Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Mobile regional NSW

 just to promote a couple places visited when doing our country trips,

We stopped into a Round About Bakery at Wyalong (NSW) for afternoon coffee and lunch and cake, very nice.

They also have stores in Temora and Forbes.

and  picked up a delicious fruit cake at the Narrandera Bakery (NSW), a beautiful moist fruit cake

and of course good coffee and cakes for afternoon tea.




Toyota Landcruiser Trooper - mounting Codan Antenna Tuner

 Toyota Landcruiser Trooper - mounting Codan Antenna Tuner

if you need to mount a Codan Antenna Tuner  on rear of a Toyota Landcruiser Trooper, then this shows one method on how to mount it,







Simoco SRM9000 DB15 pinout connections

 Simoco SRM9000 DB15 pinout connections

just to drop a copy here, in case I have not already done so before.

useful for programming them.


Simoco DB15 pinout connections



Simoco SRM9000 pinouts


Monday, February 17, 2025

APRS tracking on 14-15-16 Feb 2025

 my APRS track on the weekend 14-15-16 Feb 2025
Just some casual looking at possible future places for an antenna farm



Tuesday, February 11, 2025

P25 Repeaters for Sydney and surrounds - as of 11th February, 2025

 P25 Repeaters for Sydney and  surrounds

VK2RCG GPT Sydney City 438.200 MHz now standalone

VK2RNS Asquith (Sydney North) 439.975 MHz standalone

VK2RHP Horsley Park, (Sydney south west) 438.1375 MHz  TG10700

VK2RMB Terrey Hills 438.175 MHz  is standalone

VK2RWK Kurrajong, 439.825 is standalone

VK2RWS Berowra 438.275  w/ -5.4MHz  (WICEN rpr) - unknown status

VK2RWH Nelson Bay 439.625 standalone (WICEN rptr) - unknown status

Non-operational or redeployed :
VK2RHR High Range - being repaired
VK2RGN Goulburn - off air.
VK2ROT Paddington, off air, possibly gone
VK2RWI Dural - now a VK-DMR rptr
VK2RHT Chatswood - now a VK-DMR rptr
VK2RAG Somersby - gone, redeployed
VK2RCF Carlingford - gone
VK2RLE Heathcote - gone

Monday, February 10, 2025

New Zealand (ZL) Repeater Listing

 I stumbled onto this site whilst trying to check the status of the ZL 6metre repeaters.

The ZL's got a good set of repeaters spread across the two islands, including some 900Mhz,(33cm) and of course 23cm repeaters.

The only repeaters they don't have are 10metre repeaters (ie 29MHz)

Be nice if they tied some of their 23cm repeaters, or 900Mhz, etc, to their 6metre repeaters such as Klondike, Climie and Christchurch, that  would create some activity over in ZL when 6metres is open.

vhf.nz/maps/repeaters.html