2023.
AUSTRALIA DAY CONTEST.
I took part in the 2023 Australia Day Contest. I made 68 QSOs on 40m and 20m SSB.
I came 1st in the Single Op Phone category.
I came 1st in the Single Op Phone category.
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VK5PAS - QSL CARDS RECEIVED
- AFGHANISTAN
- ALAND ISLANDS
- ALASKA
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- AMERICAN SAMOA
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- ANDAMAN ISLANDS
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- CHAGOS ISLAND
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- CHILE
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- CLIPPERTON ISLAND
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- CORSICA
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- DENMARK
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- FALKLAND ISLANDS
- FAROE ISLANDS
- FIJI
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- FRENCH POLYNESIA
- GABON
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- GEORGIA
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- GREECE
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- GRENADA
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- LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS
- LAOS
- LATVIA
- LEBANON
- LESOTHO
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- LORD HOWE ISLAND
- LUXEMBOURG
- MACAO
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- MADAGASCAR
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- MALAWI
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- MARION ISLANDS
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- MARTINIQUE
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- NICARAGUA
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- NIGERIA
- NIUE
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- NORTH COOK ISLANDS
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- OGASAWARA
- OMAN
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- PALAU
- PALESTINE
- PALMYRA & JARVIS ISLANDS
- PANAMA
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- PARAGUAY
- PERU
- PHILIPPINES
- PITCAIRN ISLAND
- POLAND
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- PUERTO RICO
- QATAR
- REUNION ISLAND
- RODRIGUES ISLAND
- ROMANIA
- ROTUMA
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- SAMOA
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- THE GAMBIA
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- VANUATU
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- VIETNAM
- VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH)
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WORLD WIDE FLORA & FAUNA (WWFF)
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- VKFF Activation Weekend
- VKFF Team Championship
- Top VKFF Activator
- Top VKFF Hunter
- Top WWFF Activator
- WWFF QSL cards received
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- My WWFF videos >
- Other activators - videos
- Activations with other amateurs
- My favourite activations
- DX CONTACTS
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SUMMITS ON THE AIR (SOTA)
- Getting started in SOTA
- How do summits qualify?
- What is prominence?
- Activation zone
- Tips for activators
- Tips for Chasers
- Australia's mountains & elevation
- Accessing private property
- Keeping land owners happy
- SOTA in South Australia (VK5)
- My SOTA activities
- My SOTA certificates
- My SOTA QSL cards
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- HEMA
- GLOBAL MOUNTAIN ACTIVITY GROUP
- KEITH ROGET MEMORIAL NATIONAL PARKS AWARD
- ISLANDS ON THE AIR (IOTA)
- BEACHES ON THE AIR (BOTA)
- SILOS ON THE AIR (SiOTA)
- ILLW - LIGHTHOUSE WEEKEND
- MILLS ON THE AIR
- AWARDS
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- SIGNAL REPORTS
- WORKING DX
- PROPAGATION
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- QSL CARD CHECKING
- 28 MHZ, 10 METRE BAND
- 6M, THE MAGIC BAND
- 15M BAND
- DIGITAL MODES
- VHF/UHF
- MORSE CODE - CW
- WSPR
- APRS
- IRLP
- AMATEUR SATELLITES
- QRP
- ANTENNAS & BALUNS
- COAX
- CONNECTORS
- BATTERIES
- PORTS
- TOWERS
- VSWR
- OSCILLOSCOPES
- ELIMINATING NOISE
- OVER THE HORIZON RADAR
- RUSSIAN WOODPECKER
- NETS
- QRZ.com
- QRZCQ
- ACMA
- WIRELESS INSTITUE OF AUSTRALIA (WIA)
- RASA
- ALARA
- WOMEN IN AMATEUR RADIO
- VK5MAZ MARIJA - MY WIFE
- WELL KNOWN AMATEURS
- HAMS I HAVE MET
- SILENT KEYS
- BELGIUM 2014
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SHORT WAVE LISTENING (SWL)
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- What is a QSL card?
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- Useful websites
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- Amateur Radio Awards
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- DX Guides
- Latin American DXing
- TECSUN
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SHORT WAVE BROADCAST STATIONS
- 4KZ INNISFAIL, QUEENSLAND
- ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO
- AFRICAN PATHWAYS
- ALL INDIA RADIO
- ARMED FORCES RADIO & TV NETWORK
- AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION - ABC
- BANGLADESH BETAR
- BAY ISLANDS RADIO
- BBC WORLD SERVICE
- BEIBU BAY RADIO, CHINA
- BIBLE VOICE BROADCASTING
- CFRX TORONTO, CANADA
- CHINA HUYAI BROADCASTING CORPORATION
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- CHINA NATIONAL RADIO CNR6
- CHINA NATIONAL RADIO, CNR7 THE GREAT BAY
- CHINA NATIONAL RADIO, CNR8
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- CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL
- DEUTSCHE WELLE
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- ECHO OF HOPE, SOUTH KOREA
- ECHO OF UNIFICATION
- FEBA RADIO INDIA
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- FEBC RADIO INTERNATIONAL
- FURUSATO NO KAZE, JAPAN
- GHANA BROADCASTING CORPORATION
- HCJB, ECUADOR
- HOPE RADIO PALAU
- KARI NATIONAL RADIO
- KBS WORLD RADIO, SOUTH KOREA
- KHBI, SAIPAN
- KNLS ALASKA
- KOL ISRAEL
- KOREAN CENTRAL BROADCASTING STATION KCBS
- KSDA ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO
- KTWR, GUAM
- KYOI, SAIPAN
- MASHAAL RADIO
- MYANMAR RADIO
- NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMMISSION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
- NATIONAL UNITY RADIO, SOUTH KOREA
- NHK WORLD, JAPAN
- NIHON SHORTWAVE BROADCASTING CORP, JAPAN
- NIPPON NO KAZE
- NORTH KOREA REFORM RADIO
- PAKISTAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION
- PEACE AND PROGRESS, RUSSIA
- PEOPLES BROADCASTING STATION GANNAN
- PEOPLES BROADCASTING STATION HULUN BUIR
- PEOPLES BROADCASTING STATION QINGHAI, CHINA
- PEOPLES BROADCASTING STATION XINJIANG
- PEOPLES BROADCASTING STATION XIZANG, CHINA
- PYONGYANG BROADCASTING STATION
- RAADIYYONI DIREE SHAGGAR
- RADIO AFGHANISTAN INTERNATIONAL
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- RADIO AUSTRALIA
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- RADIO BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
- RADIO BULGARIA
- RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL
- RADIO CHANNEL 292
- RADIO DABANGA
- RADIO DAP LOI SONG NUI
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- RADIO EDUCACION, MEXICO
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- RADIO EXTERIOR DE ESPANA
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- RADIO FOR PEACE INTERNATIONAL
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- RADIO MARTI
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- SOUND OF HOPE, CHINA
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