Paul SIMMONDS (VK5PAS)
  • WELCOME
  • MY LIFE IN AMATEUR RADIO
    • WIA PRESIDENTS AWARDS
  • MY AMATEUR RADIO STATION
    • Standard licence conditions
    • My antennas
    • My previous antennas
    • My transceivers
    • My shack project
    • Old shack photos
    • My towers
    • ANTENNA/TX SWITCHER
    • Microphones
    • Communications receivers & scanners
    • My logging program
    • Rotators
    • CW equipment
    • BITX40
    • Other equipment
    • EMDRC Powerpole Dist Board Kit
  • VK5PAS - QSL CARDS RECEIVED
    • AFGHANISTAN
    • ALAND ISLANDS
    • ALASKA
    • ALBANIA
    • ALGERIA
    • AMERICAN SAMOA
    • AMSTERDAM & ST PAUL ISLANDS
    • ANDAMAN ISLANDS
    • ANDORRA
    • ANGOLA
    • ANGUILLA
    • ANTARCTICA
    • ANTIGUA & BARBUDA
    • ARGENTINA
    • ARMENIA
    • ARUBA
    • ASIATIC RUSSIA
    • AUSTRAL ISLAND
    • AUSTRALIA
    • AUSTRIA
    • AZORES
    • BAHAMAS
    • BAHRAIN
    • BALEARIC ISLANDS
    • BANGLADESH
    • BARBADOS
    • BELARUS
    • BELGIUM
    • BELIZE
    • BENIN
    • BERMUDA
    • BHUTAN
    • BOLIVIA
    • BONAIRE
    • BOSNIA
    • BOTSWANA
    • BRAZIL
    • BRUNEI
    • BULGARIA
    • CAMBODIA
    • CAMEROON
    • CANADA
    • CANARY ISLANDS
    • CAPE VERDE
    • CAYMAN ISLANDS
    • CHAGOS ISLAND
    • CHATHAM ISLANDS
    • CHILE
    • CHINA
    • CHRISTMAS ISLAND
    • CLIPPERTON ISLAND
    • COCOS KEELING ISLANDS
    • COLUMBIA
    • COMOROS
    • CONGO
    • CONWAY REEF
    • CORSICA
    • COSTA RICA
    • CURACAO
    • CUBA
    • CYPRUS
    • CZECH REPUBLIC
    • DENMARK
    • DJIBOUTI
    • DOMINICA
    • DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
    • EAST MALAYSIA
    • EASTER ISLAND
    • ECUADOR
    • EGYPT
    • EL SALVADOR
    • ENGLAND
    • ERITREA
    • ESTONIA
    • ETHIOPIA
    • EUROPEAN RUSSIA
    • FALKLAND ISLANDS
    • FIJI
    • FINLAND
    • FRANCE
    • FRENCH GUIANA
    • FRENCH POLYNESIA
    • GABON
    • GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
    • GEORGIA
    • GERMANY
    • GIBRALTAR
    • GREECE
    • GREENLAND
    • GRENADA
    • GUADELOUPE
    • GUAM
    • GUATEMALA
    • GUERNSEY
    • HAWAII
    • HEARD ISLAND
    • HONDURAS
    • HONG KONG
    • HUNGARY
    • ICELAND
    • INDIA
    • INDONESIA
    • IRAN
    • IRAQ
    • IRELAND
    • ISLE OF MAN
    • ISLE OF WIGHT
    • ISRAEL
    • ITALY
    • JAMAICA
    • JAPAN
    • JERSEY
    • JORDAN
    • JUAN FERNANDEZ
    • KALINIGRAD
    • KAZAKHSTAN
    • KENYA
    • KIRIBATI
    • KOREA
    • KOSOVO
    • KUWAIT
    • KYRGYZSTAN
    • LAOS
    • LATVIA
    • LEBANON
    • LESOTHO
    • LIECHTENSTEIN
    • LITHUANIA
    • LORD HOWE ISLAND
    • LUXEMBOURG
    • MACAO
    • MACEDONIA
    • MACQUARIE ISLAND
    • MADAGASCAR
    • MADEIRA
    • MALAWI
    • MALDIVES
    • MALI
    • MALTA
    • MARION ISLANDS
    • MARITIME MOBILE
    • MARKET REEF
    • MARSHALL ISLANDS
    • MARTINIQUE
    • MAURITANIA
    • MAURITIUS
    • MAYOTTE ISLAND
    • MEXICO
    • MICRONESIA
    • MOLDOVA
    • MONACO
    • MONGOLIA
    • MONTENEGRO
