Subj : Re: Anybody here?
To   : dotslash
From : Vk3jed
Date : Fri Mar 04 2022 07:11 pm

-=> On 03-01-22 23:08, dotslash wrote to Vk3jed <=-

 do> That's great to know. I've had a quick look at your QRZ page, which
 do> lists your activities mostly on VHF/D-STAR. Are you active on other
 do> bands and modes? Since I don't have any Icom kit I cannot access
 do> D-STAR, altough I have a cheap TYT DMR handset and a nice little

That hasn't been updated in years. :)  I still have D-STAR (added an ID-5100A
last year), but I can also do DMR, YSF, and even M17 on RF.

 do> Raspberry Pi hotspot running MMDVM. It would be a total hoot if we
 do> bumped into each other on HF. I once heard VK3YE (Peter Parker) on one
 do> of his 20m "pedestrian" sessions where he walked with his old FT-817 in
 do> a sling-bag, feet in the water and trailing his counter-poise wire in
 do> the waves. Hilarious! My antenna could hear him, but I just could not
 do> get out due to the high noise-floor over here where I live in the UK
 do> (too many cheap, noisy battery chargers from Alibaba in my
 do> neighberhood).

I don't have any HF now, with a house move due soon.  Do plan on setting up HF
later on, but it's never been a priority for me.  I have worked the UK though
in the past.

Oh and your logic baffles me - a high local noise floor would affect receive,
not transmit, and you could already hear him.



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