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Tony, VK3TZ got into contesting seriously in 1992, although he had previously dabbled with some minor operations in 1989 and as a novice in 1984. Primarily Tony was interested in DXing and achieving the "holy grail" of confirming all current DXCC entities. Now in 2013, having now achieved that Holy Grail with all 340 DXCC confirmed on phone, Tony is concentrating on 9BDXCC with only 160m left to conquer and improving the current DXCC Slot count over 2000.
Contesting was an easy way to work new entities and to improve operating skills and the performance of the station. Early contests were run with a very simple antenna and only an 8m tower. For the first 2 years Tony only operated contests on 10m, having outstanding fun working new band countries and unusual paths. Working FM5, 6Y5 and other Caribbean DX long path on 10m at 2.00am local time was an enormous thrill. Finally cracking the pile-up over the top of the Europeans - or more to the point thru them, was exhilarating, but not really contesting.
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Year
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Contest
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Category
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Score
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Placing
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1990
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CQ WPX SSB
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SO 10m High Power
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267,900
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#2 VK, #5OC, #86 World
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1990
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CQ DX SSB
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SO 10m High Power
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184,522
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#3 VK, #7 OC, #168 World
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1991
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CQ WPX SSB
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SO 10m High Power
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300,720
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#2 VK, #6 OC, # 94 World
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1991
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CQ DX SSB
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SO 10m High Power
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147,651
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#2 VK, #9 OC, # 101 World
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1992
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CQ WPX SSB
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SOAB High Power
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2,234,804
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#1 VK, #5 OC, # 47 World
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1992
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CQ DX SSB
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SOAB High Power
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390,225
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#4 VK, #16 OC, #329 World
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1993
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CQ WPX SSB
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SOAB High Power
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2,251,392
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#2 VK, #5 OC, # 57 World
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1993
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CQ DX SSB
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SOAB High Power
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991,270
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#2 VK, #9 OC, #98 World
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1994
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CQ WPX SSB
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SOAB High Power
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3,516,816
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#2 VK, #3 OC, #39 World
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1994
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VK/ZL SSB
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SOAB High Power
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931,380
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#3 VK
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1994
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CQ DX SSB
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SOAB High Power
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1,001,280
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#2 VK, #130 World
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1995
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CQ WPX SSB
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SOAB High Power
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2,318,316
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#2 VK, #3 OC, #45 World
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1995
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CQ DX SSB
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SOAB High Power
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1,080,248
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#2 VK, #87 World
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1996
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CQ WPX SSB
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SOAB High Power
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0
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No entry
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1996
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CQ DX SSB
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SOAB High Power
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439,825
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#1 Zone 30
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1997
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CQ WPX SSB
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SOAB High Power T/S
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1,669,143
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1997
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CQ DX SSB
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1998
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CQ WPX SSB
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SOAB High Power T/S
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2,650,582
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#1 VK
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1998
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CQWW DX SSB
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SO 20m Low Power
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268,176
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#3 OC, #1 VK (zone 30 record)
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1999
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CQ WPX SSB
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SOAB High Power T/S
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3,226,950
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1999
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CQWW DX CW
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SO 80m Low Power
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12,095
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#1 OC, #1 VK (zone 30 record)
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2000
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CQ WPX SSB
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SOAB High Power T/S
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4,554,869
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2000
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CQWW DX SSB
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SO 40m Low Power
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36,096
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#6 World, #1 VK (zone 30 record)
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2001
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CQ WPX SSB
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2001
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CQWW DX SSB
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2002
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Oceania DX SSB
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SO 80m
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1,080
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#1 OC, #1 VK
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2002
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CQ WPX SSB
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2002
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CQWW DX SSB
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SOAB Low Power
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1,189,440
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#3 OC, #1 VK
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2003
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CQ WPX SSB
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2003
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CQWW DX SSB
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2004
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CQ WPX SSB
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SOAB High Power T/S
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1,031,058
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#5 OC, #2 VK (#1 VK TS)
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2004
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CQWW DX SSB
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SOAB High Power
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2,269,540
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#2 OC, #1 VK (Op at Fisher's Ghost ARC)
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2005
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CQ WPX SSB
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SOAB High Power T/S
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2,402,000
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#8 World T/S, #2 OC, #1 VK (Op at VK4KY)
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2005
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CQWW DX SSB
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No Entry
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2006
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CQWW WPX SSB
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|
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No Entry
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2006
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CQWW DX SSB
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SOAB Low Power
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177,219
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#3 OC, #1 VK,
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2007
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CQ WPX SSB
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SOAB High Power T/S
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440,000
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#1 VK
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2007
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Oceania DX SSB
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SOAB High Power
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130,000
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Approximate Claimed score
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2007
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Oceania DX CW
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SOAB High Power
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800,000
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Approximate Claimed score
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2007
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CQWW DX SSB
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SOAB High Power
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680,000
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Approximate Claimed score
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2008
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CQ WPX SSB (YJ8TZ)
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SOAB High Power T/S
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2,890,000
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#9 World T/S, #1 OC T/S, #3 OC (overall)
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2008
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CQWW DX SSB
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SOAB Low Power
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180,000
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Approximate Claimed score
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2008
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IARU (mixed)
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SOAB Low Power
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54,000
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Approximate Claimed score
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2008
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WAE SSB
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SOAB High Power
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5,400
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#1 VK
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