    • MONTSERRAT
    • MOROCCO
    • MOZAMBIQUE
    • MYANMAR
    • NAMIBIA
    • NAURU
    • NEPAL
    • NETHERLANDS
    • NEW CALEDONIA
    • NEW ZEALAND
    • NICARAGUA
    • NIGER REPUBLIC
    • NIGERIA
    • NIUE
    • NORFOLK ISLAND
    • NORTH COOK ISLANDS
    • NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
    • NORWAY
    • NORTHERN IRELAND
    • OGASAWARA
    • OMAN
    • PAKISTAN
    • PALAU
    • PALMYRA & JARVIS ISLANDS
    • PANAMA
    • PAPUA NEW GUINEA
    • PARAGUAY
    • PERU
    • PHILIPPINES
    • PITCAIRN ISLAND
    • POLAND
    • PORTUGAL
    • PRINCIPE ISLAND
    • PUERTO RICO
    • QATAR
    • REUNION ISLAND
    • RODRIGUES ISLAND
    • ROMANIA
    • ROTUMA
    • SAMOA
    • SAN ANDRES
    • SAN MARINO
    • SAUDI ARABIA
    • SCOTLAND
    • SENEGAL
    • SERBIA
    • SEYCHELLES
    • SINGAPORE
    • SLOVAK REPUBLIC
    • SLOVENIA
    • SOLOMON ISLANDS
    • SOMALIA
    • SOUTH AFRICA
    • SOUTH COOK ISLANDS
    • SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS
    • SOUTH SUDAN
    • SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA
    • SPAIN
    • SPRATLY ISLAND
    • SRI LANKA
    • ST BARTHOLOMEW
    • ST BRANDON ISLAND
    • ST HELENA ISLAND
    • ST KITTS
    • ST LUCIA
    • ST MAARTEN
    • SUDAN
    • SVALBARD
    • SWAINS ISLAND
    • SWAZILAND
    • SWEDEN
    • SWITZERLAND
    • TAIWAN
    • TAJIKISTAN
    • TANZANIA
    • THAILAND
    • THE GAMBIA
    • TIMOR
    • TOKELAU
    • TONGA
    • TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
    • TRISTAN DA CUNHA & GOUGH ISLAND
    • TUNISIA
    • TURKEY
    • TURKS & CAICOS
    • TUVALU
    • UKRAINE
    • UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
    • UNITED NATIONS
    • URUGUAY
    • USA
    • UZBEKISTAN
    • VANUATU
    • VENEZUELA
    • VIETNAM
    • VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH)
    • VIRGIN ISLANDS (USA)
    • WAKE ISLAND
    • WALES
    • WALLIS & FUTUNA
    • WESTERN SAHARA
    • WEST MALAYSIA
    • WILLIS ISLAND
    • ZAMBIA
    • ZIMBABWE
    • SWL cards
    • Special event QSL cards
    • My QSL Manager, Charles M0OXO
    • My QSL card printer
  • VK5PAS PORTABLE
  • VK5PAS MOBILE
    • VK5PAS MOBILE - QSL CARDS RECEIVED
    • VK5PAS MOBILE - EQSL CARDS RECEIVED
  • AX5PAS
    • Australia Day
    • ANZAC Day
    • AX5PAS QSL cards received
  • VK9PAS NORFOLK ISLAND
    • VK9PAS QSL CARDS RECEIVED
    • VK9PAS - EQSL CARDS RECEIVED
  • SPECIAL CALL SIGNS
    • VK80LAN
    • VK90ABC
    • VI100AF and VK100AF
    • VI100PEACE
    • VI5LWF
    • VK20HOME
    • VI9ANZAC
    • VI5ANZAC
    • VK100ANZAC
    • VK100ANZAC - Farina 2015
    • VI5MARCONI
    • VK5WOW & VI5WOW
    • VI50IARU3
    • VI70MI
  • VK5FPAS - MY OLD CALL
    • QSL CARDS RECEIVED - VK5FPAS
    • LETTERS RECEIVED - VK5FPAS
  • MY QSL INFO
  • MY QTH - ASHBOURNE
    • My property
    • ASHBOURNE HISTORICAL PHOTOS
    • Bushfires
    • Tour Down Under
    • Steam Ranger
    • STRATHALBYN
  • MY WORK QTH, MOUNT BARKER
    • Mount Barker summit
    • Mount Barker from years gone by
