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Thread: Power bills, we all hate them?
Post: RE: Power bills, we all hate them?
| To include the radio side in the subject ;)
I've not yet gone down the solar path so have limited knowledge but the experience of a couple of guys I know has made me a tad wary.
One I believe spent ... |
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VK3RX |
Off Topic!
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29-09-2024, 05:53 PM |
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Thread: Off-Centre Fed Dipole Question/s
Post: RE: Off-Centre Fed Dipole Question/s
| Might be a bit heavy?
The garden sprinkler stuff is light and stays in place, if you drill the holes to be a tight fit for the wires - although with the spacers I added a touch of Super Glue just i... |
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VK3RX |
Towers, Masts & Transmission Lines, Antennas
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07-09-2024, 06:46 PM |
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Thread: Off-Centre Fed Dipole Question/s
Post: RE: Off-Centre Fed Dipole Question/s
| I've made a couple of fan dipoles over the years, spreaders being that black garden irrigation tubing that is about 15mm diameter. I also use the same for the feeder for my HF doublet. See pix.
The f... |
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VK3RX |
Towers, Masts & Transmission Lines, Antennas
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07-09-2024, 04:36 PM |
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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...
| Thanks for that.
I think I'm seeing the same as you in the AR page. There is no link to download some sort of class licence document there.
For me there is under Radio Communications licences, u... |
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VK3RX |
Regulatory, Licencing & Exams
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04-09-2024, 07:17 PM |
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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...
| That "Create" was the problem. I was focused on the stuff above it in red saying further info required i.e. I thought I'd missed something.
Logged in, when I follow the "Radiocommunications Licence... |
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VK3RX |
Regulatory, Licencing & Exams
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04-09-2024, 09:21 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...
| Not wanting to fiddle with iphone apps & MyGovID etc. I registered with my driver licence details.
I've heard nothing further, so I assume someone has to check they are correct. |
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VK3RX |
Regulatory, Licencing & Exams
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03-09-2024, 06:42 PM |
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Thread: Callbook
Post: RE: Callbook
| I used to buy the callbook occasionally, not for the callsign data, which I could get from the ACMA site, but for the other info it contained.
Yes, the info is now available online from various so... |
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VK3RX |
W.I.A. / ITU / IARU
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06-06-2024, 09:18 AM |
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Thread: A "licence" document for Australian amateurs
Post: RE: A "licence" document for Australian amateurs
| Roger: I wasn't aware of the WIA action, until just listening to the latest WIA broadcast :)
Good to hear multiple approaches to the ACMA are happening. |
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VK3RX |
Regulatory, Licencing & Exams
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02-06-2024, 10:59 AM |
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Thread: A "licence" document for Australian amateurs
Post: RE: A "licence" document for Australian amateurs
| Bit disappointing to see that thus far only 332 out of - as far as I am aware - around 15,000 amateurs on the books have signed the petition.
Petition EN6254 - Restoration of a validation document ... |
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VK3RX |
Regulatory, Licencing & Exams
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01-06-2024, 11:26 AM |
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Thread: A "licence" document for Australian amateurs
Post: A "licence" document for Australian amateurs
| A "licence" document for Australian amateurs (https://vkclassifieds.net.au/classifieds/events/other/a-licence-document-for-australian-amateurs-44055.html) |
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VK3RX |
Regulatory, Licencing & Exams
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30-05-2024, 05:10 PM |
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Thread: 7285kHz AM?
Post: 7285kHz AM?
| Anyone know what’s going on there?
Continuous AM transmission, loud in VK3, quite broad. Heard afternoons the last couple of weekends, and now today.
Runs for hours on end, no break in transmis... |
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VK3RX |
Off Topic!
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25-04-2024, 01:16 PM |
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Thread: Why oh why?
Post: Why oh why?
| OK I'll bite - why do Steve 3ZAZ's posts keep getting either edited or deleted?
Perhaps this one will too - read it quick, folks.
Another group I was a member of some years back the moderator lo... |
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VK3RX |
General Discussion
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07-04-2024, 10:05 AM |
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Thread: Help wanted
Post: RE: Help wanted
| If it needs to be certified, you could try TMG (https://www.tmgtestequipment.com.au/Service-Centre)
They repaired an IFR unit for me and had a discounted rate because I was a private individual and... |
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VK3RX |
General Discussion
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18-03-2024, 06:10 PM |
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Thread: Domestic PV solar inverter noise
Post: RE: Domestic PV solar inverter noise
| I haven't gone down the path of solar, but have heard a couple of tips.
