Own up, who's got a ham licence?

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Was just messaging Ken (vk4fn) and thought about the question how many licenced amateur radio operators are there on AULRO?

Diana
vk2fvrc (yes it's only a small licence)

[Casper]

Many years ago I had a radio licence VHQ272.

Probably over 25 years ago now though.

Cheers Casper

[BigJon]

About 20 years ago I had a license to operate a UHF radio. Since lapsed and no longer required.

[Lotz-A-Landies]

About 20 years ago I had a license to operate a UHF radio. Since lapsed and no longer required.Sorry Big Jon, it doesn't count as a Ham Licence. :(

We can probably assume that:
Vk2icj http://www.aulro.com/afvb/members/vk2icj.html
vk3ute http://www.aulro.com/afvb/members/vk3ute.html
vk5cp http://www.aulro.com/afvb/members/vk5cp.html
vk4fn http://www.aulro.com/afvb/members/vk4fn.html
are ham ops just through their call signs/AULRO usernames (all being currently active licences)

and IIRC series1buff (Vk3?cjs) http://www.aulro.com/afvb/members/series1buff.html

But who else?

[rover-56]

me too.
vk3kda
Terry

[p38arover]

I keep intending to get one. I should have done it years ago when ACMA were still running the exams as my BOCP (Broadcast Operator's Certificate of Proficiency) would have meant that I only needed to to the regs.

[goingbush]

Nope, but if the bloke next door has one he should have it revoked.

I feel like reporting him to the Antenna Police .

http://www.goingbush.com/landy/ant.jpg

note to self, ... move Landrover before it gets windy

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Nope, but if the bloke next door has one he should have it revoked.

I feel like reporting him to the Antenna Police .

...Absolutely, that mast certainly needs some guy ropes, (or that is a very heavy crow!. :D )

You can report him to ACMA for radio interference, but the antenna mast is a local council issue, whether he has a licence or not.

[dalemadison]

VK3JNK and a 2001 Disco TD5

[Ean Austral]

Yep, VJD3476. but haven't got my HF hooked up any more.


Cheers Ean

[MICHELINXMS244]

Yeah.

VK3FALK

But note that F license holders are the untermenschen of the amateur world!

My classic LSE is the only Codan 9350 equipped I've ever seen.

Funny that!

[LR V8]

VK2FSIG

I'm usually listening over the weekends on the 2m & 70 cm bands around the ACT... sometimes down the coast as well if I'm 4wding down that way.

License upgrade sometime in the near future...

Pete

[wrinklearthur]

Hi All

Vk7kba calling CQ, QTHR Broadmash, Tasmania.
.

[stealth]

With the Internet, mobile phones, global roaming and all the forums and Facebook etc, does ham radio have the same popularity it once did?

[wrinklearthur]

I feel like reporting him to the Antenna Police .

Citizen Band aerials, 27MHz HF and UHF CB .
Is he disabled or elderly? as he may need a hand to fix them.

All that is what's needed is some television aerial masting hardware, guy wire, thimbles, turnbuckles, guy plate and locking collar.

QRT vk7kba
.

[jx2mad]

count me in ...VK2MAD...hence login name of jx2mad

[Lotz-A-Landies]

With the Internet, mobile phones, global roaming and all the forums and Facebook etc, does ham radio have the same popularity it once did?Ham radio operators are still some of the first to transmit news of a disaster when the regular communication infrastructure is out.

It is not subject to the government's whims to restrict mobile phones to government personnel only in major incidents and turn off the mobile phones of the public. And WICEN/VRA are still a major support service to SES and RFS and major public events like fun runs, marathons etc.

Yes amateur radio still plays an important role in society.

BTW VK3FALK I have a 9350/9323 in my RRc!

[wrinklearthur]

With the Internet, mobile phones, global roaming and all the forums and Facebook etc, does ham radio have the same popularity it once did?

