VK Logger Ham Radio Forum Archive

The VK5RSA 70cm repeater that has been based in the Adelaide CBD since ~2000 had been off air for the past 2 years sue to the loss of access to the site atop one of the buildings in town. Now, thanks to the sponsorship of Phil VK5ZEY and https://kernwifi.com.au/ VK5RSA has a new home atop Westpac Ho...

Project Horus began in 2010 as the brain child of a group of radio Amateurs here in Adelaide. Now, 11 years later, one of the ideas that has been discussed many times within the group is finally going to be attempted. A flight is tentatively planned for Sunday March 7th that will carry aloft our fir...

Yes they know about it - there was a post on Farcebook saying the techies that look after it are working on the problem

Members of the Amateur Radio Experimenters Group are banding together to form teams to participate in this year’s Remembrance Day Contest to be held on Saturday August 13th and Sunday August 14th 2016. The contest starts at 0300UTC and runs for 24hrs. Andy VK5AKH, Theo VK5MTM and Grant VK5GR are for...

Hi Folks, Does anyone play with Feld Hell later in the evening? I usually cant get to a radio much before 8.30-9.00pm after work and family duties. I've tried working the Europeans on Hell but havent cracked it yet so would love a chance to try some domestic. 80m perhaps around 3635 one night? Regar...

Sounds like a great idea to boost FreeDV interest in VK! It will be great to see how many stations participate! (Unfortunately it is too early for this poor pleb that has to work on a week night (5.30pm ACST I'm still stuck in traffic)). Also don't forget you can listen in and call back to the WIA F...

The Amateur Radio Experimenters Group is pleased to announce that it has finalized the new arrangements for the WIA VK5 inwards QSL bureau. Christopher Platt VK5CP has volunteered within the AREG to lead the coordination of this service. The club will be following the existing WIA QSL policy and wil...

AREG Next Meeting: 19th Feb – Reviving Packet Radio As previously mentioned on the AREG website, one of the AREG members, Grant VK5GR has set about reviving a Packet Radio BBS system in Adelaide! At the next AREG meeting, Grant will give an overview of the system and how it was built, taking a look ...

There was an item on ABC SA news about the launch tonight. AREG was not even mentioned. Well done guys (the launch etc, not the news item). Terry, unfortunately it is very hard to control what the media says and how they spin things. The main thing however was that it was a success, and may open so...

http://unisa.edu.au/Global/ITEE/ITEE/space_studiesmain_banner_2016.png The Southern Hemisphere Space Studies Program (SHSSP) is jointly organised by the International Space University (ISU) and the University of South Australia. It is a unique, five week live-in experience focusing on an internatio...

Well, in SA there will be a bit of Activity in the Adelaide area too. VK5ARG is doing the 8hr Saturday section from Wynn Vale lookout and VK5ZM/VK5GR are going rovering hoping to cover about 6 grid squares with 6/2/70. Hope to hear you on the bands!

Well, for all the packet radio and DX tragics in Adelaide, you can now access your DX Cluster data on the move around the Adelaide metro area without using Cellular. The VK5GR-2 DXCluster is now active on 147.575MHz... Coverage over the beaches, inter-metropolitan area and foothills should be OK. I ...

One concept for beacons I recently have started thinking about was finding ways to have beacons receive and report what they are hearing as well as transmit - so that you can actually automatically map band openings and times and report it back on the web. This would be in addition of course to home...

Here is the latest video from AREG with David - talking about some of the pitfalls and tricks to correctly setting up your radio for FreeDV 137057259 The FreeDV QSO Party and special event activation of VK100ANZAC is now only 2 weeks away. Time to stoke up your PCs and radios and get ready to partic...

FreeDV QSO Party Weekend – September 12/13th The Amateur Radio Experimenters Group would like to invite all amateurs interested in HF digital voice communications to join us on the weekend of September 12th and 13th in a FreeDV Codec2 digital HF voice QSO Party! AREG in conjunction with David VK5DG...

My advice to anyone entertaining the idea of establishing a new repeater, is that you should complete and submit your application as the very first step. Then go about sourcing your equipment, parts, etc and carry out some limited testing and prepare for final site installation. Don't first spend t...

If people haven't caught up with this, ACMA cancelled the shutdown for now as not everything wasn't quite ready. They will announce a new date soon. (Information from the ACMA project manager who spoke at the WIA AGM dinner).

The VK5RAD 70cm repeater has recently been restored to service. It is once again accessible on: TX: 439.925MHz RX: 434.925MHz It is using temporary equipment while the main repeater is repaired. Currently it appears to be transmitting CTCSS on the output but is open on the input - so as a result the...

For those among you who like chasing special event callsigns, VI5ANZAC will be active on ANZAC day and at various times through the following week thanks to EARC and AREG. Full details of the AREG activation plans (from 0230UTC 25th April) are available from the AREG website: http://www.areg.org.au/...

1. A WIA affliated club has to nominate you 2. You need to hold a 'working with children' police check (varies state to state) 3. Complete 4 x TAE units set and assessed by Trainsafe (WIA RTO) which is run by Fed Swainston. It's done via email, the exercises are not difficult, and if you have any p...