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Happy Australia Day!

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Happy Australia day, Folks.

Amateurs, don't forget you can substitute AX for VK in your callsign on Australia day 8) :A
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vk6hgr wrote:Happy Australia day, Folks.

Amateurs, don't forget you can substitute AX for VK in your callsign on Australia day 8) :A
Happy Australia day to you to AX6HGR :P :lol:
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May seem like a silly question on my part but whats the reason that its AX? :smt075

:smt114 wait sorry :A
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yorky wrote:May seem like a silly question on my part but whats the reason that its AX? :smt075

:smt114 wait sorry :A
In my browsing of the ACMA website VI and AX are approved for special occasions. To me AU would have made more sense but there may be another reason.
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AU is not in our callsign prefix allocation. It has been allocated to India.
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yep that makes sense I can see why :P haha oh well that explains it at least :)
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vk6hgr wrote:Happy Australia day, Folks.

Amateurs, don't forget you can substitute AX for VK in your callsign on Australia day 8) :A
Yep, twas fun. Especially being able to use "AX6FZDB Marine Mobile" on the way back from Rotto :P

I must say though, once you've gotten used to saying "VK6xxxx" it's easy to get tongue-tied by AX :)
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Re: Happy Australia Day!

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It's that time of year again next Monday. http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_1255#AllAX :A
I expect to hear AX6FLUX and AX6FNRD Marine Mobile Mt Helena! It's supposed to be 42° last I heard.
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robbage wrote:It's that time of year again next Monday. http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_1255#AllAX :A
I expect to hear AXFLUX and AXFNRD Marine Mobile Mt Helena! It's supposed to be 42° last I heard.
I reckon you might be in luck, though the handies don't get out too well from here. Might have to yell into the shack :D

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robbage wrote: I expect to hear AXFLUX and AXFNRD Marine Mobile Mt Helena!
Are they predicting a Tsunami ? :D
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meg wrote:I reckon you might be in luck, though the handies don't get out too well from here. Might have to yell into the shack :D
What about that cross-band repeater idea? I reckon that should work.. assuming f-calls are allowed.. not sure.
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VK6ZMS wrote:
robbage wrote: I expect to hear AXFLUX and AXFNRD Marine Mobile Mt Helena!
Are they predicting a Tsunami ? :D
How big does a body of water need to be for "marine mobile"?

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Re: Happy Australia Day!

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robbage wrote: What about that cross-band repeater idea? I reckon that should work.. assuming f-calls are allowed.. not sure.
I think it's a good idea too, but I don't understand the Kenwood at all so it will rely on Simon finding some time and enthusiasm... I'll work on him :wink:

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robbage wrote:It's that time of year again next Monday. http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_1255#AllAX :A
I expect to hear AXFLUX and AXFNRD Marine Mobile Mt Helena! It's supposed to be 42° last I heard.
Don't you mean AX6FLUX and AX6FNRD?
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:) Fixed. Stupid keyboard can't spell :oops:
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