Are you new to the world of park activating and would like to try your hand at a portable activation? Perhaps you are one of the many park die hards here in Australia. Either way, put Saturday the 25th and Sunday 26th November 2017 in your amateur radio diary.
This is the weekend of the 2017 VKFF Activation Weekend for the World Wide Flora and Fauna (WWFF) program.
The purpose of the WWFF program is to:
draw attention to the importance of protecting nature, flora and fauna,
and to encourage the development of radio skills, especially in portable operations.
The WWFF program encourages amateur radio operators to operate portable from designated parks and/or protected nature areas around the world, and in turn generate attention for these areas, whilst providing the amateur radio community an interesting and rewarding activity.
And each year in November, a special activation weekend is held when amateurs all across Australia venture out into the field to activate parks.
So far there are 14 amateurs heading out to activate 24 parks in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia.
If you do intend to activate a park that weekend, please send an email to vk5pas@wia.org.au with details of your intended park activation or activations. A register of all park activations for that weekend is being maintained and your details will be placed on the list.
More information on the weekend and the WWFF program in general can be found at..
http://www.wwffaustralia.com/
Paul VK5PAS, the National co-ordinator for the WWFF program in Australia.
From text edition for NOV 5 2017 - VK NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST ON VK1WIA : http://www.wia.org.au/members/broadcast/wianews/
Also in MP3 edition of news available at: http://www.wia-files.com/podcast/wianews-2017-11-05.mp3