ALL ABOUT AMATEUR RADIO
On the following pages, I have prepared some information about certain aspects of the hobby of amateur radio.
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- WELCOME
- MY LIFE IN AMATEUR RADIO
- WIA PRESIDENTS AWARDS
- CONTACTS MADE
- MY AMATEUR RADIO STATION
-
VK5PAS - QSL CARDS RECEIVED
- AFGHANISTAN
- ALAND ISLANDS
- ALASKA
- ALBANIA
- ALGERIA
- AMERICAN SAMOA
- AMSTERDAM & ST PAUL ISLANDS
- ANDAMAN ISLANDS
- ANDORRA
- ANGOLA
- ANGUILLA
- ANTARCTICA
- ANTIGUA & BARBUDA
- ARGENTINA
- ARMENIA
- ARUBA
- ASIATIC RUSSIA
- AUSTRAL ISLAND
- AUSTRALIA
- AUSTRIA
- AZERBAIJAN
- AZORES
- BAHAMAS
- BAHRAIN
- BALEARIC ISLANDS
- BANABA ISLAND
- BANGLADESH
- BARBADOS
- BELARUS
- BELGIUM
- BELIZE
- BENIN
- BERMUDA
- BHUTAN
- BOLIVIA
- BONAIRE
- BOSNIA
- BOTSWANA
- BRAZIL
- BRUNEI
- BULGARIA
- CAMBODIA
- CAMEROON
- CANADA
- CANARY ISLANDS
- CAPE VERDE
- CAYMAN ISLANDS
- CENTRAL KIRIBATI
- CEUTA AND MELILLIA
- CHAGOS ISLAND
- CHATHAM ISLANDS
- CHILE
- CHINA
- CHRISTMAS ISLAND
- CLIPPERTON ISLAND
- COCOS KEELING ISLANDS
- COLOMBIA
- COMOROS
- CONGO
- CONWAY REEF
- CORSICA
- COSTA RICA
- CRETE
- CROATIA
- CROZET
- CUBA
- CURACAO
- CYPRUS
- CZECH REPUBLIC
- DENMARK
- DJIBOUTI
- DODECANESE
- DOMINICA
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
- EAST KIRIBATI
- EAST MALAYSIA
- EASTER ISLAND
- ECUADOR
- EGYPT
- EL SALVADOR
- ENGLAND
- Equatorial Guinea
- ERITREA
- ESTONIA
- ESWANTINI (SWAZILAND)
- ETHIOPIA
- EUROPEAN RUSSIA
- FALKLAND ISLANDS
- FAROE ISLANDS
- FIJI
- FINLAND
- FRANCE
- FRENCH GUIANA
- FRENCH POLYNESIA
- GABON
- GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
- GEORGIA
- GERMANY
- GIBRALTAR
- GREECE
- GREENLAND
- GRENADA
- GUADELOUPE
- GUAM
- GUATEMALA
- GUERNSEY
- HAIITI
- HAWAII
- HEARD ISLAND
- HONDURAS
- HONG KONG
- HUNGARY
- ICELAND
- INDIA
- INDONESIA
- IRAN
- IRAQ
- IRELAND
- ISLE OF MAN
- ISLE OF WIGHT
- ISRAEL
- ITALY
- JAMAICA
- JAPAN
- JERSEY
- JORDAN
- JUAN FERNANDEZ
- KALINIGRAD
- KAZAKHSTAN
- KENYA
- KOSOVO
- KUWAIT
- KYRGYZSTAN
- LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS
- LAOS
- LATVIA
- LEBANON
- LESOTHO
- LIECHTENSTEIN
- LITHUANIA
- LORD HOWE ISLAND
- LUXEMBOURG
- MACAO
- MACEDONIA
- MACQUARIE ISLAND
- MADAGASCAR
- MADEIRA ISLAND
- MALAWI
- MALDIVES
- MALI
- MALTA
- MARION ISLANDS
- MARKET REEF
- MARQUESAS ISLANDS
- MARSHALL ISLANDS
- MARTINIQUE
- MAURITANIA
- MAURITIUS
- MAYOTTE ISLAND
- MEXICO
- MICRONESIA
- MOLDOVA
- MONACO
- MONGOLIA
- MONTENEGRO
- MONTSERRAT
- MOROCCO
- MOZAMBIQUE
- MYANMAR
- NAMIBIA
- NAURU
- NEPAL
- NETHERLANDS
- NEW CALEDONIA
- NEW ZEALAND
- NEW ZEALAND SUB ANTARCTIC
- NICARAGUA
- NIGER REPUBLIC
- NIGERIA
- NIUE
- NORFOLK ISLAND
- NORTH COOK ISLANDS
- NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
- NORTHERN IRELAND
- NORWAY
- OGASAWARA
- OMAN
- PAKISTAN
