From WIA News for 9 July 2017:
" Another fast approaching is of course our own WIA Rembembrance Day Contest
"HI, this is Alan VK4SN, the RD contest manager.
This year the 2017 RD contest falls on the 2nd weekend of August.
The contest kicks off at 0300z on August 12th and finishes 0300z August 13th.
Categories include Single Operator, Multi Operator Single Transmitter and Multi Operator Multi transmitter.
Phone, CW & RTTY modes are allowed.
The exchange given is the signal report followed by the number of years you have been licenced.
For clubs the exchange is the signal report followed by the number of licenced years of the longest licenced ham present at the start of the contest.
Repeat contacts can be made 3 hours after the previous contact with that callsign.
If you wish to create a team please notify me, VK4SN, prior to the contest.
And above all, remember to send in your log within the fortnight after.
All information is available for download from the WIA contest web pages.
http://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/rdcontest/
Good luck and hope to work you during the contest.
73, this is Alan, VK4SN, RD contest manager."
BUMP: The 2017 RD Contest is only a few weeks away now so it is time to think about getting ready for a big effort.
Mark the dates : August 12 & 13, starting 0300 UTC on the Saturday.
The Amateur Radio Central West group will be activating a mountain north of bathurst for the weekend, with all bands from 160 metres to 76 GHz.
We will also be aiming east towards the blue mountains and sydney incase of anyone looking for activity on the vhf, uhf and microwave bands. The dural beacon on 23cm is quite strong.
Call us on the club repeater 147.2MHz +offset if you would like to try.
good luck in the contest, 73 Dave vk2jds
BUMP again : tomorrow Saturday & Sunday
We are ready out here,
The club is putting in a big effort this year. You can email, or call me on the mobile or on the 147.2 repeater for contacts on the high bands.
We will be on 50.15, 144.15 and above that its .200 right up to 76. Have done a test today on 76 and 47 over 4km path and its s9, we are impressed.
Next is 122 GHz
73 Dave, on behalf of the Amateur radio central west group , based in Orange, central tablelands NSW
All going well except we are finding a possible bug in the latest VKCL.
On the microwave bands , 23cm and up, its not giving double points. And being rtty it shouid be 4 points , not 2.
Anyone else having this problem ?
73 Dave
You guys using FT8 at all?
Compton
(12-08-2017, 10:20 PM)VK2HRX Wrote: [ -> ]You guys using FT8 at all?
Compton
Hi Compton, no, just cw, rtty and ssb here. Its 5.40am and minus 2 degrees sitting by the campfire.
Update from our scorer, says it looks like the 47GHz and 76GHz bands are affected by the bug, as from 23cm to 24Ghz the points are doubling correctly when he opened the log and checked it.
73 Dave
First: Thanks to all who participated in the RD Contest this weekend. Your exchanges were really appreciated.
Next: The operating may be done but the contest isn't over until your log has been checked and submitted :
Email Logs to rdlogs (at) wia.org.au with your callsign in the subject within 14 days of the contest finish.
On receipt of your log, the manager will send an acknowledgement email to you. Just to be sure, it is advised that you flag your email for “confirmation of receipt”, in which case you will receive two emails acknowledging receipt of the log.
Finally: Done that ??
Ok, now 'the contest is done, man'.
Did anybody use ContestRadar (except me) ?
Compton FT8
Yes, I have WSJTX 1.8.0-rc2 on Linux here on my FT-450 HF to 6m radio.
This morning, only 6m contacts were Meteor Scatter, such is my location
in the Nepean valley. MSK144 See the notes on VKLOGGER. around 7am.
BUMP: Is your RD log in yet ??
If 'No', email it this weekend..
" 148 LOGS RECEIVED at 05:40z 17/8/2017 "
It has to be in within 14 days of the end of the contest i.e. 26th August 2017...
Last bump: Closing for logs will be today (if I read the rules correctly).
If your callsign isn't listed below and you did participate, hop to it.. NOW..