Hi Stealth

I have been QRX ( standing by ) for years, as there was a influx of operators that used amateur radio nothing more than as additional band width for talk fest channels, it was a bit much for me to take.
Now the number of participants is now dropping off, perhaps it will return to the experimenters being the only ones that will be still active and that's when I will again take part.

I came into amateur radio just after the multiple choice questions were introduced and the old operators didn't like the new chums that got in so easy, the few that took me under their wing were pure gentlemen, I owe them my gratitude.

I am so thankful that I have taken part in this activity and I have never stopped learning about radio. The more you learn, the less you realise you know, really does apply to radio theory.
.

[drifter]

License lapsed about 15 years ago - gave all my gear to a bloke who has since passed away - dunno what happened to it.

Mine was a kiwi 'technical' licence - ZL1UAG - was originally licensed as ZL2TNH in Wellington - changed to the ZL1 when I moved to Auckland - I never sat and passed the morse exam for the full license but, strangely enough, used to belt out code night after night for those wanting to learn it. Did a fair bit of microwave stuff, too. Was also active with ATV prior to hanging up the mic. Most of my gear was hand built.

73's

[gps-au]

Vk2zbb (since around 1974)
was additionally vk4xgs for abut 15 years (as well)

Gary

PS: My station is actually classified as permanent portable though I do live in Kingsford, Sydney

[Lotz-A-Landies]

We can probably assume that:
Vk2icj http://www.aulro.com/afvb/members/vk2icj.html
vk3ute http://www.aulro.com/afvb/members/vk3ute.html
vk5cp http://www.aulro.com/afvb/members/vk5cp.html
are ham ops just through their call signs/AULRO usernames (all being currently active licences)

and IIRC series1buff (Vk3?cjs) http://www.aulro.com/afvb/members/series1buff.html

But who else?Summary
Ken, vk4fn, ? Qld - vk4fn
Terry, rover-56, Black Mountain, Vic - vk3kda
Dale, dalemadison, Ringwood, Vic - vk3jnk
Ean, Ean Austral, Darwin, NT - vjd3476
? MICHELINXMS244, Melbourne, Vic - vk3falk
Pete, LR V8, Queanbeyan, NSW - vk2fsig
Arthur, Wrinklearthur, Broadmarsh, Tas - vk7kba
? jx2mad, Hills District, NSW - vk2mad
?, gps-au, ?, NSW - vk2zbb

[123rover50]

I worked under the call sign VP2LIQ Maritime Mobile for 10 years but I guess that does not count. Had my last QSO and went QRT for the final time in Jan 1980 when we sailed into Mooloolaba.

Remember when you could walk into Dick Smiths and pick up a brand new Kenwood TS520 for $500.

Didiman

[Lotz-A-Landies]

...
Remember when you could walk into Dick Smiths and pick up a brand new Kenwood TS520 for $500.

DidimanOne remembers when Dick Smith Electronics was a single store in Artarmon.

[drifter]

One remembers when Dick Smith Electronics was a single store in Artarmon.

This one remembers that, too. I used to visit every time I flew across the ditch. We had a crowd called DJ Reid over there - not quite as good for the ham operators...

[gps-au]

Remember when you could walk into Dick Smiths and pick up a brand new Kenwood TS520 for $500.

Didiman

I actually remember Dick from before you could do that !!

Atchinson St St. Leonards, just down from the WIA.

[ausdet]

I'll put my hand up vk3vcc east gippsland. Usually find me on aprs (vk3vcc-9)

[David]

Hi guys vk5hdw had the call for over 12years and very active.
Cheers
David

[sandman]

There is a scout hall opposite my house, and every now and then, gets chock full of cars, and a lot with all sorts of ariels on them, (including a nice D2) .... and the Hills Amateur Radio Group were having some kind of event, swap meet thing. they had a sweet radio base station in there, cool stuff for sale.. now i want to get a ham licence.
sweet!

