| VK7VH |
SINGLE-OP SSB HIGH |
We danced the bands, listened to boom crash opera on 80m
deprived ourselves of sleep and now we look like zombies.
Why do we do it, because it is a great contest.
Thank you to the contest manager for your hard work.
I hope to see everyone again next year.
In closing, what a hoot.
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| VK7FB |
SINGLE-OP MIXED HIGH |
HF very noisy so not many contacts there.
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| VK1MCW |
SINGLE-OP CW LOW |
My keys for this contest was an RAF Air Ministry Key Type D,
REF 10F/7373 WWII Vintage and a US Army J-5-A Order No 2670 NY 41
Also WWII vintage (made 1941)
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| VK5DC |
SINGLE-OP CW HIGH |
Thanks for putting on this friendly contest. I enjoyed the chance to get
back into CW and improve my skills.
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| VK4HH |
MULTI-OP MIXED HIGH |
Good contest in spite of storm noise on the lower bands
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| VK2BJ |
SINGLE-OP CW HIGH |
Radio TS990
Antennas Dipoles for LF and 2el Yagi for HF
The heavy and continuous static crashes made the contest
very hard work, especially on 160m
Disappointing level of CW activity
Be back next year though ! |
| VK2PN |
SINGLE-OP CW HIGH |
Conditions quite poor. Hard going due to QRN.
Some contesters could do with training beforehand. |
| VK3BMT |
SINGLE-OP SSB HIGH |
A GOOD TIME WAS HAD,
ALTHOUGH THE STATIC CRASHING WAS CHALLENGING AT TIMES.
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| VK7EE |
SINGLE-OP CW LOW |
Paper log received and converted by the Manager |
| VK3VT |
SINGLE-OP MIXED HIGH |
Great fun as usual for the RD.
Conditions were trying with lots of QRN on 80M in particular
Had some computer issues including loss of cat control
hence actual frequencies were not shown at times.
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| VK5KX |
SINGLE-OP SSB HIGH |
Could only operate for a short time this year :-(
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| VK2BBQ |
SINGLE-OP SSB HIGH |
Many thanks to the organisers.
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| VK2YW |
SINGLE-OP SSB HIGH |
Good fun - havent seen pileups like that on 80m for many years :0)
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| VK6YTS |
SINGLE-OP SSB HIGH |
Remembrance Day Contest
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| VK6BDO |
SINGLE-OP SSB HIGH |
email [email protected]
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| VK3AAK |
SINGLE-OP SSB QRP |
Wow there was a lot of static crashing after midnight. |
| VK7DIK |
SINGLE-OP SSB HIGH |
Plenty of participation in the times I was on air.
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| VK6MJC |
SINGLE-OP SSB HIGH |
Thanks for organising the contest. HF conditions difficult, however, still enjo
73 Mike
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| VK2GR |
SINGLE-OP CW HIGH |
Team leader for the NSW Wombats. VK2BJ and VK2PN being the other members for 2018.
Tough conditions this year with heavy QRN on Saturday night and Sunday morning.
Extremely poor HF high band conditions.
There apperred to be many less CW operators compared to last year.
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| VK2TTL |
SINGLE-OP SSB HIGH |
Sat 80M Some success and enjoyment had for a few hours with heavy stactic crashe
Sunday 40M as day progressed signals improved with constant stactic crashes.
Other bands 20m few stations heard, 15m JA's heard.
Antenna a fan dipole at 8m with 60m RG8.
It was great to catch up with the regulars and first timers.
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| VK3ANL |
SINGLE-OP MIXED HIGH |
Thanks, organisers!
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| VK2GGC |
MULTI-OP MIXED HIGH |
Multi op single TX, Had fun and only operated SSB. Good luck to all.
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| VK4FPDG |
SINGLE-OP SSB LOW |
Icom 7100 + 43' Vertical (10 watts)
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| VK5DJ |
SINGLE-OP SSB HIGH |
Bands were quiet but usual friendly contacts |
| VK5UE |
SINGLE-OP SSB HIGH |
Noise level on 40 a bit highat my QTH
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| VK3GC |
SINGLE-OP SSB HIGH |
Another great RD contest, just a shame I wasnt able to commit more time this yea
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| VK3BYY |
SINGLE-OP SSB HIGH |
Single Operator - Phone
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| VK3FLCS |
SINGLE-OP SSB QRP |
Fun contest. Decided to enter the QRP section and found it tough going.
Missed out on the extra points on offer after 1 am by not having an
80m antenna.But that should be rectified come the 2019 contest.
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| VK6POP |
SINGLE-OP SSB HIGH |
Thanks for the contest. I seem to be running out of stamina these days.
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| VK6DDX |
SINGLE-OP MIXED HIGH |
Another great RD Contest.
Thank you to the WIA Contest Manager and VK4SN for the RD
support material and web page information.
Transmitters were; HF-TenTec Eagle, VHF-Icom IC-7000.
