6metre repeater update

53.650 VK2RMP Maddens Plains is back on air,

Others
53.625 VK2RSN Newcastle,   still unknown.
53.675 VK2RMB Terrey Hills,  still off air.
53.725 VK2RAG Somersby operational, seems stronger now in signal strength
53.850 VK2RWI Dural, operational
53.875 VK2RBM  Blue Mountains,   can not key it lately.

WIA VHF-UHF-SHF Field Day Contests

just adding the 5 year table of event dates for this contest :

Year             Summer           Winter             Spring         
2017            14-15 Jan         24-25 Jun        25-26 Nov   
2018            13-14 Jan         23-24 Jun        24-25 Nov   
2019            12-13 Jan         22-23 Jun        23-24 Nov 
2020            18-19 Jan         20-21 Jun        28-29 Nov   
2021            14-15 Jan         26-27 Jun        26-27 Nov   


Therefore, the  next contest date is Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th November 2019

and first one for 2020 will be 18th/19th January.

WIA VHF-UHF-SHF Contest Rules and Results

NBN working today

here it is NBN is connected today as promised,  I ran a speedtest to see how well it works. Here is the results, during 6.30pm peak via wifi to the Telstra modem.  Almost 48Mbps DOWN and 19Mbps UP,  I'm good with that result. Thanks NBN.

Checking the rate values from inside the modem  statistics the DSL Rx Rate is 54.997 Mbps,  Tx Rate is 22.600 Mbps via IPoVDSL mode.   The old Telstra TG797 ADSL modem used to quote signal levels in dBm, unfortunately, this new Arcadyan (Telstra Gen2) FTTN modem doesn't give any signal measurements.