VK Logger Ham Radio Forum Archive

Hope you have cut the DC lead to be the bare minimum length.... not left the origin 10ft of DC cable under the bench or coiled up still attached ??

One el cheapo way is to fill the bit you want to bend with sand and bend round a bottle or round wood

Looking at the picture of the car and where the antennas are mounted that's the best insulated spot you can mount them . Modern paints are very good insulators hence no car earthing for the antennas, you say you put an ant analyser on it did you have a 50omh dummy load at the other end to see whethe...

Ha Ha there is the MAINLAND still in ZL

Wish it would extend a bit further south

Hi Alan just a question where are you located as the repeater is not in its final place yet?
Geoff ZL3PX

Hi Hayden
I will beam VK and monitor 144.489 wspr
73
Geoff ZL3PX

Well all good things must come to an end" its back" 2300 local time

Thanks guys especially the VKs who have responded this signal went off during the night not there this morning (yet)2110 I went mobile on 40m yesterday past a suspected source ie RNZAF Transmission site at Weedons about 20km south of Christchurch then further to the west past a Military Range where ...

How many hams can hear the noise filled signal on 7120 especially ZL it has been there for at least 2weeks?

Thanks guys will report here when it starts up again and record a bit

Anyone in VK copying the signal on 7120 like WWV a Clock ticking on an open mike .
Started up on Sunday afternoon has QSB on it. Clock ticks for about 5min then loud hissing sound like a receiver speaker by the mic then clock starts up again

I can squirt WSPR anytime day or night to VK but tropo from the eastern side of the S.I is rear
I will be there

VK4FABS unless you think a 4200mah battery cant totally destroy that nice new rig you must be dreaming "fuse it or loose it"

Also like Roger ZL3RC I pay my $90 per year to NZART and get quality service, even to approaching councils for" tower consents "NZART are brilliant
73
Geoff ZL3PX,ZL5SB,ZK6EXA

Wow don't think I would like to be a ham in Australia so much agro
I have a secondary callsign for when I visit Antarctica ZL5SB as well as my primary callsign ZL3PX all done by out national Body NZART

Great project Rob will copy some of your ideas well done
73
Geoff

Oh Boy you Aussies sure get wound-up thought Amateur radio was an enjoyable hobby what are you turning it into??? NZART and the RSM in ZL have a great relationship 1500w etc

Oh dear you people do get yourselves woundup into a knot different states different regulation interpretations we use to have 61 different supply authorities 61 sets of regulations now the 20 or so left work to ASNZS3000 even thats confusing sometimes

A lazy mans approach was to connect the electric fence earth to the mains driven earth instead of driving a separate earth electrode this can cause all sorts of mayhem especially if its a MEN system