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VK100WIA - Super Springtime
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 5:05 pm
by Zebedee
For those who may not be aware, amateurs from various WA radio clubs are combining their energies to host a two-location display of radio.
These two locations are the Wireless Hill Museum in Ardross and the Royal Show.
Check out the WIA website for more details on Super Springtime:
http://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/centen ... ate_ref=48
If you're heading to the Royal Show this year, please give the "shack" a visit. We're co-located with the Scouts in their area. Plus, if you've never see the Wireless Hill museum, now would be a fantastic time to do so!
Also, if you look up "VK100WIA Super Springtime" in your favourite search engine, you may find some videos of the activities
http://www.google.com/search?q=vk100wia ... springtime
Re: VK100WIA - Super Springtime
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 5:32 pm
by robbage
I think the Scouts and VK100WIA are very close to the Claremont station entrance.
Re: VK100WIA - Super Springtime
Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 8:06 pm
by Zebedee
Yep, either Gate 1 or the train station entrance are the ones closest to where the Scouts and VK100WIA are operating from.
If you're an amateur, give us a call on either
146.500 or
439.000 simplex. Both are monitored. We're also monitoring VK6RAP 2m on
146.700 and VK6RFM on
146.950 most of the time as well.
If you're not an amateur but still want to find us, enter the Scouts area, and we're behind the log bridge, next to the "air rockets" (you'll know it when you see it)...
If you're at the showgrounds tomorrow (Friday), please stop in and say hi, we aren't getting as many people coming to talk to us as we'd like
Re: VK100WIA - Super Springtime
Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 8:52 pm
by Zebedee
My contributions to the log for today. It's slightly awesome that there are over 20,000 contacts now in the VK100WIA log, with nearly 2,000 of them being during Super Springtime!
Re: VK100WIA - Super Springtime
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 5:01 pm
by robbage
Zebedee wrote:next to the "air rockets" (you'll know it when you see it)...
...or hear it. Those rockets are bloody annoying.
My pretty meagre effort:
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28/09/2010 VK6/WARG 03:30:00 VK2NR 59 59 146.950 50 FM DAVID WEST HOXTON
28/09/2010 VK6/WARG 03:00:00 VK5APA 59 59 146.950 50 FM PETER PROSPECT
28/09/2010 VK6/WARG 02:57:00 VK2FKYM 59 59 146.950 50 FM KYM CHRISTIES BEACH
28/09/2010 VK6/WARG 02:49:00 VK5MRD 59 59 146.950 50 FM DAVE MARION
28/09/2010 VK6/WARG 02:43:00 VK5ND 59 59 146.950 50 FM KEITH ADELAIDE
28/09/2010 VK6/WARG 01:45:03 VK6UFO 59 59 146.500 50 FM ROB 1W HH @ SHOWGROUNDS
Re: VK100WIA - Super Springtime
Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 10:09 am
by Zebedee
So if the tally is correct, we made over 2,000 contacts during Super Springtime.
The
WIA Online Logbook has:
487 for WICEN WA
506 for the Scouts Technology Team
637 for the WA Repeater Group, and
501 for the VHF Group.
Total:
2,131 contacts and at the end of the Super Springtime block
20,472 entries had been logged.
Well done to everyone who participated!
Re: VK100WIA - Super Springtime
Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 10:15 am
by robbage
A pretty good effort. I hope Heath got his video of the 20,000th contact. It's great to see the various clubs combining their efforts and working together for the greater cause.
Re: VK100WIA - Super Springtime
Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 6:36 pm
by Zebedee
robbage wrote:A pretty good effort. I hope Heath got his video of the 20,000th contact. It's great to see the various clubs combining their efforts and working together for the greater cause.
It is - especially since none of the clubs in any other state (to my knowledge, anyway) banded together like this to achieve something.