VK Logger Ham Radio Forum Archive

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Hi all,
VKSpotter.com will be moving to a new server tomorrow, Wednesday 23 Dec 2020.
The site will be unavailable from 0900 local on the 23 Dec 2020 for several hours.
Sorry for the inconvenience.

Not a problem Mike,
Couple of things:
They are 28v and not 24v.
You can't legally run more than 120w pY on digital

Hi Mike,
Maybe it is the NEC V360 TR PA?

https://www.vklogger.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=12104

Peter VK5PJ has a great page about this device:
http://www.users.on.net/~pedroj/v360/index.html

Nice work Darrell.
I enjoy our 23/13/9cm contacts.

When are you building the 10GHz station

Will be operating tonight in the 23on23 event along with the members of the Western Sydney Microwave User Group .

Talk back on 146.450 simplex and "23 and above" chat on https://VKSpotter.com

Thank you,
I will give it a go.

Regards

Hil

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Hi Haydan,
Not sure what you mean about " middle of the N connector"?
Do you mean from the end of the little flange that pokes into the can or the inside of the can to the tip?

Hil

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Haydan,
For the probe length on your cantenna, did you measure from the inside of the can to the tip or the top of the N inner connector that pokes into the can slightly?

Just playiong with making one at the moment.

Hilary
VK2AZ

Is this a personal beacon?
Will it have a VK4R-- callsign?

Hi Mark, They are actually the same repeater. I will tell you the story when I next see you :-) Anyway, I have added this new repeater to the VKSpotter repeater list. Anyone can now add/edit repeaters and beacons on VKSpotter. https://vkspotter.com/?action=repeaters https://vkspotter.com/?action=bea...

The Wyong Field Day occurs on the 23rd in VK2 so probably not a lot of MAD activity from here.

There will certainly be activity from the Western Sydney group from 8 till 9PM on the 23rd.

See you there. (Wyong and 23cm)

Hristiyan sent me an email proposing changes to the Australian market for the LO frequencies. "We decided to made a new frequency plan especially for VK. The new LO frequencies are: 2968 , 2966, 2963 , 2960 MHz. It is possible to switch between standard frequency plan and Australian plan by a s...

Hi Mark,
Interesting.
VK2RNG is not listed in the ACMA database.

I can hear it at 5/3 on 147.3
Input 147.9 no CTCSS required

Good work Peter,
I have updated VKSpotter.com

And added the 2m Beacon.
Let me know if any of the details need to be changed.

Thanks Scott,
The VK2 Western Sydney User Group will be active.

Point those beams west!

Hi Matt,
No, that was a fake spot just to get you interested

Actually, a "feature" on VKSpotter when no QRA square is entered.
Need to get the damn human bean who coded that to fix it

Hilary

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Thanks Scott,
Probably the largest turn out so-far in VK2 last night.
Well done everyone.

Reminder: 23on23 Day When: Monday, 23 September 2019, 8:00pm to 9:00pm, (GMT+10:00) Australia/Canberra Where:1296Mhz and up Description: 23 on 23 is a way to encourage activity on 23cm (1296Mhz) The official period is between 8pm and 9pm local time. Get that 23cm rig fired up on 1296.1 SSB and moni...

If any of the "hoard" have a spare 1 or 6 they are not going to use, let me know.

The Western Sydney Microwave User Group would be very interested.

Hilary