WIA VHF UHF Winter Field Day Contest 2025

 WIA VHF UHF Winter Field Day Contest 2025, 

here is a snapshot from the Contest Radar site on 21st June, 2025

Contest Radar

WIA VHF/UHF Field Day Contest - Winter 2025

 two weeks away to the  2025 WIA VHF UHF Winter Field Day Contest  over weekend 21st-22nd June, 2025

The Wireless Institute of Australia

WIA Contest schedule 2025

 starting to look at what WIA Contests that I am interested in that are coming up for 2025,

https://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/vhfuhf/   VHF/UHF Field Day Summer Contest 18th/19th January, 2025

https://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/australiaday/  25th January, 2025

https://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/johnmoyle/     16th/17th March, 2025

https://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/vhfuhf/   VHF/UHF Field Day Winter Contest 21st/22nd June, 2025

https://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/rdcontest/ RD Contest  18th/19th August, 2025

ttps://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/vhfuhf/   VHF/UHF Field Day Spring Contest  Nov 2025 ???

6metre Repeater Update - 5th January, 2025

 open from sydney  to adelaide today, VK5RSB 53.750 MHz, with VK5KKU and VK2ATU having a chat

John Moyle Memorial Field Day Contest 2024

 John Moyle Memorial Field Day Contest 2024

The Field Day will be held over the weekend of the 16th-17th March 2024 and run from 0100 UTC  on the Saturday to 0059 UTC on the Sunday

The Wireless Institute of Australia (wia.org.au)

WIA AGM Convention and Hamfest 2024 - Bunderberg, Queensland

 Gidday!

 

I’m David VK4DN from the Bundaberg Amateur Radio Club – We are hosting the WIA Convention and Expo/Hamfest here in Bundaberg on May 4^th / 5^th in 2024.

 

It is the biggest event in the calendar year for Amateur Radio in Australia!   Our members are thrilled to be hosting the event and we would like to extend a warm welcome to your club and members to attend the event.

 

The weekend includes the WIA AGM, several keynote presentations by guest speakers / a Commercial Expo and Hamfest / Field Day. A gala dinner and lots of other activities! We have even managed to secure a contact with the ISS on Saturday evening with a local high school – (The kids will be able to talk with an astronaut on the space station!)

 

We are also seeking guest speakers for the event with several slots available – If any member of your club would be interested in doing a talk about something they are passionate about (preferably related to Amateur Radio!) 😊

 

It should be a very interesting weekend and an opportunity for amateurs from all over Australia to gather and network with other people interested in the hobby.

 

If you could please forward this email to your members, and discuss at the next meeting, it would be much appreciated! 😉

 

If you guys have any questions or comments, please don’t hesitate to make contact with me!

 

Should any of your members like to book a table for the HamFest or give a talk, please ask them to make contact as well.

 

Kind regards,

David VK4DN
Secretary – Bundaberg Amateur Radio Club

WIA VHF UHF Field Day Contests for remainder of 2023

 

Upcoming Contest Date & Time

  Spring 2023 - 0100 UTC Saturday 25 November through 0059 UTC Sunday 26 November (0400 / 0359 in VK6).

  Summer 2024 - 0100 UTC Saturday 13 January through 0059 UTC Sunday 14 January (0400 / 0359 in VK6).

Manly Warringah Radio Society - operating WIA Winter VHF UHF Field Day Contest - 24th June 2023

 some photos of the WIA Winter VHF UHF Field Day contest activity from Manly Warringah Radio Society  operating portable at Terrey Hills QF56oh on Saturday afternoon 24th June 2023

run special event callsign of vi100mb

https://phwl.org/2023/vhf-field-day/

WIA VHF/UHF Contest 24th/25th June 2023

 Manly Warringah Radio Society will be operating the WIA VHF/UHF Field Day contest this weekend from Terrey Hills QF56oh , 6,2,70,23 on Saturday afternoon under callsign VI100MB

WIA Winter VHF/UHF Contest - 24th-25th June 2023

 The Rules are posted at: https://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/vhfuhf/

Since the untimely passing of Mike Subocz VK3AVV in January 2022, developer of the popular VKCL contest logger, who also wrote a log-checker, we've lost the facility to properly prepare results while awaiting probate on his estate.

As everyone is aware, we have been working on catching up with manually preparing results of the 2022 contests and this year’s Summer event, last January.

A number of people have made valiant efforts over recent months to find or to write suitable log-checking software to suit these unique contests that have been developed by the stakeholders over time.

It’s proven to be a herculean task and I am truly grateful to those volunteers who have taken it on. Let them rest for the moment – or so – and I urge you just get out there, enjoy the outdoors, or the indoors at home, and have fun.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not yet up to the task.

Best wishes to all for the contest.

Roger Harrison VK2ZRH

Manager, WIA VHF/UHF Field Days

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VK-VHF mailing list

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VI100MB operating on the John Moyle Field Day (JMFD) Contest 18th/19th March 2023

 

update below  from Dom VK2JNA and team, operating VI100MB Centennial Anniversary  callsign for VK2MB Manly Warringah Radio Society (1923-2023): 

We have setup horizontal OCF antenna about 35ft & predominately using that. 

