Post date: Jan 5, 2019 1:21:41 AM
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.Â
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:
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