VK Logger Ham Radio Forum Archive

As mentioned in another forum I had a bit of a bad night out portable for last nights 23 on 23. Firstly losing my internet connection which left my flying blind but it was the Boys in Blue who turned up and had to have their power play with me that really pissed me off. I been going to that same spo...

Planning to be at Howells Knob QG63JF running 1296, 2.4, 5.7 and 10Ghz. (10Ghz will only be used if I can get a fall call Licensee with me) I still haven't heard anything about a starting time but happy with anything between 10am and 2pm. I prefer not to be up on the mountains too late into the afte...

Unfortunately I won't be available for this one as I will be busy that week. The bit that is peeing me off about it is that night I will be 10 mins drive away from Mt Coot-tha and won't be able to take my gear with me. Will have to wait for the September 23 on 23 before I can play again. Robert VK4LHD

I'm glad I checked my licence on the ACMA data base. I B-payed my licence fee 2 weeks ago and it's come up on the ACMA data base as expired. So the 64 million dollar questions am I still legal to be on air or do I have to wait for the ACMA to fix it's problem and suffer because of their incompetence...

Sorry guys but I'm looking like a non starter for Saturday. I've got a couple of things happening Saturday morning and may not get back in time for the Microwave activity. Plus my battery charger has now gone cactus and I got no way of charging the field batteries and the generator is just too noisy...

For me I still have not decided on a location yet as I have lost Howells Knob but it could well be on top of Buderim where I go portable for the week day night time portable. I will be working under VK4WIS as a club group with a hope of getting a few more people together. Bands will be 1296, 2.4G, 3...

It was a very poor night for me as well. Only station seen on both Hell and Olivia was VK5RM. No signs of VK2 or VK7 tonight. Even the local station (200kms away) VK4WTN was not seen. I did try VK5RM on Hell but sigs too weak but condx picked up towards the end of the session and I was able to have ...

It was a good night for me going portable but it was a little bit on the cold side on top of Buderim. I only made contact with 2 stations VK4AFL and VK4CZ but it was on 2 bands so it was nice to give the 2.4Ghz a bit of a run. Nothing heard from VK2MAX but will get there one day. I do have plans to ...

Well last night was a bad one for me. I was at the Sunshine Coast ARC last night and found someone had screwed around with the computer interface and I had no TX. I was seeing VK2DUX, VK2XTC and VK4WTN all calling CQ on Hell with good signal but I could not TX back. By the time I got it going I was ...

Ok so it looks like I have lost Howells Knob for this event. Have absolutely no idea as to where I'm going to setup this time. The top of Buderim is only good for due South and no where near as high as Howells Knob so I will be down in the mud on this one or I just might sit it out. I can't afford t...

I'm kind of 50/50 for this one as I have a bad case of the Flu at the moment so it's all up to my health if I go portable or not. If I do go it will be from the usual spot on top of Buderim. I had planned to take 2.4Ghz and 3.4Ghz as well for testing other stations who need a test on those 2 band bu...

Last not was not good for me. As mentioned on the Logger I have a bad case of the flu and couldn't think too straight. The shack was just too cold to stay out for too long. Signals were very poor my end with only VK3FM (the strongest of the night) and VK2DUX being seen but were not really good enoug...

Well, I tried. Lots of listening and called CQ for 10 minutes. Might as well have had the dummy load connected instead of an antenna.CheersPaulVK5NE Hi Paul I did see you there tonight calling CQ. I replied several times but you didn't hear me. You had a great sig into the Sunshine Coast. Just a sh...

Hi Ron.
Tuesday Nights from 6pm on 40m 7.037 USB with Feld Hell and then after we run a different mode like Olivia. Best to run either FLDigi or Ham Radio Deluxe. It's a lot of fun when the conditions are good.

Robert
VK4LHD

Last night was a bit of a slow night for me. First seen on Hell was VK3FM with a very weak signal. I tried a few time to make contact but no luck. VK2DUX made a brief appearance but again no luck in making contact. A change to 80m and Olivia made a little bit of a difference with a weak QSO with VK7...

Hi All Sorry I could not make it out for this months 23 on 23. As written above I didn't get home from Brisbane until 7pm (Monday Night) and by the time I got the car unloaded I was too tired to even try and go portable. The only good part was the medical emergency on me friend is all good now but i...

Hi All. I might be a non starter for tomorrow nights 23 on 23. I am still stuck in Brisbane for what should have been and easy weekend away and be back home right now but a medical emergency cropped up with the friend I'm staying with and she has no car or other transport to get back and forth to th...

Tonight was the first time I ever looked at free DV and with the signals so low I didn't really get a good evaluation of the mode but when the conditions came good even for the brief period of a few seconds it actually sounded good and even my deaf ears could pick out what was being said even if it ...

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I would have like to go out on the Sunday arvo (22nd) for a bit of microwave fun but unfortunately I will be returning from my weekend visit to Brisbane late on Sunday arvo and won't have time to get home and load up the gear and go portable. I will be in Brisbane for the Paniyari Greek festival thi...