1. Having fun in the field

2. Do you enjoy the great outdoors and travelling to beautiful locations around Australia, whilst enjoying the hobby of amateur radio?

3. Do you suffer from extremely high noise levels at home?

4. then operating portable might be for you!

5. Don’t collect wallpaper?

6. Why get involved? Fun Noise floor Experimentation Pile ups and DX
Plasma TV, solar inverters
Experimentation
Antennas, home brew tx
Pile ups and DX
Great way to see our beautiful country

7. Why get involved? Combine other interests Bushwalking birdwatching
Photography
4WDing
Caravaning
your partner
Family picnic

8. Hand in hand with other programs & activities
Summits on the Air (SOTA)
Beaches on the Air
Lighthouses
John Moyle Field Day
VHF/UHF Field Days

9. Promote our hobby Talk to onlookers Explain what you are doing
Sell the hobby of AR
Ask if they would like to say ‘hi’ on air
Talk with National Parks staff
Carry promotional material with you

11. What parks programs exist?
World Wide Flora & Fauna program (WWFF)
VK5 National & Conservation Parks Award (SANPCPA)
Keith Roget Memorial National Parks Award (KRMNPA)

12. About WWFF National & non-commercial program
draw attention to the importance of protecting nature, flora & fauna and to encourage the development of radio skills, especially in portable operations
Operate from designated nature parks/ protected nature areas
Global award program
National programs
45 participating countries
Australia (VKFF)
Various National Awards offered.

13. About WWFF WWFF Directory
Each park issued with a unique identifying reference number
ITU allocated prefix, FF for Flora & Fauna, and a unique identifying number, e.g. VKFF-001
In Australia qualifying parks are mostly National Parks
Program has expanded in Victoria, South Australia & ACT
State Parks, Coastal Parks, Marine National Parks (VIC)
Conservation Parks (SA)
Nature Parks (ACT)

14. What the hell does ’44’ mean?
During a WWFF QSO you may hear reference to ‘44’.
The first digit ‘4’ represents the four elements: earth, water, air, and fire.
The second digit ‘4’ represents the four directions: north, south, east, and west.

15. VKFF program progress Since March 2013…..
About 1,300 certificates in total issued
About 280 overseas recipients.
About 70 Australian activator certificates
About 450 Australian Hunter certificates

16. VKFF program progress

17. VKFF program progress

18. Top VKFF Activator and Top VKFF Hunter

19. WWFF Log Search WWFF on-line database Commenced 16 Feb 2013
Activator logs uploaded by National co-ordinators
6,818,728 QSOs in the database
From 10,936 different references
111 DXCC’s
Figures accurate as of 20th May 2016

20. VKFF Activation Weekend 2015
Sat 28th & Sun 29th November 2016
Inaugural event
Over 50 Activators
All States/Territories (excl. VK7)
90 different Parks activated

21. VKFF Team Championship 2016

22. VK5 National & Conservation Parks Award
Commenced April 2013
No formal SA Parks program prior
Promotes portable activity from SA’s National Parks and Conservation Parks
21 National Parks
272 Conservation Parks
Works on a points system

23. VK5 Parks Award progress
Since March 2013…..
Over 350 certificates issued
Brian ZL2ASH (first outside of Australia)
Danny ON4VT (first European)

24. 3rd year anniversary Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd April 2016
Around 30 activators
About 75 different parks
All across South Australia

25. Useful links www.wwffaustralia.com www.wwff.co

26. Useful links www.vk5parks.com

27. Useful links www.parksnpeaks.com www.hamspots.net
Various Facebook sites
WWFF
VK5 Parks Award
VKFF/SOTA
Field Radio

30. VKFF-0392

31. Questions ???