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Hi All "Scattered #@!*&^% showers, my ass!" - Noah, 4314 BC My FD excursion was rather disappointing to say the least. I was enjoying my 39th contact for the afternoon and things were going fairly well weather wise too. However, a severe local storm suddenly arrived at around 0340 UTC....

It may be humorous but it's not helpful.

Gavin, VK3HY

This is very disappointing. Dumb & Dumber?

Gavin, VK3HY

Hi Chas

There were no flash calculators where I came from.


(Left click mouse to read instructions)


Gavin, VK3HY


P.S. I have an ABACUS too but don't know how (or why) to use it.

VK3HY will operate from John's Hill Reserve near Kallista in the Dandenong Ranges 12:00-16:30 AEST Saturday and probably again on Sunday morning from 08:00 until it's over. Will be operational on 50/144/432/1296MHz &10GHz. Contact phone number is 0427 372 277. Location and equipment details on V...

[Quote] In anycase, I sold my 23cm yagi to Gavin VK3HY, I believe he still uses it for field days, it would be interesting to see what SWR he is getting from it now and if he has touched the driven element at all, perhaps a photo of it if its still has it. Hi Leigh As Leigh mentioned, I purchased hi...

Hi Ho fellow FD operators.

Unfortunately, I have a commitment that clashes with Saturday FD activity but will struggle out of the cot early Sunday morning and head to a high spot near Lorne for a few hours. Will have 50-1296MHz and 10GHz.

Gavin VK3HY

Now now children.........


de Gavin VK3HY

VK3HY/P will operate from from Mt Terrible (near Kevington) 37.395556S 146.140278E QF32bo on Saturday and if all goes well will stay overnight and operate for the full 24 hours.

See 'op info' for equpment details.

Gavin, VK3HY

Hello VK2TJF Good to read of your interest in CW. Here are some tips that I found useful a long time ago. Learn the code thoroughly first, including numbers and commonly used punctuation. Read the front page of a newspaper in CW (pick a paper that has big pictures if you are lazy). Just read it out ...

More sad news -

Ray Naughton, VK3ATN, VHF enthusiast and early moon bounce experimenter, passed away at Birchip on 15th September. Ray was 83.
Funeral will be at Birchip on Thursday 20th September at 2:00pm.

Farewell ‘Statics’
Gavin Brain, VK3HY

Hi Frank

Suggest try Roger Baker VK3BKR - QTHR.

Gavin, VK3HY

Scary......my bottom is still twitching.

de VK3HY

"If nobody used repeaters"...........it would be harder to justify the existence of our hobby. I rarely use repeaters but respect and appreciate tthose who establish and use them. Amateur radio caters for a diverse range of interests and repeater users contribute to the numbers in our rank...

Sorry for late posting - VK3HY will be operating from Mt Terrible (near Eildon - Jamieson - Kevington) QF32bo 50MHz 90W Halo 144MHz 100W 7 el Yagi 432MHz 75W 18 el Yagi 1296MHz 10W 35 el yagi 10.368GHz 1W 65cm offset feed dish Operating from Mt Terrible will limit opportunites on 10GHz but worth a t...

Happy New Year Lots of 144MHz QSOs ranging from Nthn NSW to Charters Towers in FNQ. This was the longest 144MHz Es opening I have experienced. I managed to add two new Grid Squares bringing my modest tally up to 52. I reckon QSO of the day might go to Perrin VK3XPT who worked 4FNQ at Charters Towers...

I have abandoned my planned FD operation from John's Hill Lookut due to very wet wx. Will operate from home.

Gavin VK3HY

VK3QI de VK3HY !

Thanks for the info Peter. Wx permitting, I hope to be at John's Hill for the first 8 hours.

GB

Re: 2011 Spring VHF/UHF Field Day In view of the uncertain weather, I have decided to operate the first eight hours from John's Hill Look Out near Kallista unless that site is already spoken for. If it does rain, I won't be too far from home! Equipment set up: 50MHz 100W SSB/CW/FM - Halo antenna 144...

VK3HY/P will operate Saturday only - first eight hours. Location will be John's Hill Reserve QF22rc 430m ASL.

QF22rc
37.91264° South
145.41789° East

50MHz 50 Watts, Halo
144MHz 50 Watts 7 El Yagi
432MHz 50 Watts 14 el Yagi
1296MHz 10 Watts 31 el Yagi
10368MHz 0.25 Watts 65cm dish