G/day thanks for looking me up been into amatuer radio now for 22 years My interest in radio grew from the CB radio days (I still continue to operate Freeband on the 11 Meter Band (26.285 26.445 26.915). I am also keen on SWL.I have met some wonderful people in this time and have made lots of personal friends in Vermontville MI, Clinton Village BC,Winnipeg MB & Northhampton England

When im not operating I am a Severe Weather Watcher (Assessing Severity of Storm Activity) for our B.O.M

Severe Weather : http://australiasevereweather.com/about.htm

Icom Pro 400 :S/Aust Early Warning Network EWN (UHF CBRS Radio Ch30 Monitored 24/7) http://www.ewn.com.au/

Early Warning Network EWN : Extreme Event broadcasts on CBRS UHF Channel 30 24/7 (During Extreme Weather Events)

My Radios are Ic 7000,Ic706MkIIG,Ic718,Icom Ic7400,Yaesu Vx7R,Vx6R,Kenwood TM-V71A (EchoLink), Wouxum KG-UV290R , VGC VR-6600 Jingtong JMT-228 ( when released )Kenwood TH-D72A, 1DEKenwood TS-590S,Kenwood RC-D710, Kenwood TM-D710AE ( Mobile APRS & Echolink simultaneously) Kenwood TH-D7E(G2.0) (APRS),Kenwood TM-281A,Ranger AR-3500,Icom IC-207H,Yaesu FT-7900R, Icom ID-31A,,Icom ID-880H,Alinco DJ-596T/E MKll,Yaesu FTdx3000,Yaesu FT-1D/E (DMR/TDMA Digital)

Kenwood TH-D72A for APRS, Echolink,GPS,Sky Command,Email,Internet Gateway, Stand Alone Digipeater, SatGate ,DX PacketCluster Monitor & Wireless Operation

Kenwood RC-D710 Analogue fm to Dstar http://aprs.org/DSTARdisplay.html

Kenwood RC-D710 /Icom IC207H for APRS http://aprs.org/D710-HT.html

Kenwood RC-D710 for AVRS http://www.aprs.org/avrs.html

Kenwood RC-D710 for Mobile SatGate (APRS Path Setting ARISS,SGATE,Wide2-1 Freq 145.825)

Kenwood RC-D710 Stand Alone TNC: Pairing Icom Ic207H, Kenwood TM-71V,Yaesu Vx7R,Kenwood TH-D72

Kenwood RC-D710 PC Control to work the Satellites :) http://www.qsl.net/g6odt/d700.html

Kenwood RC-D710 /Icom ID31A Crossband Rpt (CBR) Mobile/Portable

Kenwood RC-D710Interfacing IC7000, IC 706 MKIIG, IC 207H ,Yaesu FT 7900, Kenwood TM281A

Icom 2820H DPRS & DstarComms: http://www.dstarcomms.com/

http://www.dstarcomms.com/screenshots.html

ICOM ID-31A (EXP)/ Kenwood RC-D710 for Mobile D-PRS : http://nj6n.com/dstar/dprs/and for Geocaching

Icom ID31A For Tracking via Dstar: http://aprs.fi/?_s=os&call=a%2FVK5PBZ-I

Icom ID-31A D-Star Info http://www.dstarinfo.com/icom-id-31a.aspx

Icom ID-31 Repeater List Update : http://www.dstarinfo.com/id-31ae-repeater-list-update.aspx

Using the ID-31 : http://www.dstarinfo.com/id-31a-blog.aspx

Yaesu : FT-1D/E DMR/TDMA Digital

Icom ID880H :-)

Kenwood RC-D710 to interface with TMD700A TH-D72A Yaesu Vx7R TM-V71A & run APRS on Dstar, plus using APRS & Echolink simultaneously Mobile/Portable,a Node Station & mobile SatGate

Dstar which I love and is great fun I have a Icom ID800H. IC2200H, and a Icom IC91A/D,Icom ID31A,plus a Dvdongle & D-RATS for when I travel. My Dstar Repeaters are VK5REX B 438.225 and VK5REX C 146.9625 I enjoy working stations on IRLP and you can contact me on node 6510

