WA Radio Scanner Users' Group

Fastlane wrote:
Who says I have QRFB plates huh?

ON another note.. anyone here done a radio install on a VE Commodore before?

Hi Fastlane, Done plenty of installs in VE commodores when they were the current QLD Police vehicles.

What are you trying to install?

On another note i should be in a position to start stocking the mobile and base antennas shortly along with ICOM radios. Now i just stock commercial gear including coax and connectors but will be moving into amateur gear at the start of March. That's great! It'll be just awesome to have such a loca...

Hi All, I have had a few of these clone antennas and generally they last about 3-4 months then go high SWR. Well at least thats what happened to mine. Since then i have been running the Diamond SG-7900. Works well, although at 100k she gets a fair bit of a bend due to wind loading. On another note i...

Cataby is s5 down in my little hole. Northam is about s2.

Can also get Saddleback s2 but in and out.

robbage wrote:VK6RLM audio sounds a lot better now thanks Danny.

Amazing what happens when i program the repeater correctly!!

I have a cross band repeater here?

What do you need it for?

I have been meaning to set it up at a high point in the backyard so i can get handheld coverage to one of the in town 2m repeaters????

VK6ZMS wrote:Busselton is S2, Bunbury S5.

Time to head into town then. Nothing here down the hole at Chidlow!

Hi All, Just heard on tail end of a job in Toodyay earlier. Has been some Northam and Kalgoorlie (KG201) cars there. Anyone hear what happened? Sounded like a big one of the main oval? By the way, heard them talking about what channels to use when they come into town. VKI advised them from Northam/T...

Had a nice QSO with VK6GHZ last night via Cataby. Was up at the Zig Zag and it was 20 over 9 running 1 watt. Duncan had the handheld inside the house and was getting Cataby well. Other repeaters heard were Geraldton and Northampton. Nothing from the South though. Was about midnight. I won't ask wha...

Had a nice QSO with VK6GHZ last night via Cataby. Was up at the Zig Zag and it was 20 over 9 running 1 watt. Duncan had the handheld inside the house and was getting Cataby well. Other repeaters heard were Geraldton and Northampton. Nothing from the South though. Was about midnight. Might go for ano...

robbage wrote:

VK6FZUK wrote:Hows the radio now? Will be a little bit sore if it was transmitting into a shorted feedline?

Short? It was into a 50 ohm pet

I am sure the "Back End" or the radio will still be a little bit sore!!!

Zebedee wrote:Yep.

There's been a bit of a setback in the form of "canine vs feedline" - the feedline lost.

It'll be back on air once the feed-lines can be repaired

Shame it wasnt put in at Walliston!!

Hows the radio now? Will be a little bit sore if it was transmitting into a shorted feedline?

Well done rob. Sounds like things are coming along quite nicely down there!

Cant hear it up here in Chidlow. Think its time to get the antennas up higher! Danny - VK6FZUK Hear hear - it's pretty much unreadable in Mt Helena which is unusual for the "hills" repeater locations. If I knew what was happening with that 30m tower, I know a great location on a hill up h...

Cant hear it up here in Chidlow.

Think its time to get the antennas up higher!

Danny - VK6FZUK