Stationmaster MK1 5/8 conversion on 6m
Having already had limited success with converting the Stationmaster MK1 to 6m, I decided to try something different... turning it into a 5/8 vertical. I modelled a 5/8 in MMANA.…
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January 24, 2016
My First EME Contact!
Last Friday night (15th), I decided to do attempt some EME contacts with JT65. My station is quite modest to say the least, only 100W to 1 x YU7EF 11…
January 16, 2016
Simulcast Experiments
Further to my earlier post on the use of a 10MHz reference in the KL, I've converted two KL70 exciters to 6m and fed them the same audio with both exciters…
December 26, 2015
VK7RVP Gets Its Six Metre Repeater
On Tuesday 22/12/15 4 persons made the trip to St Valentines Peak. Those persons being Graeme and John Rand, the helicopter pilot David, and myself. The purpose of the trip…
December 24, 2015
YU7EF EF0606 Yagi build
I had been wanting a better antenna for the SSB portion of 6m for the openings over summer. Having seen how a local amateur built a 2m 11 element YU7EF…
December 23, 2015
VK7RHF TX up and running
On Friday 18th of Dec, Damien 7SD and myself went to install the VK7RHF transmit site to install "one half" of the repeater. The repeater was installed in the rack,…
December 23, 2015
7DB mod for 5DJ CTCSS Encode
Borrowing the idea from the NHRC-3.1 CTCSS mod I decided to do the same for the VK5DJ controller. The same idea applies, but with a slightly different interface. We take the mute…
December 21, 2015
KL reference 12MHz to 10MHz
The KL series uses a GFS-210W TCXO as a standard reference which operates at 12MHz. There is a "high-stability" option - a GPS-210X which locks with a frequency stability of…
December 9, 2015
A Voting Repeater?
Recently I have acquired a voting system which can be employed into our repeater system in South. Essentially the system continually monitors multiple receivers, both local and remotely over UHF link and…
November 25, 2015
VK7RTC gets a new antenna & VK7RHF update
On Monday 16th of November, Michael 7MRS and myself travelled to Mt.Wellington to replace the single SMD with a Polar 354 6dB vertical. The SMD was removed and the vertical put…
November 17, 2015