My Emergency Station Setup WICEN : Marine Radio Rpt 81/ Ch16/67. EWN Early Warning Network 24/7 on Ch30 UHF CBRS Radio

I am the aust net controller for the Friday Night International Open Forum Net (FNNIRLP)on Reflector 9668 at 01:00 UTC (10:30) hrs Saturday South/Aust time

I also have fun on the HF bands operating portable from Lighthouses & on our ANZAC Day operating CW/AM from Military Establisments im a member of the British Amatuer Radio Lighthouse Society B.A.R.L.S (#537)

My special Event callsigns AX5PBZ

If you are ever over Moonta way feel free to use my good friend Steve VK5ZSW Dstar Simplex Hotspot on 145.125 and 70cm Repeater on 438.325 which run 24/7 & Allan VK5WAM IRLP Node 6584 24/7 & when your in Geelong Vic my good friend Nick VK3BA IRLP Node 6993 24/7

If you cant get me on the radio im busy with the Tin Lids (grandchildren) they sure keep me on my toes

SWL all reports are welcome and acknowledged

My listening activities:

Scanners :GRE PSR-800EZ Scan Digital APCO/P25, Uniden UBCD396T/ Uniden UBCD396XT : Rail (frieght Trains)/Police/Aircraft/Emergency Services/Marine/ Police MDT Detection/Milcom Monitoring

HF :Aircraft/Military/Police/Marine/Utillities//Number Stations/Broadcast Radio Stations

QSL I qsl 100% all cards are answered and a return card will be sent direct no irc required ( Please QSL Direct or via email ) wayealan@yahoo.com

If you beam in to me on these grid refs you will hit my antenna 34.22'10''S /136.06' 33"E Grid Ref PF85BP or my Digipeater http://aprs.fi/info/a/vk5pbz-1

My Mobile Antennas: 1.Comet SB15 6/2/70,2. Diamond SG7500 2/70cm/uhf cb,3.Diamond SG-7900A,4.Uniden AT470S/S, 5.Mobile One SCATX UHF/VHF/ Marine Band/Police Mobile Data Terminal (MDT) Detection,6.Comet CA-2x4SRB wideband.7. Mobile One FDW470 8.FAMPARC 10m/11m/15m/20m/40m/80m HF Mobile Whip 9. Nagoya NL-601 2m/70cm, Marine, 6m & SES10.Madol EX-110 11.Madol AX-95 12.Diamond SG7200 13. Maydol SHG-2100 (Super High Gain Series) 14.Diamond NR770S 15.Diamond NR-790 16.OPEK HFM-120 17.Nagoya Mag-79EL-3W,18. Diamond CR-7719.Diamond MR77S 20.Diamond SG9600

Base Antennas: Inverted L,Ripple Tech TZ-OCF-40 dipole, Modified allband Stationmaster, Comet -GP150 Triband, Diamond D130 Discone,Madol HS-FOX2 FM/SSB 9db gain Beam,Tran-Max BS-450 5/8Wideband,Hustler BTV-5

Portable Antennas : Ripple Tech TZ-OCF-40 Dipole.allband modified stationmaster,Homebrew 5 band OCF Dipole,Diamond D130 Discone, Diamond CR-77,Madol HS-FOX2 FM/SSB 9db gain Beam,Tran-Max BS-450 5/8, 3 element fox hunting beam (homebrew),Diamond MR77S,MFJ 949E Antenna Tuner,LDG IT-100 antenna Tuner,100Ah battery pack

Trax FMMid North Radio Electronic's Group (member #): http://tfmmnraeg.webs.com/

Trax Fm 105:1 Listen : http://www.traxfm.org.au/

 

LEST WE FORGET: The Men and Women who went to War Im a member of the Horsham RSL (Member #)

`Australia was born on the shores of Gallipoli' (William Hughes 1915/1923)

 

 

My lighthouse activity on the 18th/19th /20th August 2012 will be at the Port Germein Lighthouse au0069 http://illw.net/look for my Video Cam

