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    Thread: 2min tour of the VK3BA/P station for the Easter Sunday MAD session
Post: RE: 2min tour of the VK3BA/P station for the Easte...

Very neat setup Nick.   A LOT different to what I used when I went out for MADs up here in SE Qld. More importantly, I hope you enjoyed the outing.
VK4ADC Contests, Field Days, Portable Operation, JOTA, SOTA 1 1,117 01-04-2024, 09:38 AM
    Thread: 2024 WIA AGM details ?
Post: RE: 2024 WIA AGM details ?

Update 27 March 2024  " The 2024  National WIA Convention/Hamfest/Expo bookings portal has just gone live!  - If you want to attend the Gala Dinner / AGM here is the link to register:  WIA MEMN...
VK4ADC Club Activities, Hamfests, Gippstech 2 6,117 27-03-2024, 08:23 PM
    Thread: IC-7400 / IC-746 Pro backlight failure/fix
Post: IC-7400 / IC-746 Pro backlight failure/fix

uMy trusty Icom IC-7400 had recently an intermittent backlight for a few weeks then finally failed... Google searches produced a number of results but the most promising was at https://iz0egm.jimdo...
VK4ADC Transceivers, Transmitters & Receivers 0 3,137 20-03-2024, 09:18 AM
    Thread: the way the USA has corrupted English
Post: RE: the way the USA has corrupted English

Utilising the Mark Twain/OZ2M arrangement, we might not even have to wait 20 years until the "sentence" is barely readable - it is already here...  It is commonly called TXT-ing (or SMS-ing) !  (p...
VK4ADC Off Topic! 9 5,500 16-03-2024, 06:31 PM
    Thread: Can't access the forum anymore ???
Post: RE: Can't access the forum anymore ???

Google and other search engines traverse the forum every day so a search will reveal all ! And that includes the content..
VK4ADC SYSTEM NOTICES 3 2,210 07-03-2024, 06:17 PM
    Thread: Can't access the forum anymore ???
Post: Can't access the forum anymore ???

If you cannot access the forum any more then it could be that your IP range has been blocked as part of an approach to keep out a recent steady stream of Russian hackers..  Unfortunately other valid u...
VK4ADC SYSTEM NOTICES 3 2,210 04-03-2024, 07:21 PM
    Thread: Redfest 2024 - 6th April - SEQld
Post: Redfest 2024 - 6th April - SEQld

Saturday 6th April at St Michael’s College, The Abbey Place, Caboolture. Hi, It’s John Saunders (VK4BZ) from the Redcliffe and Districts Radio Club. This year’s Redfest is doing things...
VK4ADC Club Activities, Hamfests, Gippstech 1 1,612 29-02-2024, 09:19 PM
    Thread: ACMA Update 19Feb24 : Amateur Radio Class licensing is now active in VK
Post: ACMA Update 19Feb24 : Amateur Radio Class licensin...

19 February 2024 New amateur radio arrangements have begun In December 2023, we announced new arrangements for amateur radio, including the upcoming Radiocommunications (Amateur Stations) Class L...
VK4ADC Regulatory, Licencing & Exams 3 2,634 19-02-2024, 01:16 PM
    Thread: Antenna Tuner Adjustments?
Post: RE: Antenna Tuner Adjustments?

Pete An ATU is simply-put an impedance matching device, yeah I know that's not news.  The complex load impedance reflected by your 132ft wire antenna, some unknown value of capacitance and induc...
VK4ADC General Discussion 2 7,581 05-02-2024, 04:44 PM
    Thread: Replying to a forum post - everyone please read !
Post: Replying to a forum post - everyone please read !

It seems that some users have forgotten how to properly reply to a post WITHOUT enclosing one - or more - previous posts in their reply.  I often edit out such unnecessary text but it seems timely ...
VK4ADC SYSTEM NOTICES 1 2,961 31-01-2024, 06:16 PM
    Thread: Server issues 29Dec23
Post: RE: Server issues 29Dec23

Peter The replacement server had 3 versions of PHP available and the errors occurred even at the version 5.6.x (as per the original server), ditto at 7.4.x and 8.0.x so it was not exclusively PHP a...
VK4ADC SYSTEM NOTICES 5 4,068 31-12-2023, 05:42 PM
    Thread: Server issues 29Dec23
Post: RE: Server issues 29Dec23

31 Dec 23 / 0330 UTC :  The server issues continue a bit after a fresh install of MYBB, but only in-so-far as a couple of plugin optional modules/functions are concerned.  The balance of the forum ...
VK4ADC SYSTEM NOTICES 5 4,068 31-12-2023, 01:30 PM
    Thread: Server issues 29Dec23
Post: Server issues 29Dec23

Several functions have been turned off in the forum configuration as the hosting company unceremoniuosly "dropped" my hosting to a new - and different - server with a different operating system and we...
VK4ADC SYSTEM NOTICES 5 4,068 30-12-2023, 06:32 AM
    Thread: ACMA update 13 December 2023 re Class Licensing changes
Post: RE: ACMA update 13 December 2023 re Class Licensin...

