World Wide Flora & Fauna - Australia - LATEST NEWS

Top WWFF Activators in the World

2/3/2020

Hi all,

Each year the Romanian Amateur Radio Society issues certificates to the Top 44 WWFF Activators in the World, and the Top 44 WWFF Hunters in the World.

I am pleased to announce that there were three VK's who appeared in the Top 44 Activator list for 2019 (activations for this award are based on reaching the 44 QSO threshold).

Mike VK6MB came in 9th spot in the world with 149 references.
Gerard VK2IO came in 12th spot in the world with 124 references.

Myself, Paul VK5PAS came in 22nd spot in the world with 73 references.

The Top WWFF Activator was SP5UUD from Poland with an amazing 282 different WWFF references activated.

Mike VK6MB also came in 18th spot and Gerard VK2IO in 28th spot for the Top Activator per QSOs category. Mike made 10,021 QSOs. Gerard made 8,177 QSOs.

The Top Activator QSO category winner was IQ5QO from Italy with 52,627 QSOs.

Unfortunately, there were no VK's in the Top 44 WWFF Hunter list for 2019.

73 and '44',

Paul VK5PAS
VKFF National Co-Ordinator.

Treasurers Reports

8/26/2019

Hi all,

A reminder that WWFF Australia has a bank account.

The purpose of this account is to officially record 'donations' received from individuals, to cover the cost of trophies for events such as the VKFF Team Championship.

These trophies are only made possible by the generous donations made by certain WWFF/VKFF supporters.

Marija VK5FMAZ is our Treasurer and has prepared reports for 2018/2019. They can be found on the WWFF Australia website at.......

https://www.wwffaustralia.com/bank-account.html

Should you wish to contribute any $$, please use the above account. Any amount is greatly appreciated and will assist in the ongoing issuing of trophies.

World Wide Flora & Fauna - Australia
BSB 105-010
Account - 125945440.

73 and '44',

Paul VK5PAS
VKFF National Co-ordinator.

Awards and logs for the next month

8/26/2019

Hi all,

Whilst I am away Mark VK4SMA will be handling all logs from VK5 park activators and processing VKFF awards for South Australian applicants.

Mark will also be processing awards for overseas applicants.
Mark's email for VK5 logs is vk4sma@optusnet.com.au
Thank you Mark.

Special event awards, e.g. NPWS, National Wattle Day, Boomerang, will have to wait until I get back.

Jonathan VK7JON will be updating this Facebook group and the Groups.io page with the latest VKFF award recipients.

Thank you Jonathan.

I will update the WWFF Australia website when I get back in early October.

73 and '44',

Paul VK5PAS.

National Wattle Day 2019

8/25/2019

Hi all,

Don't forget National Wattle Day which is coming up on 1st September 2019.

A special certificate will be on offer to those who activate a VKFF reference on National Wattle Day.

Following the day, please drop me an email to let me know that you activated a park on that day.

Sadly I won't be available on the day.

I suspect this will be a popular day and will be a great opportunity of logging numerous Park to Park contacts.

73 and '44',

Paul VK5PAS
vk5pas@wia.org.au

Breakdown of VKFF award certificates issued to date

8/25/2019

Here is a breakdown of VKFF award certificates issued to date:-

VKFF Activator - 193
VKFF Hunter (Australian recipients) - 781
VKFF Hunter (Overseas recipients) - 345
VKFF Hunter Honour Roll (Australian recipients) -1,329
VKFF Hunter Honour Roll (Overseas recipients) - 52
VKFF Activator Honour Roll - 55
Boomerang Activator - 9
Boomerang Hunter - 100
VK DX Hunter - 7
OCCFF (Australian recipients) - 81
OCCFF (Overseas recipients) - 166
Murray River Parks Hunter - 188
Murray River Parks Activator - 11
Gondwana Rainforests - 22
NSW NPWS 50 year - 24
2018 National Bird Week - 20
SA NPWS - 8
World Ranger Day - 24

Total certificates = 3,415

The VKFF program is certainly in a very healthy position.

Thank you to the State/Territory reps for all their work behind the scenes.

73 and '44',

Paul VK5PAS
VKFF National Co-ordinator.

Annual VKFF National Get Together - 2020

8/24/2019

EXCITING NEWS.

The VKFF Team are proud to announce the inaugural VKFF National Get Together.

It is to be held on Saturday 31st October 2020 and Sunday 1st November 2020.

It is planned to hold this event in 2020 in Renmark, South Australia. Each year the event will be held in a different State/Territory.

The event will involve various presentations and displays on Saturday morning, followed by lunch. Also a dinner function on Saturday evening. Also a Sunday morning breakfast.

The Riverland region offers numerous options for those who wish to activate a park of two on Saturday afternoon and Sunday.

More details on the Get Together to follow.

73 and '44',

Paul VK5PAS
VKFF National Co-Ordinator.

New awards for Foundation operators

2/3/2019

In 2019, the VKFF program will be issuing the following new certificates......

VKFF Top Foundation Hunter.
VKFF Top Foundation Activator.

It is hoped that this will encourage more participation in the VKFF program by holders of Foundation class licences.

The winner/s will be announced at the end of the year, along with the regular VKFF Top Hunter and VKFF Top Activators.

2018 VKFF Activation Weekend

10/18/2018

Don't forget the 2018 VKFF Activation Weekend. It is fast approaching. It is to be held on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th November 2018.

If you do intend to activate a park/s that weekend, please drop me a quick email. I will add your details to the spreadsheet of proposed activations. And this also ensures that you will receive an Activator participation certificate at the end of the weekend.

73,

Paul VK5PAS
VKFF National co-ordinator
vk5pas@wia.org.au

Special certificate for 2018 National Bird Week

10/18/2018

Don't forget that this year between 22nd - 28th October, National Bird Week will be held. This includes the Aussie Backyard Bird Count.

A special certificate will be issued to anyone who activates a VKFF reference during that week.

Once you have completed your activation, please drop me an email with your activation details, and I will email you the special certificate.

An example of the certificate is provided below. All photos on the certificate were taken by me during activations.

73 and '44',

Paul VK5PAS
VKFF National co-ordinator
vk5pas@wia.org.au
as@wia.org.au

Murray River Parks Award

8/3/2018

Hi all,

With the addition of new parks to the VKFF program, the number of parks in the Murray River Parks Award has now increased.

Around 21 x parks in Victoria, 7 x parks in NSW, and 2 x in SA have been added. There are now 7.
levels.
All qualifying parks have been integrated into Logsearch.

More info on the Murray River Parks Award can be found at......

https://www.wwffaustralia.com/murray-river-parks-award.html

73 and '44',

Paul VK5PAS
VKFF National co-ordinator