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    Thread: 40.6870 2024/5
Post: RE: 40.6870 2024/5

Excellent! I meant is it now a normal CW beacon rather than the modulated carrier?
VK2AZ 50MHz 4 1,118 11-09-2024, 12:01 AM
    Thread: 40.6870 2024/5
Post: RE: 40.6870 2024/5

With the silly season fast approaching, yes please! Is it now a CW ident?
VK2AZ 50MHz 4 1,118 10-09-2024, 07:14 PM
  Thumbs Up Thread: 23on23 from the Mid North Coast
Post: RE: 23on23 from the Mid North Coast

Excellent Tim! Hopefully you will all be spotting on VKSpotter (https://vkspotter.com) 23cm & above chat.
VK2AZ 1296MHz, Microwave & Opto 2 499 23-08-2024, 12:10 AM
    Thread: Why FM mode carrier on 107.3MHz from Mount Isa?
Post: RE: Why FM mode carrier on 107.3MHz from Mount Isa...

Is that a narrow band signal or a wideband broadcast signal (200KHz)? If I do a search on the ACMA register: https://web.acma.gov.au/rrl/assignment_range.search There are many wideband 200KHz B...
VK2AZ AIS, Beacons, FM & TV DX 7 1,085 17-08-2024, 01:59 PM
    Thread: visualising my logbook day by day
Post: RE: visualising my logbook day by day

Hi Peter, Doesn't Gridtracker (https://gridtracker.org/)have a visual history of contacts?
VK2AZ Computer related 6 1,838 11-07-2024, 11:48 AM
    Thread: star date 89042.1 (2035-07) LOTW makes a return
Post: RE: star date 89042.1 (2035-07) LOTW makes a retur...

I wish! I have been playing with AI though. Thinking of ways to train an LLM specifically in aspects of Ham Radio. Who knows... My better half keeps telling me I need to create something that makes ...
VK2AZ Off Topic! 6 1,778 14-06-2024, 12:04 AM
    Thread: star date 89042.1 (2035-07) LOTW makes a return
Post: RE: star date 89042.1 (2035-07) LOTW makes a retur...

Gees, You must be REALLY bored Peter. Lets hope 6m propagation picks up so you can redirect your talents back to radio :-)
VK2AZ Off Topic! 6 1,778 13-06-2024, 04:35 PM
    Thread: star date 89042.1 (2035-07) LOTW makes a return
Post: RE: star date 89042.1 (2035-07) LOTW makes a retur...

Where is that "Like" button?
VK2AZ Off Topic! 6 1,778 12-06-2024, 06:34 PM
    Thread: Callbook
Post: RE: Callbook

VK2CSW Wrote: (05-06-2024, 05:31 PM) -- A genuine question - given I have pretty much always had things like the callsign database and QRZ.com available since I have been licenced, I do not see the p...
VK2AZ W.I.A. / ITU / IARU 6 1,886 05-06-2024, 07:28 PM
    Thread: Do I keep AHRDF going ?
Post: RE: Do I keep AHRDF going ?

I'm certain it's not about money. Very few people will appreciate the amount of time that has to be put into these things without much benefit to the community. Keep it going if you can Doug. You ...
VK2AZ SYSTEM NOTICES 18 7,037 15-05-2024, 10:52 AM
    Thread: How to simplify logging?
Post: RE: How to simplify logging?

Hi Colin, I have been using DXKeeper which is part of the DXLab suite for about 10 years now, which is free. It is not the easiest software to master and has a big learning curve, but once you maste...
VK2AZ Digital Modes 9 5,310 26-04-2024, 12:19 AM
    Thread: VK3XPD 23cm 65W modules
Post: RE: VK3XPD 23cm 65W modules

Hi Nik, Try your luck on the VKLogger Forum archive. https://vk4ghz.com/forum/index.php Do a search. There are a couple of references to it.
VK2AZ 1296MHz, Microwave & Opto 1 1,712 22-04-2024, 09:34 PM
    Thread: I had forgotten...
Post: RE: I had forgotten...

You lucky bugger! Things are almost impossible for me here now, on all bands from 160m up to 2m - sooooo much noise - increasing every day. I have now given up on HF, but persevere on 6m and up.
VK2AZ General Discussion 1 4,777 07-04-2024, 11:40 PM
    Thread: Changes to amateur access in the 50–52 MHz band and 3.4–3.6 GHz band
Post: Changes to amateur access in the 50–52 MHz band an...

