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Thread: Power bills, we all hate them?
Post: RE: Power bills, we all hate them?
| Had a look and tried their quote option - I think I'll wait until there are some rather more transparent reviews on the outfit. :undecided:
'Oh, and thanks for the tip re the "-" on Youtube - work... |
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VK5TM |
Off Topic!
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30-09-2024, 11:23 AM |
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Thread: VK Radio Repairs (A bouquet)
Post: RE: VK Radio Repairs (A bouquet)
| We likewise have to have a PO Box and using c/o Post Office as an address is not advisable here (to keep the Postmistress happy).
Our local PO is also the drop off point for several non AusPost car... |
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VK5TM |
General Discussion
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21-09-2024, 10:34 AM |
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Thread: ACMA email of 3rd Sep 2024, New fees, reminder to reassign or reconfirm call signs
Post: RE: ACMA email of 3rd Sep 2024, New fees, reminder...
| "Keep in mind that we no longer have radiocommunications licences, so those entries are simply a remanent of the previous system. I imagine they will disappear as they expire."
Yes, my original lic... |
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VK5TM |
Regulatory, Licencing & Exams
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05-09-2024, 08:18 AM |
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Thread: ACMA email of 3rd Sep 2024, New fees, reminder to reassign or reconfirm call signs
Post: RE: ACMA email of 3rd Sep 2024, New fees, reminder...
| I just did mine on the PC, also using the drivers license method.
It was confirmed instantly, so you might want to check what happened Damien - it is not intuitive that you have to click 'Create' b... |
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VK5TM |
Regulatory, Licencing & Exams
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04-09-2024, 08:57 AM |
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Thread: Off-Centre Fed Dipole Question/s
Post: RE: Off-Centre Fed Dipole Question/s
| I have to wonder sometimes about peoples comments and not getting wet - do they take an umbrella in the shower? :D
Normally I use https://www.blitzortung.org/en/live_lightning_maps.php?map=20 to k... |
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VK5TM |
Towers, Masts & Transmission Lines, Antennas
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23-08-2024, 10:00 AM |
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Thread: Why FM mode carrier on 107.3MHz from Mount Isa?
Post: RE: Why FM mode carrier on 107.3MHz from Mount Isa...
| The RDS signal is a 57kHz subcarrier imposed on the main signal - same as the 19kHz pilot tone in FM signals. |
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VK5TM |
AIS, Beacons, FM & TV DX
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19-08-2024, 10:01 AM |
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Thread: Why FM mode carrier on 107.3MHz from Mount Isa?
Post: RE: Why FM mode carrier on 107.3MHz from Mount Isa...
| I wonder if it might be the RDS signal.
There was talk of it being turned on across the ABC network some years ago but the funding wasn't available then, maybe things have/are changing in that rega... |
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VK5TM |
AIS, Beacons, FM & TV DX
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18-08-2024, 09:06 AM |
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Thread: Why FM mode carrier on 107.3MHz from Mount Isa?
Post: RE: Why FM mode carrier on 107.3MHz from Mount Isa...
| Not sure re the mode, but 107.3 is Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio National service.
Are you sure it's Mount Isa?
That frequency is used all round Australia for the RN service, you c... |
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VK5TM |
AIS, Beacons, FM & TV DX
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17-08-2024, 01:22 PM |
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Thread: Off-Centre Fed Dipole Question/s
Post: RE: Off-Centre Fed Dipole Question/s
| Had to go in to my local Ag store yesterday and asked about the plastic egg style insulators.
They are still available, but only to order as they are slow sellers - the ceramic ones are preferred b... |
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VK5TM |
Towers, Masts & Transmission Lines, Antennas
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17-08-2024, 08:29 AM |
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Thread: Off-Centre Fed Dipole Question/s
Post: RE: Off-Centre Fed Dipole Question/s
| If you're friendly with any of the local farmers or horse owners, maybe ask them if they have an odd one or two lying around. |
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VK5TM |
Towers, Masts & Transmission Lines, Antennas
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13-08-2024, 08:12 AM |
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Thread: Off-Centre Fed Dipole Question/s
Post: RE: Off-Centre Fed Dipole Question/s
| Hammer Barn has a version meant for wooden posts, not sure if they are usable for antenna construction (ceramic ones are cheaper).
The egg shaped plastic ones seem to be a rarity at the moment. |
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VK5TM |
Towers, Masts & Transmission Lines, Antennas
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12-08-2024, 09:35 AM |
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Thread: Cable Penetrations - Corrugated Colorbond Walls
Post: RE: Cable Penetrations - Corrugated Colorbond Wall...
| I can't get on the roof (corrugated iron) to get a photo, but the solar installers used some sort of seal to pass the panel cables through the iron.