- PALAU
- PALESTINE
- PALMYRA & JARVIS ISLANDS
- PANAMA
- PAPUA NEW GUINEA
- PARAGUAY
- PERU
- PHILIPPINES
- PITCAIRN ISLAND
- POLAND
- PORTUGAL
- PUERTO RICO
- QATAR
- REUNION ISLAND
- RODRIGUES ISLAND
- ROMANIA
- ROTUMA
- RWANDA
- SABA AND ST EUSTATIUS
- SAMOA
- SAN ANDRES
- SAN MARINO
- SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
- SARDINIA
- SAUDI ARABIA
- SCOTLAND
- SENEGAL
- SERBIA
- SEYCHELLES
- SINGAPORE
- SLOVAK REPUBLIC
- SLOVENIA
- SOLOMON ISLANDS
- SOMALIA
- SOUTH AFRICA
- SOUTH COOK ISLANDS
- SOUTH KOREA
- SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS
- SOUTH SUDAN
- SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA
- SPAIN
- SPRATLY ISLAND
- SRI LANKA
- ST BARTHELMEY
- ST BRANDON ISLAND
- ST HELENA ISLAND
- ST KITTS
- ST LUCIA
- ST MAARTEN
- ST VINCENT
- SUDAN
- SVALBARD
- SWAINS ISLAND
- SWEDEN
- SWITZERLAND
- TAIWAN
- TAJIKISTAN
- TANZANIA
- THAILAND
- THE GAMBIA
- TIMOR LESTE
- TOKELAU
- TONGA
- TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
- TRISTAN DA CUNHA & GOUGH ISLAND
- TUNISIA
- TURKEY
- TURKS & CAICOS
- TUVALU
- UGANDA
- UKRAINE
- UK SOV BASE AREAS ON CYPRUS
- UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
- UNITED NATIONS
- URUGUAY
- USA
- UZBEKISTAN
- VANUATU
- VENEZUELA
- VIETNAM
- VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH)
- VIRGIN ISLANDS (USA)
- WAKE ISLAND
- WALES
- WALLIS & FUTUNA
- WESTERN KIRIBATI
- WEST MALAYSIA
- WESTERN SAHARA
- WILLIS ISLAND
- ZAMBIA
- ZIMBABWE
- MARITIME MOBILE
- SWL cards
- Special event QSL cards
- My QSL Manager, Charles M0OXO
- My QSL card printer
- VK5PAS PORTABLE
- VK5PAS MOBILE
- AX5PAS
- VK9PAS NORFOLK ISLAND
- SPECIAL CALL SIGNS
- VK5FPAS - MY OLD CALL
- MY QSL INFO
- MY QTH - ASHBOURNE
- Classic Adelaide Rally
- ALL ABOUT AUSTRALIA
- SOUTH AUSTRALIA
- ALL ABOUT AMATEUR RADIO
- PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS
- AMATEUR RADIO VIDEOS
-
PORTABLE OPERATION
- Portable Hints
- Antennas
- Squid Poles
- Tuner
- Batteries/power sources
- Bitx40
- Other equipment
- John Moyle Memorial Field Day
- Beaches on the Air (BOTA)
- Freeze your butt off
- Field Radio
- Great Outdoors Radio Club
- Logging contacts
- Fast Log Entry (FLE)
- Pedestrian mobile
- Bicycle mobile
- Articles
- Promotional material
- MOBILE OPERATION
- VK5 PARKS AWARD
-
WORLD WIDE FLORA & FAUNA (WWFF)
- VKFF Awards
- WWFF Global awards
- National program awards
- VKFF Activation Weekend
- VKFF Team Championship
- Top VKFF Activator
- Top VKFF Hunter
- Top WWFF Activator
- WWFF QSL cards received
- My portable QSL cards
- My WWFF videos >
- VI10VKFF
- VKFF National Get Together >
- Other activators - videos
- Activations with other amateurs
- My favourite activations
- DX CONTACTS
-
SUMMITS ON THE AIR (SOTA)
- Getting started in SOTA
- How do summits qualify?