[FFR]

Hi,

ex-EB4ESU, ex-EC4DIL (Spain, mainland), 1990
ex-EB8CLB (Spain, Canary Islands), 1995

now VK2KTS, since 2011

73 & DX de Carlos

[FFR]

There is a scout hall opposite my house, and every now and then, gets chock full of cars, and a lot with all sorts of ariels on them, (including a nice D2) .... and the Hills Amateur Radio Group were having some kind of event, swap meet thing. they had a sweet radio base station in there, cool stuff for sale.. now i want to get a ham licence.
sweet!

In Australia is easy to get a foundation licence, ask to any ham at the scout hall. In my case it started as a hobby... and it ended being a job.

[Freestyler]

I'm not a ham but I am a radio tech. I look after one of the ameture repeaters on Mt Arthur in the hunter Valley and have another to put in further up the valley where I have my own mid band repeater as I am sick of putting up with the crap on the chook band (CB). My father has a licence VK2SO and also know several more who have been pressuring me to get one. The WIA will let me get RPL but still want me to do the practical??? and be tested by someone who has less qualifications than I do and wouldn't have seen some of the test gear that I use on a daily basis. Would be handy though after the way VKS737 treated me I handed back my licence and therfore cannot legally us my Barrett any more. Good hobby though so much to learn. Tim

[HowardSmall]

Currently VK4BS, previously VK3YJO then VK3DLH. Also hold licence for VK4RPH.


Have a series 2a FFR which will be back on the road soon...


Howard

[jonesy63]

In the 1980s was VK2NRZ. I built a decoder to download/print weather charts, played chess over morse and spoke to a guy in Oslo on 30W. Then I got into computers/electronics and later mobile/satellite phones came out - so I gave it up.

[troll13]

Troll13 is one also VK3fnec

cheers Norm :cool:

[123rover50]

Back in the 70,s when we were cruising around the Pacific in our Ketch we were VP2LIQ Maritime Mobile region 3:cool:

[jim bolton]

Hi, another one G6LZZ since 1982 only operating on 1296mhz/M at the moment from a 2007 puma.In the barn 4x80" and an 88" series one, one of the 80" is the oldest surviving ex royal navy in captivity 0611 54##
love the sight so thought i'd better post something, Jim.:)

[md90]

You can add me to the list, VK2ADF but QTH is in VK4, still yet to do anything about changing callsign...

Also having got around to putting anything in the Defender, but eventually will have the IC2820 and IC7000, and maybe a VHF for APRS...

Cheers

[p38arover]

I was talking recently to another AULRO member who is a licensing assessor.

[Lotz-A-Landies]

I was talking recently to another AULRO member who is a licensing assessor.
QRA QSL at least in respect of your contact! ;)

[Bundalene]

My licence is not a full HAM licence, didn't get up to speed with the morse back in the 80's when it was a requirement. Mine is classed as a permanent portable licence with the call sign VJN49. We have a radio at home and a second in the vehicle.

We have used this in anger twice, once to get a care flight chopper to a motorbike accident on the Putty Road about 15 years ago and another time to get the flying doctor to a road works crew incident (fell out of his truck drunk) out of Kulgera about 20 years ago, Both calls were made through relay.





Erich

[p38arover]

QRA QSL at least in respect of your contact! ;)

Umm, we were sitting opposite each other at my place. :p

[Lotz-A-Landies]

QRA QSL at least in respect of your contact! ;)
Umm, we were sitting opposite each other at my place. :p.... are you going to reply and tell us who?

[p38arover]

No. He may not want it known.

[Lotz-A-Landies]

No. He may not want it known.So not even with graft and corruption will we find out! :D

Bugger, was wanting to upgrade my "F call" to standard. Will now have to find more time in each week. My calculations are that I only need about 264 hours per week and 342 years to get everything I want to do, done! :o

[Stokeboy44]

Hi, I have a ham licence VK3MRC, and so does my bride (of 26 years) whose callsign is VK3NKC - and we get out and about as often as we can, including JOTA

[p38arover]

I keep intending to get one. I should have done it years ago when ACMA were still running the exams as my BOCP (Broadcast Operator's Certificate of Proficiency) would have meant that I only needed to to the regs.

