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Thread: Power bills, we all hate them?
Post: RE: Power bills, we all hate them?
| Hi Damien,
sorry to hear a friend has lost some access to some of the SW bands, there are some sure fire choices on the inverter front but saying that now is of no help to him I guess.
In my cas... |
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VK5PJ |
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29-09-2024, 10:09 PM |
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Thread: Power bills, we all hate them?
Post: Power bills, we all hate them?
| Hi fellow forum readers,
I have for a long time now cringed each time a power bill arrived from our retailer (one of the big nation wide ones). Over the years I have tried all sorts of strategies ... |
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29-09-2024, 01:23 PM |
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Thread: Dilemma: FT710 vs TS590S
Post: RE: Dilemma: FT710 vs TS590S
| Hi Andy,
thanks for the update, it is interesting that you have been able to acclimatise of the FT-710 ergonomics. I just recently saw a FT101DX in person for the 1st time but did not get to try it... |
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VK5PJ |
General Discussion
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28-09-2024, 08:51 AM |
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Thread: 50 MHz EME from Aug 27 to Sept 7th from 3B9GJ
Post: RE: 50 MHz EME from Aug 27 to Sept 7th from 3B9GJ
| Hello Gary,
unsure where you get the idea EME does not count for ARRL DXCC, my DXCC count features around 10 entries that are EME contacts and there has never been any question of it not counting. S... |
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VK5PJ |
50MHz
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16-09-2024, 10:50 AM |
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Thread: My EME journey begins !
Post: RE: My EME journey begins !
| Hi Tim,
have you had any thoughts on which bands you are going to fire up on, a dish of that size would be a blast on 23cm I would imagine. I have a 3.7M dish here I have never re-assembled (still s... |
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VK5PJ |
1296MHz, Microwave & Opto
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31-08-2024, 10:55 AM |
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Thread: Off-Centre Fed Dipole Question/s
Post: RE: Off-Centre Fed Dipole Question/s
| Hi Colin,
what bands are you wanting to cover with the OCF dipole? I have been using one here for near on 20 years (primary HF antenna). Many moons ago there was a Ham in VK3 that advertised them a... |
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VK5PJ |
Towers, Masts & Transmission Lines, Antennas
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24-08-2024, 09:24 AM |
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Thread: Off-Centre Fed Dipole Question/s
Post: RE: Off-Centre Fed Dipole Question/s
| Colin (VK5SCW),
you need to go to Roseworthy, there is an Elders Rural there and they have BAGS of the plastic insulators, I bought 3 today, about $2 a pop...
As you go in the show room, turn lef... |
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Towers, Masts & Transmission Lines, Antennas
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23-08-2024, 08:15 PM |
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Thread: Ham's I have known . . .
Post: RE: Ham's I have known . . .
| Yes Graham, vk6xy was in Albany and the shack was as you described under the house at the rear, a great locality for VHF with a good outlook to Perth and to the East for VHF. |
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VK5PJ |
General Discussion
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02-08-2024, 04:19 PM |
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Thread: Ham's I have known . . .
Post: Ham's I have known . . .
| I would guess that we have all known a few special hams in our life times, one of these that had a profound positive impact on my perception of what it meant to be a HAM was Aubrey (Aub) Keightley VK6... |
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VK5PJ |
General Discussion
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01-08-2024, 04:42 PM |
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Thread: Cable Penetrations - Corrugated Colorbond Walls
Post: RE: Cable Penetrations - Corrugated Colorbond Wall...
| Hello Colin,
if you opt for 75 or 90 mm storm water PVC, there is an abundance of fittings and angle you can use as building blocks. I have three in the wall here and the outside uses a 45 deg downw... |
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VK5PJ |
Towers, Masts & Transmission Lines, Antennas
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29-07-2024, 06:36 PM |
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Thread: 2m amplifier using BLF 278 devices...
Post: RE: 2m amplifier using BLF 278 devices...