    • Classic Adelaide Rally
  • ALL ABOUT AUSTRALIA
    • How big is Australia ?
    • Melbourne Cup
  • SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    • Adelaide
    • South Australia icons
    • Superloop 500 car race
    • Bay to Birdwood
    • Adelaide Crows
    • Adelaide Oval
  • WHAT IS AMATEUR RADIO?
    • History of AR in Australia
    • Patron Saint of AR
    • How many amateurs are in Australia
    • Callsigns
    • UTC TIME
    • Phonetic alphabet
    • Making a successful QSO
    • Ham jargon
    • QRZ.com
    • Broadcasts
    • Boat anchors
  • PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS
  • AMATEUR RADIO VIDEOS
  • PORTABLE OPERATION
    • Antennas
    • Squid Poles
    • Tuner
    • Batteries/power sources
    • Bitx40
    • Other equipment
    • John Moyle Memorial Field Day
    • Beaches on the Air (BOTA)
    • Freeze your butt off
    • Field Radio
    • Great Outdoors Radio Club
    • Logging contacts
    • Fast Log Entry (FLE)
    • Pedestrian mobile
    • Bicycle mobile
    • Articles
    • Promotional material
  • MOBILE OPERATION
  • VK5 PARKS AWARD
    • CERTIFICATES
    • My VK5 Parks activities >
      • Activator >
        • 2019
        • 2018
        • 2017
        • 2016
        • 2015
        • 2014
        • 2013
      • Hunter >
        • 2017
        • 2016
        • 2015
        • 2014
        • 2013
      • Park to Park
    • Activations with other amateurs
    • Videos >
      • 2020
      • 2019
      • 2017
      • 2016
      • 2015
      • 2014
      • 2013
  • WORLD WIDE FLORA & FAUNA (WWFF)
    • My WWFF activity
    • VKFF Activation Weekend
    • VKFF Team Championship
    • DX certificates received
    • Top VKFF Hunter
    • Top Activator certificates
    • WWFF QSL cards received
    • My portable QSL cards
    • My WWFF videos >
      • 2020
      • 2019
      • 2018
      • 2017
      • 2016
      • 2015
      • 2014
      • 2013
    • Other activators - videos
    • Activations with other amateurs
    • My favourite activations
    • DX CONTACTS
  • 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
    • Certificates of Appreciation
    • My SOTA activation videos >
      • 2016
      • 2014
      • 2013
    • Other SOTA videos
    • DX SOTA contacts
    • Activations with other amateurs
    • SOTA QSL cards received
    • SOTA apps
    • Maps
    • Interesting websites
    • Presentations
    • Summitsbase
    • PEAKERY
    • Trig points
    • Stone walls
  • HEMA
    • HEMA VIDEOS
  • GLOBAL MOUNTAIN ACTIVITY GROUP
  • KEITH ROGET MEMORIAL NATIONAL PARKS AWARD
    • My KRMNPA progress
    • 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2015
    • 2014
    • 2013
  • ISLANDS ON THE AIR (IOTA)
    • Kangaroo Island trip 2012
    • Kangaroo Island 2013
    • Granite Island OC-228
    • Norfolk Island 2016
    • IOTA QSL cards received
    • VK IOTA
  • BEACHES ON THE AIR (BOTA)
  • SILOS ON THE AIR (SiOTA)
  • ILLW - LIGHTHOUSE WEEKEND
    • History of ILLW
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2013
