I will be doing some Winradio programing and
adding *.wrm frequency files for Melbourne, Australia.
I would be happy to list any other location
worldwide *.wrm files also.
There will be a fair bit of info on
this site about Scanning soon.
Click the ICONS for the evolution of my radio shacks:-)
NIDDRIE
- 1975
ESSENDON
- 1978
KEILOR
- 1990
CARLTON
- 1997
ALPHA
- XRAY International
DC to DAYLIGHT Discussions
Founding Member of
- "Catch 22" UHF CBRS Group Est.1985?
- ALPHA-XRAY HF Group Est. 1973?.
Official International Guardians of 26.995MHz
Hi....My Name is Greg,
(Mike, John, depending on which frequency you spoke to
me on over the last twenty or so years) and I live in
the City of Melbourne. I am not a Ham as I failed the
FULL Call theory exam by 1 point 3 TIMES!! Of course
this was after I was Busted by Goldie with the Uniden
2020 on 11 Mtrs. Most unusual as I repaired radios of
my friends who got through.Probably just as well as I
like to have the good gear, and if I was a full call
it would cost me a fortune to buy what I wanted.
I am not, nor ever will be, a member of the Always
Talking group. (AT-WANK)
</font>Although I am known as Number FIVE of the Alpha
Xray International Syndicate.
I was also known WORLD WIDE as the heard of me. YES, I
did get my official CBRS DOC Licence from Richmond
half an hour after the doors opened on the first day.
I held onto the same VCE number till they cancelled
the requirement to renew licences. Whats more I paid
through the nose for the privilege as I had four sets
registered. What did I ever get for the MANY HUNDREDS
of $ I paid?
This could get pretty boring if you dont have RF flowing through your veins, but
what the hell, so is sitting on the call channel or repeaters, listening to the
GoodBudies, Deviants, Malcontents and out and out Psycho's jamming it with garbage.
Hey if you dont know what I mean then go listen (look?) to some IRC channels where its
starting to degenerate just like Citizens Band did after the initial novelty wore
off!!(Remember?) People can be jerks when they are anonamous. Speaking of which, Click the
Satelite dish to enter the RadioActive DX Site.
The CPI range of CB radio's was, and still is the
state of the art, and the first transceiver that I ever modified to control like a scanner
from a computer.
Click logo to go to the Ultimate CB Radio Pages.
The SBE Console IV Base and
Mobile were the only factory scanning SSB Transceivers available over the years. I enjoyed
owning a few of both from time to time.
KAYPRO 2000 LAPTOP - ULTIMATE, Aluminium Case, XT- STOLEN from Work at St. Kilda
Rd. I cry every time I think of it. It also had a base docking console also in Aluminium
with built in 5.25 FDD & 100Mb HDD. The ultimate machine of its time and worth nothing
now but I want it back.
1980, QTH - ROWVILLE
Eastern
suburbs most humongous antenna, the 10-30 Mhz Log Periodic.
UNIDEN Speaker, Modified with built in car Graphic Equaliser.
YAESU FC 901 Antenna Tuner
FANON COURIER SPARTAN 40 + 400 Ch HF CB
My first HF Amateur rig, the UNIDEN 2020. This had the 27 MHz Band a standard
fitment relating back to the days when Hams had 11 Mtrs.A magnificent rig to operate that
had many features over the equivalent YAESU 501. I actually owned about three of them over
the years and lost one to Goldie as he walked in the door with me DX'ing on 11 Mtrs.I
never had any problems with them as others were reported to have so maybe I was just lucky
or kept my fingers out of them. ( Thanks Ian, Black Widow - AX17.)
The SPARTAN I had was the first one in Australia, privately imported by FORD Motor Co. for
evaluation for fitment to Luisville trucks. I forget how I ended up with it, but it was
way ahead of anything then available in Aust. With an 858 Phase Locked Loop (PLL), and me
working as an elect. engineer it wasn't long before I had figured out the BCD code and
fitted thumbwheels long before anyone else had thought of it.( If I cant blow my own
trumpet on my own page, whats the use of having it?). Pumping out a good 20Watts it killed
anything for DX with a 9' Stainless. Stepping in 5Kcs across the 11Mtr Band made evading
the buddies easy, and contacting over 70 Countries a lot of fun..
