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Thread: 2.4 GHz Interference to WiFi
Post: 2.4 GHz Interference to WiFi
| Hi All,
Amongst all of the trials and tribulations of trying to get NBNCo to come and look at the interference their equipment is causing a new issue appeared.
The Ping times would blow out, Down an... |
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VK2CSW |
EMC, Interference
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29-05-2019, 07:21 PM |
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Thread: A Bit of Fun
Post: A Bit of Fun
| Today, I got through a few chores and found I had a small window to myself in the shed.
Given the recent CME and approaching rain and storm fronts I wasn't expecting the conditions to be fantastic,... |
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VK2CSW |
Digital Modes
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13-10-2024, 05:57 PM |
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Thread: Adventure Kings Gensets
Post: Adventure Kings Gensets
| Hi All,
The generator I have (a 2kVA chinese thing) has developed an oil leak.
Just spent an hour taking the covers off. I reckon there's another hour getting the engine shrouds off before I can... |
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VK2CSW |
General Discussion
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09-11-2019, 04:39 PM |
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Thread: Antenna Shenanigans...
Post: Antenna Shenanigans...
| Sometimes you just wonder why.
After a hiatus caused initially by the NBN, the interruptions of Covid, moving interstate, making the new house liveable, learning to enjoy the new surroundings, copi... |
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VK2CSW |
General Discussion
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9,577 |
09-03-2024, 08:40 AM |
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Thread: Applied for new callsign
Post: Applied for new callsign
| We finally moved to our new place in Greenock SA (in the Barossa Valley area).
And tonight I finally found and unpacked the box with my AOCP(A) certificate - which means I could then finally apply ... |
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VK2CSW |
General Discussion
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2,350 |
26-11-2021, 09:09 PM |
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Thread: Broke the seal on my new Callsign
Post: Broke the seal on my new Callsign
| I know this probably isn't all that interesting, but after finally getting my ute back after the hail repairs, I have been able to reinstall the radios.
So, today, as I travelled down the Sturt Hig... |
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VK2CSW |
General Discussion
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1,702 |
29-05-2022, 03:40 PM |
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Thread: Cable Penetrations - Corrugated Colorbond Walls
Post: Cable Penetrations - Corrugated Colorbond Walls
| I am looking for ideas for cable penetrations on a corrugated Colorbond shed wall.
What do folks do?
The use of conduit glands is made difficult due to the corrugations.
It needs to be neat a... |
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VK2CSW |
Towers, Masts & Transmission Lines, Antennas
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28-07-2024, 05:04 PM |
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Thread: Cleaning Up Leaked Batteries
Post: Cleaning Up Leaked Batteries
| As a part of moving house (again) I have been given a couple of Uniden HT's.
I gather they've spent a few years "under the bunk in the caravan". Sadly, the batteries were also left in situ.
At ... |
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VK2CSW |
General Discussion
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2,658 |
18-09-2021, 07:50 AM |
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Thread: Clubs in VK5
Post: Clubs in VK5
| Hi All,
Due to the efforts of the former VK5 Senator Christopher Pyne, the vast majority of the industry I work in has or is relocating to South Oz.
So sometime early next year, Covid-19 notwith... |
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VK2CSW |
General Discussion
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2,482 |
20-10-2020, 05:40 PM |
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Thread: Coax and cable supplier
Post: Coax and cable supplier
| Hi All,
I am looking for a supplier of reasonably* priced coax in Sydney.
Looking to use it for domestic HF and VHF/UHF applications.
Any suggestions.
*reasonably is meant to infer "not crappy pro... |
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VK2CSW |
General Discussion
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2,151 |
26-03-2017, 01:19 PM |
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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: For once, the tin foil worked...
Post: For once, the tin foil worked...
| Ok, so it might not have been a tin foil hat but it almost feels the same... :D
(And yes I do get why it *may* have helped.)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/specials/curious-canberra/2018-05-21/why... |
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VK2CSW |
Off Topic!
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3,753 |
22-05-2018, 06:36 AM |
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Thread: FT8 on 10m
Post: FT8 on 10m
| Hi All,
Has anyone had any success with FT8 on 10m?