    • 2012
    • Warburto Light
  • MILLS ON THE AIR
  • AWARDS
    • DXCC
    • New Zealand
    • QRZ.com Awards
    • eQSL Awards
    • WIA Awards
    • WIA Presidents Commendation
    • Digital mode awards
    • 2017 WIA AGM Award
    • Ted Powell Memorial DX Challenge
    • Italian Castles Award
    • VK Shires
    • Japan Awards
    • ANZAC Centennary Award
    • USA Counties Award
    • World Castles Award
  • CONTESTING
    • 2022
    • 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2015
    • 2014
    • 2013
    • 2012
    • 2011
    • 2010
    • WIA Contest Champion
    • Freeze your Butt Off (FYBO)
    • WARCA
  • TIPS ON MAKING A QSO
  • SIGNAL REPORTS
  • WORKING DX
    • DX Cluster
    • DX videos & audio
    • DX Code of Conduct
    • Interesting contacts
    • DX Contacts
    • Special Event stations
    • DX articles
  • PROPAGATION
    • Sunspot cycle
    • VOACAP
    • spaceweather.com
    • Space Weather Prediction Center
    • SPACE WEATHER WOMAN 2022
    • SPACE WEATHER WOMAN 2021
    • SPACE WEATHER WOMAN 2020
    • SPACE WEATHER WOMAN 2019
    • SPACE WEATHER WOMAN 2018
    • Propagation articles
    • BEAM HEADINGS
  • COLLECTING QSL CARDS
  • QSL CARD CHECKING
    • DXCC Card checker
    • Logbook of the World (LOTW)
    • CQ Awards
    • WIA Awards
  • 28 MHZ, 10 METRE BAND
    • Sporadic E
    • 10m beacons
    • 10m repeaters
    • 10-10 International
    • 10m Contests
    • 10m band Facebook pages
    • Videos
  • 6M, THE MAGIC BAND
  • 15M BAND
  • VHF/UHF
  • QRP
  • ANTENNAS & BALUNS
  • COAX
  • TOWERS
  • VSWR
  • OSCILLOSCOPES
  • ELIMINATING NOISE
  • OVER THE HORIZON RADAR
  • RUSSIAN WOODPECKER
  • MORSE CODE - CW
  • DIGITAL MODES
    • PSK31
  • AMATEUR SATELLITES
  • WSPR
  • APRS
  • IRLP
  • NETS
    • Triple H Net
  • QRZ.com
  • QRZCQ
  • ACMA
  • WIRELESS INSTITUE OF AUSTRALIA (WIA)
    • History
    • Callbook
    • WIA AGM Hahndorf 2017
    • WIA AGM Norfolk Island 2016
    • WIA AGM Canberra 2015
    • WIA National Field Day 2010
  • RASA
  • ALARA
  • WOMEN IN AMATEUR RADIO
  • VK5MAZ MARIJA - MY WIFE
    • QSL cards received
    • VK5 Parks Award
    • WWFF >
      • WWFF - Overseas
    • Keith Roget Memorial National Parks Award
    • SOTA
    • VK100AF and VI100AF
    • VK80LAN
    • MILLS ON THE AIR
    • BOTA
    • Silos On The Air (SiOTA)
    • Other Awards
    • Contesting
    • DL1DN QRP contact
    • Videos
  • WELL KNOWN AMATEURS
    • Florence Violet McKENZIE
  • HAMS I HAVE MET
    • Northern Corridor Group WA
  • SILENT KEYS
  • BELGIUM 2014
  • GET TOGETHERS
    • ANTENNAPALOOZA - 2017
    • SERG CONVENTION >
      • 2018
      • 2017
      • 2016
      • 2015
      • 2014
    • BRL GATHERING >
      • 2019
      • 2018
      • 2017
      • 2016
      • 2015
  • PRESENTATIONS & EVENTS
    • 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2015
    • 2014 >
      • SOTA & PARKS Symposium 2014
      • SOTA & Parks practical day
    • 2013
    • 2012
  • FACEBOOK PAGES
  • LETTERS RECEIVED
  • HAM PHOTOS
    • VK9JA Norfolk Island
