I am very pleased to announce that I have been given an opportunity to join an international lead expedition to Cocos Keeling Islands in November this year! You can find out more about my adventures over at vk9cv.com
I am pleased to announce that I have been able to join a fantastic team on a new adventure! We are heading to Flinders Island, South Australia, located off the coast of Eyre Peninsula near Elliston. I will be travelling with VK5PAS, VK5LA, VK5FR, VK5HS and VK5GA. The trip will take place between the 12th…
I am pleased to announce that there is new life on Amateur Radio from Kangaroo Island. Recently licenced amateur, Tony VK5AVB, has jumped in with a passion and built a substantial station out on the island he calls home. As of December 5th 2022, Tony is now the owner of the VK5KI licence as well,…
The VK5KI trip to Kangaroo Island 2022 is done and dusted. We had a good time, but also suffered a lot of damage due to the freak weather which hit the site while we were there. None the less, we managed over 1100 QSOs in the roughly 48hrs on the air, which included about 9…
VK5KI OC-139 Activation Friday July 29 – Sunday July 31st 2022 We are pleased to announce that VK5KI will for the first time participate in the RSGB’s Islands on the Air (IOTA) Contest this year from Kangaroo Island, off the coast of South Australia. The operators for this trip will be Grant VK5GR and Chris…
I am pleased to announce that the VK5KI logs from the January 2021 expedition to Kangaroo Island have now been uploaded to LogBook of the World. IOTA Award Clublog digital QSO matching has also been activated QSL Cards also continue to be available via my QSL Manager, Charles M0OXO.
The reason we went back to Kangaroo Island this time was to have more of a holiday on the island and spend some time looking around. The good news at least for domestic travellers is that most of the major tourism attractions have reopened after the disastrous bush fire that destroyed over half the island…
Thanks everyone for all of the QSOs over the past 10 days. It has been a lot of fun. Hopefully I have been able to give out OC-139 IOTA to a few more people for an All Time New Island (ATNI). Those seeking QSL cards for IOTA credits will be happy to learn that the…
Folks, the expedition is almost over. I need to start station tear down tomorrow in order to be ready to board the ferry early Friday morning. Thanks everyone for the QSOs! I will have one last run on air from 5am ACDT (1830z 20th Jan) for about 2 hours before we will finally shut down….
The family and I have arrived safely on Kangaroo Island and have settled into our temporary home. As there is only myself interested in radio this time things are taking longer than expected. However I have now at least completed 24 hours on the air for about 300 contacts this trip. The antennas so far…