- What is prominence?
- Activation zone
- Tips for activators
- Tips for Chasers
- Australia's mountains & elevation
- Accessing private property
- Keeping land owners happy
- SOTA in South Australia (VK5)
- My SOTA activities
- My SOTA certificates
- My SOTA QSL cards
- Certificates of Appreciation
- My SOTA activation videos >
- Other SOTA videos
- DX SOTA contacts
- Activations with other amateurs
- SOTA QSL cards received
- SOTA apps
- Maps
- Interesting websites
- Presentations
- VK5 - 1 year anniversary
- Summitsbase
- PEAKERY
- Trig points
- Stone walls
- HEMA
- GLOBAL MOUNTAIN ACTIVITY GROUP
- KEITH ROGET MEMORIAL NATIONAL PARKS AWARD
- ISLANDS ON THE AIR (IOTA)
- BEACHES ON THE AIR (BOTA)
- SILOS ON THE AIR (SiOTA)
- ILLW - LIGHTHOUSE WEEKEND
- MILLS ON THE AIR
- AWARDS
- CONTESTING
- TIPS ON MAKING A QSO
- BAND POLICE
- SIGNAL REPORTS
- WORKING DX
- HAM ALERT
- PROPAGATION
- COLLECTING QSL CARDS
- QSL CARD CHECKING
- 28 MHZ, 10 METRE BAND
- 6M, THE MAGIC BAND
- 15M BAND
- DIGITAL MODES
- VHF/UHF
- MORSE CODE - CW
- WSPR
- APRS
- IRLP
- AMATEUR SATELLITES
- QRP
- ANTENNAS & BALUNS
- COAX
- CONNECTORS
- BATTERIES
- PORTS
- TOWERS
- VSWR
- OSCILLOSCOPES
- ELIMINATING NOISE
- OVER THE HORIZON RADAR
- RUSSIAN WOODPECKER
- NETS
- QRZ.com
- QRZCQ
- ACMA
- WIRELESS INSTITUE OF AUSTRALIA (WIA)
- RASA
- ALARA
- WOMEN IN AMATEUR RADIO
- VK5MAZ MARIJA - MY WIFE
- AMATEUR RADIO MOVIES AND TV SHOWS
- WELL KNOWN AMATEURS
- HAMS I HAVE MET
- SILENT KEYS
- BELGIUM 2014
- GET TOGETHERS
- RADIO INTERVIEWS
- PRESENTATIONS & EVENTS
- FACEBOOK PAGES
- LETTERS RECEIVED
- HAM PHOTOS
- QSL CARDS FROM FELLOW POLICE OFFICERS
- AHARS
- STRATHALBYN AMATEUR RADIO GROUP
- PACIFIC DXers
- OUT AND ABOUT IN VK5
- SCHOOL RADIO CLUB
- ANTIQUE RADIOS
- HISTORICAL RADIO SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA
- OLD COMMUNICATION RECEIVERS
- VKS-737 RADIO NETWORK
-
SHORT WAVE LISTENING (SWL)
- Short Wave Explained - videos
- Broadcast Listeners Licence
- My SWL receivers
- Yaesu FRG-7700
- Yaesu FRG7
- My SWL antennas
- FSL Antenna
- My SWL QSL cards
- What is a QSL card?
