VK0DS DX spots updates from Davis Station, Antartica, as of 31st December, 2023

 VK0DS DX Spot updates from Davis Station, Antartica, as of 31st December, 2023

 from  DXSummit.fi

Spotter	Freq.	DX	Time	Info	Country
9K2OD	14074.0	VK0DS	03:15 31 Dec	tnx	Antarctica
JA1TPY	14074.0	VK0DS	13:30 30 Dec	FT8	Antarctica
EB1DJ	14074.0	VK0DS	02:58 29 Dec	<F2> FT8 -8 dB 638 Hz	Antarctica
JG3TRB	14074.0	VK0DS	14:07 28 Dec	FT8	Antarctica
JK3NQV-@	14074.7	VK0DS	11:47 27 Dec	FT8 -14dB TNX PM74vr<>MC81	Antarctica
VK3VM-@	14074.8	VK0DS	13:36 26 Dec	Correction !	Antarctica
VK3KTT-@	14074.0	VK0DS	13:18 26 Dec	thx see you on 6m	Antarctica
DJ6TF-@	14074.0	VK0DS	12:23 26 Dec		Antarctica
HS0ZET	14074.0	VK0DS	11:51 26 Dec	Antarctica	Antarctica
JK1KAK	14074.0	VK0DS	11:28 26 Dec	FT8 -14db TU 73	Antarctica
EA7JXZ	28074.0	VK0DS	09:13 26 Dec	TNX FOR CALL, +04 MC81/ IM77	Antarctica
YC2CRJ/7-@	21074.6	VK0DS	07:00 23 Dec	FT8	Antarctica
JH7RTQ	14074.0	VK0DS	09:56 22 Dec	FT8 +1177	Antarctica
BY2ERT-@	144120.0	VK0DS	07:53 20 Dec	eme	Antarctica
JA3UCO	21074.0	VK0DS	08:31 12 Dec	FT8 ANTARCTICA	Antarctica
VK4TW	21074.0	VK0DS	08:21 12 Dec	FT8	Antarctica
EA5D	21075.0	VK0DS	07:52 12 Dec	FT8 -13	Antarctica
JM2HBO-@	14183.0	VK0DS	06:10 10 Dec	no copy	Antarctica
3D2BT-@	14183.0	VK0DS	06:01 10 Dec	ANZA DX NET	Antarctica
CT1FMX	14074.0	VK0DS	03:21 10 Dec	TNX - FANTASTIC QSO ! 73	Antarctica
PP5FMM-@	14075.8	VK0DS	02:39 10 Dec	FT8 Tks DX 73! -10dB	Antarctica
S51ZO	144140.0	VK0DS	11:20 09 Dec	JN86/EME/MC81 tnx dave	Antarctica
VK3ATL-@	210754.0	VK0DS	13:49 08 Dec	FT-8 +02	Antarctica
JE5HTN-@	21074.0	VK0DS	09:42 03 Dec	FT8	Antarctica
JA1TPY	21074.0	VK0DS	09:22 03 Dec	FT8	Antarctica
K5ABD	28180.0	VK0DS	23:13 02 Dec		Antarctica
DL8JS-@	14000.0	VK0DS	13:41 02 Dec	QRV 23.nov.-dec.24,DAVIS-BASE,,	Antarctica
JH7RTQ	14074.0	VK0DS	13:25 02 Dec	FT8 Davis Station in Antarctic	Antarctica
K5ABD	14240.0	VK0DS	23:25 01 Dec		Antarctica

from DX = VK0DS spots - dxwatch - dx cluster

de	dx	freq	obs	time
9K2OD	VK0DS	14074	[LoTW] [AN-016] tnx	0315z 31 Dec
R0AX	VK0DS	14074	[LoTW] [AN-016] TNX QSO HAPPY NEW YEAR	1348z 30 Dec
JA1TPY	VK0DS	14074	[LoTW] [AN-016] FT8	1330z 30 Dec
EB1DJ	VK0DS	14074	[LoTW] [AN-016] <F2> FT8 -14 dB 639 Hz	0306z 29 Dec
EB1DJ	VK0DS	14074	[LoTW] [AN-016] <F2> FT8 -8 dB 638 Hz	0258z 29 Dec
JG3TRB	VK0DS	14074	[LoTW] [AN-016] FT8	1407z 28 Dec
HS0ZET	VK0DS	14074	[LoTW] [AN-016] Antarctica	1151z 26 Dec
JK1KAK	VK0DS	14074	[LoTW] [AN-016] FT8 -14db TU 73	1128z 26 Dec
EA7JXZ	VK0DS	28074	[LoTW] [AN-016] TNX FOR CALL, +04 MC81/ IM77	0913z 26 Dec
JH7RTQ	VK0DS	14074	[LoTW] [AN-016] FT8 +1177	0956z 22 Dec
JA3UCO	VK0DS	21074	[LoTW] [AN-016] FT8 ANTARCTICA	0831z 12 Dec
VK4TW	VK0DS	21074	[LoTW] [AN-016] FT8	0821z 12 Dec
EA5D	VK0DS	21075	[LoTW] [AN-016] FT8 -13	0752z 12 Dec
CT1FMX	VK0DS	14074	[LoTW] [AN-016] TNX - FANTASTIC QSO ! 73	0321z 10 Dec
S51ZO	VK0DS	144140	[LoTW] [AN-016] JN86/EME/MC81 tnx dave	1120z 09 Dec