I will soon have a licence.

I did the Foundation exam yesterday. I don't think I'll bother with Standard or Advanced at this stage. I don't think I'd have much problem with the theory (I've been a radio tech for 50 years).

Now to look for a HF transceiver. My wife is not happy - more money being spent on another hobby. She also thinks hams are strange (she may well be right having met quite a few over the years. Many of my colleagues in OTC were hams.)

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Congrats what call sign did you request?

[wrinklearthur]

QRZ DE VK7KBA
.

[p38arover]

Congrats what call sign did you request?

VK2FRLB or VK2FRON (I would have taken RFON if I could - those who frequented the OL forum when I used to be on there will know why. :D )

[rovers4]

Hi,
Not sure wether Ean and Bundalene are actually Licensed Amateur Radio Operators, or not. Their 'signs do not follow the VK(1-9) sequence.
But I could be wrong.
Apologies if I am wrong.

73's de VK7TRF
Lic since 93.

[Lotz-A-Landies]

VK2FRLB or VK2FRON (I would have taken RFON if I could - those who frequented the OL forum when I used to be on there will know why. :D )So you're hoping for VK2FRON I guess

VK2FVRC out!

[rustydisco1]

Yeah I have my ham license, but working in Broadcast I'm hardly ever on the bands. Got some HF gear and 2 meter and a few projects etc but busy times this year, progress unlikely.

VK3HAE

Regards.

David

[p38arover]

The WIA will let me get RPL but still want me to do the practical??? and be tested by someone who has less qualifications than I do and wouldn't have seen some of the test gear that I use on a daily basis.

For the Foundation licence, I was tested by two assessors. One had few quals than me and the other did the BOCP (Broadcast Operator's Certificate of Proficency) with me years ago at Ultimo TAFE (or whatever it's called these days).

An alternate assessor is a member of this forum but he wasn't there that day.

[p38arover]

This arvo I picked up a old Kenwood TS-520S from the president of the Blue Mountains AR Club - $100.

That will keep me going for a while.

[DEFENDERZOOK]

does it work.....?

[p38arover]

Well, it does on receive. I haven't tried Tx as I haven't got a suitable aerial.

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Well, it does on receive. I haven't tried Tx as I haven't got a suitable aerial.
What's wrong with stringing a wire dipole? ;)

[p38arover]

I don't have a licence yet and I need to fix my Codan 7411 Mk 2 ATU. I bought it on eBay but it has been hacked about (which wasn't mentioned in the advert). (Another for the faulty goods threads?)

I can't find the circuit diagram on the 'net but VK6CS has just posted videos about it on YouTube. His videos will help fix it.

Anyway, time for bed, I'm going to the Wyong Field Day tomorrow.

[p38arover]

I received my AOCP (Foundation) certificate from the WIA today. My callsign looks like it will be VK2FRLB.

I've fixed the Codan manual ATU. I'll go to Dural this Sunday and pick up a few things for an aerial.

I'll probably need to make an end-fed antenna system or go to a vertical on the garage metal roof.

[jackstevens]

Sorry Big Jon, it doesn't count as a Ham Licence. :(

We can probably assume that:
Vk2icj http://www.aulro.com/afvb/members/vk2icj.html
vk3ute http://www.aulro.com/afvb/members/vk3ute.html
vk5cp http://www.aulro.com/afvb/members/vk5cp.html
vk4fn http://www.aulro.com/afvb/members/vk4fn.html
are ham ops just through their call signs/AULRO usernames (all being currently active licences)

and IIRC series1buff (Vk3?cjs) http://www.aulro.com/afvb/members/series1buff.html

But who else? about 20 years ago i was vk4kdx .... just wondering would i still be able to renew my lic after so long??

