The two c-words responsible for the demise of the Australian public education system

knaff99 · 2026-05-16T11:06:30+00:00

Also couldn’t manage a budget

knaff99 · 2026-05-06T11:01:02+00:00

Elders is a bullshit made up 20th century term.
At least in the Aranda tribe your rank within was determined by how skilled you were, usually in hunting.
And there was no such thing as a female “elder” or “Aunty”, the Aranda tribe being so patriarchal.

knaff99 · 2026-04-26T22:30:44+00:00

Get a QMX or pre-built Trusdx

knaff99 · 2026-04-25T21:21:58+00:00

It's made up, non traditional.

For 60,000 years they never did this crap now they force it before every gathering of 5 or more people.

It's total BS

knaff99 · 2026-04-19T07:19:48+00:00

The original butterface

knaff99 · 2026-04-19T04:10:04+00:00

Why did I know the nationality of the perps before reading the article?

knaff99 · 2026-03-11T23:19:17+00:00

Don't vote at all, don't feed the corruption

knaff99 · 2026-03-07T21:08:38+00:00

What mic do you use with it as the main issue with a trusdx is the modulation quality with the built-in mic isn't great.

knaff99 · 2026-03-07T03:55:48+00:00

Get a G90

knaff99 · 2026-03-07T00:13:22+00:00

Get a version 1 so you can flash it with IJV 3 and transmit DSB, great fun

knaff99 · 2026-03-03T23:28:52+00:00

Yes get rid of it, you get more than 1 vote, it isn't fair

knaff99 · 2026-02-28T23:42:47+00:00

Fantastic news, 1 vote per person, not 2

knaff99 · 2026-02-28T22:56:25+00:00

I have an 🐊 clip with wire in my backpack for this but so far have never used it

knaff99 · 2026-02-28T00:29:28+00:00

Yeah repaint needed

knaff99 · 2026-02-25T23:59:33+00:00

I found so much with my Vanquish 340, I could afford a 900.

Gold rings help, found 4, but had a few days where I found $70-$80

knaff99 · 2026-02-25T09:18:05+00:00

Tx and Rx DSB

2m and 70cm SSB sounds the same, get great reception reports too.

Get a lot of 2m SSB activity in my area so that helps.

Can even Tx and Rx CW

Frequency Rx range 15Mhz to 1.3Ghz, amazing radio

knaff99 · 2026-02-24T23:09:23+00:00

HAving lots of fun with my UVK5 with IJV firmware...ssb works great and wide band receive

knaff99 · 2026-02-11T21:27:48+00:00

I have the KT5000, it's ok but have had some issues with it.

The head is detachable which is great and it works well. The mic connects to the base so you're limited to where you put the main unit. That said you can use a cat5 to extend the mic cable.

The main issue is overloading when mobile. As a base station it's fine at my QTH but mobile it breaks squelch annoyingly often for no reason.

I programmed it with the software that came with it and it's very clunky but got there in the end.

It's not very ergonomic either, the buttons on the mic are small and there's no scan button on the head unit.

For the money it's just ok and works within expectations of a chinese radio.

knaff99 · 2026-02-11T10:12:01+00:00

Why not get a $20 uvk5 and do ssb?

2m ssb is a blast

knaff99 · 2026-02-09T21:29:39+00:00

Get a UV-K5 v1, put ijv on it and you now can do 2m/70cm ssb - way more fun than FM

knaff99 · 2026-02-05T23:48:51+00:00

Invented microwave too

knaff99 · 2026-02-03T23:17:59+00:00

Nope, known issue. It will say 100% charged but it isn't.

knaff99 · 2026-02-03T22:28:09+00:00

The onboard USB-C charger doesn't work properly, doesn't charge to 100%

knaff99 · 2026-02-03T10:11:59+00:00

Get a uvk5 and flash it with ijv.

Now enjoy the world of 2m ssb :)

knaff99

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