  • QSL CARDS FROM FELLOW POLICE OFFICERS
  • AHARS
  • STRATHALBYN AMATEUR RADIO GROUP
  • PACIFIC DXers
  • OUT AND ABOUT IN VK5
  • SCHOOL RADIO CLUB
  • VKS-737 RADIO NETWORK
  • ANTIQUE RADIOS
    • AIRZONE N3102
    • AWA
    • HOTPOINT
    • KRIESLER 11-20A BAKELITE
    • MULLARD
    • RADIOLA
    • SCHARNBERG STRAUSS
    • STROMBERG CARLSON
    • HISTORICAL RADIO SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA
  • OLD COMMUNICATION RECEIVERS
  • SHORT WAVE LISTENING (SWL)
    • SHORT WAVE EXPLAINED - VIDEOS
    • Broadcast Listeners Licence
    • My SWL receivers
    • My SWL antennas
    • My SWL QSL cards
    • What is a QSL card?
    • Broadcast QSL cards received
    • Amateur radio QSL cards received - VK5003SWL
    • Amateur radio QSL cards received - SWL L50000
    • Amateur Radio Awards
    • Letters received - VK5003SWL
    • WIA membership
    • SWARL
    • ARDXC
    • NASWA Journal
    • DX Monitor
    • Southern Cross DX Club
    • Amateur radio videos
    • Broadcast station videos
    • Audio files - Commercial broadcasters
    • Audio files - Amateur radio
    • World of Radio
    • World Radio TV Handbook
    • FSL ANTENNA
    • SWL pages on the Internet
    • Documents
    • Newspaper articles
    • Other articles
    • New Zealand DX Times
    • DX Guides
    • Latin American DXing
    • TECSUN
  • 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 NATIONAL RADIO CNR2 BUSINESS RADIO
    • CHINA NATIONAL RADIO CNR6
    • CHINA NATIONAL RADIO, CNR7 THE GREAT BAY
    • CHINA NATIONAL RADIO, CNR8
    • CHINA NATIONAL RADIO CNR13
    • CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL
    • DEUTSCHE WELLE
    • DIMSTE WEYANE TIGRAY
    • ECHO OF HOPE, SOUTH KOREA
    • ECHO OF UNIFICATION
    • FEBA RADIO INDIA
    • FEBA RADIO PAKISTAN
    • 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
    • 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 STATIONQINGHAI, CHINA
    • PEOPLES BROADCASTING STATION XINJIANG
    • PEOPLES BROADCASTING STATION XIZANG, CHINA
    • PYONGYANG BROADCASTING STATION
    • RAADIYYONI DIREE SHAGGAR
    • RADIO AFGHANISTAN INTERNATIONAL
    • RADIO ALAZM
    • RADIO ALGERIENNE
    • RADIO AUSTRALIA
    • RADIO AUSTRIA INTERNATIONAL
    • RADIO AZADI
    • RADIO BAGHDAD, IRAQ
    • RADIO BEIJING, CHINA
    • RADIO BERLIN INTERNATIONAL
    • RADIO BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
    • RADIO BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
    • RADIO BULGARIA
    • RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL
    • RADIO DABANGA
    • RADIO DAP LOI SONG NUI
    • RADIO DEUTSCHEWELLE
    • RADIO EDUCACION, MEXICO
    • RADIO ETHIOPIA
    • RADIO EXTERIOR DE ESPANA
    • RADIO FARDA
    • RADIO FINLAND
    • RADIO FOR PEACE INTERNATIONAL
    • RADIO FOR THE PRINT DISABLED
    • RADIO FRANCE INTERNATIONAL
    • RADIO FREE ASIA
    • RADIO FREE EUROPE
    • RADIO FREE NORTH KOREA
    • RADIO HABANA, CUBA
    • RADIO IRAN INTERNATIONAL
    • RADIO JAPAN
    • RADIO KOREA
    • RADIO KUWAIT