The proposed changes to amateur access in the 50–52 MHz band and 3.4–3.6 GHz band took effect on 13 July 2023. Welcome Standard Licence holders to the 50-52MHz portion of 6m! https://www.acma.go...
VK2AZ Regulatory, Licencing & Exams 2 15,105 19-07-2023, 12:14 PM
    Thread: 6m WSPR paths with N3IZN 28.12.22
Post: RE: 6m WSPR paths with N3IZN 28.12.22

Around the same time I received Chris N3IZN (WM2XCC Experimental license) via F2 WSPR on 8m 40.680 in Sydney Australia. Probably a first for 8m. N3IZN was running 50w to a 1/2 wave groundplane. I...
VK2AZ Propagation and Solar Cycle News 1 6,598 30-12-2022, 10:19 AM
    Thread: VK3XDK 432 Transverter
Post: RE: VK3XDK 432 Transverter

Hi Roger, You might like to do a search on the old VKLogger forum here: https://vk4ghz.com/forum/ There might be some info there...
VK2AZ 144MHz & 432MHz 8 6,045 14-12-2022, 01:18 PM
    Thread: Looking for 8M reception reports
Post: RE: Looking for 8M reception reports

Hi Chris, I have been listening on 40.662 WSPR with a dipole. Happy to switch frequency if required. Mark ZL2WHO still has a "beacon" on 40.687 as far as I know. Hilary VK2AZ --
VK2AZ General Discussion 6 2,353 07-10-2022, 05:05 PM
    Thread: Beta testers wanted for WSJT-X add-on
Post: RE: Beta testers wanted for WSJT-X add-on

If the 2x1 calls are on HF (160m - 10m) then they are participating in the RASA 2022 contest :-) https://vkradioamateurs.org/rasa-dx-contest-2022/
VK2AZ Digital Modes 14 4,573 16-09-2022, 12:17 PM
    Thread: VK Logger Ham Radio Forum Archive
Post: VK Logger Ham Radio Forum Archive

Great to see an archive of the old VK Logger forum appear. https://vk4ghz.com/forum/ There is a lot of very useful information there from years-gone-by.
VK2AZ General Discussion 0 1,292 21-08-2022, 11:23 AM
    Thread: VKSpotter slow response ?
Post: RE: VKSpotter slow response ?

Yes, Terry is correct. unpkg.com, which supplies one our third party scripts, has had a few issues over the past week. My intension is to move that code to our server. Sorry for the inconvenien...
VK2AZ General Discussion 4 1,662 27-07-2022, 08:39 AM
    Thread: Frequency Programing
Post: RE: Frequency Programing

Hi Glenn, I don't have this radio but I would suspect that you have a repeater offset switched on (DUP) which is out of band when you click the PTT.
VK2AZ 144MHz & 432MHz 5 2,644 09-06-2022, 06:18 PM
    Thread: AHRDF domain expiry coming closer..
Post: RE: AHRDF domain expiry coming closer..

Hi Doug, If I look at the "Who's online today" figures (150 for the last 24Hrs) and the number of views of posts rather than just member visits, the figures are reasonably high. This indicates to me...
VK2AZ SYSTEM NOTICES 23 7,372 15-05-2022, 12:48 PM
    Thread: VK6RTN New Geraldton 6M Beacon
Post: RE: VK6RTN New Geraldton 6M Beacon

According to VKSpotter, it is "A moxon pointing to the east" https://vkspotter.com/?action=beacon-item&bid=324
VK2AZ AIS, Beacons, FM & TV DX 6 7,649 07-05-2022, 01:00 PM
    Thread: NBN interference
Post: RE: NBN interference

Looks like it came from this page: https://www.nbnco.com.au/develop-or-plan-with-the-nbn/industry-collaboration-and-community-planning/cabling VK3FS also has reference to it here: https://3fs.net...
VK2AZ EMC, Interference 39 11,172 25-03-2022, 01:26 PM
    Thread: VK-based VHF digital modes list vs frequencies
Post: RE: VK-based VHF digital modes list vs frequencies

Hi Doug, Wanted to do this for a while, but just don't have enough time in the day. Thank you for making a start on this. I think the Q65 Tol is incorrect. Peter VK5PJ had a setup document for Q...
VK2AZ Digital Modes 1 3,371 15-02-2022, 03:28 PM