Quote Originally Posted by Makka View Post
Not a VK yet looking at doing it up at kariong here on the central coast .........

i used to run yasue FT101 and a Kenwood TS520 o chook band in the late 80's earlie 90's 5/8 ground plain and a 11 element yagi on a rotator......

for a UHF in my trol i use ICOM no other UHF will come close to it ..... and being a naughty boy i just got a Stryker 10 meter radio with 11 meter band in it 40 watts on am 90 on ssb PEP

9ft stainless ant for that gotta get a new uhf areial
You should be able to get your licence pretty easy seeing that you have already had a bit of experience with radio. They do a coarse for them at the Wyong Hamfest in February every year, might be an option.

Plenty of Amateurs still using the FT101 & TS520`s, seem to be pretty popular radios. Use a few yagis as well, mainly for UHF/VHF, all home made. Do a bit of Radio Contesting (yes there is such a thing ) with another Ham, we can legally run 400 watts PEP through them & get up to 1000 km on VHF SSB if the conditions are good. Got a 3 element wire Yagi up for the 40 meter band, it`s a monster, 20 meters across & 30 meters long. It`s to big to be on a rotator though, permanently pointed to the US & Canada.

Still a bit of activity around on the chook band, haven't got one myself but other hams still use them so you might hear some on the air. Might want to check out Mobile One antennas at Camden, they work pretty well & are reasonably priced as well as being Aussie made.

Yep, can't beat an ICOM for quality thats for sure, mate put me onto them. The IC-7000 I use is a great unit.