Paul SIMMONDS (VK5PAS)
  • Welcome
  • My life in amateur radio
  • What is amateur radio?
    • History of AR in Australia
    • Ham jargon
  • My Amateur Radio station
    • Standard licence conditions
  • My mobile station
  • My QSL Info
  • My QTH, Mount Barker
    • Mount Barker from years gone by
    • Bushfires
  • All about Australia
  • How big is Australia ?
  • South Australia
  • Amateur radio Videos
  • Portable operation
    • Antennas
    • Batteries/power sources
    • Bitx40
    • Logging contacts
    • Pedestrian mobile
    • Field Radio
    • Bicycle mobile
    • Great Outdoors Radio Club
  • Summits on the Air (SOTA)
    • What is prominence?
    • Activation zone
    • SOTA in South Australia (VK5)
    • My SOTA activities >
      • My SOTA certificates
      • My SOTA activation videos
    • Other info
    • Some of my SOTA videos
    • Global Mountain Activity Group
    • Summitsbase
    • Stone walls
    • Interesting sites
  • VK5 National & Conservation Parks Award
    • My VK5 Parks activities >
      • Activator >
        • 2013
        • 2014
        • 2015
        • 2016
        • 2017
      • Hunter >
        • 2013
        • 2014
        • 2015
        • 2016
        • 2017
      • Park to Park
      • Videos
  • KEITH ROGET MEMORIAL NATIONAL PARKS AWARD
    • My KRMNPA progress
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2015
    • 2014
    • 2013
  • WORLD WIDE FLORA & FAUNA (WWFF)
    • My WWFF activity
    • My WWFF videos
  • Farina trip 2015
  • Islands on the Air (IOTA)
  • Int Lighthouse & Lightship weekend
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2013
    • 2012
  • Kangaroo Island trip 2012
  • Norfolk Island 2016
  • AWARDS
    • WIA Presidents Commendation
    • 2017 WIA AGM Award
    • DXCC
    • Ted Powell Memorial DX Challenge
    • Italian Castles Award
    • VK Shires
    • Japan Awards
    • ANZAC Centennary Award
    • USA Counties Award
  • QSL CARD CHECKING
    • DXCC Card checker
    • Logbook of the World (LOTW)
    • CQ Awards
    • WIA Awards
  • CONTESTING
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2015
    • 2014
    • 2013
    • 2012
    • 2011
    • 2010
    • WIA Contest Champion
    • Freeze your Butt Off (FYBO)
  • QSL CARDS
    • My QSL Manager, Charles M0OXO
    • My QSL card printer
  • Hams I have met
  • 28 MHZ, 10 METRE BAND
    • Sporadeci E
    • 10m beacons
    • 10m repeaters
    • 10-10 International
    • 10m Contests
    • Videos
  • 6M, THE MAGIC BAND
  • VHF/UHF
  • Amateur satellites
  • Digital modes
  • Nets
  • SHORT WAVE LISTENING (SWL)
    • Audio files - Commercial broadcasters
    • Audio files - Amateur radio
  • Antennas
  • Interesting websites
  • Belgium 2014
  • Propagation
    • 2018
  • Signal reports
  • Russian woodpecker
  • Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA)
    • WIA AGM Hahndorf 2017
    • WIA AGM Norfolk Island 2016
    • WIA AGM Canberra 2015
  • Working DX
    • DX Code of Conduct
  • Mac users
  • Presentations & Events
    • 2017
    • Welcome to amateur radio symposium 2014
    • SOTA & PARKS Symposium 2014
    • SOTA & Parks practical day
  • QRZ.com
  • Special calls
  • BRL GATHERING
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2015
  • Police patch collecting
    • Australia >
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      • Australian Federal Police
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    • Niue
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    • Sri Lanka
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    • Torres Strait
    • United Kingdom
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      • Pennsylvania
      • Rhode Island
      • Tennessee
      • Texas
      • Virginia
      • Washington
      • Washington DC
      • Wisconsin
      • Wyoming
      • USA other
  • VK5FMAZ, my wife
    • VK5 Parks Award
    • WWFF
    • Keith Roget Memorial National Parks Award
    • SOTA
    • Other Awards
    • Contesting
  • Out and About in VK5
  • Weather
  • Family History
  • 4WDing
  • Photography
  • Bushwalking
  • Astronomy
  • Geocaching
  • Wood fired oven
  • Just for laughs
  • My favourite music
    • Jackson BROWNE
  • Interesting videos
  • Blog/Interesting info
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