VI8POL

13th - 29th SEPTEMBER 2025

  • 6,934 QSOs
  • 152 DXCC entities worked
  • all 50 USA States worked
  • 38 of the 40 Zones worked
Below is a world map showing my contacts around the globe while operating as VI8POL.

​80m - yellow
40m - green
20m - purple
15m - light blue
10m - dark red
6m - dark blue
2m - red
Below is a map showing my QSOs around Europe.
Below is a map showing my QSOs around the USA.
Below is a map showing my QSOs into Japan.
Below is a map showing my contacts around Australia and in to New Zealand.
Below is a graph showing my QSOs per band.
Below is a graph showing my QSOs per mode.

WIA BROADCAST.

VI8POL QSL CARD.

THE FIRST BATCH OF INCOMING DIRECT CARDS.

QSL CARDS RECEIVED.

ARGENTINA.

ASIATIC RUSSIA.

AUSTRALIA.

AUSTRIA.

BELGIUM.

CANADA.

CHILE.

CHINA.

CROATIA.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.

ENGLAND.

EUROPEAN RUSSIA.

FAROE ISLANDS.

FRANCE.

GERMANY.

GREECE.

HAWAII.

HONG KONG.

HUNGARY.

INDONESIA.

IRELAND.

ITALY.

JAPAN.

KAZAKHSTAN.

MEXICO.

NETHERLANDS.

NORTHERN IRELAND.

PANAMA.

POLAND.

PORTUGAL.

QATAR.

ROMANIA.

SCOTLAND.

SOUTH KOREA.

SPAIN.

TURKEY.

UKRAINE.

URUGUAY.

USA.

WALES.

QRZ.COM AWARDS

WORLD WIDE FLORA FAUNA (WWFF) AWARDS.

FT8 DIGITAL MODES CLUB.

FT8 AWARD CERTIFICATES.

Arab League Award (ALA)
Arab League Prefixes Award (ALPA)
Asia Stations Award (ASSA)
Captain James Cook Award (CJCA)
Costa Rican Stations Award (CRISA)
Europe Stations Award (EUSA)
German Stations Award (GSA)
Hungarian Stations Award (HSA)
Japanese Stations Award (JSA)
New Caledonia Award (NCA)
One Hundred Countries Award (OHCA)
Panamanian Stations Award (PASA)
Tropic of Cancer Award (TCAN)
Tropic of Capricorn Award (TCAP)
Worked Alaskan Stations Award (WALSA)
Worked All Australia Award (WAAA)
Worked All Continents (WAC)
Worked All Europe (WAE)
Worked All Georgia Award (WAGA)
Worked All Indonesia Award (WAIA)
Worked All Indonesia Prefixes (WAIP)
Worked All Japan Call Areas (WAJCA)
Worked All Japan Grid Squares Award (WAJGSA)
Worked All Kazakhstan Award (WAKAA)
Worked All Korea Award (WAKA)
Worked All Kyrgyzstan Award (WKYA)
Worked All Members Award (WAMA)
Worked All New Zealand (WANZ)
Worked All Norfolk Island Award (WANOA)
Worked All Pakistan Award (WAPA)
Worked All South America (WASA)
Worked Bulgarian Stations Award (WBUSA)
Worked Chinese Prefixes (WCP)
Worked Chinese Provinces Award (WCPA)
Worked English Stations Award (WESA)
Worked French Oversea Award (WFOSA)
Worked French Stations Award (WFSA)
Worked Greek Stations Award (WGSA)
Worked Grid Award (WGA)
Worked Hong Kong Stations Award (WHKSA)
Worked Indonesia Call Area (WICA)
Worked Islands Award (WIA)
Worked Korea Stations Award (WKSA)
Worked Mexican Stations Award (WMSA)
Worked Oceanian Stations Award (WOSA)
Worked Polish Stations Award (WPOSA)
Worked Prefix Award (WPA)
Worked Region 1 Award (WR1A)
Worked Region 2 Award (WR2A)
Worked Region 3 Award (WR3A)
Worked Romanian Stations Award (WROSA)
Worked Russian Prefix Award (WRPA)
Worked Russian Stations Award (WRSA)
Worked United States Stations Award (WUSSA)
Worked Ukrainian Stations Award (WUSA)
Worked US Grid Square Award (WUGSA)

THE KNOLL CONSERVATION PARK VKFF-0937 & POLICE HERITAGE SITE

On Wednesday, 24th September 2025, I activated The Knoll Conservation Park VKFF-0937, using the special event call of VI8POL.

My main objective for the day was to operate near the Police Heritage site at Crafers West. It was a bonus that the park was located virtually alongside the memorial, so I decided to activate the park for the World Wide Flora Fauna (WWFF) program.

The Police Heritage site is located just to the north of the park on Waverly Ridge Road. Sergeant Cecil William Sparkes, 46, Special Constable Mervyn George Casey, 23 and Special Constable Colin Roy Kroemer, 33, lost their lives while fighting a bushfire in the vicinity of Fosters Gully in January 1951.
More detailed information can be found on my WordPress site at.....

https://vk5pas.org/2025/10/04/vi8pol-the-knoll-conservation-park-vkff-0937/

MOUNTED CONSTABLE MANHOOD - SUMMERTOWN CEMETERY.

On the afternoon of Saturday, the 27th day of September 2025, I decided to head out into the field with the special event call of VI8POL and operate at some significant South Australian police sites. The first was the memorial for Mounted Constable George Manhood at the Summertown cemetery in the Adelaide Hills.

Mounted Constable George Manhood served as the Officer in Charge of the Summertown Police Station from 1938 to his death in 1943. He was so admired by the local community that a memorial committee was established, the purpose of which was to raise funds for the construction of a monument to honour George.

More detailed information can be found on my WordPress site at.....
https://vk5pas.org/2025/10/04/vi8pol-summertown-cemetery/

CONSTABLE WILLIAM HYDE.

After leaving Summertown on Saturday, 27th September 2025, I headed to the next police historical site, the Constable Hyde Memorial Gardens at Leabrook in the eastern suburbs of Adelaide.

Constable Hyde was shot and killed in the execution of his duty in 1909. This is a beautiful little park with a lovely memorial, a tribute to Hyde’s bravery and ultimate sacrifice.

More detailed information can be found on my WordPress site at.....

vk5pas.org/2025/10/05/vi8pol-constable-william-hyde/

CONSTABLE JOHN McLENNAN HOLMAN.

My third and final significant police site for Saturday, 27th September 2025, with the special call of VI8POL, was the gravesite of Constable John McLennan Holman at the West Terrace cemetery. He was shot and killed in the line of duty in 1929.

More detailed information can be found on my WordPress site at.....

https://vk5pas.org/2025/10/06/vi8pol-constable-john-mclennan-holman/