vks 737

Romeo 433 here... what's your call sign..am sometimes/usually on the side of channel 2 in the evenings (in Sydney)

Romeo 149 here based in illawarra as above what is your call sign,location,time and frequency happy to help.

Bru - as well as private contacts, if you are interested ..............
This is a quiet time of the year for all VKS bases - the sked operators would be happy to take any contacts for any purpose during sked times (I'm an operator - Adelaide base - one or two nights a week) - just call in for a radio check, any base any time. Advise that you are new and would like the practice - no problems - you can get feedback on your signal quality - even try other frequencies (5455khz is used most skeds as a second channel - 8022khz is the main). If you ran around all bases over a week or so you'd get a good idea on routines.Whatever. The main thing is you want to be a user - not just an owner - you might really need that HF one day !

Whiskey 622 here........

I don't often have the radio on except when on a trip, but if we can sort out a pre-arranged time, I would be happy to go for a short drive (need to be out of town away from power lines etc).

Cheers and good luck.......BTW a good idea is to listen on the skeds and talk to the operator/s at various base stations; they usually aren't too busy at this time of year and you could practice on them.

Roachie

Channel 5 3Mhz is a chat channel, so any time (night time is best after 6pm your local) you want to give me a call feel free. selcall 8800 message me if you want to chat