Amatuer Radio

[toetoe]

I am curious to know if we have any Amatuer Radio operators here in IIS. I got my novice VK call in 1990 and thought it may make an intresting topic for ham ops as well as anyone else intrested in this hobby.

[Astroman]

Yep I am also a Novice operator. Vk5naj is my call. I sometimes operate on 2m.

[Starkler]

I do radio comms for a living, so don't want to do it at home too :shrug:

When I was a kid I used to play around with radio, making small transmitters and receivers with valves and wiring with lethal voltages on wires soldered to nails on blocks of wood :) Kids dont try this at home :lol:

[johnno]

Hi All,
I have had my full call for about 20 years,I dont get on much now but still keep my licence and radio gear.
Call sign VK2CJO
Regards.John

[toetoe]

Good to see there is a couple on here, my call is VK2PSW. I sold off my gear a while back as it had to be done at the time. Will get back into it again one day as i still think it is a great hobby. Some of the gear i had:
Kenwood: TS120V, TS120S, TM3570 and a couple of desk mikes to suite.
Yaesu: FT101B, FT101E, FT101ZD, FM23R,
Antennas: 15mt Vertical, TH3 Triband Yagi, 80mt Diapole and other stuff i had going on paket radio, not forgetting all other little bits that all ops collect over the years.

[cometcatcher]

VK4BKP here. Been licensed for the last 25 years. Haven't been active for a while though I do have a 2m rig near the desk. Too slack to turn it on though! Yes too many other hobby distractions have taken over.