While not from the ACMA, the following article from the VK1WIA text news for 24 Dec 2023 has some interesting parallel ideas : " Ofcom in the UK have sweeping changes proposed for everything relate...
VK4ADC Regulatory, Licencing & Exams 2 3,969 22-12-2023, 12:45 PM
    Thread: Using VKSpotter to help VHF operators
Post: Using VKSpotter to help VHF operators

Many new operators on various modes may not be aware of the true value of VKSpotter ( https://vkspotter.com/ ) in providing indications of what, where and how to get more ! This facility is aimed more...
VK4ADC 50MHz 2 9,918 18-12-2023, 06:33 AM
    Thread: ACMA update 13 December 2023 re Class Licensing changes
Post: ACMA update 13 December 2023 re Class Licensing ch...

(the hyperlinkds have not been included below but should be located on the web site at ACMA.GOV.AU ) 12 December 2023 ACMA makes new amateur radio arrangements, including class licence The A...
VK4ADC Regulatory, Licencing & Exams 2 3,969 12-12-2023, 03:41 PM
    Thread: WSPRView for Windows
Post: RE: WSPRView for Windows

Leigh I am surprised that you saw that message since the application does not use any QT (QuickTime) components thus should not need that library DLL.  It has never been part of the WSPRView ZIP ar...
VK4ADC Digital Modes 64 19,954 05-12-2023, 04:03 PM
    Thread: FK8SUX beacon. :)
Post: RE: FK8SUX beacon. :)

Mark The Arduino IDE software (Windows) usually stores the sketches in the "Documents" folder structure (for your profile... C:\Users\..userprofilename..\documents\ ) under "Arduino" but I suggest ...
VK4ADC 50MHz 5 8,520 02-12-2023, 07:09 AM
    Thread: Someone in SEQld with an EPROM programmer ?
Post: RE: Someone in SEQld with an EPROM programmer ?

Thanks for reading my previous post. An amateur in SEQ has come to my aid so this device request is no longer valid. Doug 20 Nov 23
VK4ADC Wanted 1 1,404 20-11-2023, 03:25 PM
    Thread: WSPRView for Windows
Post: RE: WSPRView for Windows

WSPRView is now at V1.0.0.21 dated 20 November 2023 to resolve a bug that caused a pop-up error 004F9125 to appear.   Some users may not have suffered from the issue depending on whether they used ...
VK4ADC Digital Modes 64 19,954 20-11-2023, 12:05 PM
    Thread: How to extract date range from wsjt adi
Post: RE: How to extract date range from wsjt adi

Graham The ADI file is simply a text file so a text editor - not a Word-like package - will suffice.   I use Notepad++ (free download/use) for this sort of thing as it is far better than the stand...
VK4ADC General Discussion 2 5,182 15-11-2023, 07:03 AM
    Thread: Someone in SEQld with an EPROM programmer ?
Post: Someone in SEQld with an EPROM programmer ?

I have to copy 4 x 2732 EPROMs - I suspect that one in my Marconi Sig Gen is temperature sensitive - to alternative devices, probably 2732 but alternatively 2764, 27128, 27256 or 27512 class chips. ...
VK4ADC Wanted 1 1,404 14-11-2023, 03:34 PM
    Thread: FM Deviation
Post: RE: FM Deviation

Igor, Another thought : some (commercial) transceivers are supplied with two transmit (and receive) options - Wide and Narrow.  Users may not recognise what the correct setting is and unknowingly l...
VK4ADC General Discussion 5 4,652 10-11-2023, 03:38 PM
    Thread: Gold Coast Hamfest 2023 (VK4)
Post: RE: Gold Coast Hamfest 2023 (VK4)

Just a 'kick-up' reminder : this Sunday morning.. 12 November 2023, on the Queensland Gold Coast..
VK4ADC Club Activities, Hamfests, Gippstech 2 3,970 09-11-2023, 03:29 PM
    Thread: WSPRView for Windows
Post: RE: WSPRView for Windows

Definitely yes. The version on the top of the form reflects the actual version in use. Make sure you extract all files from the ZIP into your WSPRView folder (or into a new one named something ...
VK4ADC Digital Modes 64 19,954 05-11-2023, 09:02 AM