<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Andrew,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">I’ve got the Diamond HF30FX bolted to the bullbar of my Prado. It’s sitting atop a GME spring loaded mount so that I don’t destroy it when going over corrugations. Icom IC-7000 @100W. Works a treat. Here’s part of our Central Australia trip in August. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://aprs.fi/#!ts=1501804800&te=1502582400&call=a/VK3EF-9" class="">https://aprs.fi/#!ts=1501804800&te=1502582400&call=a%2FVK3EF-9</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There’s a little bit of VHF mixed in as well.</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div class="">Tim Ahpee</div><div class="">VK3EF</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div>
<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 10 Dec 2017, at 6:04 pm, Andrew Rich <<a href="mailto:vk4tec@tech-software.net" class="">vk4tec@tech-software.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">I am now considering making a vhf 4G hybrid instead <br class=""><br class="">Sent from my iPhone<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On 10 Dec 2017, at 4:59 pm, Andrew Rich <<a href="mailto:vk4tec@tech-software.net" class="">vk4tec@tech-software.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class="">So I drove around all afternoon and heard nothing on 10.147.600 MHz <br class=""><br class="">Sent from my iPhone<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On 10 Dec 2017, at 4:47 pm, Glen English VK1XX <<a href="mailto:glenlist@pacificmedia.com.au" class="">glenlist@pacificmedia.com.au</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class="">Hi Peter<br class=""><br class="">Good numbers !<br class=""><br class="">was the feedpoint short-open-load compensated, or is this measured down some coax, if so , how long approx ?<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On 10/12/2017 4:05 PM, Peter Dodd wrote:<br class="">Hi Andrew,<br class="">1.34:1 at 10.147 MHz<br class="">R= 57 Ohms<br class="">X=13.7 Ohms<br class="">Dip in X is a bit higher in frequency but can't shorten antenna without cutting.<br class="">A bit more work on earthing connections required<br class="">Peter<br class=""><br class=""> ----- Original Message -----<br class=""> *From:* Andrew Rich <<a href="mailto:vk4tec@tech-software.net" class="">mailto:vk4tec@tech-software.net</a>><br class=""> *To:* Australian APRS Users <<a href="mailto:ozaprs@aprs.net.au" class="">mailto:ozaprs@aprs.net.au</a>><br class=""> *Sent:* Saturday, December 09, 2017 9:49 AM<br class=""> *Subject:* Re: [OZAPRS] 10.147 MHz antenna<br class=""><br class=""> Is your antenna grounded<br class=""><br class=""> Have you done vswr sweeps<br class=""><br class=""> Sent from my iPhone<br class=""><br class=""> On 9 Dec 2017, at 8:21 am, Peter Dodd <<a href="mailto:dodd.pc@bigpond.com" class="">dodd.pc@bigpond.com</a><br class=""> <<a href="mailto:dodd.pc@bigpond.com" class="">mailto:dodd.pc@bigpond.com</a>>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""> Hi,<br class=""> Diamond HF30FX mounted on Rhino Rack on canopy of my DMax.<br class=""> With 30W tx heard by VK2ZZM and and VK2OL-5 this morning at about<br class=""> 900 km<br class=""> Ignore mycall report that is my rx and multipsk software.<br class=""> $65000 and counting for mobile antenna mount<br class=""> Regards<br class=""> Peter VK7KPC-15<br class=""><br class=""> ----- Original Message -----<br class=""> *From:* <a href="mailto:vk4tec@tech-software.net" class="">vk4tec@tech-software.net</a><br class=""> <<a href="mailto:vk4tec@tech-software.net" class="">mailto:vk4tec@tech-software.net</a>><br class=""> *To:* 'Australian APRS Users' <<a href="mailto:ozaprs@aprs.net.au" class="">mailto:ozaprs@aprs.net.au</a>><br class=""> *Sent:* Friday, December 08, 2017 8:36 PM<br class=""> *Subject:* [OZAPRS] 10.147 MHz antenna<br class=""><br class=""> Hello<br class=""><br class=""> I can go up but not out<br class=""><br class=""> Looking for suggestion for HF vertical for 10 MHz please<br class=""><br class=""> Andrew<br class=""><br class=""> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br class=""> _______________________________________________<br class=""> OZAPRS mailing list<br class=""> <a href="mailto:OZAPRS@aprs.net.au" class="">OZAPRS@aprs.net.au</a> <<a href="mailto:OZAPRS@aprs.net.au" class="">mailto:OZAPRS@aprs.net.au</a>><br class=""> <a href="http://lists.aprs.net.au/mailman/listinfo/ozaprs" class="">http://lists.aprs.net.au/mailman/listinfo/ozaprs</a><br class=""><br class=""> _______________________________________________<br class=""> OZAPRS mailing list<br class=""> <a 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