Hopefully the PA protection did its job and the radio power wound down to near nothing.VK6FZUK wrote: Hows the radio now? Will be a little bit sore if it was transmitting into a shorted feedline?
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Re: New Beacon?
I am sure the "Back End" or the radio will still be a little bit sore!!!robbage wrote:Short? It was into a 50 ohm petVK6FZUK wrote:Hows the radio now? Will be a little bit sore if it was transmitting into a shorted feedline?
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Re: New Beacon?
Was back on-air yesterday day-time and then off again last night?? Me thinks it should have gone to Wallyston!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
Still off-air this morning
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It will be off air for the time being while further works are undertaken before being moved to it's permanent location sometime soon-ish.ConstableCare wrote:Still off-air this morning
As for where it should or shouldn't have been located - that's a matter for the beacon's owners to decide. Feel free to contact Ham College directly regarding this.
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Re: New Beacon?
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....
Maybe it should have gone to Walliston after all - might be still on-air if it had....
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It will be back as soon as practically possible. When that is, I have no further information.VK6??? wrote: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....
The location of the beacon is irrelevant to to the reason why it's not on-air at the moment.
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Someone must be doing some tinkering... I know there was something going to be going on, once the right people had some time. I guess this is "time"
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Re: Amateur information beacon VK6RIB
Changed title to be more meaningful since we know what it is now
Must be still tinkering because I can't hear any audio other than the ident.
Edit: disregard
Must be still tinkering because I can't hear any audio other than the ident.
Edit: disregard
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Re: Amateur information beacon VK6RIB
VK6RIB... is that another pig pun?
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Re: Amateur information beacon VK6RIB
(Repeater/Bacon) Information Bacon. It all works nicely
Mmm... beacon
Mmm... beacon
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Well .......
We chose it as "IB" for Information Beacon - it was others who made the RIB / PIG / Ham connection, but hey, if it works!
We chose it as "IB" for Information Beacon - it was others who made the RIB / PIG / Ham connection, but hey, if it works!
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Re: Amateur information beacon VK6RIB
For anyone interested, there's some changes coming to VK6RIB in the next few weeks. One of the changes will be in the playlist and scheduling.
In short, instead of a single hourly loop, we're looking at changing to TWO loops, referred to internally as "odd" and "even" hours.
If we assume that the "odd" hour is going to be what's there currently (WIA news, NewsWest, Helpline and Club Info), is there anything that anyone would be particularly interested in hearing for the "even" hours? We're looking at the moment to find a way of integrating the Old Timers broadcast in there somehow, but if there's anything else radio-related that people think might be interesting, please let us know!
In short, instead of a single hourly loop, we're looking at changing to TWO loops, referred to internally as "odd" and "even" hours.
If we assume that the "odd" hour is going to be what's there currently (WIA news, NewsWest, Helpline and Club Info), is there anything that anyone would be particularly interested in hearing for the "even" hours? We're looking at the moment to find a way of integrating the Old Timers broadcast in there somehow, but if there's anything else radio-related that people think might be interesting, please let us know!
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Re: Amateur information beacon VK6RIB
bit from Roy's help line, for those that miss the news but are after gear or trying to get rid of it? even if it's only a small selection that's available?
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