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December 23-on-23 - 23/12/2022 - VK4CZ - 21-12-2022
Welcome to the December 23-on-23.
Friday December 23, 2022 is the next and final scheduled 23-on-23 for 2022!
The 23-on-23 activation events continue to provide an opportunity to activate your 1,296MHz and other uWave home station capabilities, and engage with other likeminded amateurs.
Operations are typically conducted as follows:
Phone/CW
- Start time: 10:00z / 8:00pm AEST
- QRG: 1,296.100MHz
Digital, 2,400/2,403 and 3.398MHz
- Start time: 11:00z / 9:00pm AEST
- 23cm QRG: 1,296.225MHz (Mode JT65)
- 13cm QRG: 2,400.100MHz or 2,403.100MHz USB
- 9cm QRG: 3,398.100MHz
These events are designed to develop the level of activity on 23cm and above amateur bands.
Everyone is very welcome to participate. Please do not hesitate to share with others who you know have capability and see if we can continue to grow the numbers of participating stations, by promoting with your local club, on other forums and FB pages.
Activity is not limited to stations within SE VK4, and the growing contingent from VK2 in the last couple of 23-on-23 activation events.
As is often proven, if the participating stations are unaware of your operation, there is a higher likelihood that you won’t be worked. [Quite simple and very logical really!]
Please take a moment to share advice of your participation here, and on the night log into VKSpotter ‘23cm and above’ chat, so that attention to 'exploiting' the path can be achieved.
Let's also now look forward to the twelve 23-on-23 in '23.
They're not hard to plan for - there's a 23rd every single month.
But for some of us, who are still of the 'working class', we might not be able to make all, but at least aim to activate in a few. 
In the coming weeks the Brisbane VHF Group will also publish the 2023 MAD Calendar, which incorporates the 23-on-23 program... let's see if we can progress these to Nationally coordinated activation events, so that 23cm and above activity can gain more focus and attention.
Good luck to everyone.
de VK4CZ