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Filling bags with sand?

RIP old mate... Can't believe you are gone

VK6???

Another waste of time by all accounts :idea: Digi ran for a few hours :!: I received an email today outlining some APRS activity in the Midwest during the next week. Below is the edited version of the email. Xmas/New Years period will see a week of propagation testing from potential site ~345m HASL ...

VK6TNC wrote:Does anyone have a difinitive answer as to why VK6KSB-3 in Pinjarra went off the air 20 days ago ???

Rumour has it that the site has been lost The site also contained equipment for another service but that has also been removed.

Looks like they have an APRS Gate in the North West too now! =D> Also broadcasts the Shipping Info etc...

See: http://aprs.fi/?call=VK6GHZ-7&mt=m&z=13&timerange=3600

Regards...

Interesting to note that VK6RNR has an "advertising sign" advertising it's callsign and operating frequency at the BP Roadhouse BINNU - 37kms north of Northampton...

Good idea!

Absolute gentleman and a great loss to AR in Perth / Australia.

Pity some others didn't learn from him when he was around...

RIP "JZ"

Beacon is becoming very boring now... Novelty appears to be wearing off with some VK6'ers....

When's it going to have something more vibrant on it rather than the same old News stuff?

Works quite well from a Mobile setup just running a standard 27Mhz Whip with some tuning modifications

Fair bit of DX around even late in to the morning today. Looking very good early AM Monday. May have to get up early and work some Repeaters Monday morning before work

So when is the Beacon likely to go back on-air? It started with a big "fanfare" announcement just before Christmas and was off-air a week later??

Maybe it should have gone to Walliston after all - might be still on-air if it had....

Seems to be working quite well. The audio broadcast keeps changing every now and then - varies from a recorded message to news of the world?

Gets some AC hum every now and then though?

Thanks Rob. It is still going by the sound of it? Definately coming from the Lynwood area.

Has anyone heard this new beacon that is currently under test? It's on 145.575Mhz but only seems to be putting out a Carrier Wave and a Morse ID at present??

Appears it originates from the Ham College HQ in Lynwood, WA.... See: http://hamcollege.com.au/wordpress/?page_id=33

Doug, any info?