CLUB MEMBERS - HF DISTANCE RECORDS

Club HF Distance Records

1. This is a competition designed to foster friendly rivalry and these Records are only for Bragging Rights within the Club.

2. The purpose of Distance Records is to encourage experimentation by club members on the lower bands and to recognise the technical achievement of amateurs who work new record distances.

3. To encourage club members in going portable or mobile with LF and HF equipment.

4. The contact is to be between 2 Bundaberg amateur Radio Club Members whom are financial members at the time of the contact.

5. All contacts are to be simplex in nature. i.e. the contact is NOT to be through any repeaters, cross band, satellites etc.

6. All amateur Radio Frequencies below 50Mhz will be recognised

7. The record categories are:

Home station/portable

This category includes all contacts made by any station, other than those in the categories below.

Mobile

This category is for contacts made by mobile stations. i.e. Vehicle to Vehicle using standard recognised mobile aerials. Note: Vehicle to home or portable station will be classified as a 'Home Station/Portable contact' as both parties have to be mobile to claim this category.

8. Criteria for a new record. There must be a full exchange and acknowledgement of callsigns and signal reports, including some information that cannot be predicted by either operator. this information must be exchanged in full on the air and not by any means of backup such as liaison on a lower amateur band or via phone or Internet.

Distances are calculated from details of location and latitude and longitude supplied by the claimants. Claimants agree that the Committee's decision on their claim will be accepted as final.

Club Members who wish to claim new records should send all data needed to claim the distance record to the club committee for evaluation. (see the email link below)

10. We are working on a format so that claims can be easily assessed. If you click on this link it will take you to a 'Sample Claim Form' which will show the information we need to verify your claim. So take a look, that's our interim form until we develop an interactive claim form.

So there you go, something for those who take their radio gear fishing, camping etc.

As some members enjoyed camping over the school holidays and managed to take their radio gear.... We have a long distance claim !

For more info or to lodge a claim for a Club Distance Record,

send email to:

CURRENT CLUB HF DISTANCE RECORDS

80M - VK4JRO Ross/VK4ION Gail - 969.8km 24-Sep-09

Ross was camping with his family at Windemere Station just outside of Winton Qld, a great farm-stay place for families and particularly kids. Gail was at home QTH.

To lodge a claim for a club Distance Record - send email to:

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