VK Logger Ham Radio Forum Archive

Mark, You might want to talk to the new SOI Padre as well...I march in next week! :D Cheers! Hey John, Glad to have another VK in town, I shall be sure to drag you up to the Vere when we do our recce. You have a big job there as the Sallyman has been withdrawn by the Salvos to work in town. I'm pre...

Hi team, My Army unit is doing a shake-out of it's Field Workshop in early March and as the ASM, I have a choice where I can deploy the workshop... Now if you happen to have a SOTA summit in the middle of a restricted military training area, where would be a really, really cool place to go? "Th...

Given the title of the original post, I wonder who else knows that the "new and improved" 7.62mm version of the 5.56mm Minimi is called the " Maximi "? The Maximi is very much the same as the 5.56mm version, sharing 95% of it's parts, but is much better to operate and doesn't fal...

Interesting that there is a secret society, especially given the name 'Hiram'. I own about nine Maxim machine guns (that is they are on my signature) being the "light" and "medium" versions and they are all fireable. http://www.nrablog.com/post/2013/02/13/Triggers-takes-NRAs-Maxi...

As a Defence member, I regularly (annually) used to change address, usually between different states of Australia. I was sick and tired of constantly changing callsigns so I approached ACMA on the matter who told me just to advise change of address and keep the callsign which suited me. This drew im...

VK3PY wrote: "... They are entirely a product of some shiny-arsed bureaucrats who were charged(!) with the task of defining a limit. But it is what is it. As long as we comply, we have a "safe" figure under which we can tell authorities and the general public to go jump ..." Well...

Old mates signal was still stereo at about 2400 metres. Didn't ask to have a look at his transmitter as he was just a cashed-up coal miner from around here who doesn't give a rats behind. As far as being an ACMA quasi cop, I feel we should all be mindful of this kind of operation as we have the tech...

Note a lot of non-radio operators with Christmas light displays transmitting Christmas carols on the 88-108mhz FM band. Surely this can't be legal as one chap told me his "licence to operate" came with the transmitter (presumably from HK). When questioned further, he had no idea what ACMA ...