I was licenced in 1984. I inherited my granddads call VK4SN (lic.1938) after his passing in 1991. Contesting is my passion, especially using CW and hold several records including a world record in the JIDX CW 28Mhz, and several VK records for various international contests. My website vk4sn dot com has many helpful articles and my station setup. I like to build my own projects and antennas and assist others where I can.
As Chairperson of the Wireless Institue's Radio committee one of my tasks is manager of the Remembrance Day and Trans-Tasman contests. To catch Australia up with the rest of the world, I created a website in 2017 for log submissions and log checking for the majority of VK contests with more being added at present. Results and statistics are included.
Many years ago, myself and 2 others started a small local radio club as we are a long way from the cities. Members enjoyed being invoived in setting up new repeaters, packet radio, running a BBS, contests, field day contests, and promotion of the hobby.
These days I'm busy running my own computer business but still find time to contest.