Parks Awards

Keith Roget Memorial National Parks Award

This is the Award for chasing and/or activating National Parks in Victoria (VK3).

I was the first amateur to have Chased all 45 National Parks:

KRMNPA Worked

KRMNPA Worked

The following Day, I activated the last of the 45 Parks:

KRMNPA Activated

KRMNPA Activated

 

 

 

 

 

 

KRMNPA Grand Slam & Merit plaques

KRMNPA Grand Slam & Merit plaques

As a result, I earned the merit plaques for having chased, and activated, all 45 Victorian National Parks, and the second Grand Slam Award.

SANCPA

Bronze Hunter

Bronze Hunter

Silver Hunter

Silver Hunter

Gold Hunter

Gold Hunter

 

 

 

 

 

Platinum Hunter

Platinum Hunter

 

VKFF

The local Australian branch of the World Wide Flora & Fauna Awards: Same Parks apply for both local and international schemes.

Silver VKFF Hunter

Silver VKFF Hunter

VKFF Hunter Award Honour Roll 800 Parks worked

 

 

 

 

 

 

VK3PF VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1350

VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1350

VK3PF VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1650s

VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1650 Parks worked

As an Activator, you need only 10 or more different stations worked to qualify the Park for VKFF, compared to 44 different stations for WWFF.

VK3PF Platinum Activator VKFF


Platinum Activator VKFF

VKFF Activator Honour Roll 100

VKFF Activator Honour Roll 100

 

 

 

 

 

VK3PF VKFF Activator Honour Roll 175

VKFF Activator Honour Roll 175

VK3PF -VKFF Activator Honour Roll 200

VKFF Activator Honour Roll – 200  Parks activated

WWFF

In the WWFF system, chasers are called Hunters, with certificates issued for every multiple of 44 Parks worked.

Hunter 44

Hunter 44

Hunter Certificate 744

Hunter Certificate for 744 Parks worked

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Activator certificates can be claimed in multiples of 11 Parks activated, with 44 contacts required from each Park.

 

WWFF Activator 11 VK3PF 2015 061

Activator 11

Activator 66

Activator 66 Parks activated at 44 contact level

 

 

 

 

 

 

DXFF Activated 6 entities or VK entities

DXFF Activated 6 entities or VK entities

 

 

 

 

 

Continental Hunter Awards

On 10 September 2015, a new global award was announced by the WWFF team: the OCCFF Award: The “OCEANIC continental hunter award, DXFF[OC]-H (aka OC:CFF-H) now available through LogSearch, for working Oceanic DXCCs and the various VK States and Territiories”. There is a glitch in the database in the early period after release of the award – the submission data forwarded to the Award Manager (Paul VK5PAS) does not correctly identify the correct information. Paul initially rejected my application, but I sent a response email which identified some of the References worked in each state & territory plus other OC references – a list of 10 entities, more than enough for the 7-entity initial award. It took a couple of days (I am sure that Paul was busy vetting applications for the new Award, processing Activator logs and working at his paid job!), but Paul approved my application. Here is the certificate.

VK3PF Diploma OCCFF Hunter 7

VK3PF Diploma OCCFF Hunter 7

Diploma OCCFF Hunter 14

Diploma OCCFF Hunter 14

 

 

 

 

 

 

2015 operational awards

TOP 44 2015 R VK3PF 40s

WWFF Top 44 Hunter 2015

 

VK3PF Top VKFF Hunter 2015

VKFF 2015 Top Hunter

Murray River Parks Award

In early 2016, VKFF administrator Paul VK5PAS introduced the Murray River Parks Award for both Hunters and Activators. The Award is in steps of 10 Parks.

VK3PF - Murray River Parks Hunter 60s

60 Murray River Parks worked

VK3PF Murray River Parks Hunter-30

30 Parks worked

Murray River Parks Activator 10

Murray River Parks Activator 10 Parks

.

 

 

 

 

VK3PF - Murray River Parks Activator 20s

Murray Rover Parks Award – Activator – 20 Parks activated