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DAVE OLIVER

 

First licensed as G6HZN in 1981. I then passed the Morse test in 1982 and obtained the call G4RKW

I received my New Zealand Call in 1989 ZL2BSY .

And in February 2015, I received my Australian Call VK2BSY.

Quite a bit has changed since I first became a Radio amateur. 

I now spend most of my active hours as a Portable Station.

AMATEUR RADIO

Pedestrian Mobile  
or Portable Operation

My setup consists of

  • an ICOM IC-706 MkllG mobile radio

  • a ¼ λ vertical for 20M, 5023mm long or 16' 5¾"

  • No ground plane radials, this makes me instantly portable (Pedestrian Mobile).

  • ​a homebrew Ground Tuning Unit. The GTU uses the base of the trolley as the counterpoise.

  • a 33AHr Deep Cycle AGM battery. Gives me over 3 hours of Portable working at full power.

  • an Emtron EAT-300A ATU (switched in Bypass mode on 20M)

  • all mounted on a small Magna Cart Folding Hand Truck.

RealHFmobile Group

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Mobile, Pedestrian Mobile and Portable Operation.

I am a member of the RealHFmobile Group run by Dave Starkie G4AKC. If you are interested in Portable or Mobile operation, then this is the group for you.

 

INSPIRATION

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If you need inspiration visit these guys on QRZ.com

G4AKC, G7UFI, VK2HAS

OTHER HOBBIES

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Flying or Surfing???

OK. so I do enjoy taking Sports photos and others so if you like photography as well, have a browse through my Photography website.

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