We have also setup 18m vertical with radials at edge of salt water mangroves.  Will use on low bands tonight

Running on batteries on club IC-7300

Great sigs

Nice & rf quiet here at Culburra Beach (near Nowra)

Taking turns & Leo has participated in his first contest. 

We had to build a long feedline, so Nick volunteered his 100m roll of Benelec coax.

We intend to go 24hr & just plod along waving the MWRS flag 

It’s nice that every so often we get asked what the special call is for giving us a chance to explain our MWRS Centenary 

Currently 14190

Operators :
Dom VK2JNA

Nick VK2FS

Leo VK2LEO

WIA VHF UHF SHF Field Day Contest 2023

 

Upcoming WIA  VHF UHF SHF Contest Date & Time for 2023

  Summer 2023 - 0100 UTC Saturday 14 through 0059 UTC Sunday 15 January(0400 / 0359 in VK6). - COMPLETED

  Winter 2023 - 0100 UTC Saturday 24 June through 0059 UTC Sunday 25 June (0300 / 0259 in VK6).

The Wireless Institute of Australia (wia.org.au)

2022 VHF-UHF Spring Field Day Contest - VK2MB Manly Warringah Radio Society

 Spring 2022 VHF/UHF Field Day - Manly-Warringah Radio Society - YouTube  6minute video summary, 26th-27th November, 2022

update on WIA Contests for remainder of 2022

 VK Trans-Tasman Contest is on 16th July 2022

 RD Contest is on 13th August 2022

These are the remaining two WIA VHF/UHF/SHF Field Day Contests for 2022.

  Winter 2022 - 0200 UTC Saturday 25 through 0159 UTC Sunday 26 June (0400 / 0359 in VK6). 

  Spring 2022 - 0100 UTC Saturday 26 through 0059 UTC Sunday 27 November (0400 / 0359 in VK6).

the full WIA 2022 Contest Calendar is here :

New release of VK 2022 Contest Calendar (wia.org.au)

John Moyle Field Day 2022 - postmortem

 I went to QF46pu with the intention of  working VHF and above, however after the first hour  of calling and finding nothing and hearing nothing,  (except for  VK2LE/p on 146.500, but they could not hear me). Dave VK2JDS was tuning around 40metres and found lots of stations calling CQ Contest,  so I started working the contest on 40metres, it was great fun, lots of strong signals, easy to work them. There were some serious stations out there, but also many casual contesters who liked a bit of a chat, which I was very obliging with. 

I was not  doing the contest seriously, just give out some numbers.  There seemed like there were many club groups and family groups, one op had his daughters doing the CQ calls while he made the contacts, so I was surprised by the number of young operators, both genders present, some of which had picked up the contest bug and operating very professionally and proficiently, which was great to hear. 

Over the 24 hour period I racked up 50 contacts, in between other projects,  while realistically just having a bit of fun in the contest.  I was operating under my other callsign VK2ABP,  running the Icom 756 Pro2 into a 80metre horizontal wire loop, strung out among the trees. 

Now that I had fun on a HF contest, I think I need to have a go at the RD Contest in August. I think I leave the VHF and above for the WIA VHF-UHF Field Day Contests.

WIA VHF/UHF/SHF Field Day Contests for 2022

 as mentioned earlier this year, the Summer VHF/UHF/SHF Field Day Contest has come and gone already

These are the remaining two WIA VHF/UHF/SHF Field Day Contests for 2022.

  Winter 2022 - 0200 UTC Saturday 25 through 0159 UTC Sunday 26 June (0400 / 0359 in VK6). 

  Spring 2022 - 0100 UTC Saturday 26 through 0059 UTC Sunday 27 November (0400 / 0359 in VK6).

The Wireless Institute of Australia (wia.org.au)

John Moyle Field Day Contest 2022

 The next John Moyle Field Day Contest will be held over the weekend of the 19th-20th March 2022 and will run from UTC 0100 on the Saturday to 0059 on the Sunday (24hr period) 

I planning to head out west for the weekend and Manly Warringah Radio Society (VK2MB) is also planning to operate portable too.

Good luck to all participants, hopefully now that we starting to get ahead of Covid, many of us can go portable for the contest.

WIA Summer VHF UHF Contest 15th-16th 2022 post-mortem

 I had to work, but I did listen on 50.150, 144.150, 432.150  I did hear several content stations on 6m and 2m across Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning.  I will try again and for the 2022 WIA Winter VHF UHF Contest and hopefully be active in that contest.

WIA VHF UHF Spring Field Day Contest 2021 post-mortem

Here in Sydney (on 27th/28th Nov) and probably most of east coast, it was solid wind and rain,  so I did not venture out to do the contest.

The next WIA VHF UHF Summer Field Day contest to be held on 15th/16th January 2022, fingers crossed  for better wx and no more lockdowns.

WIA Contests up to end of 2021

 There are two weekends of Oceania Contests,  SSB weekend and CW weekend,  first two weekends of October.

And then the Spring VHF-UHF Field Day Contest  on 27th and 28th November,   whether VK2 can go portable is another thing.

Introduction To Contesting & Field Days (wia.org.au)