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Thread: Nagoya NL-770R Antennas
Post: RE: Nagoya NL-770R Antennas
| Not wanting to start another brand war... I tried a Nagoya (that I still use at times especially when I am concerned about someone stealing it off the vehicle) and have a number of Diamond antennas o... |
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VK3AV |
144MHz & 432MHz
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13-09-2019, 11:57 AM |
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Thread: Contest Radar update
Post: RE: Contest Radar update
| That is a very handy update Lou and Andrew. Much more simple than running lines etc.
Well done.
Regards
Bernard. Only 87+change kilometres away... :) |
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VK3AV |
Contests, Field Days, Portable Operation, JOTA, SOTA
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05-05-2019, 10:11 PM |
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Thread: Future assessments - WIA or other ??
Post: RE: Future assessments - WIA or other ??
| When you have a look at how AMC run the Maritime Radio Operators Certificates you find (my summary) -
You can study independently or attend a course. If a course then the trainer must hold the same ... |
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VK3AV |
Regulatory, Licencing & Exams
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7,096 |
02-02-2019, 03:54 PM |
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Thread: Southern Cross Tower
Post: RE: Southern Cross Tower
| I know that I visited their web site a few years ago but can not find it now. What I did find however is some scanned documents here - http://vk5pj.com/towers/sth_x_info.htm (http://vk5pj.com/towers/s... |
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VK3AV |
General Discussion
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2,173 |
27-01-2019, 09:39 AM |
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Thread: Solar Inverter Interference
Post: RE: Solar Inverter Interference
| Nev,
I had not struck this type of HWS until I moved here. The pump is small and inline with the copper pipe. Mine was replaced a while back as it developed an intermittent short that tripped the R... |
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VK3AV |
EMC, Interference
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2,443 |
05-10-2018, 02:51 PM |
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Thread: Solar Inverter Interference
Post: RE: Solar Inverter Interference
| I have solar boosted electric hot water at my location. There is a controller unit that monitors - the hot water service tank water temp and the water temp in the roof mounted panel and activates a s... |
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VK3AV |
EMC, Interference
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2,443 |
04-10-2018, 02:14 PM |
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Thread: AHRDF Forum - where do we go from here ?
Post: RE: AHRDF Forum - where do we go from here ?
| I check the forum a couple of time per day, as I do VKClassifieds and the 4 radio based facebook groups that I have joined.
I am a member of a number of Groups.io, ...groups and a couple still lang... |
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VK3AV |
General Discussion
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07-09-2018, 09:06 PM |
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Thread: Antenna downlead help
Post: RE: Antenna downlead help
| Ross at Strictly Ham does have decent 450ohm and 300ohm open feed line available. It is from MFJ and is not cheap however there is little else available that is ready to go.
Bunnings used to keep s... |
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VK3AV |
Towers, Masts & Transmission Lines, Antennas
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5,688 |
31-08-2018, 05:16 PM |
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Thread: New FT8 version 1.9.1 dangerous?
Post: RE: New FT8 version 1.9.1 dangerous?
| Had the same issue with VKCL when updating to the latest version before the Field Day. Norton simply had insufficient history data so quarantined the download until I instructed Norton to accept and r... |
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VK3AV |
Digital Modes
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1,896 |
27-06-2018, 09:43 AM |
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Thread: Information on ACMA licence data base
Post: RE: Information on ACMA licence data base
| You can provide a PO box address and that is what appears when you query the register. I have a PO box anyway so no issue for me to use that.
Regards
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VK3AV |
Regulatory, Licencing & Exams
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2,145 |
10-05-2018, 10:13 AM |
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Thread: Lucent SRFU18 as 23cm PA
Post: RE: Lucent SRFU18 as 23cm PA
| I have a 23cm transverter with a PA in a rack case that was built by Alan VK3XPD for David VK3RU.
Alan tested the unit before it was sold to me and in his notes state -
Pout = 45-50w (with 1w ... |
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VK3AV |
1296MHz, Microwave & Opto
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3,897 |
25-01-2018, 02:58 PM |
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Thread: have not had a good experience with the WIA yet
Post: RE: have not had a good experience with the WIA ye...
| Hi Tejas57,
If you have not done so already I recommend going to http://www.res.net.au and click on the Foundation Licence link on the left. This will take you to 17 video tutorials created by Ron... |
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W.I.A. / ITU / IARU
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9 |
3,610 |
17-01-2018, 04:20 PM |
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Thread: FT817nd acc socket 12v...current limit?
Post: RE: FT817nd acc socket 12v...current limit?
| The Icom brochure for the AH-4 states in the specs section that the current draw is less than 1A.
Read here - https://www.icom.co.jp/world/support/download/brochure/pdf/AH-4.pdf
They are a great uni... |
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VK3AV |
Transceivers, Transmitters & Receivers
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27-12-2017, 08:32 PM |
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Thread: Antenna downlead help
Post: RE: Antenna downlead help
| Thats it. I could not locate it on Bunnings web site for my initial reply though I knew that I had seen it in store.
3.6m for $4.10...cant go wrong!
I found some in the shed here that must have... |
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Towers, Masts & Transmission Lines, Antennas
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5,688 |
13-12-2017, 10:40 AM |
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Thread: Antenna downlead help
Post: RE: Antenna downlead help
| Lateral thinking...
Metal "L-brackets" from the hardware store say Zenith 50x50 or 75x50 or even 100x75 galvanised angle bracket attached to the mast using worm drive hose clamps with something li... |
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VK3AV |
Towers, Masts & Transmission Lines, Antennas
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5,688 |
12-12-2017, 02:10 PM |
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Thread: 2017 Spring VHF/UHF Field Day
Post: RE: 2017 Spring VHF/UHF Field Day
| Hi Leigh,
I feel your pain as I seem to have done the same thing with my 23cm PA and after replacing a MMIC twice I gave up and bypassed it. (Damn those components are small...) Then on Saturday I re... |
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VK3AV |
Contests, Field Days, Portable Operation, JOTA, SOTA
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5,732 |
26-11-2017, 09:42 PM |
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Thread: NBN Sagas
Post: RE: NBN Sagas
| There was an article on the news or a current affairs show the other night about a gent who had no service and nil success after contacting all and sundry.
Mind you they mentioned that this service... |
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VK3AV |
Computer related
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03-10-2017, 11:12 AM |
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Thread: SDR receivers
Post: RE: SDR receivers
| I have an SRDplay RSP 1 also. I tried to use their SRDuno software and could not get it to work correctly. Some folk seem to have no problems others, like me, frustration...
Mentioning this to an... |
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VK3AV |
Transceivers, Transmitters & Receivers
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03-09-2017, 09:01 PM |
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Thread: Antenna options for 12M and 17M ??
Post: RE: Antenna options for 12M and 17M ??
| I have an Icom AH-4 feeding a ~41m horizontally mounted loop. Select frequency and push the Tune button. I did quite well on the SOTA 12m challenge a couple of years ago using this set up.
Regards... |
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VK3AV |
Towers, Masts & Transmission Lines, Antennas
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05-07-2017, 09:00 PM |
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Thread: WIA Board to call a meeting
Post: Re: WIA Board to call a meeting
| Corrected link - http://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2016/20160924-40/index.php |
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VK3AV |
W.I.A. / ITU / IARU
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24-09-2016, 11:14 AM |
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Thread: New Member (s)
Post: Re: New Member (s)
| Me too.
Seldom a day would go by without me visiting VKLogger forum once (or many times) to read what others were up to and to learn what I might be able to do myself or indeed how to do something be... |
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VK3AV |
General Discussion
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18-09-2016, 11:01 AM |
