Luskintyre Airfield was to the place to be on Saturday evening the 20th of July. It was the VK Trans-Tasman 160 metre contest. The contest began promptly at 6 PM local time and ended at midnight. Club members had erected an inverted V in the tall trees and set themselves up in the clubhouse. It was a cold night, but a roaring fire kept everyone comfortable. After a few teething problems with setting up the transmitter, Graham VK2FA was off to a quick start dishing out numbers left, right & centre…

The band was was quite noisy due to thunderstorms in the East, but the contest team persevered to pull out callsigns from the noise. Hopefully we ended up with a respectable score, watch this space to see how we fared in the contest…

I was one of the fortunate few to get the grand tour of the Luskintyre Airfield thanks to Jamie VK2YCJ. The airfield is home to many Tiger Moth aircraft and other assorted aircraft. They also have an aircraft museum for the general public to visit. Top place for a grand day out to take the family!