VK5ZSH

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Managed by VK5ZSH

Name:	Dale
QTH:	Adelaide
Country:	Australia
Grid:	PF95IH

Web:	https://dale.id.au/
Email:	Hidden

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Licensed since:	Hidden

ITU:	59
CQ:	30
IOTA:	OC-001

QSL via: PO Box 242 Smithfield, SA 5114, Australia

About:

G'day, my name is Dale and I live in Adelaide South Australia. I consider myself a geek, tinkerer, and a hacker. I have been using Linux on and off since 1998, but since about 2005 it has been my primary operating system of choice and Debian my preferred distribution, but I using a fork called Devuan at moment as it has no systemd.

I have been into amateur radio for a long time, but only in April 2011 I got my ticket. Also have an interest in tinkering with electronics and collecting World War Two era wireless sets. I am rather fond of the clandestine sets of the era like the ‘Type A Mk III’. I am also fond of the the wireless set WS 122 which is a Australian miltary radio that was produced in 1945 in Adelaide and Melbourne.

Since 2011 I have helped out WICEN with communications for the Scouts RallySA. I also help by promoting Amateur Radio at events like Science Alive, and Adelaide Mini makers Faire.

Since late 2020 I have gotten into some the digital, I have built myself a couple Pi-Star hotspots with MMDVM hats on Raspberry Pi 3B+ to access the DMR networks for FreeDMR and DMR+, on both networks you can find me on talkgroups 505, or on 969 on FreeDMR. I also interested setting up a DMR to YSF.

Setup:

I not have much of a setup at the moment and it all WIP as you can tell from the header image, but I am building on it slowly as time and monies permit.

The station run off of solar and battery, and on averge I am running QRP of 5-10W, 5W is mostly used on JS8 and FT8, and 10W on SSB.

Yaesu FT-857D
Yaesu FT-450D
MFJ Versa Tuner 2 manual HF turner
Yaesu FT-7800
Yaesu FT-60R handheld
Baofeng GT-3TP handheld
Retevis RT3S GPS handheld, like to have OpenRTX when M17 is available, OpenMDUV380 Experimental firmware is available now
Radioddity GD-77 handheld, with the OpenGD77 firmware
AnyTone AT-D878UV handheld
Homebrew 40m band centre fed dipole with access 15m (not in operation 2021/11)
homebrew 2m/700mm J-Pole
Diamond X-50M Dualband 2m/700mm Base Antenna
40m-10m EFHW with 49:1 transformer (not yet up in the air)
80m-10m EFHW with 64:1 transformer and common mode current choke (in operation as of 2021/11)

Propagation:

Calling frequencies (MHz) per band per mode:

All the frequencies are all WIP

== CW ==

160     1.808 MHz
80      3.528 MHz
40      7.028 MHz
30     10.118 MHz
20     14.058 MHz
17     18.085 MHz
15     21.058 MHz
12     24.908 MHz
10     28.058 MHz

ARNSW Auto-Training
80 3.699 MHz

Parks and SOTA
80      3.528 MHz
40      7.030 MHz
40      7.032 MHz
20     14.062 MHz
http://www.parksnpeaks.org

== SSB ==

ANZA net:
20 14.183 MHz 0515z

Traveller’s net:
20 14.116 MHz 0200z
15 21.185 MHz 0300z

Parks:
80      3.610 MHz
40      7.144 MHz
20     14.310 MHz
15     21.244 MHz

SOTA:
40 7.090 MHz
20 14.310 MHz

IARU Region III emergency centre frequency:
80       3.600 MHz
40       7.110 MHz
20      14.300 MHz
17     18.160 MHz
15     21.360 MHz

Australian Scout HF Calling Frequencies:
Band      SSB (phone)      CW (morse)
80         3.650 MHz        3.570 MHz
40         7.090 MHz        7.030 MHz
20        14.190 MHz       14.060 MHz
15        21.190 MHz       21.140 MHz
10        28.590 MHz       28.180 MHz
6         52.160 MHz       50.160 MHz

== Digital ==
RTTY: 80 3.590 MHz 40 7.043 MHz 30 10.143 MHz 20 14.080 MHz 17 18.105 MHz 15 21.080 MHz 12 24.925 MHz 10 28.080 MHz PSK: 160 1.838 MHz 80 3.580 MHz 40 7.040 Mhz 30 10.141 Mhz 20 14.070 MHz 17 18.098 MHz 15 21.070 MHz 12 24.920 MHz 10 28.070 MHz PSK31: 40 7.070 - 7.072 MHz 30 10.142 MHz 20 14.070 MHz Most activity is on 40 & 20 SSTV: 40 7.177 MHz 20 14.230 MHz 15 21.340 MHz 10 28.680 MHz	*JT65 : 160 1.838 MHz 80 3.576 MHz 40 7.076 MHz 30 10.138 MHz 20 14.076 MHz 17 18.102 MHz 15 21.076 MHz 12 24.917 MHz 10 28.076 MHz JT9 :* 160 1.839 MHz 80 3.572 MHz 40 7.078 MHz 30 10.140 MHz 20 14.078 MHz 17 18.104 MHz 15 21.078 MHz 12 24.919 MHz 10 28.078 MHz *WSPR :** 160 1.8366 MHz 80 3.5686 MHz 40 7.0386 MHz 30 10.1386 MHz 20 14.0956 MHz 17 18.1046 MHz 15 21.0946 MHz 12 24.9246 MHz 10 28.1246 MHz
*FT8 : 160 1.840 MHz 80 3.573 MHz 40 7.074 MHz 30 10.131 MHz (DX), 10.136 MHz (Gen), 10.140 MHz (Contests) 20 14.074 MHz 17 18.100 MHz 15 21.074 MHz 12 24.915 MHz 10 28.074 MHz APRS:** 40 7.046 MHz 30 10.1476 MHz 20 14.0996 MHz	*JS8 :** 160 1.842 MHz 80 3.578 MHz 40 7.078 MHz 30 10.130 MHz 20 14.078 MHz 17 18.104 MHz 15 21.078 MHz 12 24.922 MHz 10 28.078 MHz 6 50.318 MHz * Indicated dial frequency using USB mode.