Might be worth a bit of searching to see if what t... |
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VK5TM |
Towers, Masts & Transmission Lines, Antennas
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29-07-2024, 10:30 AM |
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Thread: Wire Antennas and Foliage
Post: RE: Wire Antennas and Foliage
| The other thing to remember is that when it finally gets around to raining, wet foliage will have a marked effect on the antenna performance. |
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VK5TM |
Towers, Masts & Transmission Lines, Antennas
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09-07-2024, 08:48 AM |
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Thread: Callbook
Post: RE: Callbook
| It will be a problem for the likes of QRZ as they used to scrape the data from the ACMA, so data no longer available means no updates to the QRZ database.
In this privacy centric world, getting a c... |
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VK5TM |
W.I.A. / ITU / IARU
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07-06-2024, 10:59 AM |
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Thread: A "licence" document for Australian amateurs
Post: RE: A "licence" document for Australian amateurs
| Or use forums such as this.
And by the time it got around by 'word of mouth', it would be long closed. |
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VK5TM |
Regulatory, Licencing & Exams
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02-06-2024, 09:35 AM |
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Thread: Dipole for 6m
Post: RE: Dipole for 6m
| You can't think things through ;)
If you do that, then things all work out perfectly :dodgy: and you lose all the fun of working out why things don't work and what you did wrong :D |
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VK5TM |
50MHz
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14-04-2024, 10:12 AM |
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Thread: Toroid Supplier/s
Post: RE: Toroid Supplier/s
| There's https://www.kitsandparts.com/ in the US if you can't get anything local.
Make up a decent order of other stuff if possible to make the postage cost worthwhile. |
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VK5TM |
Ancillary, Test Equipment, Components & Parts
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11-04-2024, 08:33 AM |
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Thread: the way the USA has corrupted English
Post: RE: the way the USA has corrupted English
| Every second word in the American Lexicon?
My pet hate is the replacing of s with z and dropping the u out of proper words like colour and hundreds of others. |
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VK5TM |
Off Topic!
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16-03-2024, 09:15 AM |
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Thread: Antenna Shenanigans...
Post: RE: Antenna Shenanigans...
| Wot, no #8 fencing wire to wrap around it :D |
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VK5TM |
General Discussion
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11-03-2024, 09:28 AM |
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Thread: ACMA Update 19Feb24 : Amateur Radio Class licensing is now active in VK
Post: RE: ACMA Update 19Feb24 : Amateur Radio Class lice...
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VK2CSW Wrote: (19-02-2024, 05:22 PM)
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Has the sky fallen yet?
:D
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No but it's definitely darker outside this morning :dodgy: |
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VK5TM |
Regulatory, Licencing & Exams
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20-02-2024, 07:20 AM |
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Thread: FT8 and Q65 to JA during TEP on 2m
Post: RE: FT8 and Q65 to JA during TEP on 2m
| This is the translated version of above (GLTongue in the text is the emoji):
Hello VK OM's!
My name is TAKA JH6ETS (Amateur Radio since 1972)
9/11 1158Z JA6KJQ-VK8AW 2Way FT8 QSO! 144.46MHz
JA6KJQ... |
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VK5TM |
144MHz & 432MHz
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24-09-2023, 09:39 AM |
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Thread: ACMA update re class licensing
Post: RE: ACMA update re class licensing
| Well, for better or worse, the new Class License comes in to force on the 1st Feb 2024
Todays email info links to various documents here https://www.acma.gov.au/consultations/2023-08/proposed-new-a... |
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VK5TM |
Regulatory, Licencing & Exams
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29-08-2023, 04:21 PM |
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Thread: Who can write me a wee bit of software?
Post: RE: Who can write me a wee bit of software?
| Hi Peter
I have a sleep icon on my desktop which uses the following command to activate sleep mode
C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState sleep
could that be coded to work? |
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VK5TM |
Computer related
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24-06-2023, 02:00 PM |
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Thread: Internode & IInet close their user web spaces
Post: RE: Internode & IInet close their user web spaces
| I suggest using offshore webhosting for a lot of reasons and particularly because of the data retention laws.
You can get some good deals, especially if you take up say a 3 year offer and then at t... |
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VK5TM |
General Discussion
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20-05-2023, 02:19 PM |
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Thread: Internode & IInet close their user web spaces
Post: RE: Internode & IInet close their user web spaces
| No direct experience, but there's always QSL.net that offers free website space for hams, although a donation is always welcome. |
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VK5TM |
General Discussion
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17-05-2023, 09:09 PM |
