VK Logger Ham Radio Forum Archive

Or one of these: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/HAND-CHAINSAW-Survival-Tool-/161334275326?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item259045acfe Plus one of these: http://treegear.com.au/products/bigshot-line-launcher-head-unit Its a great combination for accessing and cutting branches up high. I have used this...

I am considering getting an Samsung Note 8" that is running Android Jelly Bean 4.1.2. I cant find anywhere where the Signlink USB is know to run on Android OS.

Has anyone out their done it first hand?

snip...And regarding SOTA, most SOTA activity I have seen/heard tends to be on 40m (usually hijacking the 40m QRP SSB freq) in VK. Hardly an alternative for a 2m contest :? ...snip 73 - Rob VK2GOM / GW0MOH Granted that much of it is in 40M but if you spin the dial there is loads of SOTA activity on...

Dare I suggest that SOTA is doing this pretty well already. There is a "contest" on pretty much every week end. You can play on a single band if you like. Or be adventerous and try Dx, local 2M FM stuff, digital. What ever takes your fancy.

Having had a few beers with Andy and Victor and his lovley wife in a few of the local bars around the island I'd say visting CI is a great thing to do. You are certainly popular when you call CQ with an E51 call. I worked the world on 20M with a budipole in the water and my FT 857D plus a car batter...

Calm down Richard. I am not suggeting the issue is with you to resolve etc. I indicated that there was a gap in the process, not you.

I'l ignore the rest of your comments as they are not constructive.

So if ACMA has provided an opinion and made this known to the WIA representative who assists in managing this type of license on behalf of the WIA for the amateur community and this person is unable to communicate this ACMA information to the amateur community in full then were does that leave us? T...

Andy,

Predication after you launch would be handy so I can see if it will come by my place. If it will I'll put trackers on for both transmisions.

VK2OMD wrote:[snip.... Hence the APRS channel here is bogged with weather reports etc from Tamworth.

Owen

Well, that's easliy fixed. APRS 101 I'd say.

Interesting. I just donwloaded the latest FreeDV version and it hangs when it goes to install in W764. So unfortunately I wont be able to join you tonight....

In car video is changing the way this "game" gets played, from both sides. The routines from the past won't always hold nowadays. .

Automatic pit stop, must have been

A quick video showing the severe drift on THOR16. This was the second to last attempted decode before it disappeared over my horizon. The outside air temp at the time was hovering around -8°C. Looks like I was the last VK station to receive the THOR16 transmissions. 73 - Rob VK2GOM / GW0MOH Rob, I ...

Coming your way Trash, but very slowly and with some good frequency drift in the cold. Hopefully willl be OK when it warms up at sunrise.

How many of these things do you have? Will they ever run out!!

VK2FAK wrote:Hi all.................

I would think the balloon is to small to provide a signal back to ATC, unless it is flying very close to an airport.John

Yes, would need to be in range of primary radar to see it. Such as over the top of Sydney's Kingsford Smith airport.

VK3YT wrote: Compton, does the pilot know this is a party balloon? There would be hundreds of them flying around untracked.
Regards
Andy

Yep, we had a good chat about them. He used to have a VK2 call so understands it a bit.

By chance I just spotted a very strong and clear signal on the waterfall in dl-fldigi. Was centred around 789. I didn't decode it but am waiting to see if it appears again. I'm using an IC910H. It was the other VFO from a local repeater ident that created the the waterfall signal. I've just got ano...

By chance I just spotted a very strong and clear signal on the waterfall in dl-fldigi. Was centred around 789. I didn't decode it but am waiting to see if it appears again.

Origionally an APRS beacon was being heard ever 10 or so minutes. Nothing heard for more than 2 hours. Has it delated?? Is it recoverable, its on land?