Ted's Notebook 2023 series from F1 paddocks

 I missed most of the F1 motor racing this year due to work commitments, but finally  throughout December, I been catching up on all of Ted's Notebook updates for 2023 and a  few of the F1 races and qualifying. I like watching Ted's Notebook, which for those unknown to it, it is a sports commentary segment from Sky Sports, seen here in Australia on Foxtel, hosted by Ted Kravitz who gives little commentaries for  pre and post race as he strolls the F1 racetrack paddock, showing the behind the scenes activities of the race teams and their garages and, seeing a bit of technical stuff, plus race team gossip, I find it fascinating information with impromptu interviews with drivers, team members, team management, and even fans or celebrities who just happen to be in the paddock area. 

For me, just to try and comprehend how one organises  a F1 race team, have it ready for a race, or qualifying or testing and shipping everything from race track to race track around the world blows my mind, but I still curious to see how things get done. And of course the technical observations of the race car, the team management and operations is fascinating to me.

Some highlights this year, seeing Daniel Riccardo  showing off his typical Aussie larakin behaviour joking with Ted in Canada,  then race driver George Russell  crashing a selfie that Ted was creating in Miami, seeing Las Vegas being used as a street track, Ted crashing the 60 year celebration photo of the McLaren team after a race, the fans on the tracks post race at Silverton singing to Ted, I didnt realise that Ted has such a huge fan base at Silverton. And of course from the Hungarian F1  Ted visited the driver and team manager carpark to review all their personal vehicles,  the team drivers and manager drive some real nice cars.

Great show, thanks Ted.

VK0DS Davis Station, Antartica - 2metre WSJT EME - 10th Dec, 2023

 Dave VK0DS Activating 2metre WSJT EME from Davis Station, Antartica.
showing 2 way wsjt contacts on 2 metres, Using Icom at 70 watts at antenna

VK3 Microwave Group Activity Day - 17th November, 2023

 Here is a snippet from the VK3 Microwave Chat group from their field day operations yesterday.

These guys are getting out on mountain tops and activating the microwave bands.

Stations worked by VK3KRD and the Group.

10.368.1 Gig and 5760.1 Gig.

VK3IE VK3TWO VK3HY VK3ACR.

2.4 Gig  beacon VK3IE.

144.1 SSB VK3ZO Vk3 ACR.

439 Fm, VK3ZO VK3BCU VK3DYD VH3CH VK3PI VK3TWO VK3IE VK3ACR

vk3-microwave@groups.io

RFI radiating from our local hospital

 

FYI to any others in the Frenchs Forest area (or near a large hospital) as I am seeing interference across 6metres and beyond being emitted from the Northern Beaches Hospital  

This is something I noticed over 12months ago, it was not always there  but became more prevalent 6 months ago, I presumed it was someone's rogue solar panel inverter as it only seemed to appear during the day, but then I started noticing it at night, which led me to do more sniffing, so I used the spectrum display on my ic756 to see that it was blobs of noise about 25khz wide, spaced approximately 100khz apart, spreading from about 45 MHz to 60MHz, and it has some drift in it. It could be radiating across a wider range than 45-60MHz, that just happened to be the limit of my radio's receiver.  I could NOT detect the RFI below 30MHz, and could NOT detect the RFI at 144MHz and above.

I decided to go mobile in the local area, to find that the strongest signal strength is coming from the new hospital, then doing sweeps driving around the hospital, the strongest signal was found to be from the western side (60/9) and weakest point is on the eastern side (s1). It not like a data signal, it just blobs of noise.

I think it probably some sort of medical equipment up on the upper floors on the western  side radiating RFI. It seems to start up around 9am in the morning and may stop  as late as 10-11pm

I was discussing this with Mike VK2EK, he said he seen similiar type of signal out at Windsor, then noted he can see the hospital out there. He is going to go mobile to further investigate his RFI source. 

