NORFOLK ISLAND - 2016

During May 2016 I travelled to Norfolk Island for 7 days for a holiday with my wife Marija, and to attend the Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) Annual General Meeting.  

I was able to get on air 6 times and operated as VK9PAS and made a little over 600 contacts into:
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1. Alaska
2. Asiatic Russia
3. Australia
4. Canada
5. Canary Islands
6. Costa Rica
7. Croatia
8. French Polynesia
9. Guam
10. Hawaii
11. Italy
12. Japan
13. New Caledonia
14. New Zealand
15. Norfolk Island
16. Serbia
17. Slovak Republic
18. Slovenia
19. USA

The whole of Norfolk Island is designated as VKFF-0394 for the World Wide Flora Fauna (WWFF) program.  Both Marija and I also operated from Mount Bates VK9/ NO-001 for the Summits on the Air (SOTA) program.

QSL information

QSL for VK9PAS Norfolk Island is either Direct, Bureau, eQSL or LOTW.

Direct & Bureau is via my QSL Manager M0OXO.

Requests for QSL cards can also be made via Clublog......

https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/VK9PAS 

My VK9PAS paper QSL card

My VK9PAS eQSL card

My wife Marija's VK9 QSL card - VK5FMAZ/9 

Photos from Norfolk Island

WIA Norfolk Island Award

To qualify for the WIA Norfolk Island Award, those on Norfolk Island needed to log 20 other stations on Norfolk Island (local contacts), while all other operators were required to log 10 contacts on Norfolk Island.  Each qualifying station could be worked once only per band.

All QSOs for this award needed to have been made between 21st May 2016 - 3rd June 2016 (UTC) to qualify. 

QSL cards received

eQSL cards received

VI9ANZAC QSL card

VI9ANZAC eQSL card

Operating from Anson Bay, Norfolk Island.

Operating from Emily Bay, Norfolk Island.

Operating as VI9ANZAC from the Paradise Hotel, Norfolk Island

Article from 'The Norfolk ISLANDER'