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VK100AF in April 2021

Posted: 18 May 2021 02:19 AM PDT
https://vk5pas.org/2021/05/18/vk100af-in-april-2021/

On Friday 23rd April and Saturday 24th April 2021, Marija VK5MAZ and I had
use of the special event callsign of VK100AF, to celebrate the 100 year
anniversary of the Royal Australian Air Force.


We operated from home and also out in the field. All up we made a total of
303 QSOs into 27 different DXCC entities.
DXCC worked were as follows:-

AntarcticaAustraliaAustriaBelgiumCroatiaCzech RepublicEnglandEuropean
RussiaGermanyFranceGreeceHawaiiHungaryIsraelItalyJ apanNetherlandsNew
ZealandPolandPortugalRomaniaSpainSwedenSwitzerland Ukraine USAWake Island
The map below shows our contacts.


First in the log on the weekend was Marty VK4KC who was activating a park
for the World Wide Flora Fauna

(WWFF) program, the Currimundi Lake
Conservation Park VKFF-1522. My final contact was on Sunday evening with
Tim VK5AV.
There was a nice opening each day on 20m long path into Europe.


On Saturday morning Marija and I headed to Lake Albert and operated from
there for about 2 hours. Why Lake Albert? On the 3rd day of June 1942, an
Avro Anson, No. W2370, was on a training flight from No. 6 Service Flying
Training School at Mallalla. The crew on board lost their way in the
darkness and after circling the town of Meningie and Lake Albert for some
time, the aircraft finally crashed into Lake Albert. All four RAAF
personnel on board were killed. Marija and I logged 73 contacts at this
location.
More info on that specific activation can be found at..
https://vk5pas.org/2021/05/15/vk100f-at-lake-albert/


Over the 2 days we operated on 10, 15, 30, 40, & 80m SSB. An equal number
of contacts were made on 20m and 40m SSB.

10m 3 QSOs15m 1 QSO20m 138 QSOs40m 138 QSOs80m 23 QSOs
Just 3 QSOs were made on 10m into VK2 and VK5. And just one QSO on 15m
into VK2.

The most interesting QSOs over the weekend were with Paul VK0PD in
Antarctica on 40m, and Randy WW6RG/KH9 on Wake Island on 20m
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WWFF Activator Points Award certificates

Posted: 17 May 2021 09:03 PM PDT
https://vk5pas.org/2021/05/18/wwff-a...-certificates/

I have also received in recent weeks, two more WWFF Activator Points Award
certificates.
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WWFF Global Activator certificates

Posted: 17 May 2021 08:59 PM PDT
https://vk5pas.org/2021/05/18/wwff-g...-certificates/

I have also qualified for a couple of new WWFF Global Activator
certificates. Issued for having activated 286 and then 297 WWFF
references. Each of those activations have a minimum of 44 QSOs.
Thanks to all of the WWFF hunters and thanks to Friedrich DL4BBH.
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VKFF Activator Honour Roll 350

Posted: 17 May 2021 08:51 PM PDT
https://vk5pas.org/2021/05/18/vkff-a...nour-roll-350/

After my recent trip to the Riverland region of VK5, VK3, and VK2, and a
number of new park activations, I have qualified for another VKFF award.
It is the VKFF Activator Honour Roll 350 award, issued for having activated
a total of 350 different VKFF reference areas.
Thanks to all of the VKFF Hunters.