    • RADIO MADANG, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
    • RADIO MANARA INTERNATIONAL
    • RADIO MARTI
    • RADIO MAZARIS SAMAY
    • RADIO MOSCOW
    • RADIO NACIONAL DA AMAZONIA
    • RADIO NDARASON INTERNATIONALE
    • RADIO NEDERLAND, NETHERLANDS
    • RADIO NEW ZEALAND
    • RADIO NIKKEI
    • RADIO NORWAY
    • RADIO PEKING
    • RADIO PORTUGAL
    • RADIO PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL
    • RADIO PRAHA
    • RADIO PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA
    • RADIO REBELDE, CUBA
    • RADIO ROMANIA INTERNATIONAL
    • RADIO RSA, SOUTH AFRICA
    • RADIO SADAYE ZINDAGI
    • RADIO SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL
    • RADIO SLOVAKIA INTERNATIONAL
    • RADIO SOFIA, BULGARIA
    • RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL
    • RADIO TAIWAN INTERNATIONAL
    • RADIO TAMAZUJ
    • RADIO TAPEI INTERNATIONAL
    • RADIO TASHKENT
    • RADIO THAILAND
    • RADIO TIRANA, ALBANIA
    • RADIO UKRAINE INTERNATIONAL
    • RADIO ULAN BATOR, MONGOLIA
    • RADIO VANUATU
    • RADIO VERITAS ASIA
    • RADIO VLAANDEREN
    • RADIO VOZ MISSIONARIA, BRAZIL
    • RADIO YUGOSLAVIA
    • RADYO DENGE WELAT
    • RADYO PILIPINAS
    • RAI, ITALY
    • REACH BEYOND AUSTRALIA
    • REPUBLIC OF YEMEN RADIO
    • RTM MALAYSIA
    • RTM SARAWAK
    • SAUDI ARABIA
    • SHIOKAZE - SEA BREEZE
    • SINGAPORE BROADCASTING CORPORATION
    • SOLOMON ISLANDS BROADCASTING CORP (SIBC)
    • SOUND OF HOPE, CHINA
    • SWISS RADIO INTERNATIONAL
    • THAZIN RADIO, MYANMAR
    • THE OVERCOMER MINISTRY
    • TRANS WORLD RADIO
    • TRANS WORLD RADIO BONAIRE
    • TRANS WORLD RADIO INDIA
    • UNIQUE RADIO AUSTRALIA
    • UNITED NATIONS RADIO
    • VATICAN RADIO
    • VOICE OF AMERICA, USA
    • VOICE OF AMERICA ASHNA USA
    • VOICE OF AMERICA DEEWA, USA
    • VOICE OF FREE CHINA
    • VOICE OF GREECE
    • VOICE OF HOPE, AFRICA
    • VOICE OF INDONESIA
    • VOICE OF JINLING, CHINA
    • VOICE OF KOREA, NORTH KOREA
    • VOICE OF MALAYSIA
    • VOICE OF MONGOLIA
    • VOICE OF NIGERIA
    • VOICE OF THE ARABS
    • VOICE OF THE BROAD MASSES
    • VOICE OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
    • VOICE OF THE MARTYRS
    • VOICE OF THE PEOPLE, SOUTH KOREA
    • VOICE OF THE STRAIT, CHINA
    • VOICE OF TURKEY
    • VOICE OF VIETNAM
    • VOZ ANDES, ECUADOR
    • WBCQ - WORLDS LAST CHANCE RADIO, USA
    • WEWN, USA
    • WINB, USA
    • WRMI, RADIO MIAMI INTERNATIONAL
    • WRNO, USA
    • WSHB, USA
    • WWCR, USA
    • WTWW, USA
    • WYFR
    • YEMEN
    • YUNNAN RADIO, CHINA
    • ZAMBIA NATIONAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION
  • SHORTWAVE - WEATHER & OTHER VIDEOS
    • WWVH and WWV
    • VNG TIime Signal
    • CHU Canada
    • Russian Navy
  • MEDIUM WAVE DXing
    • Antennas
    • Radio Garden
    • QSL cards received
    • Stickers received
    • Videos
  • ULTRALIGHT DXing
  • SCANNING
  • CB RADIO
  • HAM RADIO PODCASTS
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My involvement with WWFF

