Category Archives: Contesting

Harry Angel sprint 2019

Tonight was the annual running of the Harry Angel Sprint. I’ve participated in the contest a few times before, usually from a location away from the suburban noise. There had been a significant amount of rain recently and this always … Continue reading

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Activating VK3/VC-031, Arthur’s Seat

Last Saturday night was the annual QRP hours contest. This contest allows scoring only for contacts made using a transmitter of 5 Watts on the 80 m band. For this contest I also chose to activate SOTA summit VK3/VC-031 at … Continue reading

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Oceania DX contest and VK3SCG this weekend

This weekend I am heading up Gilwell Park to do more work on the VK3SCG JOTA station. We have progressed well over the past 18 months but there are still a few more things to be done. Last time we … Continue reading

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JMFD results, VK5 SOTA and hard drive recovery

The John Moyle Memorial Field Day was held back in late March, and this was also the day I got my FT817ND. For its first trip out I went up to Mt Beenak, a SOTA summit, and used the rig … Continue reading

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John Moyle Field Day results

Today I got the June 2012 issue of AR – the WIA’s monthly magazine. Inside the magazine this month are the results of the John Moyle Field Day contest I entered with my FT817ND from Mt Beenak. I placed third … Continue reading

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