VK Logger Ham Radio Forum Archive

Well done Gary, you certainly settled into the Darwin environment with a bang, great work. How about posting a summary of your may activity here.

I should have been holidaying in Darwin not the USA

73 Brian
VK5BC

Well done Andrew & Phil.

Despite the negativity from some of the so called 6m Guru's, there is life after analogue TV.

Great stuff.

73 Brian
VK5BC

Will be all ears Alan, good luck.

73 Brian
VK5BC

Hi All... An issue I thought may be a problem but I could not see one, was the clamp holding the element down, it is iron I think, and has a nylon covering.....but testing....I removed the clamp on the 1st Director thinking maybe it they were an issue it would show up there, but nothing was noticea...

Undoubably these spots of of Rob VK5ZRL are incorrect but I don't think WSPR is the problem. This normally happens when you have changed band and have not got an interface from your radio to computer and have to manually change the band in WSPR and forgotten hence reports are made to the wrong band....

Hi Adam I use a M2 23CM35 yagi and mine tuned perfectly, in fact I thought there was something wrong with the SWR meter, it wasn't moving so put fingers across DE and sure enough up came SWR. I assembled it exactly as per their instructions, one of the hardest tasks getting the correct length elemen...

Clearly there is always going to be a variety of operator types and interests on 6 metres and that is how it should be. I will frequently be answered by local VKs when I am cqing for long haul dx - this is OK - I simply choose not to respond and they quickly get the idea that I am looking further a...

Hi Steve I wonder what this is all about, I will not be answering your suggested knowledge test on 6m, don't see any reason for many of the questions except to enhance some egos. if you want to push the call frequency issue or tighten the band say so and I may answer appropriate questions. Brian Vk5BC

Worked Norman E51E who is operating from Aitutaki island, South Cook Islands this morning on 10m. He advised me he plans to erect a 5el LFA antenna on 6m tomorrow and will be running a beacon on 50.130MHz. Norman will be there until the 5th Jan 2013. see http://aitutaki2012.com/ Norman also advised ...

You may have noticed that the VK5VF 6m beacon is now on 50.320MHz, previously 52.450MHz. It was reactivated over the last weekend (24/25 Nov) on this new frequency. Received Email from Mark VK5AVQ advising of the change; The Adelaide 6m beacon is again operation, and confirming "on-air" 2 ...

Yesterday morning 15th(around 2330 14th UTC) PT0S was good on 17m SSB beaming sth. They were up to 5/5 and the operator was excellent often calling for VK/ZL only or Sth Pacific. They were in here for over 2 hours that I listened and as well as completing myself I heard several other VK's complete w...

Will Clublog be used which would enable you to use the Online QSL request system which many of the expedition are now using. Steve I assume Craig will be operating on other bands as well as 6m and that you are the QSL manger for all contacts and that being the case Clublog could simplify the whole p...

I'm probably one of the JT65 operators that may have caused problems to the AM net. As has been suggested I wan't aware of any AM stations on 1.843 whilst using JT65, I along with other VK5's & VK3's were working W's & VE's with JT65 without any interferance from the AM stations. I'm very su...

Hi, the thought had occured to me that there are probably a host of different 2mx FM simplex frequencies used by VHF / UHF/ SHF operators that are used for local liason. In the Barossa its grown to be 145.150, which the locals use for chatting as well and some of us have pirated to be SSB Dx liason...

ANy time I turn on 2M in a high or 70cm I can work esperance and we see analog tv all the time. And trigger repeaters over there but no one ever replies. Is there something new in these reports that increases or knowledge about VHF prop? Since 1974 so I dont bother these days. I very much doubt wha...

Hi ALL Great maps, certainly brings back some memories, hard to forget 3rd Jan this year with all ZL call areas worked. Checked out 2010 and my log shows good contacts into VK6 on 5th Jan via tropo from VK5 & VK7 the morning before. Certainly a great way to show what happened and as suggested if...

Hi All I intend to spend a fair bit of time this weekend participating in this years RD contest, I hope others are planning to do likewise. I think the rule changes will improve the event and maybe some diehard HFers will look for some VHF contacts and vice versus. Only wish the rework rule had been...

The 2M12 arrived today. Will hopefully install it on the tower tomorrow or the w/end and maybe some WSPR on 2mtrs closer towards xmas for VK/ZL. I will advertise on VK Logger when the wspr is on. cheers Gary VK8AW / VK4ABW Hi Gary I have a 2M12 and wasn't really happy with the SWR, checked with M2 ...

VK4ABW wrote:
Brian, the 49ers were in yesterday but they we very weak in the afternoon and only reached S7 during last night. no 48mhz.
Anything is possible on 50mhz....

de Gary
VK8AW / VK4ABW

Thanks for that Gary, I was also hearing 49ers at the time, all be it weakly.

73 Brian
VK5BC

After and interest afternoon of when the 6m band appeared to open over most of VK I received an Email from Davide IW9HII. It appears Davide heard me. At the time he says he heard me (0706utc) I was calling beaming towards NW VK6 as I was hearing the Dampier VK6RSX beacon (559) which would have been ...