VK Logger Ham Radio Forum Archive

Metho works well enough too.

Cheaper than Vodka........

wrap it up in tinfoil.....

We will be quite interested to know what you find after further investigations.

Peter, the suspense is killing us all.

Is it noisy? Is it not noisy? Does it really work? How does it actually work?

Richard VK5ZLR

Of interest:

https://www.acma.gov.au/theACMA/propose ... conditions

Have had similar issues with the Chinamans audio power transistors. And the Chinamans lm7805's seem rather keen to let out the smoke.....but youse gets whats youse pays for I suppose.

Accept a 50% derating factor and all will be well.......

Times have changed for this hobby, It's populate or Perish, time to ignore the old farts, the future is with the our children, and if putting resources into making a STEM Course that means all year 8 - 10 students in NSW become a licensed Amateurs, then I'm all for it. I agree with you. If even a f...

I wish my projects looked that professional!

VK3ALB wrote:but for the ACMA to say, "We don't have to send renewals but we do so as a courtesy" is a cop out.

I agree entirely, especially as the ACMA is a Gov. dept with an obligation to the public/licencees, not vice versa.

I wonder if it is something the telecomunications ombudsman would have power over?

Maybe stop paying the bill.........

They are very long lived in Andorra..... must be the extra exposure to RF at 5Mhz is good for health....

Endless scope for practical jokes....?????

VK4TS wrote: As yet I have received no feed back as to the status quo despite several requests.

That would be because they are all overseas.......perhaps when they get back from holiday.......

I had to look it up, never having been to the UK, or used 4m, but wikipeadia tells me that the UK 4m band is not that huge. "In practice this ranges from 70 MHz to 70.5 MHz in the United Kingdom, with other countries generally having a smaller allocation within this window" You would think...

Sounds like a Win for the Good Guys.

Keep us updated if the problem returns.

The radio is probably OK for the price, no doubt there is a way of setting the repeater offsets.

However the seller has had 315 Negative Feedback comments in the last month alone.......

Here at the Retirement Home for Impoverished Amateurs we have some live Stobie Poles within the property boundaries.

Does anyone know if there are any rules or regulations about using the Stobie Pole as an antenna anchor. ????

Thanks, Richard VK5ZLR

If acma can decode the data then they have your call and no offence. If they can't decode u they don't get your call anyway.. All a bit weird actually. Well exactly, its just another area in which the regs are still in the 1950's. With the plethora of new digital modes there is no way the ACMA is g...

From the Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Amateur Licence) Determination 2015, Sections 8(1) and 8(2) ... by voice (using the English language), by visual image or by an internationally recognised code. So (a) the Italian net should be identifying in english and (b) WSPR is an internationall...

In the apparently unlikely event that it ever rains here......I shall study this thread in detail !

Examination fee $5 (to be retained by Branch to cover administrative costs) ... many Branches don't charge (ours doesn't). Callsign and certificate allocation $95.00 ... Includes one year free membership to NZART worth $99! No pack drill No drama :J If the NZART can manage this, why can't we? The b...