VI100AF and VK100AF

These two special calls were used during 2021 to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).

The calls were organised by Stuart VK8NSB. A total of 47 amateurs across Australia took part in the event, including myself and my wife Marija VK5MAZ.

Certificates of Appreciation.

Results.

VI100AF.

QRZ.com page views - 47,000

QSOs made - 16,197

DXCC countries spoken to - 131

VK100AF.

QRZ.com page views - 52,000

QSOs made - 22,480

DXCC countries worked - 155

Totals.

QRZ.com page views - just short of 100,000 look ups

QSOs made - 38,677

DXCC countries spoken to - 155

Our involvement with VK100AF and VI100AF.

We had the 2 callsigns on 9 different occasions. We made a total of 3,078 QSOs. This was into 66 different DXCC entities.

Saturday 14th, Sunday 15th, & Mon 16th August 2021 - VK100AF.

Monday 19th, Tues 20th, & Wed 21st July 2021 - VK100AF.

We made a total of 389 QSOs over the 3 days on 10, 20, 40, & 80m SSB. A total of 30 different DXCC entities were worked.

Thursday 3rd June and Friday 4th June 2021 - VK100AF.

We made a total of 208 QSOs on 10, 20, 40, & 80m SSB

A total of 25 different DXCC entities were worked.

Saturday 22nd, Sunday 23rd, Monday 24th & Tuesday 25th May 2021 - VI100AF.

Over the 4 days we made a total of 557 QSOs on 15, 20, 40, & 80m SSB.

A total of 35 different DXCC entities were worked.

Thursday 6th May and Friday 7th May 2021 - VK100AF.

Over the 2 day period we operated from both at home and out in the field. This included an activation for the Summits on the Air (SOTA) program, and two park activations for the World Wide Flora Fauna (WWFF) program and the VK5 National & Conservation Parks Award.
All up we made a total of 282 QSOs on 15, 20, 40, & 80m SSB.

15m……….2 QSOs
20m……….88 QSOs
40m……….146 QSOs
80m……….46 QSOs

The graph below shows our contacts per band.

The map below shows our contacts around the world over the 2 day period. We worked 22 different DXCC.

Unfortunately on Sunday afternoon, right in the middle of a pile up, I had significant equipment failure. After an hour or more of trouble shooting, I found that it was an issue with the cable from the tuner to my antenna/transceiver switch. By the time I had found and fixed the problem, the 20m band had closed. Oh well. I still managed to log the following DXCC entities:-

Asiatic Russia
Australia
Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
England
European Russia
Germany
Finland
France
Hawaii
Indonesia
Italy
Malta
New Zealand
Poland
Romania
South Africa
Ukraine
USA

Our SOTA activation was at Mount Lofty VK5/ SE-005 which is located within the Cleland Conservation Park 5CP-042 & VKFF-778. We made a total of 48 QSOs on 20, 40, & 80m SSB into VK1, VK2, VK4, VK4, VK5, VK6, VK7, and New Zealand.

Our second park activation for the day was at the Kyeema Conservation Park 5CP-107 & VKFF-0826 where we made a total of 48 QSOs into VK2, VK3, VK4, VK5, VK6, VK7, and Indonesia.

Thursday 29th April and Friday 30th April 2021 - VI100AF.

Over the 2 day period we made a total of 342 QSOs on 20m, 40m, & 80m SSB

20m……….203 QSOs
40m……….73 QSOs
80m……….66 QSOs

The map below shows our contacts around the world over the 2 day period. We worked a total of 33 different DXCC entities as follows:-

Alaska
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
England
European Russia
Germany
Finland
France
Greece
Italy
Japan
Latvia
Lord Howe Island
Netherlands
New Zealand
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Scotland
Slovenia
South Africa
South Cook Islands
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
USA
Wake Island

Each afternoon we had a nice (but short) opening on 20m long path into Europe and the United Kingdom. The map below shows our contacts to that part of the world.

Callers from VK and ZL had slowed down a bit from our first activation as VI100AF back in March. The map below shows our contacts around Australia and New Zealand.

Friday 23rd April and Saturday 24th April 2021 - VK100AF.

We operated from home and also out in the field. All up we made a total of 303 QSOs into 27 different DXCC entities.
DXCC worked were as follows:-

Antarctica
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Czech Republic
England
European Russia
Germany
France
Greece
Hawaii
Hungary
Israel
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
USA
Wake Island

The map below shows our contacts.

First in the log on the weekend was Marty VK4KC who was activating a park for the World Wide Flora Fauna (WWFF) program, the Currimundi Lake Conservation Park VKFF-1522. My final contact was on Sunday evening with Tim VK5AV.
There was a nice opening each day on 20m long path into Europe.

Over the 2 days we operated on 10, 15, 30, 40, & 80m SSB. An equal number of contacts were made on 20m and 40m SSB.

10m 3 QSOs
15m 1 QSO
20m 138 QSOs
40m 138 QSOs
80m 23 QSOs

Just 3 QSOs were made on 10m into VK2 and VK5. And just one QSO on 15m into VK2.

The most interesting QSOs over the weekend were with Paul VK0PD in Antarctica on 40m, and Randy WW6RG/KH9 on Wake Island on 20m.

Sunday 14th March 2021 and Monday 15th March 2021 - VK100AF.

On Sunday 14th March 2021 and Monday 15th March 2021, Marija VK5MAZ and I operated as VK100AF.

We made a total of 321 QSOs on 10, 15, 20, 40, & 80m SSB.

This included 13 different DXCC entities.

The map below shows my contacts around the world whilst operating as VK100AF.

The map below shows my contacts around Australia.

The map below shows my contacts into Europe.

The map below shows my contacts into the USA.

The map below shows my contacts to Japan.

Wednesday 10th March and Thursday 11th March 2021 - VI100AF.

Over the 2 day period Marija and I made a total of 516 QSOs on 15, 20, 40, & 80m SSB.

A total of 34 different countries were logged.

The map below shows my contacts around the world whilst operating as VI100AF.

The map below shows my contacts around Australia.

The map below shows my contacts into Europe.

Below is a short video of one of the 20m long path pile-ups.