== AM ==
160 1.825 MHz Melb coffee break net 1030-1200 local. Daylight hrs only Mon-Sat. 160 1.857 MHz VK5 net 80 3.686 MHz 40 7.125 MHz 20 14.286 MHz

Source	Activity	Date time
DXC	DX de K7PTC: 7073.8 VK5ZSH 1415Z	2022-09-09 14:15:00
DXC	DX de YC1JEL: 21074.0 VK5ZSH FT8 -21dB from PF95 1395Hz 0059	2022-09-02 00:59:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 7110.0 VK4AAC WWFF VKFF-0823 0519Z	2022-08-20 05:19:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 7090.0 VK3BJA au0012 0510Z	2022-08-20 05:10:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 7105.0 VK3SRC AU0051 0402Z	2022-08-20 04:02:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 7140.0 VK3ILH AU0055 0347Z	2022-08-20 03:47:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 7140.0 VK3ILH 0346Z	2022-08-20 03:46:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 7120.0 VK5ARC Nerung lighthouse 0322Z	2022-08-20 03:22:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 7144.0 VK2YK/5 SiOTA VK-GPS5 0653Z	2022-04-10 06:53:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 71440.0 VK2YK/5 VK-GPS5 SiOTA 0640Z	2022-04-10 06:40:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 21252.0 VK5ZSH QRP calling CQ 0225Z	2022-04-06 02:25:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 7128.0 VK5ZSH QRP Calling CQ 1528Z	2022-04-03 15:28:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 28480.0 VK5ZSH QRP Calling CQ 0553Z	2022-04-03 05:53:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 7090.0 VK5CZ/P VK5/SE-014 0513Z	2022-04-03 05:13:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 3680.0 VK5CZ/P SOTA VK5/SE-014 0504Z	2022-04-03 05:04:00
DXC	DX de DJ9UN: 7180.0 VK5ZSH 34 2115Z	2022-04-01 21:15:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 7180.0 VK5ZSH QRP calling CQ 2113Z	2022-04-01 21:13:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 3677.0 VK5ZSH calling CQ 1044Z	2022-03-26 10:44:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 7173.0 VK5ZSH calling CQ 0841Z	2022-03-25 08:41:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 7122.0 VK5ZSH calling CQ 0831Z	2022-03-25 08:31:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 7144.0 VK2VAR/P WWFF VKFF2547 2323Z	2022-03-23 23:23:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 7105.0 VK3SRC/P VK-TNH3 SiOTA 2313Z	2022-03-23 23:13:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 7144.0 VK5HAA/P WWFF VKFF-0790 0322Z	2022-03-20 03:22:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 3631.0 VK2RT/P calling CQ John Moyle 1438Z	2022-03-19 14:38:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 7177.0 VK5ZSH calling CQ 1330Z	2022-03-18 13:30:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 7144.0 VK4MUD/P WWFF VKFF-1195 0850Z	2022-03-18 08:50:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 7144.0 VK5HSX/P WWFF VKFF-1782 0045Z	2022-03-16 00:45:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 7157.0 VK5RS calling CQ 0742Z	2022-03-12 07:42:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 7156.0 VK1DA/P VK1/AC-023 / WWFF VKFF-0054 07	2022-03-12 07:25:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 7139.0 VK4AAC/P WWFF VKFF-0746 0545Z	2022-03-12 05:45:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 7130.0 VK5AV/P WWFF VKFF-1697 0741Z	2022-03-10 07:41:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 7144.0 VK5HSX WWFF VKFF-0911 0750Z	2022-03-09 07:50:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 7093.0 VI2022PRIDE Special event calling CQ	2022-03-05 08:37:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 71440.0 VK3GJG/P Calling CQ Parks 2101Z	2022-02-26 21:01:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 7144.0 VK3GJG/P WWFF VKFF-0020 1012Z	2022-02-26 10:12:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 3610.0 VK7ADQ/2 Very nice copy 1906Z	2022-01-31 19:06:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 71440.0 VK2HBG/P WWFF VKFF-1956 0724Z	2022-01-29 07:24:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 7114.0 VK3TCP/P VK3/VS-008 0754Z	2022-01-02 07:54:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 7095.0 VK3ZPF/P VK3/VT-016 0148Z	2021-12-31 01:48:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 7135.0 VK3ZPF/P VK3/VT-013 0024Z	2021-12-31 00:24:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 7144.0 VK3PF/P VKFF-0620 0507Z	2021-12-26 05:07:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 7144.0 VK3PF/P VK-HWG2 0548Z	2021-12-24 05:48:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 7144.0 VK3ZK/P WWFF VKFF-2148 0437Z	2021-12-22 04:37:00
DXC	DX de VK5ZSH: 7145.0 VK3DQW/P 0724Z	2021-11-29 07:24:00