Southern Cross Towers Instructions

Southern-Cross-Galvanised-Towers Over the last hundred years, Southern Cross® Windmills have become almost synonymous with the Australian outback, serving as a reminder of the hardships and ingenuity of our pioneers. Southern Cross® have been manufacturing windmills out of Australian foundries and factories since 1903, and have since produced over 250 [...]

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CALL TO ARMS FOR WIA HQ OPERATORS

This is a call for the expression of interest in operating or assisting as a team member with the operation of the VK HQ stations in the Commonwealth Contest (BERU) on 12/13 [...]

Australia Day Contest Results and 2023

TRIAL AUSTRALIA DAY CONTEST Contest Managers Trent Sampson VK4TS Alan Shannon VK4SN Contest Introduction This trial contest is to encourage Amateur Radio [...]

2×1 call info from AMC

The contest call sign policy and application process are available on the AMC website, please follow the link [...]

Australia Day Contest 2022

The WIA is pleased to announce a new contest on the calendar. The WIA Australia Day Contest taking place on Wednesday 26th of January 2022.  This is a trial contest and has a [...]

Anzac Day Contest 2022

Keep your calendars clear for the Anzac Day Contest taking place on Monday 25th April 2022. Australia and New Zealand to the World.     SSB, CW and [...]

Contest call signs

The new 2x1 contest callsigns are now reality and already had their first run in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest.  The Regulator’s outsourcing partner, the Australian Maritime [...]

RASA election results 2021

A call for nominations was made to members via email on the 12th August 2021 with a request for nominations for (RASA) committee positions 2021-2022 to be received by the [...]

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 [...]

ROSS HULL MEMORIAL CONTEST (MARATHON)

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

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 [...]