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Thread: QYT KT-9900
Post: RE: QYT KT-9900
| K3NXU (John) has some useful info on his site too:
https://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_ProgrCable8900.php |
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VK2CSW |
144MHz & 432MHz
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17-06-2024, 04:41 PM |
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Thread: QYT KT-9900
Post: RE: QYT KT-9900
| Hi Doug,
One question, were you using the TTL at 3.3 or 5v?
Or does it not really matter? |
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VK2CSW |
144MHz & 432MHz
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16-06-2024, 06:34 PM |
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Thread: QYT KT-9900
Post: RE: QYT KT-9900
| Cheers Doug.
The use case would generally be local repeaters, however as I said, there isn't much action there which lowers the attractiveness of the whole exercise.
Which follows on to the effo... |
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VK2CSW |
144MHz & 432MHz
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16-06-2024, 04:18 PM |
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Thread: QYT KT-9900
Post: QYT KT-9900
| I have been toying with the idea of replacing the ageing FT-7800 in my ute with something new.
The QYT KT-9900 is of interest because it is a remote unit with everything on the mic.
Additionally... |
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VK2CSW |
144MHz & 432MHz
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15-06-2024, 04:44 PM |
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Thread: Transatlantic QSO on 2m FT8
Post: RE: Transatlantic QSO on 2m FT8
| I am guessing my 5/8 Flower Pot antenna and 40 odd watts aren't going to make the grade in pursuit of these distances.
:) :D |
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VK2CSW |
144MHz & 432MHz
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21-06-2019, 02:43 PM |
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Thread: Transatlantic QSO on 2m FT8
Post: RE: Transatlantic QSO on 2m FT8
| The main population and majority of resorts in YJ are towards the southwest of the island Efaté in Port Vila. Which apart from New Caledonia in the middle should give a clear path to Oz.
The attache... |
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VK2CSW |
144MHz & 432MHz
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4,722 |
21-06-2019, 06:10 PM |
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Thread: Baofeng 2 metre hand helds.
Post: RE: Baofeng 2 metre hand helds.
| I have had a UV-5R (dual-band) for several years.
I used it to ragchew on repeaters during my commute on the train.
Not the most elegant or efficient radio but did the job.
When you compare t... |
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VK2CSW |
144MHz & 432MHz
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2,278 |
05-03-2022, 07:07 AM |
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Thread: Dipole for 6m
Post: Dipole for 6m
| Clearly, I didn't think this through.
Late yesterday afternoon, probably subconsciously prompted by an email from Nick Hacko's DXing.com.au mail list, I decided to cut a wire dipole for 6m and have... |
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VK2CSW |
50MHz
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6,030 |
14-04-2024, 09:40 AM |
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Thread: 6m EME DX'pedition 2017
Post: Re: 6m EME DX'pedition 2017
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vk2ziw Wrote:
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What about an EME expedition to, somewhere we can drive to?
Most of us city dwellers have such high noise levels, 6m is a no-go.
Also with small blocks, (650sqm here) there is no spa... |
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VK2CSW |
50MHz
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4,652 |
03-03-2017, 05:03 PM |
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Thread: Dipole for 6m
Post: RE: Dipole for 6m
| Yes, it does seem the best way :D
Although I must be a genius at cutting wire.
According to the internal SWR meter it is perfectly flat right across the 6m band! So why do I feel sceptical? :c... |
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VK2CSW |
50MHz
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14-04-2024, 10:56 AM |
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Thread: Dipole for 6m
Post: RE: Dipole for 6m
| Doug,
I have a sneaking suspicion that you may be onto something... |
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VK2CSW |
50MHz
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14-04-2024, 01:39 PM |
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Thread: Dipole for 6m
Post: RE: Dipole for 6m
| Well, I have finally got back to this.
A couple of weeks of illness, then a couple of weeks in YJ land got in the way. (After over 30 years of visits to YJ I appear to have come home with one of th... |
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VK2CSW |
50MHz
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26-05-2024, 12:28 PM |
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Thread: Dipole for 6m
Post: RE: Dipole for 6m
| Cheers Peter.
I retrieved the dipole from the tree on Sunday.
It is currently on a workbench waiting for the waterproofing silicon to set.
