AUSTRALIAN Amateur Radio Station
 VK4ADC rotating GIF
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Callsign : VK4ADC
Location : Brisbane, Australia
Locator code : QG62mj
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VKLogger
(handy link)
MUF page
Radio Propagation References
Web Links
Technical
/Construction
References:
HF Antennas : Squid Pole Mounting for Field Days Trap dipole for WARC bands & Diamond W-8010 antenna Field Day Antenna Ideas HF Helical Whip Calculator (for Windows) Tuning coax traps Trap-style Inverted-V for 10 to 80 metres
Info : ICOM 720A Rx Preamp IC-720A handbook pages 27MHz CB to 50MHz conversion Producing PCBs using positive resist board Toroidal Baluns Coaxial Cable Comparisons dBm to uV and dBuV lookup table
VHF Marine frequencies Wire Gauges with resistance values for copper conductors Copper Wire Sizes and Data CB Channels
Radio quiet notebook computers
SPECIAL ITEM : Caveat Emptor warning about Ebay Seller "radio-mart" of Kentucky, USA.
VHF/UHF+ Projects : 1296MHz / 23cm Transverter
VHF PLL Synthesiser project 432MHz/ 70cm Transverter
Motorola MHW1815 / 1915 power amp mods for 1296
Software : GridLocW Lat/Long to Maidenhead converter for Windows
Using VKCL Software with multiple Icom Transceivers on a common CIV bus.
Operating:
VK VHF/UHF Field Day Reports : Summer 2009 2010 Winter 2009 2010 Spring 2009 & Field Day Ideas
John Moyle Field Day Report : 2009 2010

 

Click on the pictures and follow the links  for greater detail or supporting texts ! 
WWW REFERENCES
QSL's electronically

Are you waiting for a QSL from anyone ?  Put your callsign in the box below and do a quick check. It only takes a few seconds so well worth looking....

Enter your callsign to see if you have an eQSL waiting!

WWW
Links Page

 

 

Try http://www.50mhz.com if you are looking for 50MHz info.
Check out the 6M sites tab on the LHS to see some great links.

       

Adam VK4CP runs the VKLogger site and has an interactive forum to report signals and occurrences : http://www.vklogger.com/

 

     

Also worth keeping an eye on http://dxworld.com/50prop.html

Want to know what is happening about propagation in EU from VK ???
Join the chat session to see real-time reporting and to put in your request for reports..
       

 

Start at http://www.on4kst.com/ and log in. The cluster info is there too so get it all going the to get the best results from 50MHz ! (the shortcut straight into the chat entry is at http://www.on4kst.com/chat )

The K1MIA pages are worth a look if you are trying for USA or Americas QSOs so try at
       

http://www.dxers.info/

If anything, too much info is better than not enough so log into many at the same time !

50MHz
VK Sites

 

       

 

Adam VK4CP runs the VKLogger site and has an interactive forum to report signals and occurrences : http://www.vklogger.com/ plus he has some interesting links plus info on http://www.qsl.net/vk4cp/
 
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE LATELY ????
BUILT SOMETHING ? WORKED SOMETHING EXOTIC ?
IF YOUR ANSWER IS "NO" TO BOTH QUESTIONS, ISN'T IT ABOUT TIME YOU DID ???

 

 

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Last edit : 25-Mar-2010