VK Logger Ham Radio Forum Archive

Recently stumbled across this old post of mine and discovered I never did update you on my progress. It turned out that one of the connectors on a piece of coax I was using was shorting. Replacing the offending cable has solved the problem. However this light of coax is slightly shorter, but that do...

I Just Went Outside And Pulled The 10m down and put my 40m Vee up. The Vee Has SWR Issues As Well But The SWR Meter Moves As I Talk. Whereas On 10m The SWR Instantly Shoots Up The Moment I Key Up And Stays In That Position. It Seems My Radio Just Has Issues With 10m

No. Im Not Close. Im about 40 mins south of adelaide

Hello All A couple of days ago i put my 10m vertical dipole up on my squidpole. i got no contacts but swr was good at about 1.5:1 measured by my icom 718's inbuilt meter. Today i put up the same antenna to try and make a few contacts with my AX call. however when transmitting the swr meter showed we...

Im setting up a 40m Inverted vee that i may wish to change to a flat top dipole at some point. i have been advised against using a 1:1 balun for a flat top dipole and to instead use a 6:1 as the input impedance of a flat top is around 300 ohms. However many flat top dipoles use a 1:1 balun. Im just ...

So I would be better off with a current balun like this http://www.mfjenterprises.com/Product.p ... id=MFJ-913

Looking to put up an OCF dipole and wondering if this balun is suitable http://www.strictlyham.com.au/browse-by-type/baluns/rba-4-1-voltage-balun Have heard conflicting things about what balun to use for an OCFD. It doesnt advertise being useable for an OCFD however others online have said that usin...

Get something like this http://dx.com/p/kimax-usi3-usb-3-0-ide-sata-converter-adapter-w-offline-duplicate-function-black-55cm-cable-191478?tc=AUD&gclid=CKXYkZTQuroCFQEepQod7zMAKg Then take the harddrive out of the computer. then plug the harddrive into this. plug it into your computer via USB an...

Does This Apply To Echolink ?

Thanks For That Website Peter. I Will Take It To The Club Shack And See If I Can Get Someone To Help Me Calibrate It (I Dont Have An External SWR/Power Meter Yet). I'll See How I Go I Guess

Just A Correction On My Part. I Must Have Read The Manual Wrong . The Correct Output On SSB Is 25w PEP. I Must Have Been Reading The AM/FM Output Power Which Is 10w. So I Do Need A Way To Externally Turn The Power Down

Hello All I Have A Uniden President HR2510 10m Mobile Radio That I Wish To Use Later In The Year If 10m Opens Up Over Summer. However It Has No Power Control. And Mic Gain Can Either Be On Or Off. There Is No Adjustment. I Have Read The User Manual For The Radio And Discovered That It Puts Out 10w P...

Been Looking For A Transverter To Run 2m SSB With My Icom 718. But Im Not Having Much Luck Finding A Commercial Built One. Cant Use Anything Homebrew Due To Licence. But Most Seem To Be Homebrew.Anyone Have A Commercial One That They Could Reccomend

Exactly

Thanks Iain

Hi All

Im Looking For Software That Is Like This


But Can Model Dipoles And Other Antennas. Peferably Free. But Ill Pay For One If I Have To

Cheers

Andrew

I'm presuming the answer is no but thought I'd check. Can I broadcast ATV as a f call.

Don't start an anti f call war either

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Andrew

In Testing Some Stuff Tonight I Think Ill Go With The Inverted Vee. I Have Read That Because The Legs Are At That Angle That The Feedpoint Impedence Is About 50 Ohms. Is This Correct. Also Would I Be Able To Use A Whip Antenna Mount As A Feedpoint. Attaching One Leg To The Screw Terminal And One To ...

Could Someone Define Recipriocal Licencing For Me, I May Have Screwed My Terms Up.

Im Going On Holidays For Two Weeks At The End Of The Year. Not Sure If Times Have An Affect On The Situation

Cheers

Andrew

I think I'll go with peter's option as it will be cheapest (just $25 for some washing line cord to hold the wire up) hope to hear everyone on the air in the contest

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Andrew

Because I have no permenant antenna setup yet I am looking into building an antenna that is quick and easy to run 40m. I have narrowed it down to an inverted v or a 1/4 wave verticle with 3 or 4 radials. Which would you pick

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Andrew