Lighthouse Co-ordinates : 33.023S/137.999E Grid Square PF86XX

Find me at the Lighthouse APRS: VK5PBZ-9

Audio streaming live from the lighthouse:-) operational soon

Listen to the history of the Lighthouse :-) operational soon

My YouTube at the lighthouse :-)

GPSS: Remote tracking with Radio at the lighthouse (with a message in a bottle)

Operating on CW from the lighthouse : 14.115

Operating 11 Meters at the lighthouse 27.255/27.375

Operating on 2m fm /ssb /70cm fm/ssb/6m at the lighthouse Node#6865

Operating with SatGate enabled on the Kenwood RC-D710/Kenwood TH-D72A (#2)

Telstra Elite Mobile WiFi Hotspot

Mobile Internet:-)Telstra T Pad monitoring 24/7 IRLP Status,GRN Network.Dstar Reflectors,Navigation,Audio Streaming,APRS,Track me on your mobile phone

My other interests are:-) Monitoring the Earth's Magnetic Pulse Collecting Antique Telegraph Wires,Antique barb Wires, Old aust dog tags,Old antique valve radios,11 meter CB Band,English Canal boats,geocaching,Fox Hunting (using a handheld),Operating Portable/Field,Throwing the Boomerang , High Altitude Balloon Tracking & Chaseing, Old aust windmills,old S.A.R. railway sleeper date nails,Collecting Anquite glass AGM telegraph insulators, Old bottle openers ,Old Stationary Motors, Hand made Knives,Home Brewing ,Old Sunshine Shearing Hand Peices,Whip Cracking,Old sailing ships,Divining for water,Steam trains, Knife & Axe collecting,clay shooting,GPSS,gold prospecting (pan),metal detecting for gold & relics,Blacksmithing,collecting antique blacksmith tools,APRS,Dstar,VOIP,Amatuer ATV,Old Cigarette Cards,Masonic Lodge,R.A.O.B Lodge & last not least the Grandchildren & Family

Monitoring the Earths Magnetic Pulse

I have a sesitive magnetic pulse detector to monitor the geomagnetic field and pulsations and resonances associated with ionospheric excitations of the Earth.

Monitor Meteor Radio Echoes :

My Coast Radio Station Callsign: is Tumbybay Coastwatch ( Port Lincoln Rpt 81 & Ch 16/67 24hr Watch) Lic #(MROCP 008431)

Member of WICEN S/Aust Branch

The Friday Night IntenationalOpen Forum Net (FNNIRLP)can be found on

this link http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fnnirlp2(Net Manager Dave WB8ODF) This is a controled Net

New Years Eve QSO Party 2012 on Reflector 9200 31/12/2012 at 10:30 UTC Radio Give aways 2 x Baojie BJ-UV88 2m/70cm Handhelds details given on the Net

Rebroadcast of The Friday Night International Open Forum Net(FNNIRLP) : coming soon

Say Good morning with Radio Net on Reflector 9668 on Mon Tue Wed Thurs Fri Sat 14:00 UTC/ 23:30 hrs South Aust time (Net Manager Dave WB8ODF (Alan VK5PBZ Aust Net Controller) http://fnnirlp.net

Friendly Minitoba IRLP Net (Thurs Aust Time ) 01:00 hrs UTC on Reflector 9611 Net Controllers VE4ALF/VE4MGR

A good radio net to listen to is the ANZA Net on 21.205Mhz and 14.183Mhz Travellers Net 14.116 and 21.185 more details QRZ AX5PBZ

ANZA DX Net: http://anzadxnet.webs.com/

Travellers Net: www.vk6.net/arg29travel.html

Southern Cross Dx Net: 14.238.5 12:15/14:00 hrs Zulu Daily

Lincoln Shortwave Club (G5FZ) Member # http://www.g5fz.co.uk/?p=934The Great Aussie Breakfast