I will put it back up and have a listen for the bea... |
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VK2CSW |
50MHz
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15-04-2024, 07:10 PM |
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Thread: Headphones for general DX use
Post: RE: Headphones for general DX use
| I thought I would have a look at the Koss SB45 'stereophones'. Amazon US was one of the first entries that popped up in the search list.
$24.36 + $10.83 shipping to Oz.
I then merely added the .a... |
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VK2CSW |
Ancillary, Test Equipment, Components & Parts
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2,770 |
07-03-2018, 04:16 PM |
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Thread: Toroid Supplier/s
Post: Toroid Supplier/s
| Hi All,
I am looking for suggestions on where to get FT-240-43 toroids.
Other than Mini-Kits and Mouser, any suggestions?
Cheers |
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VK2CSW |
Ancillary, Test Equipment, Components & Parts
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3,196 |
10-04-2024, 08:26 PM |
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Thread: Bose QC35 Headphones for HAM use?
Post: RE: Bose QC35 Headphones for HAM use?
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VK5TM Wrote: (29-01-2018, 02:06 PM)
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All will of course need hacking to interface to your rig.
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Is that not the point of the whole hobby?
:P :D :cool: |
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VK2CSW |
Ancillary, Test Equipment, Components & Parts
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30-01-2018, 05:30 AM |
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Thread: Toroid Supplier/s
Post: RE: Toroid Supplier/s
| I ended up buying from Mini-Kits. It turns out I had made the same order some years ago :) |
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VK2CSW |
Ancillary, Test Equipment, Components & Parts
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3,196 |
11-04-2024, 06:26 PM |
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Thread: GPS Signal Strength
Post: GPS Signal Strength
| Like some others about the place I have been toying with an eBay GPS receiver module and cobbling together some software to read it.
I wanted to test the behaviour of my code when the GPS lost sign... |
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VK2CSW |
Ancillary, Test Equipment, Components & Parts
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2,197 |
13-07-2018, 01:07 PM |
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Thread: 110V power cords
Post: RE: 110V power cords
| Hey Wayne,
IIRC you are involved with the Townsville Military Aviation Museum at RAAF Townsville. If so, do you have any contacts within Defence ICT?
Many PC's, Thin Terminals, Servers etc co... |
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VK2CSW |
Ancillary, Test Equipment, Components & Parts
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2,330 |
05-01-2018, 10:25 AM |
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Thread: GPS Signal Strength
Post: RE: GPS Signal Strength
| Hi Jou,
It's *supposed* to be a uBlox receiver, so I am grabbing the software as I type.
Thanks - I'll post an update one way or the other.
I was able to make it lose fix - two layers of foil... |
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VK2CSW |
Ancillary, Test Equipment, Components & Parts
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2,197 |
14-07-2018, 08:52 AM |
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Thread: Suggested Best switch mode PSU for the shack
Post: RE: Suggested Best switch mode PSU for the shack
| At $249 from Andrews the Alinco PS looks quite good.
A Meanwell HRP-450-15 (15v 30A) retails for around $350 and that is just the supply unit, no extras like a case, meters, posts etc. (It does nee... |
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VK2CSW |
Ancillary, Test Equipment, Components & Parts
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17-06-2021, 07:41 AM |
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Thread: NanoVna style Spectrum Analyser
Post: RE: NanoVna style Spectrum Analyser
| Just had squint at the TinySA stuff.
It's quite astonishing about the IP theft via Chinese rip-offs. |
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VK2CSW |
Ancillary, Test Equipment, Components & Parts
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6,448 |
20-05-2022, 08:16 AM |
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Thread: my not so Raspberry PI adventure
Post: RE: my not so Raspberry PI adventure
| When you say serial port, I assume that the port is USB? |
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VK2CSW |
Computer related
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2,943 |
25-05-2022, 10:00 PM |
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Thread: suggestions for a drawing package
Post: RE: suggestions for a drawing package
| How about Inkscape?
https://inkscape.org/
It is a drawing tool (i.e. illustrations, not CAD). More like Adobe Illustrator or Corel Draw. |
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VK2CSW |
Computer related
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29-12-2022, 02:47 PM |
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Thread: my not so Raspberry PI adventure
Post: RE: my not so Raspberry PI adventure
| I was just curious. I seem to come across many recently produced articles and designs that are based on or use serial com ports.
Even one in the current AR. Although that seems to be 'just in case... |
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VK2CSW |
Computer related
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2,943 |
26-05-2022, 09:20 AM |