If considering an installer, find out some addresses they've done with the components you are considering and see if you can ... |
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VK3RX |
EMC, Interference
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02-02-2024, 09:58 AM |
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Thread: Wouxun KG-Q10H Quad band HT
Post: Wouxun KG-Q10H Quad band HT
| Well I've pulled the trigger on one of these:
Is This 2023's Best Handheld Ham Radio? Wouxun KG-Q10H (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJIC1ObM45k)
The second harmonic issue mentioned thankfully ... |
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VK3RX |
Transceivers, Transmitters & Receivers
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26-09-2023, 03:34 PM |
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Thread: Station Earthing
Post: RE: Station Earthing
| When I moved to the house here I noted that outside the room I'd selected to be the "shack" the copper mains water pipe came up from the ground and into a hole in the brickwork to feed the house water... |
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VK3RX |
General Discussion
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02-07-2023, 04:08 PM |
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Thread: Fox-hunting an emergency beacon
Post: Fox-hunting an emergency beacon
| The aviation-related letters published in OTN Issue No. 64 prompted me to relate an experience that occurred in the late 1980s, when I was a Flight Service Officer working for the then Department of A... |
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VK3RX |
General Discussion
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02-07-2023, 03:32 PM |
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Thread: Do I keep AHRDF going ?
Post: RE: Do I keep AHRDF going ?
| Peter's post above has prompted me to file something I'd written for the OTN a while back, so here's two posts by me to add to the activity log .... |
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VK3RX |
SYSTEM NOTICES
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02-07-2023, 03:26 PM |
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Thread: Do I keep AHRDF going ?
Post: RE: Do I keep AHRDF going ?
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VK4ADC Wrote: (28-06-2023, 09:10 PM)
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I do not care about visits by unknown visitors, regardless of the magnitude of their numbers.
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Do you class "unknown visitors" as people who look at the sit... |
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VK3RX |
SYSTEM NOTICES
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29-06-2023, 06:45 PM |
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Thread: Talkpod A36 Plus VHF/UHF HT
Post: Talkpod A36 Plus VHF/UHF HT
| I was tempted to pick up one of these after watching Hayden's video:
RIP the Baofeng! REPLACED with.... (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utRG-rYptNE)
Great colour screen, very readable (unlike m... |
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VK3RX |
Transceivers, Transmitters & Receivers
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27-06-2023, 07:21 PM |
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Thread: Digital Transmission Audio Library?
Post: RE: Digital Transmission Audio Library?
| Bunch of them here:
https://www.sigidwiki.com/wiki/Category:Amateur_Radio (https://www.sigidwiki.com/wiki/Category:Amateur_Radio) |
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VK3RX |
Digital Modes
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16-06-2023, 03:21 PM |
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Thread: Do I keep AHRDF going ?
Post: RE: Do I keep AHRDF going ?
| How much are you paying?
My annual domain renewal is about $US15. |
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VK3RX |
SYSTEM NOTICES
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15-06-2023, 06:47 PM |
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Thread: ACMA update re class licensing
Post: RE: ACMA update re class licensing
| Perhaps the AMC has decided that management of functions associated with amateur radio examination services doesn't fit their maritime-oriented model and is more trouble than it is worth, particularly... |
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VK3RX |
Regulatory, Licencing & Exams
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26-05-2023, 01:07 PM |
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Thread: New laptop for AR use?
Post: RE: New laptop for AR use?
| Thanks very much for the comprehensive reply, Peter.
My thoughts with the laptop were to dedicate it for AR, and therefore avoid any conflicts or setup issues with other non-AR software. I take on ... |
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VK3RX |
Computer related
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14-05-2023, 01:37 PM |
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Thread: New laptop for AR use?
Post: RE: New laptop for AR use?
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VK5TM Wrote: (12-05-2023, 09:36 PM)
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Just be wary of anything running Windows 11, there have been reports of some software not working or not working properly under 11.
So check what programs yo... |
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VK3RX |
Computer related
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13-05-2023, 09:29 AM |