Track Me:APRS http://k6ib.com/aprs/vk5pbz-9

Track Me Instantly : http://aprs.fi/?call=a%2FVK5PBZ-9&_s=ll

Track Me when im mobileusing the Kenwood RC-D710 /Icom ID31A onDstar: http://home.comcast.net/~timmik/dstarsearch.html

Track Me Google: http://aprs.fi/ vk5pbz-9

TrackMe : http://www.openaprs.net/

My APRS Static Location : http://www.jfindu.net/find/VK5PBZ-9

Find My and Your APRS History: www.db0anf.de/app/aprs/stations

My YouTube:

My Car Cam Driving in Real Time : (coming soon)

Amateur ATV: www.batc.tv/ch_live.php

 

Call Me on Skype wayealan. Skype Mobile vk5pbzmobile.

Projects: coming are Echolink, Dvap, Drats & DvDongle, PSK31 (APRS ,mobileDigipeater,WiFi and video cam now operational in mobile)HF Digital operational, working the Satellites using a handheld, High Altitude Balloon Chaseing (Skype Mobile vk5pbzmobile. Operational) FM/Digital , Ham Radio Deluxe Operational & audio streaming Dstar repeater VK5REX-B and a simplex repeater on 147.475

FDMDC: Digital Audio over HF SSB

Mobile/HT Digital Comms via ECHO : www.aprs.org/echoaprs.html

APRS Satellite Tracking And Reporting (ASTARS): www.aprs.org/astars.html

Tracking the Satellies Mobile: http://www.aprs.org/MobileLEOtracking.html

GO-32 APRS Operations : http://www.aprs.org/GO32-ops.html

Dual Operation D-Star Gateway http://www.gb3nu.co.ukcoming soon

Internet Remote Base Radio: http://w4mq.com/remotebase.html Operational

Proud Owner of UHF Repeater : www.tropinet.com/uhf-repeaters/search.html

Find me mobile on UHF CB : Ch 15/ 25 or Rpt 8 HF 14.255

Satellite Phone #

11 Meter CB Gateway : www.g0hwc.com/11m_gateway.html

 

Whisper HF Digital WSPR http://www.g4ilo.com/wspr.html

Hamsoncams: http://www.hamsoncams.com/

High Altitude Balloon Tracking : http://projecthorus.org/

QRZ Callsign Data Base : www.qrz.com

Find me on Dstar: http://www.dstarusers.org/lastheard.php

Find me on Dstar: http://www.ircddb.net/

Find me on Dstar Live : http://www.ircddb.net/live.htm

Find me on the Freestar XRF Reflectors: http://va3uv.com/xrfo21.htm

Find Me on VK5RAC Repeater Node 6510 : http://vk5rex.dyndns.org:15426/irlpvmon/

Find Me on my DvDongle and D-Rats:

Find Me on my Hotspot :

Find Me on the Aust IRLP Summary http://status.irlp.net/?PSTART=5&country=15

Worldwide DStar Repeaters : www.dstarusers.org/repeaters.php

D-STAR SEARCH : http://home.comcast.net/~timmik/dstarsearch.html

Dstar D-PRS Calculator: www.aprs-is.net/DPRSCalc.aspx

D-Star DPRS Active Stations : www.db0anf.de/app/aprs/listings/activedaprs

D-Star DPRS Active Stations : http://www.jfindu.net/DSTARReports.aspx

D-Star Software/Newest D-Star Repeaters : http://dstarinfo.com/home.aspx

DVap Memories-Dstar : www.dstarinfo.com/DVAP-Memories.aspx

Freestar Dashboard : http://204.244.106.33/XRF021_status.htm

Australian D-STAR Dashboard : www.dstar.org.au/dashboard.htm

Find me on the : Dv Dongle / D-RATS www.d-rats.com/

VK5REX Dashboard : https://203.122.235.85/status.html secure site

My DSTAR & APRS Identifier can be found at http://www.jfindu.net/lastreports.aspx?call=VK5PBZ&dstar=1

