VK Logger Ham Radio Forum Archive

does not matter how bad the cycle gets as long as Japan exists where will always be a QSO available
John

I will be getting nearer to 80 however as you get older the years go quicker - its a scientific fact - so I will very much less time to wait then a 20 year old just getting his first radio. We are only looking at 6 years that should go as fast as 3 to 4 years at my age. Currently you can still make ...

I fully support what VK3BSF said - get it off the kids beds as fast as possible
John

actually country cousins who do not have adsl exchanges or who are too far from a adsl excahnge usually only have telstra wireless at a very low speed and around 2Gbytes for a very high cost - with those figures xbox or windows 10 simply cannot do their upgrades - xbox can run up to 40Gbyte and w10 ...

Peter, if you are conducting the exam in the house of the person being tested do you bring the required radio equipment? There are only two elements that could be read as not being done without a radio /antenna /tuner and swr meter present - element 8 - if I remember in my assessment the question wa...

SNIP...... There is no requirement for a practical test ....SNIP John John, You are incorrect: The Foundation and all new candidates without an existing amateur licence MUST be competent on all items on the Practical Assessment test. This does include assembling a simple station and completing cont...

Yep good, and I fully support this. As I understand it the F call exam involves demonstrating some rudimentary ability to use a transceiver. I wonder how establising power, bandwidth etc of 5.8GHz FPV drone signal, or any other of the infinite number of different digital mode possibilities, will be...

VK4WDM wrote:
I think that's the program I am supposed to download for my RTL Dongle?

73

Wayne VK4WDM

give HDSDR a try also
John

as some one that's has been woken up many times by it while in the middle east the call to prayer (adhan ) is being repeated in this radio transmission - one very clear call and then if you listen very carefully you will hear others within the interference.
John

could be jt9 usually 2 above jt65
john

My best guess is that is an on air "Who has best memorized the quran" competition. In lslamic lands, being able to recite the entire quran from memory is a big deal and it bestows a lot of status the one who is able to do it. It is a bit like a TV game show but over the radio where the ho...

It is easy to become paranoid in today's world, but is this activity a security concern? this is a true concern as we are on the edge of a very active region - it is not far fetched to consider the use of radio as a means of communication by terrorists in today's world. The place to report such act...

I checked out global tuners - tuned in from Broome, South Italy and Spain - did not pick up any unusual signals on 7.00 and 7.05 Picked up some undetermined signals/interference on 7.00 using my radio - I would hazard a guess that the signals/interference is coming from Indonesia and surrounding are...

Hi, for those who want some thing small to run Windows on, I let my 'pc on a stick' do its free update last week to Windows 10 and it is perfectly happy to run all the normal stuff I ask of it (mostly ABC's iView streaming to the TV) at home. https://www.chinavasion.com/china/wholesale/Android_Medi...

Hi Dave So, I wonder what the story is with Win 10. If I go for the update, am I in for more hassles with this? Regards, Dave VK3HZ If you have the spare cash, there is a version of Windows 10 with the LTSB suffix, this is (Long Term Servicing Branch) and is designed NOT to auto update. I believe t...

ok I setup Win10 pro as a second operating system on my radio related desktop - installed ok I run a rascal hardware interface via two serial to USB units using the PL2303 Windows Drivers software is Ham Radio Delux and its related packages, JT65HF, Wsjt, wsjt-x and wspr also the JT ulitities and th...

The important part of this story is that people believe that they will be harmed by emissions coming from a ham radio tower - surely it is up to us and the WIA to over come this belief by providing information and education to the public based on science and fact not simply that the council regs say...

You can't seem to post anything without including barbs against advanced licensees, old guard etc. Those barbs detract from anything else you say, and probably lead some to ignoring them - No I do not include barbs against advanced licensees - I do include responses when stupid or un-knowledgeable ...

add an additional study element to their exam to allow them to upgrade to say digital Gary good idea however why should a foundation operator have to sit an exam for digital modes when no other grade has to - where in the standard or advanced exams are they questions on digital modes. Pose some exa...

In my own personal opinion I still believe the F call should stay as it is. It's an entry level licence that any 8 year old kid can pass the exam and get on the air. The bottom line is that if we give F calls digital modes then what's next. We give them higher power levels and then they get the top...