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VP8TXF

05 Wednesday Mar 2025

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Hi Everyone,

I have just received a message from Ian (G3WVG) who reports that he and Nigel (OE5TXF) have safely arrived in the Falkland Islands following two long flights via Ascension Island (ZD8). Ian reports that they will be active as Ian – VP8CIW and Nigel as VP8TXF and will be QRV later today. They say that their site is very remote and sloping north to the ocean. They report that they have no internet or e-mail connection at all, so please work them when you hear them. Good luck everyone.

73 Bob

GU4YOX

73 Bob

GU4YOX

Celtic Fringe (plus Channel Islands) in Commonwealth Contest

04 Tuesday Mar 2025

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Stew GW0ETF Mar 3 #20981   Now that each UK&CD region is a separate call area for DX stations we will all probably experience more activity – the first 3 QSOs worked in G, GI, GD, GJ, GM, GU and GW will earn 20 bonus points for every caller from outside of the UK&CD on each band. So a good turn out to satisfy the hoped for demand, particularly from the above regions, would be most welcome.It promises to be a fun 24 hours with plenty of dx demand. Please join us even if you can’t manage the whole contest. The UK&CD HQ stations are listed on the G6XX QRZ page (https://www.qrz.com/db/G6XX). If anyone wishes to volunteer to fill the remaining empty slots there is still time; these calls are RSGB Contest Club calls and don’t require a NoV. Please check before the contest for any changes.73, Stew GW0ETFhttps://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2025/rcwc.shtml

Island HF teams the Nootka Sounders and the Queen City Rollers

03 Monday Mar 2025

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VE7 Teams

The new Island HF club is using the 2025 Commonwealth Contest as our first organized event as we promote contesting here on Vancouver Island. The Teams will be a mixture of veterans and rookies and are as follows:

Team: Nootka Sounders

VE7ZO (captain)

VE7JKZ

VE7AP

VA7RN

VE7KW

Team: Queen City Rollers

VE7AX (captain)

VE7UF (VE7JH)

VE7UBA

VA7PK

(room for one more)

73, Jim VE7ZO

Island HF

Team World Travellers Plus

28 Friday Feb 2025

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John, Bob,

Please find below this year’s entrants for Team World Travellers Plus.

I have only found four genuine travellers ‘not operating in regions with their own team’, so this year we are also joined by Marios 5B4WN.

I gather from adjudicator John that we will do quite well as not many teams have registered yet….

See you down the log

Colin Zf2CA (Team captain)

Building the history files …

28 Friday Feb 2025

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Hi

As part of an exercise to capture thoughts and impressions of some of the earliest entrants to the Commonwealth Contest I would like to find out when some of the current entrants first entered.

Whilst I can’t do a full update of ‘Reflections …’ it would be good to capture thoughts before they get lost in the mists of time. The contest because of its unusual longevity represents a framework to put amateur radio contesting into context.

Suggestions please to me bob(at)g3pjt.com

73 Bob G3PJT

G4SGX/6Y

24 Monday Feb 2025

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Hi Bob,

Will be active from 6Y beachside again, this time with a Dx-Commander instead of my usual 1979 + tape measure radials and inverted-L.

Saves me having to nip outside to adjust the antenna every QSY. Will be interesting to see any difference.

First 2 hours I will be on the low bands looking for VK/ZL, last year was a bit disappointing in that regard for some reason..

After the contest I’m sticking up a top band inverted-L and 2 x elevated radials for some extra fun, taking my 18M pole.

Iain G4SGX/6Y