VK5REX Repeater Website : http://vk5rex.squarespace.com/

GMTClock : http://k6ib.com/clock/clock5.html

Find My QTH : http://f6fvy.free.fr/qthLocator/fullScreen.php

Maidenhead Locator http://www.amsat.org/amsat/toys/gridconv.html

World Time : http://www.ham-radio-deluxe.com/Home/worldTime.aspx

I Track the Satellites with my Yaesu VX7R & Kenwood TH-D72A: www.karhukoti.com/

IRLP Micro Node 9668 Status: http://micro-node.com/users/refmon

IRLP Micro Node ( ) Status: watch this space

IRLP Reflector Status: http://k6ib.com/irlpvref/

IRLP Micro Node 9668 Audio Streaming : Thanks to Dave WB8ODF: http://wb8odf.com/streamingaudio.html

Find me on IRLP Nodes : http://status.k6jwn.org/cgi-bin/irlpStatus.cgi?nodes=6097,6353,6993,6510,4868,1066,8139,4812,1547,4069,3350,8311,3341,5046,4514,6584,7702,7157,5443,7141,3282,7981,8235,8298

Node 6510 IRLP Status :http://status.irlp.net/?nodeid=6510

WiFi Hot Spot Access (free) in Aust/S/Aust : http://hotspot.internode.on.net/coverage/index.php

Mobile WiFi Hotspot is Telstra 3G/4G Elite

Talk to a real Gentleman ROD WK8H on Node 4868 Vermontville MI

APRS: http://aprs.fi/info/a/vk5pbz-9

iGATE http://aprs.fi/info/a/vk5pbz-1

Portable: http://aprs.fi/info/a/vk5pbz-12

If im hiking with the Icom ID31A with tracking on you'll see a walking man symbol VK5PBZ-1

If im mobile with tracking on you'll see a car symbol with my callsign

Sometimes you'll see the Wx symbol and acts as an iGATE (Internet Gateway) to pass along the digital APRS packets to a command database for use by APRS websites

My 11 Meter Equipment(:-) Super Bengal Mklll, Navaho TRC-458,Courier Spartan SSB+, Courier Spatan PLL,Ranger AR-3500, Uniden Grant XL(Philippines Model),Pearce Simpson ST-901,Kraco KCB-2340,Zedtagi 100w amp,Diamond CR-11 mobile antenna,GME-AE2008

My CB Radio Callsigns: CM3766,43AX5

Fox Tango International Group: www.foxtango.org

My mobile UHF Repeater Set Up :Icom Ic41S 5 watts/Icom Ic400Pro 128chs25 watts

One thing I do find is that I continually meet the nicest people on the amatuer bands

The Eureka flag I'm the son of the Southern Cross I'm a true blue aussie who stands up for what I believe in whatever the odds

The Eureka Rebellion was the birth of democracy in Aust

I swear by the Southern Cross

To stand truly by each other and

fight to defend our rights and liberties

1854 Eureka Flag This Flag Stands for all you believe in,

the time has come.

LIFE IS TO SHORT ENJOY IT BEFORE IT RUNS OUT/ Quote Dont fear "pressure", it's what turns rough stones into diamonds

Enjoy life to the fullest ''View your glass as half full ,rather than half empty''

Ned Kelly Quoted'Ah well,it has come to this."Such is Life"

Thanks to Fred AA7BQ for providing a excellent website for Worldwide Amatuers

Proud sponsor of our D-star repeater VK5REX-B thanks to Micheal VK5ZEA our Tech for keeping it up and running

I recommend the following radio shops :VK4ICE www.vk4ice.com/ radios.net.auhttp://www.radios.net.au/

BEWARE: Do not buy from" RADIO SPECIALISTS PTY LTD "at Brighton Adelaide

Old Aust Windmills : http://members.westnet.com.au/caladenia/Display.html

GPSS :Remote Tracking with Radio http://www.gpss.force9.co.uk/radio.htm

Thanks for the chat Cobber and I hope to catch you on the air waves again soon hooroo Alan

NED KELLY took a stand for truth and justice and changed Australia Forever Aust Bushranger http://www.ironicon.com.au/he Quoted 'Ah well,it has come to this."Such is Life"

 

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