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robbage wrote: I've got 4 entries each from VK6FLUX and VK6LUX on 10m, 5 and 9+

heh - yeah, I think the propagation gods were with us this arvo

robbage wrote: Try RD logger with Wine. I reckon it'll work. Is there a wine port for Mac?
Not that sort of port

There's a thing to pack for the next one! No Wine for Mac (that I'm aware of) but I do have XP dual booting on the MacBook. Otherwise I would have been using paper today.

The eeePC would have been ideal, will get Wine running on that. Next time Gadget...

I dual boot my MacBook Pro to run logging software. One annoying problem is the clock jumps back 8 hours under Windoze I forgot to correct this when I was mobile this arvo
and had to go back and correct the times.

EDIT:
ummm that was on old log in
Should be VK6ZMS

VK6MJS wrote:I dual boot my MacBook Pro to run logging software. One annoying problem is the clock jumps back 8 hours under Windoze

EDIT:
ummm that was on old log in
Should be VK6ZMS

Posting from Windows - 8 hours in the past

VK6ZMS? wrote:I dual boot my MacBook Pro to run logging software. One annoying problem is the clock jumps back 8 hours under Windoze I forgot to correct this when I was mobile this arvo
and had to go back and correct the times.

I get the same with linux distros; some allow you to set whether the hardware clock is local or UTC, others don't and I can never remember which it is anyway.

VK6ZMS? wrote:EDIT:
ummm that was on old log in
Should be VK6ZMS

What the heck?

192 contacts on HF for VK6SR. We were portable at Lake Nunijup, approx 100km north of Albany.

FT-920 and TS-2000 into a 40/80m dipole, 20m dipole and a random-wire for 160m.

Ops: VK6BL, VK6LD and VK6WX.

Very hard going getting antennas up with gusty winds and rain, and not so good conditions on HF. A fun weekend nonetheless.

WPXZBP wrote:192 contacts on HF for VK6SR. We were portable at Lake Nunijup, approx 100km north of Albany.

FT-920 and TS-2000 into a 40/80m dipole, 20m dipole and a random-wire for 160m.

Ops: VK6BL, VK6LD and VK6WX.

Very hard going getting antennas up with gusty winds and rain, and not so good conditions on HF. A fun weekend nonetheless.

You guys did great considering the conditions. I had snow, rain, hail & lightning.

Only managed to log 20 contacts. Was very hard going.

Radzeck wrote: Only managed to log 20 contacts. Was very hard going.

It all helps to make VK6 win again this year!

Make sure you get your logs in, folks.

Man thats the most fun ive had on amater radio before, got to speak to alot of people and made some good distances on 2m SSB. I managed to get 446 contacs but was aiming for 500
Well done to everyone who participated even if it was only 1 or two contacs, they all add up.

HF wasn't working for me at all. I got 1 VK3 on 40m and 8 contacts with meg on 10m SSB & FM. That's it.
The weather was kind to us Sunday arvo portable. It rained to and from the site but not while I was there
What let us down more than anything was power for notebook PC. Need to sort that one out before the next comp.

robbage wrote:HF wasn't working for me at all. I got 1 VK3 on 40m and 8 contacts with meg on 10m SSB & FM. That's it.
The weather was kind to us Sunday arvo portable. It rained to and from the site but not while I was there
What let us down more than anything was power for notebook PC. Need to sort that one out before the next comp.

What antenna did you use for HF ? I got a dozen eastern states contacts using a 1/2 size G5RV before the storms damaged it.

WPXZBP wrote:192 contacts on HF for VK6SR. We were portable at Lake Nunijup, approx 100km north of Albany.

FT-920 and TS-2000 into a 40/80m dipole, 20m dipole and a random-wire for 160m.

Out of curiosity how long and high was the random wire for 160M. I heard you guys were S9 +10 into Perth.

I got a whole lotta nothin... not that i tried

VK6ZMS wrote:What antenna did you use for HF ? I got a dozen eastern states contacts using a 1/2 size G5RV before the storms damaged it.

G'day Martin,

We probably had 40M of electrical cable out as the radiator - Tied from the verandah post out to a tree, then right angles across to another tree.

Used the verandah post (and hopefully the verandah itself) as the counterpoise.

The antennas for all bands were simple wires. 20M inverted V was a couple of 5M pieces of speaker wire that we found.

We did OK on 160M using 100w. Worked to stations on the east coast & VK7 - I can't remember if we worked any ZL's on 160M or not.

This year was the first year I had worked solely on HF for the RD contest. Much harder than working FM on UHF & VHF in the city where contacts are like shooting fish in a barrel!

Wes, Jane & Bevan did a great job organising the food & beverages. I don't know how many other portable RD stations had their own coffee machine!

Cheers,

VK6LD wrote: I don't know how many other portable RD stations had their own coffee machine!

On that point...I'm coming down south for the RD contest next year hahaha don't worry I don't know what I'm doing in a months time let alone know where I'll be this time next year

VK6ZMS wrote:What antenna did you use for HF ? I got a dozen eastern states contacts using a 1/2 size G5RV before the storms damaged it.

40m ¼ wave. I really need to sort out a dipole but the weather isn't helping.