My very first WWFF contact was with Kevin VK0KEV on Macquarie Island VKFF-0566 on 9th July 2011.  This contact was on 80m.  My first European WWFF contact was with SN0WFF in Poland in SPFF-0038 on 17th September 2011.

​In March 2013, I commenced the VKFF program here in Australia.

I have undertaken park activations in Australia (VK1, VK2, VK3, VK5, & VK6), Norfolk Island (VK9), Belgium, & Germany.

​As of 1st February 2020, I have worked activators in 44 different DXCC entities.

Certificate of Excellence awarded by the WWFF Committee

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In May 2015 I was presented with the inaugural Certificate of Excellence from the WWFF Committee.  The certificate had made its way all the way from Romania, courtesy of Pit YO3JW, and was presented to me at a meeting of my local radio Club, the Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio Society (AHARS) by the club President, Barry VK5BW.

​The certificate was issued for my services to the WWFF program.

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WWFF Global Activator certificates

For the WWFF global activator certificate you need to have confirmed a minimum of 11 different WWFF reference numbers in the WWFF global database (WWFF LogSearch), with a minimum of 44 QSOs logged per activity.  

Upgrades are available for every 11 extra confirmed references.

​I have qualified for the WWFF Activator- 297 certificate (as of 13th May 2021).  

​I have activated 355 different references, but of those, 300 I have reached the required 44 QSO threshold.  
  • WWFF-A-11
  • WWFF-A-22
  • WWFF-A-33
  • WWFF-A-44
  • WWFF-A-55
  • WWFF-A-66
  • WWFF-A-77
  • WWFF-A-88
  • WWFF-A-99
  • ​WWFF-A-110
  • WWFF-A-121
  • ​WWFF-A-132
  • WWFF-A-143
  • WWFF-A-154
  • ​WWFF-A-165
  • WWFF-A-176
  • WWFF-A-187
  • ​WWFF-A-198
  • ​WWFF-A-209
  • WWFF-A-220
  • WWFF-A-231
  • ​WWFF-A-242
  • ​WWFF-A-253
  • WWFF-A-264
  • ​WWFF-A-275
  • WWFF-A-286
  • ​WWFF-A-297

VKFF Activator certificates

  • Bronze VKFF Activator (10 x VKFF references)
  • Silver VKFF Activator (20 x VKFF references)
  • Gold VKFF Activator (30 x VKFF references)
  • Platinum VKFF Activator (40 x VKFF references)
  • Diamond VKFF Activator (50 x VKFF references
  • Sapphire VKFF Activator (75 x VKFF references)​

VKFF Activator Honour Roll certificates

  • VKFF Activator Honour Roll 100
  • VKFF Activator Honour Roll 125
  • VKFF Activator Honour Roll 150
  • VKFF Activator Honour Roll 175
  • VKFF Activator Honour Roll 200
  • VKFF Activator Honour Roll 225
  • VKFF Activator Honour Roll 250
  • VKFF Activator Honour Roll 275
  • ​VKFF Activator Honour Roll 300
  • VKFF Activator Honour Roll 325
  • ​VKFF Activator Honour Roll 350

WWFF Activator Points Award.

  • WWFF Activator Points 11
  • WWFF Activator Points 22
  • WWFF Activator Points 44
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WWFF 'Global' Hunter certificates

For the WWFF Global Hunter certificate you need to have confirmed a minimum of 44 different WWFF reference numbers in the WWFF global database (WWFF LogSearch). 

Upgrades are available for each 44 confirmed extra references up to 444.  Upgrades of 100 are available after that. 

A special “novice” award for the first 10 references worked.
​I have qualified for the WWFF Hunter-1644 certificate (as of Feb 2020).  

​I have worked 1,670 different WWFF references (as of Feb 2020).
  • WWFF-H-44
  • WWFF-H-88
  • ​WWFF-H-132
  • WWFF-H-176
  • ​WWFF-H-220
  • WWFF-H-264
  • ​WWFF-H-308
  • WWFF-H-352
  • WWFF-H-396
  • WWFF-H-444
  • ​WWFF-H-544
  • WWFF-H-644
  • WWFF-H-744
  • WWFF-H-844
  • ​WWFF-H-944
  • ​WWFF-H-1044
  • WWFF-H-1144
  • ​WWFF-H-1244
  • ​WWFF-H-1344
  • ​WWFF-H-1444
  • WWFF-H-1544
  • ​WWFF-H-1644
  • ​WWFF-H-1744
  • ​WWFF-H-1844
  • ​WWFF-H-1944
  • WWFF-H-2044
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VKFF Hunter certificates

