VK Logger Ham Radio Forum Archive

I enjoy mine- covers ALL bands from 20m to 6m.
Do include the 6 metre elements - when 6m opens it may not be a big beam, but it does perform surprisingly well.
The supplier of mine is listed on my QRZ page.

73's Geoff VK2WDD

Todays DXworld.net reports that due to overnight storm damage, scheduled transmissions from VI0ANZAC at Casey Base will not go ahead this weekend. New dates are to be advised.

Geoff VK2WDD

Just a further thought that may help. My 6 band broadband hexbeam has a 6m element, and apart from cw I seem to work my share on 6m. As for height of antenna, I have heard it said that height ceases to be important over 10m. The day I put mine together it sat overnight on 2 wooden field bins at heig...

It's great to see how quickly the kiwis reacted to the changed tv scene. I believe all Channel 0 stations are long off the air in Australia, yet 6m operators in some states are still restricted to 100W. Why couldn't our WIA/ACMA have reacted similarly, in allowing all Austtralian 6m operators to use...

Hi Rob, and others I am one of the happy band of Hexbeam owners As you ask about these antennae on the 6m forum, I expect tht performance on 6m would be of interest. My hexbeam is the G3TXQ designed broadband 6 band version. It is marketed by Leo Schumaker K4KIO as a beaut plug and play kit. The int...

As good as govt weasel talk.
I don't really care what it is, why not let hams know WHERE it is.
Not hard.

Geoff Johns, VK2WDD.

If you ask QRZ.COM where that repeater is it will tell you Perth.

Surely by now sumwun could supply lat, long to let other hams know where it is.
It sure ain't at Applecross

Other software takes you to the same address

Geoff Johns, VK2WDD

BUT JUST REMEMBER that when you have been working SPLIT, if you change frequency or band with vfo A, vfo B stays where it is.
If you have not disabled SPLIT, your next transmission will automatically go out on the vfo B freq you used before.
Trap for newbies like me.

Geoff VK2WDD