VKCC 2021 Christmas Luncheon VK4

It's on again and we are heading to the Norman Hotel for a few steaks. Please RSVP at Eventbrite to help organising.   The VK Contest Club VK4 chapter are hosting an annual get together for all radio amateurs to enjoy an afternoon of camaraderie. VK Contest Club (VK1CC) is a national organisation for all contest minded hams in Australia with [...]

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ROSS HULL MEMORIAL CONTEST (MARATHON)

  11/09/2021
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The Ross Hull Contest is open to all amateurs worldwide and is a VHF and UP contest, with a distance-based scoring methodology. Ross Hull was an Australian amateur who [...]

Reminder – ACMA Survey on 2×1 Callsigns

  30/08/2021
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The ACMA Amateur Radio Update recently announced a Survey on 2x1 call sign allocation The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) are aware of interest in the [...]

Amateur Radio Foundation Licence Training Program

  12/08/2021
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A NOTE FROM FRED VK3DAC / VK4FE Amateur Radio Foundation Licence Training Program Good afternoon, I am [...]

New Appointments take WIA Board Members to 4 VKCC Members

  06/08/2021
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WIA Board announces new President. Date : 14 / 07 / 2021 Author : Lee Moyle - VK3GK The Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) board of directors convened their first [...]

Remembrance Day Contest 2021

  06/08/2021
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Remembrance Day Contest Next contest 14th & 15th August 2021 Contest Manager Alan Shannon VK4SN vk4sn@wia.org.au Rule changes in [...]

WIA adds new Support for the Contest Champion Peter Brown VK4PJ Trophy

  29/07/2021
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HUGE BACKGROUND CHANGES FOR THE WIA CONTEST CHAMPION TROPHY The WIA Contest Committee, has added new features to the Contest Champion Peter Brown VK4PJ Trophy score page [...]

AREG Lockdown Contest

  20/07/2021
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AREG Lockdown Contest As most of us will be locked down for at least the next seven days we have thought up a little contest to have some fun. The idea of the [...]

VK4HH and VK7GH Clean up the VK Shires

  19/07/2021
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Pretty obvious from the results of the VK Shires that the ladies have cleaned up... Catherine Hammond and Diane Main We asked the ladies how they did so [...]

2021 VK SHIRES All SoapBox

  17/07/2021
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2021 VK SHIRES   All SoapBox   vk1dd.log SOAPBOX: THANKS TO THE ORGANISERS AND EVERYONE I TALKED TO.  I WASN'T ON FOR SOAPBOX: LONG, BUT IT WAS FUN [...]

VK Shires 2021 Survey

  13/07/2021
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https://www.surveymonkey.com/stories/SM-HFDXLLJJ/ The survey of entrants resulted in a majority asking for the contest to be expanded to cover ZL local Government [...]