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Presentation on Active Antennas from the meeting held on the 13th September, 2016
An amateur radio technical conference and forum for the sharing of information and ideas at the Federation University Australia Gippsland Campus, Churchill.
The focus was primarily on topics related to weak signal operations on the VHF, UHF and microwave amateur bands.
Regardless level of experience, the newcomer operators and the through to the most technical operator.
Attendees came from around Australia, I saw VK2's,VK3's, VK4's VK5's and VK7's
Topics
Reflections, Echoess, Doppler, Libration and Scintillation – Presenter Doug McArthur VK3UM
Proposal to implement GPS Locking of VK Beacons – Presenter Alan Devlin VK3XPD
Building cheap but effective Yagi aerials - Presenter John Nicholas VK3VFO
10GHz Propagation: Rain scatter,Troposcatter, Ducting and Aircraft-scatter. - Presenters Rex Moncur VK7MO & Rhett Donnan VK3GHZ
Extending the 78GHz VK Distance Record – Dean Webster VK3NFI.
It appeared everyone come away with new understandings of the hobby and new friends.
I enjoy the Saturdays presentation of papers and the chatting over coffee and lunch, spit roast and the trimmings. I'm looking forward to next year.
Rob VK2XIC
