Amateur Radio Repeater Repair & Site Visit
Today I traveled to the site of an amateur radio repeater on UHF (70cm) that I maintain after a fault on the transmitter appeared and gradually got worse over the…
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September 3, 2019
2.4 GHz Ham Radio contact over mountains!
An on air ham radio test contact with my 2.4 gigahertz transverter and Yaesu FT817. Earlier in the day we had confirmed that Richard VK7ZBX's system was also working. The…
September 3, 2019
Setup the Yaesu FT-991 for WSJT-X and other digital modes
Got a Yaesu FT-991 you want to use on digital? I will show you exactly how to setup your Yaesu FT-991A for use with WSJT and other digital modes. These…
September 3, 2019
5 Mistakes and Tips for Ham Radio Antenna Builders
Have you struggled with building quality ham radio antennas? High SWR? Problems with feedline? Well in this video I explore 5 common mistakes made by antenna builders and some tips…
May 14, 2019
8 element LFA on 2 metres
With the success of my 11 element 2m LFA, I decided to build a smaller 8 element out of spare material I had here at home whilst waiting for the…
December 24, 2018
Building a Simulcasting & Voting Repeater System using AllstarLink/VKLink
Introduction As any repeater builder would know, to make a good efficient working repeater requires a lot of time and energy. Performance of a repeater is shown in its ability…
September 19, 2018
VK7HH LFA Build and performance
Further to my previous posts on the "hybrid" LFA... I managed to finish construction over the weekend and install it on my tower. At the same time I also decided to…
January 22, 2018
LFA – baluns, is it self balancing?
Further to my previous post about the LFA, I have now completed construction on my "hybrid" version. The next step is to prepare a balun for the feed. But what balun…
January 18, 2018
Building an 11 element VK7HH LFA yagi
As per my previous post I have been looking at building a LFA yagi. Essentially this is a folded dipole loop turned on its side (i.e. mounted parallel with the rest of…
January 10, 2018
YU7EF EF0606 vs G0KSC 6m LFA – Part 1
Sometime ago I built a decently sized 6m yagi here at home - a YU7EF EF0606. This yagi has performed very well over the past few years, and I've had to…
December 17, 2017