Log spreadsheets available for download
Today I added some links and a page about some log spreadsheets I am giving to readers. See Page links on the right for more details..
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2010 Spring VHF/UHF Field day on 7 bands
For this event I took my usual station on 50 to 1296 MHz, plus my transverter and gridpack for 2403 MHz, Ted VK1BL’s transverter and gridpack for 3400 and Dale VK1DSH’s 10 GHz station (IC202,...
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QRP Hours contest 2011
This is a short contest for QRP operators. It runs for one hour on CW mode, then 1 hour on SSB. A truly easy contest to participate in. All licence classes can participate as QRP (low power) or...
View ArticleQRP Hours Contest 14 April 2012
Reminder that the QRP Hours contest is on 14 April 2012. Rules are in AR for April 2012. Here is a link to the rules on the QRP club site. http://www.vkqrpclub.org/qrp_hours_contest_2012.php Summary:...
View ArticleQRP Hours contest – after the event
As planned I operated in this relaxed event tonight, for a couple of hours. I decided to use my IC703, partly because it has a CW filter and I know how useful that is even in a quiet cw contest. (I...
View ArticleCW contesting
If you have heard the intense activity at the CW end of the bands during contests, you might wonder how you could join in. Assuming you have learned morse code and have used it already for ordinary...
View ArticleVHF/UHF Field day (contests) scoring proposal
After discussion for several months a proposal has been published for revision of the scoring rules for Australian/WIA-sponsored VHF/UHF Field Day contests. The proposal is here:...
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RD contest 2015
The exchange in the RD contest is a signal report in standard RS(T) format, followed by a 3 digit number indicating the number of years the operator has been licenced. This year it was 50 for me so I...
View ArticleCW Open contest September 5th
I was listening on 14 MHz CW section on a Sunday morning around daybreak, trying to hear US SOTA activators who had been spotted on SOTAWATCH.ORG. Hearing nothing I tuned down the band to see whether...
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Combining “QRP Hours” contest with WWFF activation at Mundoonen Nature Reserve
After a failed activation of this reserve a few weeks earlier I wanted to get some contacts for this reserve into the log. The QRP Club’s QRP Hours contest on 22nd October 2017 seemed like a nice...
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