Station facilities include;
IC-756, FT-847, IC-d100 and ex-Telecom 400W VHF pager amp converted to 2M.
Miscellaneous ancillaries;
ANC-4, homebrew T/R sequencers, MFJ-969 Tuner, KR-400RC & KR-400 rotators, and test equipment!
Antennae;
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6M:
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M2 6M7JHV 7 element yagi @ 17mH fed with LDF4-50 Heliax
M2 6M5X 5 element yagi @ 10mH fed with LMR-400
Homebrew 50MHz 5/8 Groundplane Vertical
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HF:
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TE-33 20/15/10M Tribander
10M 5/8 Groundplane Vertical
80M Dipole fed with Ladder-line
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2/70:
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Diamond X-500 duo-band Vertical
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2M:
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10 element DL6WU yagi @18mH fed with LDF4-50 Heliax
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Intel TM Inside, and... M2 Outside!
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Reverse angle shot - Awards & QSLs on the home shack wall
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click on the image to see full-size!
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Operating Achievements;
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6m DXCC #631 January 27, 2003
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UKSMG 6x6 Award (Grade 1) - May 1993 (Qualified for Grade 2 Endorsement April 2000)
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WIA WA-VK-CA (50MHz SSB) #47 - February 1994 See the
VK Awards here
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WIA WAS VHF (50MHz SSB) #189 - February 1994 See the
VK Awards here
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WIA Certificate of Achievement 23cm Distance Record (Mobile) - August 1996
Best Short Path DX;
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EH8BPX 18,023km (SSB contact)
Best Long Path DX;
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LU8MB 28,105km (SSB contact)
As a ham;
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First licensed in March 1980 as VK3YWV (Limited grade).
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Upgraded to VK3ALM in April 1992 (Unrestricted)
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Now hold VK4CP since January 2000 (Unrestricted)
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Main interest is chasing DX on 6 metres.
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Pilot for the 2000 VK9WI Willis Island DXpedition
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Pilot & Webmaster for the 2001 VK9ML Site Survey DXpedition.
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Pilot & Webmaster for the 2002 VK9ML DXpedition.
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Webhost & Administrator of VK/ZL VHF-UHF Logger.
The Brisbane 6M liaison channel 145.650MHz is always running and there's bound to be one of the
local gang around!
Other interests;
I enjoy homebrewing projects from scratch that use imbedded microcontrollers. Although at times frustrating, writing code to
bring a micro alive and getting it to do something practical is extremely rewarding.
The $tock Market, 4WDing, and, spending untold amounts of time creating content
for various Web site, including this one!
Also manage the
VK9WI and
VK9ML websites.
Relaxing by the swimming pool with a cold beer... although that comes at a price...
...endless skimming and maintenance. Ughhh!!!!
