The trusty SARK-110 was dragged out to check an antenna the other day, and as usual, a cross check of the website to verify and update the firmware Released in March 2020. V0.10.19(b) is the late...
Earlier in the year, Icom released the IC-7300, an SDR based Ham Radio, it was the first of the big three commercial ham radio manufactures to provide an all in one desktop SDR based device. This...
http://www.vk3bq.com/2016/09/04/vk3bq-cliptastic-tenna-review/
Easter saw us in Horsham in western Victoria visiting christens parents, and this gave us the chance to activate some summits and explore the Grampians at the same time, as well as Mt Arapilies, ...
http://www.vk3bq.com/2016/04/02/easter-sota-activations-vk3vw-020-vw-022/
Because too much radio is never enough, having finished at midday a decent effort for the Summer VHF/UHF Field day as a home station, and because I’m trying to loose some weight and an afternoo...
http://www.vk3bq.com/2016/01/16/sota-activation-vk3vc-030-flinders-peak/
We didn’t go away for the Xmas break this year to Thredbo as we normally do and that meant a much quieter SOTA period for us. I had suggested to Christine we do something for the new years day ...
http://www.vk3bq.com/2016/01/16/new-years-2016-sota-activation-vk3vc-007-mt-macedon/
The other week, talk on the australian ham radio Facebook wall turned to kit radios and the Pixie QRP Kit. A number of options were shown and talked about, after a search and comparison, I chose ...
A couple of months ago, the SOTABeams Facebook page Posted a link to a new item they had just finished making. A simple pair of lightweight dipole traps for portable use to help with running mu...
We are visiting Chrsitines parents for easter, they live in horsham in western Victoria, i was able to sneak out for a couple of hours to play and make a Sota Activation. I asked the family if th...
http://www.vk3bq.com/2015/04/05/sota-activation-vk3vw-022-mt-arapiles-2015/
Last weekend, we took our annual family short holiday pilgrimage to Tidal River camp ground in Wilsons Promontory. Each year, we head to this lovely spot for a couple of days away to celebrate Na...
http://www.vk3bq.com/2015/02/28/sota-activation-vk3vt-060-mt-oberon-2015/
Australia Day offers the opportunity to use a special callsign, Australian hams are allowed to use the prefix AX instead of VK on a handful of days throughout the year. I had to be in and around ...
http://www.vk3bq.com/2015/01/27/sota-activation-vk3vc-031-arthurs-seat-2015/