From the RD Contest web page at WIA.ORG.AU (
LINK) :
This Years Contest
197 LOGS RECEIVED at 02:00z 26/8/2017
SOPH
VK1DW VK1HW VK2BBQ VK2BGL VK2DEK VK2FF VK2HAX VK2HEK VK2HHS VK2JCC VK2LEE VK2MK VK2MT VK2PX VK2QV VK2TS VK2TTL VK2UTL VK2UVP VK2VOL VK2VV VK2XSE VK2YX VK2ZCM VK3ADW VK3AMW VK3ASU VK3AVV VK3DY VK3FLCS VK3FMMB VK3JK VK3JWT VK3LCW VK3LM VK3LRE VK3MCD VK3MEG VK3MHY VK3NCC VK3TNL VK3VGB VK3XV VK3ZPF VK4ADC VK4ADF VK4FILS VK4PDX VK4FPDG VK4FLR VK4LAT VK4NM VK5AZL VK5DJ VK5DT VK5HAE VK5HEL VK5JW VK5KDK VK5KIK VK5KLD VK5KX VK5LA VK5MCB VK5PL VK5QI VK5SE VK5UE VK5XY VK6ADI VK6AIF VK6AN VK6AXB VK6BDO VK6BMW VK6CG VK6CSW VK6DDX VK6EK VK6FGGL VK6HV VK6JP VK6LO VK6MJC VK6MM VK6NK VK6QK VK6QS VK6SN VK6SO VK6TV VK6USB VK6VP VK6WE VK6YJ VK6ZIC VK6ZMS VK7BG VK7CL VK7DC VK7DG VK7DIK VK7DW VK7EV VK7FB VK7GG VK7HW VK7IF VK7JGD VK7JU VK7KAJ VK7KC VK7KW VK7OO VK7PD VK7QF VK7QP VK7RM VK7SA VK7TU VK7VH VK7WH VK7ZCR VK7ZGK ZL1SHP
SOCW
VK1FWBK VK2BJ VK2BJT VK2EL VK2GR VK2KJJ VK2PN VK2WQ VK4AAN VK5NE VK6AAK VK7AD VK7RD VK7RO
SO Mixed
VK2AZ VK2BFC VK2BPL VK2CU VK2JDR VK3AMG VK3AUQ VK3AWG VK3ELH VK3GK VK3SIM VK3VT VK3WE VK3ZAP VK4SC VK4SN VK4TMZ VK5GR VK5LJ VK6GHZ VK6NU VK6RC VK6ZRW VK7BEN VK7HDM VK7ZBX VK7ZMS ZL2AQL
SO QRP PH
VK2AOJ VK2FHRK VK2YW VK3OAK VK3SMC VK3TST VK5MTM VK7FREU VK7TW
SO QPR CW
VK2IG VK3AGQ
SO QRP Mixed
VK3YE VK7NTK
Multi Single
VK2AU VK2GGC VK2TUV VK3CML VK4BW VK5BRL VK5PX VK6ARN
Multi Multi
VK2AWX VK4HH VK5GRC VK6NC VK6WH
Check Logs
VK4AAN VK2EMU VK2HEL VK3FBNR VK7HSL
2017 results are out (
http://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/rdcontest/ ) :
The State winner of the Remembrance Day Contest 2017 is VK7. Well done!
2017 RESULTS
SO Phone
1. VK2MT 974
2. VK3XV 625
3. VK4ADC 540
SO CW
1. VK2GR 758
2. VK2BJ 524
3. VK2WQ 340
SO Mixed
1. VK5LJ 1036
2. VK5GR 1003
3. VK2AZ 778
SO QRP Phone
1. VK2AOJ 419
2. VK3TST 321
3. VK2FHRK 150
SO QRP CW
1. VK2IG 170
2. VK3AGO 88
3. No Entry
SO QRP Mixed
1. VK7NTK 380
2. VK3YE 102
3. No Entry
Multi-Single
1. VK2TUV 1322
2. VK2AU 1178
3. VK3CML 629
Multi-Multi
1. VK6NC 1437
2. VK4HH 916
3. VK2AWX 753
Top Foundation
1. VK3FMMB 165 SO PH
2. VK2FHRK 150 SO QRP PH
3. VK4FILS 70 SO PH
Teams
1. AREG TEAM 1 VK5QI VK3TST VK5GR 1633
2. NSW Wombats VK2GR VK2BJ VK2WQ 1622
3. 31 Club VK6AXB VK6BDO VK6ZRW 1255
Rookie - Highest Score
1. VK3FMMB 165
RD Certificate arrived in today's mail, 10th Nov, to add to some earlier ones..