I've had the rx on for long periods without a single decode. Obviously I've never got a reply to a CQ.
Does anyone use it, or am I just de... |
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VK2CSW |
Digital Modes
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2,008 |
11-09-2018, 03:02 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: Happy First Birthday
Post: Happy First Birthday
| A post at the bottom of this sub-forum says that the forum started on September 5 2016.
So Happy First Birthday.
Thanks for keeping it going and all the hard work that goes with that. |
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VK2CSW |
SYSTEM NOTICES
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1,905 |
04-09-2017, 06:37 PM |
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Thread: Happy New Year
Post: Happy New Year
| Happy New Year to all and sundry!
While I am sceptical that the Earth passing a fairly random point on it's orbit around the Sun once more will change much, I do hope 2021 turns out to be far less ... |
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VK2CSW |
Off Topic!
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01-01-2021, 10:42 AM |
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Thread: How to keep your chin up
Post: How to keep your chin up
| Saw a news report yesterday where a doctor said that, to alleviate the boredom of the forced isolation in our homes, we should focus inward and look for inner peace. One way he said we could achieve ... |
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VK2CSW |
Off Topic!
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3,376 |
28-03-2020, 07:15 PM |
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Thread: How to simplify logging?
Post: How to simplify logging?
| I am sure every digital user has hit this wall.
After a successful session, there is always the "paper work" and it is getting ridiculous. All of the "QSL" services that folks seem to expect are a ri... |
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VK2CSW |
Digital Modes
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5,737 |
25-04-2024, 09:56 PM |
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Thread: I had forgotten...
Post: I had forgotten...
| When I was first licenced, I was living on the northern outskirts of Sydney.
In those very early days I was blessed with S7 noise due to nearby 132kV power lines and railway overhead wiring.
As ... |
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VK2CSW |
General Discussion
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07-04-2024, 07:23 PM |
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Thread: It worked despite my ignorance
Post: It worked despite my ignorance
| A few weeks ago I was begrudgingly forced into upgrading from Windows 8.0 to Windows 10 on my laptop.
After a few of the expected teething issues it bedded down OK and I have got most things workin... |
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VK2CSW |
Digital Modes
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03-03-2019, 04:02 PM |
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Thread: LIPD's, eh? What could possibly go wrong?
Post: LIPD's, eh? What could possibly go wrong?
| https://www.smh.com.au/national/western-australia/authorities-locate-device-jamming-keyless-entry-signals-at-lakelands-joondalup-20190309-p51305.html
Perth's Lakeside Joondalup shopping centre mana... |
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VK2CSW |
General Discussion
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1,972 |
09-03-2019, 07:08 PM |
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Thread: Logging Software
Post: Logging Software
| There seems to be a plethora of options out there on the interwebs.
I am looking for something that is quick and simple to use (preferably has the tab order sorted to avoid mouse use) and has ADIF ... |
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VK2CSW |
Computer related
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16-05-2018, 07:59 PM |
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Thread: Maldol HVU-8 Radiation Pattern
Post: Maldol HVU-8 Radiation Pattern
| Hi All,
Does anyone happen to have a diagram that shows the radiation pattern of one of these antennas?
In my foray into FT-8 I seem to have a pattern of NE to SW contacts. I have spun it 90° a... |
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VK2CSW |
Towers, Masts & Transmission Lines, Antennas
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2,783 |
15-09-2018, 04:48 PM |
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Thread: Noobs Guide to Digital
Post: Noobs Guide to Digital
| Howdy All,
I've been trawling around the inter-webs looking for info on setting up the hardware side of a digital mode station, for the first time.
Does anyone have a link or two to a "noobs guide" ... |
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VK2CSW |
Digital Modes
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0 |
1,430 |
20-11-2016, 07:57 AM |
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Thread: Not Recommended for Field Day Use
Post: Not Recommended for Field Day Use
| https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/world-war-ii-bombing-raids-disturbed-earth-s-atmosphere-20180926-p5064u.html (https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/world-war-ii-bombing-raids-disturbed-earth-s-atmos... |
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VK2CSW |
Off Topic!
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26-09-2018, 03:57 PM |
