Many topics were covered during the net.
Ian VK6TWJ reminds us of the SSTV net: - Every Tuesday at 20:00 WST on 146.625 MHz, hosted by Glen VK6IQ.
Damien VK6FDEC reminds us that this week is the Scout Jamboree in Talem Bend South Australia. - Look for VK3JAR for Echolink and IRLP connections and frequencies.
Charles NK8O shares with us some band filters / notch filters that can be used during a contest:
Brian VK6FFRA shares with us some information from Bob Rice about antennas: Two videos by Bob Rice on Viemo.
- Portable horizontal multi-band dipole
- 7-band semi-vertical trap antenna
Included on these videos are some home-brew construction ideas for
- Capacitors using printed circuit boards (Vertical antenna)
- Coils (Horizontal) and a
- Dip meter using a circuit/BNC connector (Vertical) and an SWR meter. (Featuretech model which is the same one that I have hence the interest).
All are very neat and tidy homebrews!
Printed info on multi-band semi-vertical antenna
John VK6RX points us at a WIA submission to the ACMA about adding functionality to the Foundation License. It includes provisions for: - Permit use of digital transmission modes
- Relax permitted transmission bandwidths
- Add access to more frequency bands
- Increase maximum power from 10 W to 50 W pX
- Relax conditions to enable limited home construction and use of re-purposed transmitting equipment
- Identify a 6-character callsign range to replace the current 7-character callsigns
The submission is on the WIA website:
There was discussion about horizontal vs. vertical noise. I've explained it previously here:
John VK6RX has just connected the VK6-HUB to the Brandmeister network which means that if you're on DMR you can now participate in F-troop. Details are here: #vk6twj #nk80 #vk6ffra #vk6rx #wia #sstv #echolink #irlp #fiters #homebrew |