I received my first Rasberry Pi (the so called $35 computer) yesterday. I have projects planned for at least 4 of them. . The Rasberry Pi runs a stripped down version of Linux/Debian- in my case Raspian-Wheezy. I have very little experience with Linux/Debian but I have worked in Unix and Mac Terminal at a very […]

Back in Dec 2012, some massive changes in my life caused me to reassess everything. I was suffering severe depression, and I took time out. I travelled to UniSa to complete a language course. While there I realised I needed to make some changes and I needed to do more study. So now I am […]

I am starting a brand new amateur radio net. You can find us here – http://vkcwbeginners.wordpress.com/ VK CW Beginners Net (Tues, Thurs, Sat) 0930 utc on 7190 kHz.- This net will work in a similar fashion to the 7130 DX net. The first time CW contact is daunting, so the plan is to allow people […]

My very first contact – thank God for Elmers If you are an F Call don’t be shy. Give morse code a try… I was very very slow but these guys just kept sending slowly until I received their messages. I am now having another more serious go at it. VK4MDX

After a big day of updating my logs and recording all QSL’s received and sent, I find I have just a few CQ zones left to work in the world. Unfortunately these will be some rather difficult zones to get being in Africa and in the NW Territories of Canada and in Alaska. But I’ve […]

A new version of MacLoggerDX is available. Version 5.4.3 has the following additions. Icom PCR-2500 Driver added. Band Panel ticks, labels and Scan added. DXCC lookup improved for prefix, exceptions and dxpeditions. Spot intermittent worked/confirmed status bug fixed. Provisional DXCC IDs (Kosovo #777). Remove Lookup Spots and Clear Radio Fields Menu items added. Auto Tune […]

Ham Radio provides so many great services to the community particularly in emergencies. You may not be aware that hams also provide communications support for many events in your community- such as Townsville to Magnetic Island Swim, Motorsport such as Car Rallies and Horse Endurance Rides. So next time you see an antenna tower in […]

Absolutely the best book I could recommend for ham radio, especially if you are in to building antennas.It is available for loan at the Kirwan Library http://store.cq-amateur-radio.com/Detail.bok?no=183

I would like to update my comments about my previous experience with LoTW.  As I said in a previous post, I found the initial application process ridiculously long-winded and difficult. However right now, I could not be happier with LoTW and the service and assistance received by the ARRL with respect to LoTW. I lost […]

Yesterday I needed a new project to take my mind off certain things here, so I set about making a new 2 meter antenna. I’d rearranged my shack again and set it up was follows. - Icom IC703 for HF (40m) APRS 7036.5kHz using an 80 meter vertical loop. Connected to a eePC running AGWUIDigi […]