VK Logger Ham Radio Forum Archive

Glenn Dunstan VK4DU and Andrew Smith VK6AS will serve as advisors to the AMC. RASA wishes to congratulate the UTAS/AMC on winning the tender for examinations and callsign management, announced today by ACMA - refer here. Glenn Dunstan VK4DU and Andrew Smith VK6AS will serve as advisors to the AMC. T...

Video of new perth bcn on test courtesy of VK6UU Will

temp location and still on test

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ73JU0 ... e=youtu.be

vk6six

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I have fixed this confusion ... i have been using JTDX for yonks version 1.8 approx Updated my WSJT to 2 Same rig, same usb cable, it takes maybe 10 to 15 seconds to change between the 2 programs Should work until everybody is sorted If I can hear via ear some stations i cannot decode, quick change ...

Yep

In 1964 i got a ex army tank whip 9 foot? from deitch brothers and put it on my FB holden , still have it, works well when i connect it.

Still have a photo...

vk6ro

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CQ wsjt experts:::

Please tell me what i should do.

I am not an expert in this stuff, my 2 pieces of wire attached to a 1932 1/4 inch phono plug works really well on BCDA mode and has done so for over 40 years.

Should i upgrade to version 2 now or later?

tnx

de vk6ro

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"and maybe OS2?"

OS2 was used for many years by the commonwealth bank on bank branch computers, magic OS it was.

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vk6ro

VK3ZAZ


"cw qso with lu took ten seconds"

I taught you well... 10 seconds has got me many new ones.

tnx

vk6ro

VK3MIX Australia post takes 10 to 13 working days, repeat " working days " to deliver an ordinary plain old letter from melbourne or canberra etc to Perth metro area. It was maybe 2 days just a few years ago [2-3 years?] it took australia post 7 working days approx to deliver a plain lette...

gday I only have 254 feet 11 inches of wire for 160 and 80 metre bands with a tuner. Other bands yagis or verticals etc. When i tx even with 5 watts, on 80 or 160 my dsl modem actually walks across the table in pure disgust at the RF up its rear end. I did a few tests with a 12 volt battery... seale...

Bill, VK6JQ from Broome is the only ham in VK6 to obtain DXCC on 6 metres. Bill also holds the Australian 6 metre DX long path record of 28397 km with TL8MB [ central african republic] from april 1991. He has sent his DXCC certificate to Perth and i think it will be displayed by the WA VHF group at ...

Amortise the cost from strictly over the 5 years of the genuine icom factory warranty and strictlys price of $1795 comes out at 99.72 cents per day. Absoute bargain..... For 99.72 cents per day for 5 years i get a new u beaut rig to play with that is fully covered by the factory for faults during th...

Get the latest info here including a pdf. I reckon the cost in VK will be pushing close to $2000 vk6six e&oe http://www.icom.co.jp/world/products/amateur/hf/ic-7300usa/ http://www.icom.co.jp/world/products/amateur/hf/ic-7300usa/spec.html http://www.icom.co.jp/world/support/download/brochure/pdf/...

I remember "Gary crapp" was the national yaesu sales? manager at trickies in the 80s/90s. I never forget poor old Garys name! Nowdays trickies is a conglomerate of individual franchises with no idea how the system works. When ur in a shop next hang around the mobile phone area and listen t...

"3B9 was working JA yesterday presumably via same type of propagation as ME to VK8." Gday Wayne. The jas have had a path to ZS8/3B8/3B9 etc for many years around 0800 utc onwards approx during peaks or equinox etc. One day years ago we had jas into perth for many hours on 110 ssb while the...

VK2VEL 1979 callbook

R.S Smith

29 Corea st

Sylvania nsw


Heaps of "V" in 1979 for VK2 in callbook

VK2VOR is the last one listed.


vk6six

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" it appears all over the HF band and have heard it up to 35mhz" gday That will be the ZC4 [british sovereign base} on cyprus. Some sort of OTHR , i have heard it as high as 34 mhz way back in about 1982. The UK has 2? military bases on cyprus and the ham prefix is ZC4. Very very loud here...

gday Kevin. 3 Questions when you have time.. Is it exactly the same physical size as the FT450 ? 229 W 84 H 217 deep Does the SWR meter function work on 2 and 70 like the old FT857 and Ft897? Can SSB memories be scanned without the mute/squelch active? if so, what is the time delay between memories?...

Herman VK2IXV is a real expert on keys.

Maybe email him

I have modified his email, just add in the missing bit HI!

hermanusw ...... gmail.com

cheers

Gday Tony. " I am wiping out a TV on UHF nearby" I will just translate that for you: "A neighbours TV is experiencing reception difficulties due to the substandard receiving apparatus on his premises." ACMA would most likely easily detect this "substandard receiving apparatu...