[OZAPRS] HF igate stations - thank you :-) (2nd attempt!)

[Phil Shields]

My pleasure, VK2CPR-4
 


     On Tuesday, 18 August 2015, 13:26, "Terry, VK5ATN" <vk5atn at internode.on.net> wrote:
   

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Last week we made a pilgrimage to one of my favourite places - Arkaroola 
in the northern Flinders Rages.    This was also a shakedown test for 
our most recent 4WD vehicle, and its HF installation.

Essentially I used the same equipment as in the previous vehicle (ex 
farm ute), but the installation was modified extensively to meet the 
complexities of the new vehicle.  My thanks go to Gordon (VK4VP) for 
his generous advice on the installation in his Pajero; his radio rack 
was one of the details which I copied very closely.

I am happy to say that it worked well.  All credit for this of course is 
due to those generous amateurs in several states who run a HF Igate 
station on 30 metres.  My thanks to each and every one of you.  Without 
your generous support, my experiments would have been futile.  The list 
for the last day (trip home) is here.

http://www.db0anf.de/app/aprs/stations/mobile-VK5ATN-8?date=2015-08-15

Other days can be discovered from the same page.

The station is a IC-706 remotely mounted @ 40 watts, a TT3 with a Garmin 
GPS18 on the roof (a crud generator - but it works).  The antenna is a 
Mobile One 5 ft heavy duty whip for 27MHz rewound for 30 metres mounted 
on the bull bar.

Arkaroola can be recommended for scenery and (if you choose) 4WD 
challenges.  There is no mobile phone coverage at all, they have a UHF 
CB repeater, and an excellent internet facility is now available for 
considerate use for a very nominal fee.  Besides, the HF spectrum is so 
quiet up there (after what I have here in the township) that there is 
immediate temptation to move there permanently.

73 and thanks again,
Terry
VK5ATN


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