- Reception Report tips
- SINPO / SIO code
- Useful websites
- Broadcast QSL cards received
- Amateur radio QSL cards received - VK5003SWL
- Amateur radio QSL cards received - SWL L50000
- Amateur Radio Awards
- Letters received - VK5003SWL
- WIA membership
- SWARL
- ARDXC
- NASWA Journal
- DX Monitor
- Southern Cross DX Club
- Amateur radio videos
- Broadcast station videos
- Interval signals
- Audio files - Commercial broadcasters
- Audio files - Amateur radio
- World of Radio
- World Radio TV Handbook
- SWL Antennas
- SWL pages on the Internet
- Documents
- Newspaper articles
- Other articles
- Videos
- New Zealand DX Times
- DX Guides
- Latin American DXing
- TECSUN
-
SHORT WAVE BROADCAST STATIONS
- 4KZ Queensland
- Adventist World Radio
- Alcaravan Radio, Colombia
- All India Radio
- Armed Forces Radio & TV Network
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC
- Bangladesh Betar
- Bay Islands Radio, Queensland
- BBC World Service
- Beibu Bay Radio, China
- Bible Voice Broadcasting
- Broadcasting Service of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- CFRX Toronto, Canda
- Channel 292, GERMANY
- China Huyai Broadcasting Corporation
- China National Radio CNR2 BUSINESS RADIO
- China National Radio CNR6
- China National Radio CNR7 THE GREAT BAY
- China National Radio CNR8
- China National Radio CNR13
- China National Radio CNR17
- China Radio International
- Deutsche Welle, Germany
- Dimsti Weyane Tigray
- Echo of Hope, South Korea
- Echo of Unification, North Korea
- FEBA Radio India
- FEBA Radio Pakistan
- FEBC Radio International
- Free North Korea Radio
- Furusato No Kaze, Japan
- Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
- HCJB, Ecuador
- HCJB, Voz Andes, Ecuador
- Hobart Radio International
- Hope Radio, Palau
- Ifrikya FM
- Ilbon-ui Baram, Japan
- Kari National Radio, Papua New Guinea
- KBS World Radio, South Korea
- KHBI, Saipan
- KNLS, Alaska
- Kol Israel
- Korean Central Broadcasting Station
- KSDA Adventist World Radio
- KTWR, Guam
- KYOI, Saipan
- Mizzima Radio, Myanmar
- Myanmar Radio
- National Broadcasting Commission, Papua New Guinea
- National Unity Radio, South Korea
- NHK World, Japan
- Nihon Shortwave Broadcasting Corp, Japan
- North Korea Reform Radio
- Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation
- Peace and Progress, USSR
- Peoples Broadcasting Station Gannan
- Peoples Broadcasting Station Hulun Buir
- Peoples Broadcasting Station Qinghai, China
- Peoples Broadcasting Station Xinjiang
- Peoples Broadcasting Station Xizang, China
- Pyongyang Broadcasting Station, North Korea
- Raadiyyoni Dirree Shaggar
- Radio 567, Australia
- Radio Afghanistan International
- Radio Al Azm, Saudi Arabia
- Radio Algerienne
- Radio Australia
- Radio Austria International
- Radio Azadi
- Radio Baghdad, Iraq
- Radio Beijing, China
- Radio Berlin International
- Radio Brasil Central, Brazil
- Radio Bucharest, Romania
- Radio Budapest, Hungary
- Radio Bulgaria
- Radio Cairo, Egypt
- Radio Canada International
- Radio Channel 292
- Radio Dabanga
- Radio Dap Loi Song Nui
- Radio Dardasha
- Radio DX Norfolk Island
- Radio Educacion, Mexico
- Radio Ergo, Kenya
- Radio Ethiopia
- Radio exterior de Espana, Spain
- Radio Farda
- Radio Finland
- Radio for Peace International
- Radio France International
- Radio Free Asia
- Radio Free Europe
- Radio Habana, Cuba
- Radio Ibrahim
- Radio Iran International
- Radio Japan
- Radio Korea
- Radio Kuwait
- Radio Madang, PNG
- Radio Manara International
- Radio Marti
- Radio Mashaal
- Radio Mazaris Samay
- Radio Moscow
- Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brazil
- Radio Ndarason Internationale
- Radio Nederland, Netherlands
- Radio New Zealand
- Radio Nikkei
- Radio Norway International
- Radio NUG
- Radio Peking, China
- Radio Portugal
- Radio Prague International
- Radio Praha
- Radio Pyongyang, North Korea
- Radio Reading Service, New Zealand
- Radio Rebelde, Cuba
- Radio Romania International
- Radio RSA, South Africa
- Radio Sadaye Zindagi
- Radio San'a, Yemen
- Radio Singapore International
- Radio Slovakia International
- Radio Sofia, Bulgaria
- Radio Sweden International
- Radio Taiwan International