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| VK7KC |
SINGLE-OP SSB HIGH |
Enjoy the Contest. Limited time to take part this year. QRN. |
| VK6MM |
SINGLE-OP SSB HIGH |
Operated from 188 Culeenup Road North Yunderup WA 6208
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| VK2LEE |
SINGLE-OP SSB HIGH |
Lightning crashes on Saturday night on 80m were over S9 making
most contacts very difficult if not impossible. Conditions on 40m on
Sunday - I could hear stations working Stations who had the frequency
but couldn't hear who they were working!!!V Poor conditions from My location.
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| VK2IG |
SINGLE-OP CW HIGH |
Had only Saturday night available for contesting, so came up to give
out some numbers. 80m QRN worsened as the night went on.
Station: TS-480HX @ 120 W output, 80m OCF dipole.
Thanks for running the contest - fun as always, and see you all next
year!
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| VK7GN |
SINGLE-OP MIXED HIGH |
Went out to operate at the remote shack.
Sunday am 1 degree C - at lest we didn't get snow
Saturday evening it was2 deg when I had to go and fix the 160 matching box
at the base of the vertical. I was really glad to get back to the wood stove
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| VK5UV |
SINGLE-OP SSB HIGH |
LOTS OF QRN. HAD A VERY IRATE, ANGRY JAMMER FOR 10-15 MINUTES ON 40M SATURDAY
EVENING. LOTS OF FOUR LETTER EXPLETIVES AND ABUSE. HE QUESTIONNED IF I "NEW THE
WAR WAS OVER"..WHY WAS I DOING CONTEST- HINTED THAT KOREAN OR VIETNEM WAS THE
REAL WAR. THEY WERE THE "HEROES". I MOVED TO ANOTHER BAND.
VERY NASTY AND SPOILT THE CONTEST. ALSO VERY SAD. NO IDENTIFICATION OR
CALL SIGNS. THANKYOU, 73'S
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| ZL3RIK |
SINGLE-OP SSB LOW |
Great fun for a beginner |
| VK7RF |
SINGLE-OP CW HIGH |
Thanks again for another great RD Contest
I expect to be back again in 2019.
73
Rob VK7RF
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| VK2JON |
SINGLE-OP SSB HIGH |
[email protected]
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| VK4WIS |
MULTI-OP MIXED HIGH |
It was a great contest. I only wish that I could have had more operators.
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| VK5SFA |
SINGLE-OP MIXED HIGH |
160 metres & 80 metres on a 3 metre diameter,2 turn Magnetic Loop!
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| VK7KPC |
SINGLE-OP SSB QRP |
Good contest thanks
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| VK7TW |
SINGLE-OP SSB LOW |
Thanks Alan, very much appreciate the effort put into the RD Contest. |
| VK3HN |
SINGLE-OP MIXED QRP |
Thanks for administering the 2018 RD Contest. I took the opportunity to try out my homebrew QRP
(5 watts SSB/CW) rig under crowded band conditions on 80 and 40, with good results.
Having triple points 0100-0600 local Sunday morning really made the early hours busy with stations,
I kept working new calls until 2:30am and would do this again. Please preserve this night owl bonus.
I also liked exchanging 'cumulative years of license holding' rather than serial numbers.
I had to include CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: tag in order to submit this log. This is an error as this
tag only applies to multi-op stations.
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| VK2ATZ |
MULTI-OP SSB LOW |
3 submitted logs joined by manager and uploaded.
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| VK3ZPF |
SINGLE-OP SSB HIGH |
Only able to work 1 hour of contest.
Lots of static crashes on 80m
Logged using VK port-a-log - contest version
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| VK2EL |
SINGLE-OP CW LOW |
Operated from retirement village balcony, using mag loop antennas.
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| VK3DY |
SINGLE-OP SSB LOW |
CONVERTED FROM PAPER LOG BY MANAGER |
| VK3ER |
MULTI-OP SSB HIGH |
Had to enter 2m and 70cm contacts manuely as system
could not change to 2m and 70cm.
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| VK7JU |
SINGLE-OP SSB HIGH |
First 22 contacts I mistakenly gave out sequential report. OOps.
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| VK7KDV |
SINGLE-OP SSB LOW |
ENJOYED THE CONTEST
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| VK5LG |
SINGLE-OP SSB LOW |
PAPER LOG SENT AND CONVERTED BY MANAGER
No space on 7125 for AM Crystal locked equipment. Could have done a lot
more but for LSB stns on 7125 and 7130. For an RD contest it would be
good if stns were aware of AM as it is the only frequency war time AM
gear can be used because of crystals. Collins T47 (US Navy WW2) 80W DP. |
| VK1DA |
SINGLE-OP MIXED HIGH |
This log is from a SOTA activation I was doing at the time of the contest.
I was using an FT817 and a 40w amp, powered by LiFePO4 battery.
