Mike also compiled contest results for us WIA contest managers, using log-checking software he developed for the purpose.įollowing the sad news of Mikes passing, I made contact with his son to enquire about arrangements to get access to the log-checking software. I have recently heard back from him. Then " By now, I expect that most VHF-UHF contesters will have already heard that Mike VK3AVV, developer of the popular V-K-C-L logging program, passed away in January after a long battle with cancer. Listeners will recall that I published a Silent Key obituary in the current issue of Amateur Radio magazine, written by Mikes friend, Peter Forbes VK3 Quebec India.
Since Mikes passing the future and ongoing support for the VKCL software is unclear as is the availability of the Contest Portal at this time. One of its major features is that, at the end of the contest, the programme itself could e-mail your log entry directly to a WIA Contest Portal and that was then all done and dusted. "Also this year we lost another friend and colleague Mike VK3AVV. Mike was the creator of the VK contest logger software (VKCL). VKCL is a terrific contest logging programme which we had recommended for entry into the Harry Angel.
The following was on the WIA News of 29 April 2022 : Withe the passing of Mike VK3AVV in January 2022, the future of VKCL (VK Contest Logger) was placed in doubt.
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