| Hello David,
not sure if there is any information on the old VKLOGGER forum but you can try here with a few searches
(vk4dd) https://vk4ghz.com/forum/search.php?keywords=vk4dd&sid=19e1889fc230e3... |
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VK5PJ |
General Discussion
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14-07-2024, 07:59 AM |
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Thread: visualising my logbook day by day
Post: RE: visualising my logbook day by day
| Hi Hilary,
have not had any success with trying to view past events in gridtracker, seems I am missing some part of the formula to make this work with my LOG4OM logbook. |
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Computer related
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11-07-2024, 12:47 PM |
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Thread: visualising my logbook day by day
Post: RE: visualising my logbook day by day
| Hey Colin,
thanks for prompting me to look at the distance values, LOG4OM does indeed record a calculated distance value based on the grid gathered in the QSO or that available on QRZ.COM. This has... |
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Computer related
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11-07-2024, 11:58 AM |
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Thread: visualising my logbook day by day
Post: RE: visualising my logbook day by day
| Hi Colin,
thanks for the thoughts, yes adding distance would be a good way to show up 'quality' vs 'quantity' on the log entries... will check if LOG4OM stores a calculated distance value to see if i... |
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Computer related
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10-07-2024, 11:20 PM |
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Thread: visualising my logbook day by day
Post: visualising my logbook day by day
| Hello there in AR world,
I have been considering ways to do a visual representation of my AR activity based on what's in my electronic logbook. In the bygone year I would flick back through the pa... |
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VK5PJ |
Computer related
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10-07-2024, 03:00 PM |
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Thread: Multiple instances of WSJTX
Post: RE: Multiple instances of WSJTX
| Hello OM..
sounds like you have worked out that each instance needs to be started with the '-r' parameter to give it a unique RIGNAME but that sometimes is not the whole answer.
next hurdle, the o... |
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VK5PJ |
Computer related
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30-06-2024, 08:22 AM |
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Thread: has anyone had any luck using IRC's in VK?
Post: RE: has anyone had any luck using IRC's in VK?
| Hi Graham,
sounds like you put them through the ringer, will have to try that myself as the P.O staff member seemed pretty sure of themselves, or maybe that's a defense they are taught, when all els... |
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General Discussion
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28-06-2024, 11:14 AM |
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Thread: has anyone had any luck using IRC's in VK?
Post: has anyone had any luck using IRC's in VK?
| Looking for advice from those who have more experience with QSL-ing than I have. In the past I had collected a huge number of the OLD IRC's from contacts with JA stations on SIX but must admit I neve... |
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VK5PJ |
General Discussion
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23-06-2024, 02:32 PM |
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Thread: CQ JTDX EXPERTS
Post: RE: CQ JTDX EXPERTS
| Hi Graham,
while not a JTDX guru I think the setting you want is in the Radio section of the settings page, at the very top right corner there is an option called "output power" that you may need to... |
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VK5PJ |
General Discussion
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19-06-2024, 10:51 AM |
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Thread: star date 89042.1 (2035-07) LOTW makes a return
Post: RE: star date 89042.1 (2035-07) LOTW makes a retur...
| Star date 90920.2 (June 2037) Today in a mid year earnings report, a spokes person for VKSPOTTER.COM pty ltd announced that the meteoric rise in online virtual contesting via the VKSPOTTER platform (n... |
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13-06-2024, 07:44 PM |
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Thread: star date 89042.1 (2035-07) LOTW makes a return
Post: RE: star date 89042.1 (2035-07) LOTW makes a retur...
| Star date 89715.4 (2036-04) After weeks of frantic activity at ARRL headquarters, the newly elected president of the ARRL (Tim Allen KK6OTD) announced today April 1st that the ARRL was relocating its ... |
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VK5PJ |
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13-06-2024, 03:44 PM |
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Thread: star date 89042.1 (2035-07) LOTW makes a return
Post: star date 89042.1 (2035-07) LOTW makes a return
| Welcome to star date 89042.1 [July 2035], yes sorry for the star trek reference, when today the ARRL announces the return of the LOTW service for QSO verification, sadly this is also the day that Dona... |
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12-06-2024, 04:20 PM |
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Thread: A "licence" document for Australian amateurs
Post: RE: A "licence" document for Australian amateurs
| Hello Roger,
I do not want to appear as a WIA basher but I for one are more than happy to see multiple representations on this matter. The ACMA appear to be driven by "the budget" and little else, ... |
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Regulatory, Licencing & Exams
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02-06-2024, 07:31 PM |
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Thread: A "licence" document for Australian amateurs
Post: RE: A "licence" document for Australian amateurs
| On a side note, the ACMA database is still up and you are able to get a PDF copy of your station license from there, unsure how much longer it will stay around for : https://web.acma.gov.au/rrl/regist... |
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Regulatory, Licencing & Exams
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02-06-2024, 12:16 PM |
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Thread: Do I keep AHRDF going ?
Post: RE: Do I keep AHRDF going ?
| Hello Doug,
I think in general the big organisations like the WIA and the like stay away from running forums as they only see the "damage to reputation" side of it should a forum member run rouge and... |
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SYSTEM NOTICES
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