The summit was Pheasant Hill, about 1km north of the southern border of
the ACT and at about 1440m ASL and ambient temperature around 3 or 4 C.
email: [email protected]
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| VK6LVI |
MULTI-OP MIXED HIGH |
Great contest, always a struggle from VK6
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| VK5BC |
SINGLE-OP MIXED HIGH |
Enjoyed contest in limited time I had available
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| VK6YD |
SINGLE-OP SSB LOW |
Paper log sent and converted by Manager |
| VK7KWB |
SINGLE-OP SSB LOW |
PAPER LOG SENT AND CONVERTED BY MANAGER |
| VK2IO |
SINGLE-OP MIXED QRP |
Operated portable at Dharug National Park VKFF-0139 (QF56MO).
Rig was a KX3 running 5 Watts. Two antennas were used:
a double-sized ZS6BKW 9m high and regular ZS6BKW 9m high.
VK port-a-log CONTEST was used for logging on my Android phone.
Strong QRN throughout the contest reduced the QSO rate however
the weather was fine and sunny so another enjoyable RD from the field.
Photos here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/bYjV5DmdogQbGxwB9
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| VK1DW |
SINGLE-OP SSB HIGH |
Considerable static and noise plus poor propagatgion. VK6 not heard on any band.
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| VK3MB |
SINGLE-OP SSB HIGH |
Thanks for running a great contest
Thankyou to VK3AVV for creating VKCL4 logging software
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| VK5LJ |
SINGLE-OP MIXED LOW |
Lots of 20 over 9 static crashes made the contest challenging.
A few more Ops would help fill in the quiet times but otherwise a good
contest.
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| VK7JGD |
SINGLE-OP SSB HIGH |
Thanks to all involved in putting on another great RD Contest Plenty of statio
Antennas HF 10m 15m 20m triband 3el beam 80/40m dipole east west 40/20m dip
2m/70cm x300 vertical 70cm 7el yagi 6m halfwave vertical
TXs ICOM 7300 YAESU FT 897D Thanks to all on the air Garry VK7JGD
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| VK7HDM |
SINGLE-OP MIXED HIGH |
log re-done to add missing G after 1.2 |
| VK6CSW |
SINGLE-OP SSB HIGH |
Thanks for yet another great RD contest, Alan, but I thought that the
number of participants in WA was rather lower than in previous years.
Notwithstanding, I had lots of fun and enjoyed every minute.
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| VK2SS/P |
SINGLE-OP SSB HIGH |
Woke up to snow on Sunday morning !
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| VK2AZ |
SINGLE-OP MIXED HIGH |
What a struggle. Hi static during the evening and night.
Weird conditions on 40m on Sunday.
Signals just on or below the noise level.
Very few people to work from the 4 to 6am period.
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| VK2MT |
SINGLE-OP SSB HIGH |
Operated portable 12v/solar power 15klms nth of Grenfell central NSW.
Strong winds required 8 guy ropes & a shorter height on squid pole.
Wind, rain & sleet with 0 degree temps. Wind chill was -5 at 2.30am.
But all the above was fine compared to the huge & lengthy static
crashes we all endured from Saturday PM to Sunday AM.
Overnight contacts were less probably because of this noise level.
Great Contest & thank-you to the organisers for your efforts. |
| VK2MG |
SINGLE-OP SSB QRP |
The static really hurt as a QRP station.
Operated portable from Mount Bouddi in Bouddi Natgional Park - VKFF-0049
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| VK7LG |
SINGLE-OP SSB HIGH |
Notes attached
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| VK7NTK |
SINGLE-OP SSB QRP |
I hereby certify that I have operated in accordance with the rules and
spirit of the contest.
Thomas Karpiniec operating as VK7NTK/Q
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| VK5FBAA |
SINGLE-OP SSB HIGH |
First time using HF RD competition, I think I have made some mistakes
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| VK2QN |
SINGLE-OP SSB HIGH |
My first RD Contest.
80m and 40m bands were relatively noise free.
I will try to participate in the contest again next year.
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| VK7FJAM |
SINGLE-OP SSB LOW |
Very enjoyable contest and my first experience
on HF with the use of an end-fed random wire
and a 9:1 unun I constructed during the contest.
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| VK7TU |
SINGLE-OP SSB LOW |
CONVERTED FROM PAPER LOG BY MANAGER |
| VK6FLTC |
SINGLE-OP SSB LOW |
My first RD contest. Converted to VKLC from paper copy. I trust all is in order
and there are few mistakes. Will be on the ball next year.Tks
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| VK3NCC |
SINGLE-OP SSB HIGH |
Didn't have a litle of time available, so just a few contacts only.
Well worth the time, very friendly contacts.
Will try and organise time better next year.
Cheers to all.
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| VK7ZSB |
SINGLE-OP FM LOW |
PAPER LOG RECEIVED AND CONVERTED BY MANAGER |