VK3TIN (VK3W, AJ6EI)

Comparing the Flex 6600, ICom-7610 and the FT-DX101D

Jan 14, 2023 · 5 min read ·

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A quick review of the most common high-end DX and Contesting radios along with a confession, read till the end!

IC706MkIIg à gogo

Sep 24, 2022 · 8 min read ·

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After getting a IC-7300, my first radio an IC-706MkIIg was sitting idle, so I set it for drive up portable.

September 03, 2022 Great Otway NP, Activation VKFF-0405

Sep 3, 2022 · 3 min read ·

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On September 03, 2022, I activated the Great Otway National Park (VKFF-0405) at or about Mount Sabine.

July 02, 2022 The Lakes National Park, Activation VKFF-0484

Jul 2, 2022 · 3 min read ·

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On July 02, 2022, I activated The Lakes National Park (VKFF-0484) at Point Wilson.

June 25, 2022, Wilsons Prom NP, Park Activation

Jun 26, 2022 · 3 min read ·

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On June 25, 2022, I activated the Wilsons Promontory National Park at the Vereker Outlook Walk which takes you through a Banksia Forest to a point that overlooks Little Drift, Long Island and the Corner Inlet Marine National Park.

June 19, 2022, Multi-Park Activation

Jun 19, 2022 · 3 min read ·

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Multi-park activation of Baw Baw (VKFF-0020), Morwell (VKFF-0626) and the Tarra-Bulga (VKFF-0480) National Parks.

Caged Vertical Antennas

Mar 24, 2022 · 8 min read ·

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Caged vertical antennas are not a new, they have been around since the first decade of radio. In this article I will detail some experiments with a field day caged vertical antenna for the 20m band and compare the caged version to the single wire version. My motivation Most antenna articles that are not related to …

Six ways from here to Sunday

Mar 16, 2022 · 3 min read ·

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A six way antenna switch! The WIA John Moyle Field Day JMFD is almost upon us, and I have been lucky enough to have some holidays at the same time, so I have been using my temporary free time to make some things I need for the contest. I needed an antenna switch, so I built one out of some excess parts I had lying …

Australia Day Contest 2022

Jan 26, 2022 · 3 min read ·

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For this year’s Australia day contest I thought I would operate from the back veranda, this ended up being me sitting outside on a 39ºC (102.2ºF) day with a relatively high s5 to s7 noise floor trying to stay out of the sun. The station consisted of an Elekraft KX3, an ad hoc 9:1 UnUn and a random wire antenna …

2019 CQ World-Wide DX Contest SSB

Oct 30, 2019 · 5 min read ·

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Contest Report October and November are the months for the CQ Worldwide DX contests. A CQ WW DX contest is a truly international affair and is operated as two events each over 48 hours. The first event is the SSB mode contest (October) and the second event is for CW mode (November). Both events are truly global events …