VK Logger Ham Radio Forum Archive

G'day Hayden, I've had my Honda EU20i since about 2004 and it's never missed a beat. I try and service it annually (new plug, oil, filter). It can be sitting around for months and usually starts after one or two pulls - typical Honda performance. If you have a look in the Contests & Field Day se...

G'day Chas, great to work you guys early this arvo. I hear you re a 3yr hiatus. Been there myself in recent months, but finally picking up the mike in recent days, to the point where I forgot how to change bands today on one of the Icom rigs... terrible... but had a good day on the VKCL with only on...

For those of you that know Tony and his satellite work with NASA, the ISS, etc...

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-06/ ... y/11530046

Cheers,

G'day Folks, Icom's new IC-705 all mode SDR HF-70cm radio with TX 10W (10W on ext pwr and 5W on batt pwr), batt pack, etc. Might be an interesting option as an IF rig for uWave work, perhaps as an alternative to an FT817/8 or KX series radio. Looks like it's slated for release next year. Icom IC-705...

Oh dear... it's now July, but they're slowly getting there...

http://www.amc.edu.au/industry/amateur-radio

Cheers,

G'day all, Latest update now includes new repeaters at Warrnambool and Albury. There is now an MMDVM based multi-mode 70cm repeater in Geelong/Belmont. The existing MMDVM based multi-mode 70cm on Mt Buninyong has recently received a minor tweak. There's more work planned in the coming months. Latest...

G'day Richard, It's interesting reading... here's my summary after a quick read... The 3GHz band continues to be under the pump, but 3.3 - 3.4GHz still there... but with the proliferation of new 5G telco networks, this band will always be under pressure, depends on where you reside/live/operate. Rel...

G'day Peter, Sorry to hear about your fire - hopefully it wasn't fire pit related like mine a couple of years ago at 2am one night while I was tucked up in bed. Thank goodness for two smoke alarms (otherwise I wouldn't be here typing this) and insurance on a three year old house... :oops: Re the Pi4...

Thanks for the shack tour, Steve. You've got a nice spot for the 9700. No more bites here - all gone quiet.

I'll let you to get up the stick tomorrow to tidy up the 6m yagi...

Cheers,

https://www.icom.co.jp/world/support/download/firm/IC-9700/CS-9700_1_10/ Firmware update purports to auto sync with your GPSDO reference source. I updated and my radio changed by 5 hz. Watching the Sync ref it has now dropped from 33% fine to 32% fine as it warmed upforwantof a better word. GPS loc...

G'day Hayden,

Nice video, it states the obvious, but it needs to be stated...

One of your points is great... have someone else give a second opinion... there's usually no shortage of those!

Cheers,

G'day Steve, I accept your comments and perspective. I've been keeping a close interest in what Rex and Glen (and others) have found and what's in development. Great news for the Whisperers, FT8'ers, etc. But I'll take a difference tact and is a personal view... Look what the IC-9700 is doing to the...

G'day All, I saw an interesting fault on my IC-9100 tonight. I've had this rig since about 2013 (inc 23cm & DStar options) and have regularly used it remotely from around VK3 via the BA1 remote client. One of the shack PC's is on 24/7 as is this rig for remote access. Been running fine for a few...

The lads in Horsham have made the news... https://www.mailtimes.com.au/story/6088 ... o/?cs=2669

Firmware 1.06 update is now available on the Icom Japan site: http://www.icom.co.jp/support/download/firmware_driver/FrmDwn2.php Improvements include; Improved accuracy of the reference frequency automatic adjustment function- Fixed a defect on the DR screen display- Eliminated an interruption in t...

G'day Steve, Re your SD card saga... I've copied a basic image from the rig to the SD card, downloaded CS-9700 from Icom JA, installed on a PC, inserted the SD card into PC, loaded the basic image, added heaps of memories & settings, saved to SD card, inserted SD card back into rig, loaded new f...

Looks like it's already gone today...

G'day Folks, As most of you would be aware, the VK Logger Forum is about to die... on the 24th of April 2019... A few of us have discussed tonight of a bit of a bash of the VK Logger, both online and on-air. Adam VK4GHZ... mate... I've only been licensed since 2008 but via 2KRR I've enjoyed your exc...

Attempted firmware upgrade via sd card but is says NO FILE Tried formatting it in radio But this didn't seem to work as when I checked it in PC files still evident so did full slow format and down loaded firmware file. unzipped firmware onto SD card made sure that DAT file was in the root directory...

They've finally arrived in VK. At least two Icom dealers in Oz received their deliveries of IC-9700's yesterday...