At this point in time it is probably a common piece of equipment used in hospitals, and I know it won't be a Diathermy machine, this RFI is from something else that radiates nicely on VHF Low band.

Next step is try to take something portable to the hospital to do some sniffing internally without getting arrested. Then once I am satisfied of where it is located in the building I can report it to ACMA.

David Pilley VK2AYD Silent Key - article

 

Henry Lundell VK2ZHE of the Oxley Region ARC did a comprehensive story in their latest edition of the Oxley Region ARC club newsletter, Oxtales,  about David VK2AYD

https://www.orarc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/oxtales2311.pdf 

WIA AGM Convention and Hamfest 2024 - Bunderberg, Queensland

 Gidday!

 

I’m David VK4DN from the Bundaberg Amateur Radio Club – We are hosting the WIA Convention and Expo/Hamfest here in Bundaberg on May 4^th / 5^th in 2024.

 

It is the biggest event in the calendar year for Amateur Radio in Australia!   Our members are thrilled to be hosting the event and we would like to extend a warm welcome to your club and members to attend the event.

 

The weekend includes the WIA AGM, several keynote presentations by guest speakers / a Commercial Expo and Hamfest / Field Day. A gala dinner and lots of other activities! We have even managed to secure a contact with the ISS on Saturday evening with a local high school – (The kids will be able to talk with an astronaut on the space station!)

 

We are also seeking guest speakers for the event with several slots available – If any member of your club would be interested in doing a talk about something they are passionate about (preferably related to Amateur Radio!) 😊

 

It should be a very interesting weekend and an opportunity for amateurs from all over Australia to gather and network with other people interested in the hobby.

 

If you could please forward this email to your members, and discuss at the next meeting, it would be much appreciated! 😉

 

If you guys have any questions or comments, please don’t hesitate to make contact with me!

 

Should any of your members like to book a table for the HamFest or give a talk, please ask them to make contact as well.

 

Kind regards,

David VK4DN
Secretary – Bundaberg Amateur Radio Club

DX Spots for VK0DS as of 11th Dec 2023

 DX Spots for VK0DS as of 11th Dec 2023 from dxheat.com DX cluster

and from :
DXSCAPE
DXSCAPE Database search result at 0413Z:

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Callsign=VK0DS Band=ALL Reporter=WW Number=20 Search_before=2023-12-11


Callsigns     YY/MM/DD UTC     FREQ   Remarks                         Reporter
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VK0DS         23/12/10 0610Z  14183.0 no copy                         JM2HBO-9  
VK0DS         23/12/10 0601Z  14183.0 ANZA DX NET                     3D2BT     
VK0DS         23/12/10 0321Z  14074.0 TNX - FANTASTIC QSO ! 73        CT1FMX    
VK0DS         23/12/10 0239Z  14075.8 FT8 Tks DX 73! -10dB            PP5FMM    
VK0DS         23/12/09 1120Z 144140.0 JN86/EME/MC81 tnx dave          S51ZO     
VK0DS         23/12/08 1349Z 210754.0 FT-8 +02                        VK3ATL    
VK0DS         23/12/03 0942Z  21074.0 FT8                             JE5HTN-9  
VK0DS         23/12/03 0922Z  21074.0 FT8                             JA1TPY-#  
VK0DS         23/12/02 2313Z  28180.0                                 K5ABD     
VK0DS         23/12/02 1341Z  14000.0 QRV 23.nov.-dec.24,DAVIS-BASE,  DL8JS     
VK0DS         23/12/02 1324Z  14074.0 FT8 Davis Station in Antarctic  JH7RTQ-#  
VK0DS         23/12/01 2325Z  14240.0                                 K5ABD     
VK0DS         23/12/01 0135Z  14074.0 guess where from !!             VK7XX     
VK0DS         23/11/30 2314Z  14200.0                                 K5ABD     
VK0DS         23/11/19 0950Z  14074.0 FT8 +450                        JH7RTQ-#  
VK0DS         23/11/18 1200Z  14074.0 Antarctica                      JM1HJG-#  
   VK0DS         23/10/31 1355Z  14074.0 Call correction                 JH7RTQ-#    

VK0DS         23/10/24 1011Z  21074.0 FT8 　Antarctica          JR1CBC-#  

VK0DS         23/10/24 0702Z  14076.1 FT8                             PY2APK    
VK0DS         23/10/24 0659Z  14074.5 FT8                             PY2APK