- Radio Tamazuj
- Radio Tampa, Japan
- Radio Tapei International
- Radio Tarma, Peru
- Radio Tashkent
- Radio Thailand
- Radio Tirana, Albania
- Radio Ukraine International
- Radio Ulan Bator, Mongolia
- Radio Vanuatu
- Radio Veritas Asia
- Radio Vilnius
- Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal, Belgium
- Radio Voz Missionaria, Brazil
- Radio Yugoslavia
- Radyo Denge Gel
- Radyo Denge Welat
- Radyo Pilipinas, Philippines
- RAI, Italy
- Reach Beyond Australia
- Republic of Yemen
- RTM Malaysia
- RTM Sarawak, Malaysia
- Shan News Radio
- Shiokaze - Sea Breeze, Japan
- Shortwave Australia
- Singapore Broadcasting Corporation
- Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC)
- Sound of Hope, China
- Supreme Master Television
- Swiss Radio International
- Symban World Radio
- Texas Radio Shortwave
- Thazin Radio, Myanmar
- The Overcomer Ministry, USA
- Trans World Radio
- Trans World Radio Asia
- Trans World Radio Bonaire
- Trans World Radio, India
- Unique Radio Australia
- United Nations Radio
- Symban World Radio, Australia
- Unknown 3990 kHz
- Unknown 6980 kHz
- Unknown 12030 kHz
- Vatican Radio
- Voice of America, USA
- Voice of America Ashna, USA
- Voice of America Deewa, USA
- Voice of Free China
- Voice of Greece
- Voice of Hope, Africa
- Voice of Indonesia
- Voice of Jinling, China
- Voice of Korea, North Korea
- Voice of Malaysia
- Voice of Mongolia
- Voice of Nigeria
- Voice of the Arabs
- Voice of the Broad Masses
- Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran
- Voice of the Martyrs, South Korea
- Voice of the People, South Korea
- Voice of the Strait, China
- Voice of Turkey
- Voice of Vietnam
- Voice of Wilderness
- WBCQ World's Last Chance, USA
- WEWN, United States of America
- WINB, United States of Ameerica
- WMLK, United States of America
- World Christian Broadcasting, African Pathways
- Woofferton special broadcast
- WRMI, Radio Miami International
- WRNO, United States of America
- WSHB, United States of America
- WTWW, United States of America
- WWCR, United States of America
- WYFR, United States of America
- Yunnan Radio, China
- Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation
- SHORTWAVE-WEATHER, VOLMET & OTHER
- MEDIUM WAVE DXing
- ULTRALIGHT DXing
- SCANNING
- CB RADIO
- HAM RADIO PODCASTS
- INTERESTING WEBSITES
- NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
- INTERESTING PUBLICATIONS & MAGAZINE ARTICLES
- MAC USERS
- HAM RADIO VIDEOS
- HAM HUMOUR
- MUSEUMS WITH RADIO COLLECTIONS
-
POLICE
- South Australia Police
- SA Police history
- Thebarton Police Barracks
- SA Police Academy
- In Memoriam
- National Police Memorial
- Victoria Police Museum
- Old police stations
- In the line of duty
- Old Adelaide Gaol
- Old Fremantle Prison
- Other old gaols
- Other Old courthouses
- J Ward Ararat
- Z Ward Glenside
- Pleasant Creek
- Ned Kelly
- Historic police vehicles
- Police videos
- HISTORY OF DETECTIVES IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA
-
POLICE PATCH COLLECTING
- My trade list
- Australia >
- Belgium
- Bermuda
- Canada
- Christmas Island
- Croatia
- England
- Finland
- France
- Germany-West
- Germany - East
- Germany - West
- Hong Kong
- Italy
- Japan
- Kenya
- Malaysia
- New Zealand
- Norfolk Island
- Niue
- Romania
- Scotland
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Torres Strait
- United Kingdom
-
USA
>
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delawere
- Dept of Agriculture
- FBI
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- Security Protective Service
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
- Washington DC
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
- US Border Patrol
- US Customs
- US Immigration
- Wales
- WEATHER
- FAMILY HISTORY
- CHRYSLER VALIANT VH
- BAY TO BIRDWOOD
- 4WDing
- PHOTOGRAPHY
- BIRDS
- BUSH WALKING
- ASTRONOMY
- GEOCACHING
- SCALEXTRIC SLOT CAR RACING
- HOTELS
- WINERIES
- BREWERIES
- OVERSEAS HOLIDAYS
- AUSTRALIAN HOLIDAYS
- STURT FOOTBALL CLUB
- 3D PRINTING
- WOOD FIRED OVEN
- JUST FOR LAUGHS
- MY FAVOURITE MUSIC
- INTERESTING VIDEOS
- BLOG/INTERESTING INFO
- CONTACT ME (VIA EMAIL)
- VK5 - 1 year anniversary activation day