2015

Oceania DX Contest

The Oceania DX Contest is one contest that I generally always enter into.  The Oceania DX Contest has been around since the mid 1930s and was known previously as the VK/ZL Contest.

In 2015 I entered the Single Operator Low Power All Band-Phone category and came 7th in Australia in that category with a total of 400 QSOs and a score of 144,333 points.
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  1. VK4LAT…………1,414,838 points.
  2. VK2BJ…………..600,779
  3. VK2IR…………..411,015
  4. VK4ADC……….210,806
  5. VK6DW………..198,008
  6. VK2NSS……….170,170
  7. VK5PAS………..144,333

The Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio Society (AHARS) sponsors two plaques for the Top VK5 in SSB and the Top VK5 in CW.

John Moyle Memorial Field Day

For the 2015 John Moyle Memorial Field Day, I headed to the Coorong National Park.
I made a total of 238 QSOs with a score of 476 points.

Joe VK3YSP came in 2nd position with 222 QSOs and 444 points.

​Tony VK3VTH came in 3rd position with 142 QSOs and 284 points.
More information can be found on my Wordpress site at.......

https://vk5pas.org/2015/03/23/coorong-np-and-the-john-moyle-field-day-2015/

ARRL Centennial Points Challenge

IARU HF Championships

I participated in the 2015 IARU HF Championship and entered in the Single Op, Phone Only, Low power category.  I ended up with a total of 174 QSO's (92 multipliers) with a score of 54,096 points.  I came first in Zone 59.

VK Shires Contest

The 2015 VK Shires Contest was held in June.  I was down at Mount Gambier for the South East Radio Group's annual convention/hamfest and the National Foxhunting championships.  But I did sneak in some time for the VK Shires.  I did a little bit of mobile operation on Saturday night and activated the Ewens Ponds Conservation Park on Sunday morning.  I made a score of 1,892 in the Single Operator All Band Rover High power section, and came  4th.