51. VK3MTT
52. VK5XB
53. VK3BBB
54. VK2CCP
55. VK1AAF
56. VK3CAT
57. VK2YK
58. VK5BJE
59. VK5CZ
60. VK4MGL/p (Spicers Gap Road Conservation Park VKFF-1651)
61. VK2BAI
62. VK5KVA
63. VK7IAN
64. VK2LD
65. VK2CDB
66. VK3PCC
67. VK2MOP
68. VK3BVQ
69. VK2LEE
70. VK3XL
71. VK3YV
72. VK3MH
73. VK1RF
74. VK3HBR
75. VK5FUSE
76. VK4FDJL
77. VK2BDS
78. Vk4BXX
79. VK3UN
80. VK2LC
81. VK4CPS
82. VK5MAZ
83. VK2FBRU
84. VK2MI
85. VK3TET
86. VK7PSJ
87. VK3CWF
88. VK2XB/m
89. VK4PDX
90. VK6FARB

I worked the following stations on 20m SSB:-

1. VK5HAA
2. OH1MM
3. DL2ND
4. IK4POI
5. VK6NU
6. VK2HRX
7. OH1XT
8. KG5CIK
9. DL1EBR
10. VK4CZ/p (D’Aguilar National Park VKFF-0129)
11. F1BLL
12. ZL4NVW
13. DK2PP
14. VK4TJ
15. SP3HLM
16. F4GDZ
17. VK3ZPF/p (Churchill National Park VKFF-0621)
18. VK4MGL/p (Spicers Gap Road Conservation Park VKFF-1651)
19. VK4EMP/p (D’Aguilar National Park VKFF-0129)
20. VK4JM
21. IZ8EFD
22. VK5HS
23. F4HRM
24. EA4FLS
25. IW2NEI
26. VK2IJS
27. VK4SMA/p (White Rock Conservation Park VKFF-1676)
28. S58AL
29. IZ5JLF
30. IQ5MS
31. IW2BNA
32. G7C
33. PB2T
34. VK4HAT
35. F5IDJ
36. VK4DCM
37. VK4HIB
38. VK4WAY
39. F4GYG
40. SP5INQ
41. SP5HRX

I worked the following stations on 80m SSB:-

1. VK4PDX
2. VK2LEE
3. VK5MAZ
4. VK3VIN
5. VK5MSA
6. VK3GJG
7. VK3YV
8. VK3CWF
9. VK5BJE
10. VK2YK
11. VK5GA
12. VK3VEK
13. VK3BBB
14. VK3MTT

I received this QSL card recently from Unique Radio Australia via my radio club ARDXC.

Last weekend on Saturday I took part in the 2022 Trans Tasman Low Band Contest.

The Trans-Tasman contest, held on the 3rd weekend in July, aims to encourage Low Band activity between Australia and New Zealand. Only contest bands 160 80 and 40M are allowed with SSB, CW and Digital (RTTY OR PSK)

The contest starts at 0800 UTC and completes at 1400 UTC with three 2-hour blocks.

I made a total of 313 QSOs with a claimed score of 7776 points.

At about 1112 UTC on 9th July 2022, I tuned in to Voice of the People, SOUTH KOREA, broadcasting in the Korean language on 3930 kHz.

The broadcast was coming from the Kyonggi-do-Koyang 50kW transmitter in SOUTH KOREA.

The overall reception of the Voice of the People was fair.

Below is a short video showing my reception of the Voice of the People.

References.

1. Short Wave Info, 2022, https://www.short-wave.info/, viewed 9th July 2022.
2. Short Wave Schedule, 2022, https://shortwaveschedule.com/, viewed 9th July 2022.

At about 1052 UTC on 9th July 2022, I tuned in to Radio Tarma, PERU, broadcasting in the Spanish language on 4775 kHz.

The overall reception of Radio Tarma was poor.

Below is a short video showing my reception of Radio Tarma.

References.

1. Short Wave Info, 2022, https://www.short-wave.info/, viewed 9th July 2022.
2. Short Wave Schedule, 2022, https://shortwaveschedule.com/, viewed 9th July 2022.

At about UTC on 9th July 2022, I tuned in to Short Wave Australia, broadcasting in the English language on 4835 kHz.

The overall reception of Short Wave Australia was good.

The program consisted of classical music and 1920 music.

Below is a short video showing my reception of Short Wave Australia.

I also tried listening on their secondary frequency of 2310 kHz. Below is a video of reception on that frequency.

References.

1. Australian DX News, Edition No. 659, July 2022.

At about 1123 UTC on 26th June 2022, I tuned in to WTWW, USA, broadcasting in the English language on 9940 kHz.

The broadcast was coming from the Lebanon 100kW transmitter in Tennessee, USA.

The overall reception of WTWW was good.

Below is a short video showing my reception of WTWW.

References.

1. Short Wave Info, 2022, https://www.short-wave.info/, viewed 26th June 2022.
2. Short Wave Schedule, 2022, https://shortwaveschedule.com/, viewed 26th June 2022.

At about 1058 UTC on 26th June 2022, I tuned in to CNR2, broadcasting in the Chinese language on 11800 kHz.

The broadcast was coming from the Beijing 150kW transmitter in China.

The overall reception of CNR2 was good. There was interference from KBS World Radio broadcasting on 11795 kHz.

Below is a short video showing my reception of CNR2.

References.

1. Short Wave Info, 2022, <https://www.short-wave.info/>, viewed 26th June 2022.
2. Short Wave Schedule, 2022, <https://shortwaveschedule.com/>, viewed 26th June 2022.