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VHF /UHF field day rules survey and proposal

Posted on 5 November, 2012 by andrew

The report summarizing the survey responses and proposal for changes is now available at http://vk1da.net/VHF_report_final_rev1.pdf

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VHF/UHF Field day (contests) scoring proposal

Posted on 17 September, 2012 by andrew

Announcement of the proposal for changes to rules in the Australian VHF/UHF Field day contests. Continue reading →

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2010 Spring VHF/UHF Field day on 7 bands

Posted on 4 December, 2010 by andrew

For this event I took my usual station on 50 to 1296 MHz, plus my transverter and gridpack for 2403 MHz, Ted VK1BL’s transverter and gridpack for 3400 and Dale VK1DSH’s 10 GHz station (IC202, transverter, dish and tripod). Contacts … Continue reading →

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Summer 2010 VHF/UHF Field Day

Posted on 12 February, 2010 by andrew

The January 2010 event was much more successful for me than the Spring field day about 6 weeks earlier. This time Dale VK1DSH and I operated as a multiop station on 50, 144, 432, 1296, 2403 and 10368 MHz. Successes: … Continue reading →

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John Moyle Memorial Field day March 2009

Posted on 19 March, 2009 by andrew

Summary of Field day contest operation, March 09 Continue reading →

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VHF Field Day January 2009

Posted on 20 January, 2009 by andrew

As we had scheduled a house move one week prior to the January 17th VHF Field Day, I had to set aside the equipment needed for the field day so it wouldn’t get packed up and be lost for months, … Continue reading →

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VHF/UHF Field day log pages and checklists

Posted on 28 December, 2008 by andrew

These two files may be of use to other entrants in the VHF/UHF contests. The first is an empty log page which you can simply print on your own printer.  These are for handwritten logs. The second is a spreadsheet … Continue reading →

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New antennas for 1296 MHz

Posted on 27 December, 2008 by andrew

2 x 18el yagis for use on 1296 MHz Continue reading →

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Preparing for spring VHF/UHF field day, November 15/16

Posted on 9 November, 2008 by andrew

This week’s project is to prepare for next weekend’s VHF/UHF field day. I plan to operate from a mountain southwest of Canberra, with equipment for 50, 144, 432, 1296, 2403 and 10368 MHz.  The first four bands are bands I … Continue reading →

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2008 winter VHF FD at Red Hill, Canberra

Posted on 1 July, 2008 by andrew

The equipment was set up and taken down each day as I was not able to stay overnight.  The morning temperature on Sunday was about 5 which was much warmer than it could have been.  Some contacts into Sydney on … Continue reading →

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