VK Logger Ham Radio Forum Archive

Hi ALL

Our the last 3 days I have had the HFA antenna, the Pre-amp, The FDK Multi 2000
and the computer with MMSSTV 1.13a running our the last 3 nights. I managed to get
all 12 NASA Pictures mostly quite reasonable quantity.

ZL3MH Murray

FT8 on 6m Activity and Contacts Summer 6 m Sporadic E season to 31th of December , Start of the New Year 2018 with FT8 121 contacts 2017 without FT8 31 contacts 2016 without FT8 30 contacts 2015 without FT8 29 contacts 2014 without FT8 45 contacts 2013 without FT8 27 contacts Roll on the DX 73 Murra...

I also enclose some pictures of my portable field day station
Its a IC-202s and a HB 80w amp for 2m and a MMT144/50
Transverter for 6m and a HB 80w amp.. This gear is not too stable
but ok for ssb. FT8 makes most of my gear obsolete!

My old Below par SSB 6m + 2m Transverter system and antenna's

Murray ZL3MH

FT8 on 6m Activity and Contacts Summer 6 m Sporadic E season to 25th of December 2018 with FT8 91 contacts 2017 without FT8 30 contacts 2016 without FT8 27 contacts 2015 without FT8 15 contacts 2014 without FT8 31 contacts 2013 without FT8 23 contacts Notes : I got FT8 going on 6m 6-1-18. For the la...

FT8 craze Well I obtained my Amateur license in 1976. VHF homebrew AM Transmitters where all but gone and SSB commercial Transceivers and Transverters were available . FM transceivers and Repeaters on nearly every hill came in. Everyone brought a 2m handheld. Next was Packet radio before internet. I...

I am very very surprised how quickly everyone has changed over the Version 2.0

Today most stations on 6m FT8 appear to be on WSJT Version 2.0

I now have both versions running ( Separately ) 1.8 and 2.0

How many people have changed over ???

It should read VK2ZAB SK. I am sorry about the call sign

And finally the antenna 10 elements 2m by VK2ZAZ SK

101 Transverter setup.JPG Linear 160w - 180w.JPG Hi all, I have put quite a bit of effect to get my old gear running again on 2m. I am running a transverter setup. Dry joints in the PA stage of the transverter and a faulty switch in the amp FT101zd MK3 FTV250 Diawa LA2180H Linear anp Diawa RS40x po...

Hi all, The big question is ! Is SSB going to die from 144.100 and FT8 is
going to rule ! Similar to what happened to 6m. I hope not !

Yes, I am using WSJTx V1.8.0 ( From last summer season )

Thanks Murray ZL3MH

Last summer FT8 was new on 6m and it had 50.313 MHz as a frequency of choice.

Question Is there now a frequency for 2m ???

All the best Murray ZL3MH

It would be colder than Christchurch New Zealand were I live
All the best Murray ZL3MH

Yep, I fly to Cairns on the 31-7-16 and slowly come down the coast to Brisbane.
I fly back to ZL3 on the 19-8-16. Is it worth bringing my VHF-UHF Hand held ?
Is there anyone on the repeaters ?

All the best Murray ZL3MH

I went last year . It was great! Meet VK3DUT and VK3EK and VK3MQ who I
have worked many times. The speakers where great! Not a cheap trip from ZL3.

All the best for the event Murray ZL3MH

I lived in Melbourne for a while in the 1972 or around that time. I went to a Hams place that had a similar look but had Nixie tube display. ( made in OZ ) He worked for a government department that had just starting using video recordings of the activities etc. Is this the same transceiver ? Thanks...

In New Zealand we have something even better it is called the National
Link. It,s a UHF repeater linked system from Northland to Gore.

All the best ZL3MH