[LowRanger]

about 20 years ago i was vk4kdx .... just wondering would i still be able to renew my lic after so long??



If you still have your Certificate of Proficiency,then all you will need to do,is the Practical Assessment and pay for the assessment and licence.You never become Unqualified,just unlicenced.

[p38arover]

I did the Advanced Theory and Regs today - and passed! :eek:

So I should have a new licence and callsign soon.

[p38arover]

about 20 years ago i was vk4kdx .... just wondering would i still be able to renew my lic after so long??

Regrettably, that callsign has been reassigned.

Australian Communications and Media Authority: Register of Radiocommunication Licences (http://web.acma.gov.au/pls/radcom/licence_search.licence_lookup?pSOURCE=HELM&pLICENCE_NO=1972276/1)

[LR V8]

I did the Advanced Theory and Regs today - and passed! :eek:

So I should have a new licence and callsign soon.


Well done Ron !

I'm trying to study for my upgrade atm.... bit of a slog though :confused:

Pete

VK1FSIG

[p38arover]

Thanks Pete.

Pete, have you tried doing the trial exams at:

Standard
https://www.amateurradio.com.au/licence/standard/trial-exam-1
https://www.amateurradio.com.au/licence/standard/trial-exam-2

Advanced
https://www.amateurradio.com.au/licence/advanced/trial-exam-1
https://www.amateurradio.com.au/licence/advanced/trial-exam-2

Regulations https://www.amateurradio.com.au/licence/regulations
https://www.amateurradio.com.au/licence/regulations/trial-exam-1
https://www.amateurradio.com.au/licence/regulations/trial-exam-2
https://www.amateurradio.com.au/sites/default/files/basicpage/RegulationsSampleQuestions.pdf

I got a lot of those regs questions but I still didn't 100% in the exam. Know the bands one can work. Know Px and Py.

If you like I can post down a sheaf of pages of questions from the Radio and Electronics School Standard course that I was given last week. (I'll rub out the ticks I put against questions. :D )

I had an advantage in that I trained as radio technician with Dept of Civil Aviation (albeit 50 years ago) and I have a Broadcast Operator's Certificate of Proficiency (the old BOCP).

[Aaron IIA]

I studied for the standard exam, but sat for the advanced exam earlier this month. Didn't bother looking at the foundation exam. Passed both advanced theory and regulations exams. Just waiting for an opportunity to do the practical.

Aaron

[Aaron IIA]

For those who are looking for an examiner, their details are listed on the WIA website.

Aaron

[Bytemrk]

I did the Advanced Theory and Regs today - and passed! :eek:

So I should have a new licence and callsign soon.


Well done Ron :D

Another area I would love to get involved in..... just always seem to struggle for time.

[rover-56]

me too.
vk3kda
Terry
Well I have the licence, but I bloody well may as well not have it:mad:
:mad::mad:
Since I moved here I can't reach the only local repeater (140Km away) no matter what antenna I try. (big hill in the path)
And HF is next to useless because the mains power is single wire earth return and gives me S9 power line noise. Yes I have tried grounding and low pass filtering. AAAAGH!!!

Terry

[LR V8]

Thanks for the links Ron, much appreciated.

Pete

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Well done Ron !

I'm trying to study for my upgrade atm.... bit of a slog though :confused:

Pete

VK1FSIGI would have thought with your background it would have a breeze.

Lots of luck anyway.

[wrinklearthur]

Well I have the licence, but I bloody well may as well not have it:mad:
:mad::mad:
Since I moved here I can't reach the only local repeater (140Km away) no matter what antenna I try. (big hill in the path)
Who owns the top of the hill?


And HF is next to useless because the mains power is single wire earth return and gives me S9 power line noise. Yes I have tried grounding and low pass filtering.

Hi Terry

Read up on radio interferometry by phasing two or more antennas, you can get some surprising noise reduction results.

http://www.eracnet.org/workshop/doc/basics.pdf

de vk7kba

[rover-56]

Who owns the top of the hill?

