Daily Archives: January 30, 2013

KVM70 – 9982.5khz Great Propagation

Posted on January 30, 2013 by lui_gough

Oh my, what a difference a few days makes. So I tune in to one of my old-reliable stations – KVM70. Formerly, messy, terribly doppler spread affected station with moderate SNRs – tonight it’s coming through better than usual on … Continue reading →

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A demonstrative subset of my ticket collection …

Posted on January 30, 2013 by lui_gough

In conjunction with my previous article on Cityrail and EFTPOS machines, I have decided to post a subset of my vast ticket collection illustrating some of the characteristics of the tickets. While my collection can’t be said to be “old” … Continue reading →

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Cityrail Ticket Vending Machines and EFTPOS

Posted on January 30, 2013 by lui_gough

It’s been a while coming but Cityrail commuters would have noticed that many of their ticket vending machines are now equipped with EFTPOS terminals allowing for payment by chip-card. Both newer (yeah, they’re old hat) touch screen terminals and older … Continue reading →

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