Voodoo Contest Group in Kuwait

The Voodoo Contest Group is on the move again in 2014 for the CQWW DX CW Contest. The team has been invited to operate at the emerging Multi-Multi contest station being assembled by 9K2HN, Hamad Alnusif in the Abdali area in northern Kuwait.

They will operate using the callsign 9K2HN in the Multi-Multi category in the contest. In addition to 9K2HN, operators will include Ned/AA7A, Don/G3XTT, Fred/G4BWP, Ray/G4FON, John/G4IRN, Mike/KC7V, Dave/N4QS, Bus/N7CW, and Bob/W6RGG, with the potential for other local 9K operators.

The visiting Voodudes will arrive on November 22nd, and will operate before the contest with particular emphasis on the lower bands.

QSLs for 9K2HN are via instructions on QRZ.com.

Voodoo Contest Group - http://voodoocontestgroup.com

Western Australia gets Summits on the Air

As of 1st September 2014 VK6 (Western Australia) became part of the worldwide SOTA award scheme and registered peaks in that state the first peak was activated by Mike VK6MB at the end of the first day UTC (actually in Australia, this was already the 2nd.).

Western Australia gets Summits on the Air

The effort to produce all the data required to have the new association accepted was a joint effort of amateurs from multiple VK states led by John VK6NU.

This now leaves only Tasmania (VK7) as the only Australian state or territory not in SOTA and its data has been prepared and is being verified at the moment, so it should also soon "join the fold".

VK2 (New South Wales) activators celebrated one year of being part of SOTA on Saturday the 6th. of September, with many inner-VK and VK-EU contacts, from summits around VK2.

The first peak to be activated was VK6/SW-048 Mt Frankland by Mike VK6MB on the first day with contacts from "chasers" in VKs 1,2,3,4,5,6 and the US. Mike also managed a summit to summit contact across the whole Australian continent with Andrew VK1DA on Mt. Ainslie (VK1/AC-040) near Canberra.

Top Ten finish for UK Team in WRTC

The UK Team of Essex radio amateur/ham Mark Haynes M0DXR and Olof Lundberg G0CKV have achieved an impressive 10th place at the World Radiosport Team Championship 2014 in New England, USA

The positions near the top of the leaderboard were continually changing throughout the Championship. At one point M0DXR and G0CKV were in second place.

The ARRL report that because of “one little bug” in the online live scoreboard some teams’ multiplier counts were not reported — only contact totals. So what the online scoreboard is currently reporting may not turn out to be the official finish.

WRTC Results - http://sb.wrtc2014.org/