Don't know, but I do have a neighbor with a dozer, one dark night.....:D

Hi Terry

Read up on radio interferometry by phasing two or more antennas, you can get some surprising noise reduction results.

http://www.eracnet.org/workshop/doc/basics.pdf

de vk7kba

Thanks a\Arthur, I will read that.
I am thinking of a dual antenna with one phase reversed for local noise cancelling.
Bit fed up with radio at the moment, I just want to turn it on and hear something. It's OK in the bush with the Codan, maybe I will just go bush permenantly.

Cheers,
Terry vk3kda

[wrinklearthur]

Thanks a\Arthur, I will read that.
If you get to phasing antenna's, grab the ARRL Antenna Handbook and read up, especially on the use of Smith Charts and another thing that's useful is knowing what the word CIVIL is used for in impedance matching, along with the formulae found in this article.

Back to Basics: Impedance Matching (Part 1) | Communications content from Electronic Design (http://electronicdesign.com/communications/back-basics-impedance-matching-part-1)
Have fun.

de vk7kba

[p38arover]

I received my new Advanced call sign today. I'm now VK2OTC.

[Aaron IIA]

I'm now VK2OTC.

So you don't need a prescription then.

Aaron

[dromader driver]

Pretty tricky callsign that one. did you work at Doonside or Bringelly?

[p38arover]

Pretty tricky callsign that one. did you work at Doonside or Bringelly?

Only as a trainee tech back in the Sixties. I spent 37 years with OTC as a tech at satellite earth stations, submarine cable stations, head office, and manager of a couple of stations, etc.

[rovers4]

Congrats on the call, Ron.

FYI, VK7OTC is the station run by my local club (REAST) on the Queens Domain in Hobart. It is the original site of the OTC station for the HF link to the Antarctic zone.
But it is also the site for the current Coast Radio Hobart. That body is headed up by a few amateurs.

Re the hill: Sounds like an opportunity to either set up your own repeater, or team up with others, even from the other side of the hill, to get a loose club together to share the cost.
There is always digital hf and below-the-noise stuff too. And NVIS. And Echo-link, And IRLP.

73's de VK7TRF
rovers4

[rover-56]

.

Re the hill: Sounds like an opportunity to either set up your own repeater, or team up with others, even from the other side of the hill, to get a loose club together to share the cost.
There is always digital hf and below-the-noise stuff too. And NVIS. And Echo-link, And IRLP.

73's de VK7TRF
rovers4

.....and satellite :)

Anyway it seems my little Yaesu handheld is C4FM capable, and I have a usb C4FM&DStar/70cm transceiver dongle on the way. Should be able to set up a local hotspot. At least the bit from HH to dongle will be real radio, not sure about the rest.

Cheers, Terry

[knuts2au]

Ok, hi guy's, i'll give you a hint, just registered with the plates of VK3JUG.. Still aerial less, been to busy to get near it, have a Codan 9350 auto tune to fit on the back and a couple of antenna mounts on the front, can't go on the gutters or won't fit into car parks when we go to Adelaide. Interested if any one has run cables from the engine bay to inside, where did you go thru?

[cactus]

VK3FLHR

[Markf]

Me too...


VK3KW / VK3ZMF
Also an assessor in the Latrobe Valley - 3-029.


Looking to mount an Elecraft KX3 and KXPA100 in the car in the near future. Probably use one of the Tarheel or Hi-Q antennas when I can afford something. In the meantime I've got a FAMPARC antenna that I just need to mount somewhere.

[Graeme]

Having recently acquired a pair of UV-5R radios I'm contemplating applying for a Foundation licence. I've had an interest in amateur radios since my teens then one of my son's got hooked through Scouts and JOTA, including holding a JOTA at our place at the time, being on top of Razorback near Camden (great reception). My son has recently renewed his interest and now mine too. There'a a repeater 40K away that the UV-5R had no trouble receiving today even with its little antenna so I'll get in touch with the local club shortly.

