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Amateur radio VK4ADC - an Australian amateur radio web site with general/technical references of interest to those who want to discover more about Amateur Radio.   

The "original VK4ADC web site" was effectively lost on 29 December 2023 due to a web server change resulting in the Joomla Content Management System (CMS) failing to run at all on a new/replacement server - all necessaary due to the previous hosting server suffering a software failure.

Most of the original pages have been saved as individual PDFs available for download from Updated content/PDF Links, some of my project executables are available separately as ZIP files from Updated ZIPs links

SOMETIMES there is also a link labelled Old HTML Site but this was a HTML-only copy taken in October 2022 and will never be updated, including the links to software - any and all software remains time-locked at October '22 - thus may not be the latest !  

The previous site will never be totally rebuilt, some 150-odd articles are involved. Only any new project (or selected newish and active) pages will be made available off the menu into the future.

 

This web site is mainly about my technical and software projects, operating information, field day reports, etc..... that have occurred over some 15 years.  My approach on the subjects varies from a how-to-build-it style of step-by-step instructions to a more blog-style report on how a project progressed through from concept to conclusion. 
 
Please note that I do NOT supply PCBs, short form kits or built-up versions of my projects, PCB layout files, project source code or Picaxe codes... This is an IDEAS site where I have had an idea - and implemented it - and (generally) enough guidance is given for others to emulate the process.
 
For those of you who have worked me, I no longer seek or send paper QSL cards. I have accumulated a LOT over the last 50+ years and need no more. I generally upload the log to eQSL as contacts are made, particularly on the digital modes, but upload to LOTW only a couple of times a year.
 
The aim of these web pages is to provide insight into how a hobbyist can experiment in various facets of amateur radio, the processes involved in creating electronic projects, and allow others to generally learn through my experiences. Please note that formulae are not necessarily provided, nor are in-depth explanations of electronic theory given as to how my many projects function. 
I am always working on one project (or another) so new web pages will occasionally appear on the site, or revisions of existing pages will occur, so call back as often as you like to see what has changed or is new.
 
 
 

My background, in brief, is that I was trained as a radio technician in air-ground & HF radiocommunications and followed that up with continued work in the technical arena over many years.  That has given me a fairly broad experience and knowledge base in matters electronics, communications and computing.

 I don't claim to have all of the answers - but I usually have the drive, experience and vision to create successful outcomes in my projects and other technical activities. 

I hope you enjoy visiting and exploring my web site.

73' Doug Hunter VK4ADC

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