  • Bronze VKFF Hunter
  • Silver VKFF Hunter
  • Gold VKFF Hunter
  • Platinum VKFF Hunter
  • Diamond VKFF Hunter
  • Sapphire VKFF Hunter

VKFF Hunter Honour Roll certificates

  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 100
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 125
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 150
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 175
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 200
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 225
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 250
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 275
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 300
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 325
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 350
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 375
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 400
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 425
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 450
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 475
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 500
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 525
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 550
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 575
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 600
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 625
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 650
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 675
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 700
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 725
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 750
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 775
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 800
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 825
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 850
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 875​
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 900
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 925
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 950
  • ​VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 975
  • ​VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1,000
  • ​VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1,025
  • ​VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1,050
  • ​VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1,075
  • ​VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1,100
  • ​VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1,125
  • ​VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1,150
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1,175
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1,200
  • ​VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1,225
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1,250 
  • ​VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1,275
  • ​VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1,300
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1,325
  • ​VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1,350
  • ​VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1,375
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1,400
  • ​VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1,425
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1,450
  • ​VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1,475
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1,500
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1,525
  • ​VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1,550
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1,575
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1,600
  • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1,625
  • ​VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1,650
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Park to Park certificates

The global Park to Park certificates are issued to Activators who have had QSOs with other Activators in other WWFF references. These activities need to be logged in the WWFF global database (WWFF LogSearch)

Levels start at 10, then 44, 88, 132, etc
  • P2P 10
  • P2P 44
  • P2P 88
  • P2P 132
  • P2P 176
  • P2P 220
  • P2P 264
  • P2P 308
  • P2P 352
  • P2P 396
  • ​P2P 444
  • ​P2P 544
  • ​P2P 644
  • ​P2P 744
  • ​P2P 844
  • ​P2P 944
  • P2P 1,044
  • ​P2P 1,144
  • ​P2P 1,244
  • P2P 1,344
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All Continents Flora Fauna (ACFF) certificates.

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DXFF Activator certificates

For the DXFF certificate you need to have activated WWFF nature reserves from at least 3 different DXCC (as defined by the ARRL plus the VK regions).  These activities need to be logged in the WWFF global database (WWFF LogSearch), with a minimum of 44 QSOs logged per activity. 

Upgrades are offered for every 3 extra confirmed DXCC. 


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DXFF FLORA AND FAUNA AWARD

The DX Flora and Fauna Award (DXFF) is sponsored by the Romanian Amateur Radio Society.  The Award Manager is Pit YO3JW.

The basic certificate is issued for having worked amateur radio stations in 10 different DXCC entities.

Upgrades are offered for every 10 extra confirmed DX entities.
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OCCFF Hunter certificates

Awarded for every 7 Oceania entities worked.
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EUCFF certificates

Awarded for every 7 European entities worked.
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VKFF DX HUNTER.

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Murray River Parks Award certificates

Activator

  • Murray River Parks Activator 10
  • Murray River Parks Activator 20
  • Murray River Parks Activator 30
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Hunter

  • Murray River Parks Hunter 10
  • Murray River Parks Hunter 20
  • Murray River Parks Hunter 30
  • ​Murray River Parks Hunter 41
  • Murray River Parks Hunter 51

10,000 QSOs as a WWFF activator

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Special event VKFF awards


  • Greater Blue Mountains Hunter
  • GreaterGondwana Rainforests Hunter 5
  • Gondwana Rainforests Hunter 10
  • Gondwana Rainforests Hunter 15
  • ​SA National Parks & Wildlife Service​
  • NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service 50 year - Hunter
  • ​2019 World Ranger Day​
  • 2020 National Bird Week
  • 2019 National Bird Week
  • ​2018 National Bird Week
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Top VKFF Activator

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Top VKFF Hunter

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VKFF Activation Weekends

VKFF Team Championships

VKFF Photographic Competition

Certificate of Appreciation.

This certificate is issued for supporting the WWFF Australia program by providing a donation.
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Certificate from Keith VK2PKT for my November 2015 Victorian trip

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Parks presentations I have delivered

Wagga Wagga SOTA/Parks get together 2015

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WIA AGM 2016

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QSL cards received

Some of my special QSL cards sent