| Call Sign | Category Mode | Soapbox |
|---|---|---|
| VK2JNA | SINGLE-OP MIXED LOW | 40m endfed 80/160 27m wire, 10m & 20m radials, autotuner |
| VK4M | SINGLE-OP MIXED HIGH | Great condx for the majority of the contest. Most QRP stns were S7-S9. ZL's easily copied. 400w, 40m 4sq, 160 vert, 80m loop+Vert. Thanks for all the friendly contacts. |
| VK5LJ | SINGLE-OP MIXED LOW | Generally good band conditions all round with Jeff from Lord Howe Island, ZL and VK6 stations all easy copy. 100w and OCF Dipole. |
| VK3TZT | SINGLE-OP MIXED LOW | Was great to make a few contacts on 160 |
| VK2KQB | SINGLE-OP MIXED LOW | Great Contest even though my conditions were difficult with S8 suburban noise and plenty static crashes |
| VK3ARD | SINGLE-OP MIXED QRP | QRP Portable. 80m was rough. |
| VL5C | SINGLE-OP MIXED LOW | Single Operator Low Power |
| VK2FO | SINGLE-OP SSB LOW | Great fun getting on the air. Pity about the noise on 80m. Local weather conditions with winds gusting up to 100kms per hour did not help either |
| VK3KRL | SINGLE-OP MIXED QRP | Nice and busy, more contacts that I thought I'd get on 5w, with some challenging QSOs with a few stations working very hard to hear me, especially on 80m (using 40m EFHW with L-match) so thank-you to them. |
| VK2MT | SINGLE-OP SSB LOW | Operated portable in VK4 from the caravan on a small island in Lake Nuga Nuga Qld (between Emerald & Roma). Used an Icom 7100, squid pole & Inv Vee antenna with almost 0dB noise. Good band conditions, many contacts on 40m, most on 80m which was hit with OHR a few times, while 160m was working well & at times had less noise than 80. Having the three 2 hour blocks is great as it recharges all the contacts. With thanks to VK4SN for organising. |
| VJ5Z | SINGLE-OP MIXED LOW | Great Contest, plenty of operators, made some 160M QSO's for the first time ever - I'll be back! |
| VK7C/VK6 | SINGLE-OP MIXED HIGH | Operated my portable set up from near York in VK6. Quiet location with very low noise, and a couple of good trees for the doublet, and space for the quarter wave vertical for 40m. |
| VK5DT | SINGLE-OP MIXED LOW | Great contest, had lots of fun especially the 160m activity. Thankyou VK4SN for organising. |
| VK2TTL | SINGLE-OP MIXED LOW | Thanks for the contest and all those that participated. Worked on all bands , with a 160m portable 10m sqid pole hectically wound with top hat. |
| ZL4RO | SINGLE-OP MIXED LOW | Very noisey band conditions |
| VK4P | SINGLE-OP MIXED HIGH | Only worked the first 3.5hrs but had fun. Andy VK4KY(VK4P) |
| ZL3VZ | SINGLE-OP MIXED HIGH | Horrific static crashes on 160/80m made for some difficulties but nevertheless some good signals on 160m. Enjoyed the contest - thanks to the organisers. |
| VK2WY | SINGLE-OP MIXED QRP | What a hard Contest this year!!!, Had really great signal reports from some then 5 mins later they couldnt hear me!, but i could hear them 10 over!!, odd just really odd, as the night went on it got hard to hear with Static crashes on both 80/40m, ZL's for me were few and far in between!!!, spent the whole day travelling then operating then travelled back to Brisbane straight after the contest, BIG DAY!! Oh and did I mention absolutely froze my arse off!!!! Its interesting to see how this contest has changed in 25 years! Bring on next year, |
| VL5L | SINGLE-OP MIXED HIGH | Good fun as always! Conditions were reasonable. Nice to work a few ZL's as well. This year I was using a K9AY / Aziloop stearable receiving array and a horizontal dipole / vertical monopole for transmit. The K9AY was very effective at nulling out the wideband surface radar on 80M A very quiet wideband receiving antenna! There were two other stations using this antenna during the contest. Take a look at https://quietradio.co.uk/ for more information. |
| VK2MB | MULTI-OP MIXED HIGH | The Many Warringah Radio Society operated portable from the Berrima scout camp. This is a great location for the scouts and for radio. The club utilksed an ICOM IC7610 with dual antennas. 160m dipole and a 80m OCF Dipole for 80m and 40m. 3 members stayed overnight on Friday before the contest in preparation for the antenna setup Saturday morning. They were joined by a large group of members and visitors on the Saturday to assist, offer moral support and to enjoy the Saturday evening BBQ. A great time was had by all as propagation seemed to be excellent due to the excellend sunspot activity. At this event we also held a JOTA planning session and tested out a number of JOTA activities in preparation for JOTA 2024. |
| VL4R | MULTI-OP SSB HIGH | Conditions were excellent on 40m most of the night I stayed on 40m. 80m and 160 were good Bill VK4ZD managed to work a number of stations including ZL on 160. Equipment: Station 1: Flex 6600 with 80w out into a 160m horizontal delta loop on 80 and a 320m loop on 160. Both about 20m in the trees. Staion 2 Icom IC7300 Expert 1.3KFa @ 400w into a second 160m horizontal delta loop at 20m plus in the trees. it was a fun and relaxed Contest. Logging with N1MM+ Ops Bill VK4ZD & Diane VK4DI M2 entry |