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 Post subject: Re: DX reports (FM and repeaters)
PostPosted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 7:57 pm 
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Busselton is coming through tonight, I just had a QSO with VK6NAH on it.

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 Post subject: Re: DX reports (FM and repeaters)
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A very good duct was around this morning. I worked VK6ZUK via Cataby while he was mobile on one watt in the southern suburbs.
Nothhampton was S9 and Gero was S3.

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 Post subject: Re: DX reports (FM and repeaters)
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About 6am this morning I put calls out on Gero (RGN) and Busselton while mobile, but nobody was awake. Very good signals. Also heard Northamton, Cataby, Mt Saddle, Mt Willy, Northam and Bunbury/Harvey repeaters quite well in Northern suburbs and Swanbourne.
Somebody said they heard the Kal repeater under RGN which is the same freq.
Most of the day the ocean had that weird misty look you often see when the duct is happening.
Probably more of it tonight and tomorrow.

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 Post subject: Re: DX reports (FM and repeaters)
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I doubt it was Kalgoorlie looking at the Hepburn charts but Kattaning VK6RAW also on 147.00 Mhz

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 Post subject: Re: DX reports (FM and repeaters)
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Probably. I think I posted something about hearing that repeater's ident a few weeks ago.
I would love to have somewhere to put up my 6m 5/8th right now, as well.

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 Post subject: Re: DX reports (FM and repeaters)
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Northam is S9

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 Post subject: Re: DX reports (FM and repeaters)
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VK6ZMS wrote:
Northam is S9


Ditto Cataby.

Lots o locals on them though. Do country folks actually listen to their repeaters...? :smt102

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 Post subject: Re: DX reports (FM and repeaters)
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There was just a QSO on Saddleback but yeah most of the country repeater contacts I have made from Perth are to fellow Perth amateurs.

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Gero is coming through.

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 Post subject: Re: DX reports (FM and repeaters)
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Adelaide amateurs were copying the VK6RPH 70cm & 23cm beacons at Walliston around 6.00am local time this morning.

No QSO's made.


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 Post subject: Re: DX reports (FM and repeaters)
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Worked VK3AXH in Ballarat on 2M SSB this morning at about 7.30am -around 2300kms away.

Some VK5's worked VK6's in Perth on 2M SSB and also worked some VK6's through Mt Saddleback 2M repeater around 6.30am


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 Post subject: Re: DX reports (FM and repeaters)
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Good conditions last night:

2M SSB worked

VK5AKK (1946km)
VK5ZBK (1950km)
VK3VFO (2618km)
VK3AUU (2567km)
VK5BC (1798km)
VK3KH (2498km)

Also copied VK5VF beacon in Adelaide & VK5RSE beacon in Mt Gambier


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 Post subject: Re: DX reports (FM and repeaters)
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Cool - well done!

VHF/UHF sideband is something I want to get into too in the future...

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 Post subject: Re: DX reports (FM and repeaters)
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Anybody know where VK6RPT is located at present? I have a feeling it was somewhere near Katanning a while back? I heard it ident and was wondering.

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 Post subject: Re: DX reports (FM and repeaters)
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meg wrote:
Cool - well done!

VHF/UHF sideband is something I want to get into too in the future...


Hi Meg,

Yes it can be quite addictive looking up and down the bands for those elusive beacons, turning the antennas, checking the vklogger.com website for who is working and hearing who, putting out CQ calls, etc. You can start out simple, like a 2M all mode radio and 5 element yagi for example and build up from there. I'm now at the stage of 2M/70cm.23cm all mode radio & 9 elements on 2M, 20 elements on 70cm & 45 elements on 23cm.

Did I see VK6LUX-9 on APRS last night?

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