Lots of new VKFF parks on recently. Latest award for contacting 1275 VKFF parks.
A blog about Amateur Radio callsign VK1DI Ian's activities on the Amateur Radio bands, mostly Summits On the Air (SOTA) and World Wide Flora and Fauna (WWFF) portable activities.
Tuesday, 29 August 2023
Thursday, 24 August 2023
10 Dutch stations award
After a contact into the Netherlands on 17m, qualified for an award for working 10 Dutch stations on FT8 mode. Award from the FT8 Digital Mode Club FT8DMC.
Wednesday, 23 August 2023
1250 Asia Stations Award
Another award from the European Ros Club, for working 1250 Asia stations on digital modes. Suspect most would be JA stations.
Tuesday, 22 August 2023
Sunday, 20 August 2023
5 South African Stations Award
After some good propagation on 17m recently managed to work South Africa and qualified for the FT8DMC Worked 5 South African stations award. I don't hear much out of Africa so glad it's been open recently.
Thursday, 17 August 2023
Spanish EA districts award
After working EA9ACD in Ceuta recently on 17m FT8 found I had worked all the Spanish EA districts, EA1 to EA9, and able to claim an award. From the European Ros Club
EA6 is the Balearic Islands and EA8 the Canary Islands. EA9 is a small area on the Southern side of the Strait of Gibraltar belonging to Spain, counted as DXCC Ceuta & Melilla.
I also got to claim an award for working 30 Spanish Grid Squares
Saturday, 12 August 2023
Indonesian 20 YB7 Award
Another award from the YB6_DXC club, for working 20 YB7 prefix stations. Been on the lookout for Indonesian stations, good results on 10m and 15m recently.