VK Logger Ham Radio Forum Archive

You can download the new syllabus for Foundation, along with those for the Standard and Advanced exams, from:
www.amc.edu.au/industry/amateur-radio/syllabus

WIA has a Foundation licence online assessment, found here: https://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/ ... /index.php

All the best!

I have obtained the paper noted in the news piece. It is, to say the least, intriguing. But - and I have to say it - something similar was forecast (a biggie), by a scientist named 'Dikpati', before Cycle 24 crept out from under its rock and fizzled to an unsatisfactory hump. That's the thing about ...

And so it goes. Is it vale Bill QRT, or vale Bill SK?

Roger Harrison VK2ZRH

Congratulations and Well Done Hayden and company!

Preparation meets Opportunity.

Roger VK2ZRH

VK4GHZ wrote:

Hopefully there is an arrangement with the Dubus publisher to also allow publication of the article on the internet, where infinitely more people would benefit.

Yep. Already done it. It's on summink called VK Logger.

Thanks for your comments, Lou. Much appreciated. Regarding the Division 1 vs Division 2 "split" and the "station participation" figures, this is what I've said in the article for AR mag: The Division 1 versus Division 2 split of logs was a bit of surprise; 86.8% of all logs were ...

A results Summary table and the full table of results have been posted to the web page. Dates for the Spring 2016 event have been posted under Upcoming Contest . Future VHF-UHF Field Day Dates: A paper setting out an algorithm for determining future field day dates is available for download. It incl...

I don't care. I'll be there.

Meanwhile, I'll be chasing global Es DX on 6m . . . even if vicarioulsy.

From the VK1WIA broadcast text for 21 August 2016: WIA proposal for Amateur Radio involvement in STE(A)M The Wireless Institute of Australia has called for interest in a proposed symposium in Canberra to identify how radio amateurs can actively participate in the Science, Technology, Engineering, Ar...

Well, well. An intriguing WSPR report. As N3IZN is in Southern California, and the summer Es season is still happening, while the winter Es season is happening here, TEP is unlikely as (a) the SSN and 10.7cm flux are each quite low (on the 13th August), and the Sun is well north of the geomagnetic e...

Hi Peter,

Results submitted for September AR magazine.

Summary and full table will be posted to website shortly.

Phew !
Perhaps they're loading data onto thumb drives and walking them between buildings to upload in the other system.

Thanks for the reminder, Richard. The proposal for an amateur allocation at 70 MHz was included in the WIA's submission to the ACMA of 11 July 2014. Published on the WIA website, here: http://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2014/20140901-2/index.php Glenn Dunstan's "proposal" was put to the...

The WIA has lodged a submission with the ACMA concerning interest in an amateur allocation in the 70 MHz band.

Get the skinny here: http://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2 ... /index.php

Posted in the interests of sharing the news.

As the WIA news release says:

In summary, if you have paid the fee for your new licence, or your renewal, before the due date, you can go on-air and operate with confidence.

See: http://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2 ... /index.php

The tiny principality of Andorra in southwest Europe, all of 468 sq. km, has returned access to 60m for the micronation's amateurs, granted them more power on 6m and added a 200 kHz-wide band 70 MHz for them. Andorra's amateurs had limited access to the 5 MHz band up to December 2015, when it was wi...

Best wishes to those hardy souls venturing forth on the Field Day this weekend.

Never mind the pessimists.

Weather in the west is to be fine and cool.

Remember - it's about having fun in the great outdoors.

Don't drive through any floodwaters.

Paul VK4MA deserves a big congratulations for being "the man on the spot" for the opening. No doubt there are some measures of experience and sagacity in catching the opening. Nevertheless, well done to Paul, reaching ~16,500 km on a short path Es opening is no mean feat. 8) Thanks for the...

Actually, DUBUS said: ". . may be some TEP on his end involved ". I checked it out this afternoon. Took a look at the Equatorial Ionospheric Anomaly (EIA) parameters both north and south of the geomagnetic equator. Would not support TEP at 50 MHz, or even N-mode (Es-F). Electron densities ...

The Australian Radiofrequency Spectrum Plan is reviewed and updated by the ACMA in response to the Final Acts of the ITU World Radiocommunication Conferences. The latest was held during November 2015. The current Australian Radiofrequency Spectrum Plan came into effect in January 2013. The ACMA unde...