Well there it is… this is the contact made using the bicycle mobile station… with little more than a mobile CB whip. That arrived in the mail this evening. Time for me to investigate ways of tuning this antenna properly though, rather than making the auto-tuner do all the hard work.
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Well, I can’t call it a “bicycle mobile” contact per se… it was made using the bicycle mobile station however. This afternoon about 1:50PM UTC+10 I made contact with VK100WIA being operated by the South Coast Amateur Radio Club at a frequency of 14.188MHz USB. The station was being powered by mains, and transmitting 100W [...]
Well… just this afternoon, I made some steps towards getting HF going on the bicycle mobile station. I’ve had the station going a while now… and with the new workplace being so close to home, I’m often heard on 2m, usually on three repeaters: Bayside VK4RBS: 146.875MHz FM Mt. Cotton VK4RAX: 147.075MHz FM Mt. Glorious [...]
Lately I have been riding my bike … a lot. As in all the way into the Brisbane CBD and back again to my home at The Gap. Lately, my handheld, a trusty TH-F7E has also given up the ghost… previously this is what I used when bicycle mobile — had that thing on the [...]
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