[rob tilbury]

my call is for my wife who is a battler she has cancer and is the toughest person i have ever met ,
So when i got my ARL i asked for 2loz ,,,
:)

[p38arover]

I'm Treasurer of the Blue Mountains Amateur Radio Club. We have two repeaters VK2RBM, one on 2m, the other on 70cm. Both are co-located at Lawson, NSW.

We run Foundation and Standard/Advanced training. See Blue Mountains Amateur Radio Club (http://www.bmarc.org)

[p38arover]

Having recently acquired a pair of UV-5R radios I'm contemplating applying for a Foundation licence. I've had an interest in amateur radios since my teens then one of my son's got hooked through Scouts and JOTA, including holding a JOTA at our place at the time, being on top of Razorback near Camden (great reception). My son has recently renewed his interest and now mine too. There'a a repeater 40K away that the UV-5R had no trouble receiving today even with its little antenna so I'll get in touch with the local club shortly.

Graeme, there are two repeaters on Razorback itself. Yoiu should get in easily with the BaoFeng. If you need a programming file for it, I can send you mine.

VK2RRR 2m transmits 147.275MHz and receives 147.875 (600kHz offset) and
VK2RRR 70cm transmits 439.600MHz and receives 434.600 (5MHz offset)

See http://www.wia.org.au/members/repeaters/data/documents/Repeater%20Directory%20160714.pdf

If you are interested our club will be running a Foundation course 13th August with the assessment on 14th August at our club rooms in Glenbrook (Decided at today's Committee meeting so it may not be on the club website yet. See Education | Blue Mountains Amateur Radio Club (http://bmarc.org/content/education) )

We do a deal, join our Club and the course is free - but you still have to pay the WIA for the assessment.

We'll be running a JOTA day on 15th Oct in the club rooms (the old scout hall).

[Graeme]

Thanks Ron for the info and offer. However the wheels are turning with the WARC (I now live near Wagga) which I have joined - I just need to give some priority to getting the assessment and exam done. The hand-helds can pick-up at least 3 WARC 2m repeaters in the area, with the Bethungra repeater 50 kms away loud and clear. The 80 CB channels have already been programmed and the RR only needs connectors crimped to allow use of external dual band antennae (AZ507R and a stumpy HH-N2RS) and external power. My other son Justin (Grentarc) will be getting his licence at the same time.

[Grentarc]

Yes, I am planning on getting my licence too, with having it on my "to do" list for the last 15 or so years. I have a pair of Baofeng GT3-TP hand helds on the way.

[prelude]

I have had my full license since 2007, registered as PA5CAL (which incidentally is my first name; pascal)

Looking forward on building the TS-2000B I've had for years into my range and mounting the HI-Q 4/80 SS antenna on the front bar, which itself is still a work in progress.

I've done mobile work before mainly, no longer have any antenna's at home still do own one of those crank-up/tilt over towers.

Anyone know a good, bush capable VHF/UHF antenna that I can mount on the front bar that can take a beating?

-P

[Graeme]

My son Justin and I passed our standard exams recently. Justin is VK2HFJ and I'm VK2HFG (awaiting licences to be issued), keeping it in the family with Justin's brother VK2HFF who got his licence more than 15 years ago. I have a near new Icom 7100 and AT4 tuner for both home and mobile use, favouring a multi-tap vertical for the car.

[Grentarc]

My son Justin and I passed our standard exams recently. Justin is VK2HFJ and I'm VK2HFG (awaiting licences to be issued), keeping it in the family with Justin's brother VK2HFF who got his licence more than 15 years ago. I have a near new Icom 7100 and AT4 tuner for both home and mobile use, favouring a multi-tap vertical for the car.
Yes, just waiting for VK2HFJ to change to "granted"

[Russrobe]

My father in law goes on and on about his radios. VK6APP. There's a 12foot antenna hanging off his roof with guidlines!!!