I have been a WWFF hunter and activator for ten years. It has been a lot of fun over that time, improving my gear, which is an everlasting quest, developing my operating skills, also a life long learning task and increasing the number of CW (morse contacts) in my overall tallies. But I have been a park activator (in all mainland states and Tasmania), for a much longer time, back in the ‘bad’ old days, when portable contacts were made according to a schedule or net. The adventure programs of WWFF and SOTA, and the much newer spin-offs, have increased the activity on our bands, and encouraged experimentation, which is to the great benefit to amateur radio and collectively sharpened amateurs’ operating skills.

Once again a most sincere thanks to the activators, especially the hardy ones, who pretend there is no such season as winter!