PAUL VK5PAS
Lives at:
5 acre property southeast of Adelaide, S.A.
Family:
married to Maria VK5MAZ and has 2 grown up children & 2 beautiful grandchildren
Work life:
retired after 43 years in the South Australia Police, with the majority of that time as a Detective.
When licenced:
first licenced in 2010 with Foundation lic (VK5FPAS). Upgraded in 2011 to Standard licence (VK5PAS)
Member of:
WIA, RASA, ARRL, 10-10 International, Australian Radio DX Club, Historical Radio Soc of Australia, & various other clubs
Other calls:
also holds the calls of VK5COP and VK5IPA; has operated as VK9PAS from Norfolk Island
Special event calls:
Paul has operated using several special event callsigns, the most recent being VI8POL, where nearly 7,000 QSOS were made in 2 weeks
DXpeditions:
was a team member of the VK5TIL Troubridge Island WWFF/IOTA DXpedition and a team member of the Flinders Island WWFF/IOTA DXpedition
Committees & Boards:
previous WIA Director; previous WIA Awards Committee member; former Vice President of Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio Society
Other info:
official card checker for ARRL DXCC, official card checker for CQ Awards; Net Control for ANZA DX Net
Presentations & media:
has delivered several presentations at various ham conferences & expos around Australia; has delivered dozens of presentations to amateur radio clubs around Australia and in the USA; has been interviewed on several occasions on commercial radio; has featured on QSO Today Podcast; has been interviewed for VE9CF's YouTube channel; has organised 2 amateur radio symposiums
Awards:
blogs/websites:
Paul has an active WordPress site, which can be found at https://vk5pas.org/. He also has a website, which can be found at https://www.vk5pas.com/
WWFF
Other interests in the hobby:
working DX (has worked 308 DXCC entities); enjoys contesting; active in many aspects of the hobby
Other hobbies:
driving his 1972 Valiant Ranger; wine collecting; gardening; family history; short wave listening; 3D printing; 4WDing; travel
5 acre property southeast of Adelaide, S.A.
Family:
married to Maria VK5MAZ and has 2 grown up children & 2 beautiful grandchildren
Work life:
retired after 43 years in the South Australia Police, with the majority of that time as a Detective.
When licenced:
first licenced in 2010 with Foundation lic (VK5FPAS). Upgraded in 2011 to Standard licence (VK5PAS)
Member of:
WIA, RASA, ARRL, 10-10 International, Australian Radio DX Club, Historical Radio Soc of Australia, & various other clubs
Other calls:
also holds the calls of VK5COP and VK5IPA; has operated as VK9PAS from Norfolk Island
Special event calls:
Paul has operated using several special event callsigns, the most recent being VI8POL, where nearly 7,000 QSOS were made in 2 weeks
DXpeditions:
was a team member of the VK5TIL Troubridge Island WWFF/IOTA DXpedition and a team member of the Flinders Island WWFF/IOTA DXpedition
Committees & Boards:
previous WIA Director; previous WIA Awards Committee member; former Vice President of Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio Society
Other info:
official card checker for ARRL DXCC, official card checker for CQ Awards; Net Control for ANZA DX Net
Presentations & media:
has delivered several presentations at various ham conferences & expos around Australia; has delivered dozens of presentations to amateur radio clubs around Australia and in the USA; has been interviewed on several occasions on commercial radio; has featured on QSO Today Podcast; has been interviewed for VE9CF's YouTube channel; has organised 2 amateur radio symposiums
Awards:
- 2015 - WIA Presidents' Commendation
- 2017 - WIA President's Commendation
blogs/websites:
Paul has an active WordPress site, which can be found at https://vk5pas.org/. He also has a website, which can be found at https://www.vk5pas.com/
WWFF
- has been the VKFF National Co-Ordinator since 2013
- previous International Chairperson of WWFF
- is the ZLFF National Co-ordinator
- is a WWFF Forum moderator
- has operated from Belgium and Germany in WWFF parks
- was awarded the inaugural WWFF Certificate of Excellence
- Activated 726 WWFF references
- VKFF Activator 725 Honour Roll issued
- Hunted 3,172 WWFF references
- VKFF Hunter 2,500 Honour Roll issued
Other interests in the hobby:
working DX (has worked 308 DXCC entities); enjoys contesting; active in many aspects of the hobby
Other hobbies:
driving his 1972 Valiant Ranger; wine collecting; gardening; family history; short wave listening; 3D printing; 4WDing; travel
