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- Sun Mar 15, 2015 10:24 am
- Forum: Amateur Radio
- Topic: Interference on signal
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13429
Re: Interference on signal
Listen to the news on 70cm tonight. Are you using the X-50 to listen to CB or a different antenna? Do you have solar PV and if so, did you isolate that as well? FWIW I can't use HF or 6M due to noise from neighbours solar although it doesn't seem to affect VHF or UHF significantly. We also got PV re...
- Mon Feb 23, 2015 5:47 pm
- Forum: General Scanning
- Topic: Which scanner should I use ...?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13633
Re: Which scanner should I use ...?
I believe that I can build a mini-itx car PC for around the $500 mark I built a mini-itx home PC for x-mas for $240 not counting the kb with touchpad (connects to the big-screen TV). That box would be overkill for a car PC but would do the job. It can run from a laptop car charger. Lots of cheap to...
- Sat Feb 07, 2015 4:23 pm
- Forum: Amateur Radio
- Topic: pirates
- Replies: 4
- Views: 12348
- Sat Feb 07, 2015 4:21 pm
- Forum: CB Radio
- Topic: Ch22 & 23, can they be used for SSTV?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 9737
Re: Ch22 & 23, can they be used for SSTV?
Only telemetry and telecommand. On this page it says
Uses not permitted
Other types of data operation, such as Packet Radio, are not permitted on CB bands.
- Thu Dec 11, 2014 8:20 pm
- Forum: WA Police Service
- Topic: Polair 61 Tracking
- Replies: 6
- Views: 22531
Re: Polair 61 Tracking
FlightRadar24 also block aircraft at the operator's request. I know they block aircraft for some wealthy Western Australians (mine magnates, Crown Casino etc).
You can still see the aircraft if you run your own receiver and decoder (pretty cheap and easy)
You can still see the aircraft if you run your own receiver and decoder (pretty cheap and easy)
- Thu Dec 11, 2014 8:06 pm
- Forum: Amateur Radio
- Topic: What antenna connection standard is this?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10491
Re: What antenna connection standard is this?
SMA . Some radios have a female SMA connector and male antenna and others have the opposite. Most of the cheap Chinese radios have the opposite to the picture. My Yaesu VX-3R has the same as the image and I think several other Yaesus are the same. Wifi uses "RP-SMA" which has the same dim...
- Thu Dec 11, 2014 7:59 pm
- Forum: Scanners and Receivers
- Topic: Recording
- Replies: 7
- Views: 14368
Re: Recording
Audacity is awesome. If you install FFMPeg as well, there isn't much it won't do. And it's available for OSX and Linux as well.
- Thu Dec 11, 2014 7:56 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Triple J radio
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11100
Re: Triple J radio
I meant to reply to this one ages ago (12 months!) The antenna array for JJJ/Classic FM was hit by lightning and it took out some elements (and some other stuff that got fixed) AFAIK the antenna is still damaged. With the current state of affairs with ABC, they'll probably have to fire someone to ra...
- Tue Dec 09, 2014 6:54 pm
- Forum: Amateur Radio
- Topic: Ultra-cheap dual band vehicle radios
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10654
Re: Ultra-cheap dual band vehicle radios
Been hoping somebody would fill the gap for small 10-20w radios. Judging by the photos of one in pieces, there's probably room inside for an OpenTracker 3 mini ![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
Anybody dealt with Ali Express? None of the places I usually buy from have this one yet.
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Anybody dealt with Ali Express? None of the places I usually buy from have this one yet.
- Mon Sep 29, 2014 4:55 pm
- Forum: Amateur Radio
- Topic: Foundation Licence
- Replies: 425
- Views: 273913
Re: Foundation Licence
Reevesy89 wrote:So my callsign is off the "available callsign" list from WIA, but isn't listed on the ACMA website.....Shouldn't be too much longer right?
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- Mon Sep 22, 2014 1:46 pm
- Forum: Amateur Radio
- Topic: Foundation Licence
- Replies: 425
- Views: 273913
Re: Foundation Licence
Have you done a search on your requested callsign? If it's there and they are your details then you're ready to rock.
http://web.acma.gov.au/pls/radcom/regis ... .main_page
http://web.acma.gov.au/pls/radcom/regis ... .main_page
- Sun Sep 14, 2014 11:27 pm
- Forum: Amateur Radio
- Topic: Radio speaker and mount
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7125
Re: Radio speaker and mount
Go to Jaycar.com.au and do a search on "Communications Speaker" Several there.
- Sat Aug 16, 2014 4:03 pm
- Forum: Amateur Radio
- Topic: RD Contest Two thousand and fourtine
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10034
Re: RD Contest Two thousand and fourtine
Yeah UTC. z means Zulu which I believe was the military name for it.
- Wed Aug 13, 2014 6:01 am
- Forum: Amateur Radio
- Topic: 11m Dipole contruction issues
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12417
Re: 11m Dipole contruction issues
Dipoles need to be up in the air when you test them. That is probably having the most effect in your test. Try to get it at least 1/2 wavelength up. Preferably more A dipole is a balanced antenna where-as coax and the radio are unbalanced so you should use a balun (you can make a simple choke balun ...
- Mon Aug 04, 2014 5:57 pm
- Forum: Amateur Radio
- Topic: 27MHz CB
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6769
Re: 27MHz CB
Just a question, though. Do we just create our own callsigns? What is the go? Sort of. You can look up if a callsign is available and pay extra for it. WA foundation callsigns are VK6Fxyz where xyz is your unique part (letters). Or you can just take what you get for the standard fee, then wait unti...