Finally repaired the Gb2gp tower after rope damage. Had to take it all apart with M0mds to sort a few issues. Need to put the antennas back on next.

Today’s #hamradio project is fitting an ERC rotator control board to an old yaesu G800. The documentation on these is brilliant. This is the 8th I have installed for me or friends!

Tonight I’m winding ferrite rod antennas for am radio kits. Remind me to never do this activity with Scouts ever again,will you?

Amazing backscatter from Jersey whilst beaming to North America!

Today’s #hamr junk box construction is a reversible beverage box. Need to add a small LC circuit so it is switchable with dc over the coax

Fed up of blowing the inductors on Aliexpress bias T. This junk box find will need some current to pop!

Big 50MHz sporadic E opening in progress, first to Eastern Europe, now to Spain #hamr

Couldnt resist calling @gu0sup.bsky.social on 12m FT8 just now - nice to see you - sorry Im not DX :)

Fire in the hole! - Ive been given this to repair. I won't embarrass the manufacturer or owner......

I'm speaking tomorrow at the RSGB convention on behalf of ARDC. Swing by to say hello if you are free! rsgb.services//public/even...

Bloody bloody pst61d rotator is dead *again*. It was rebuilt about 15 months ago and I’ve taken it off the tower today and the pot is covered in rust. It’s like a 1980s Alpha Romeo…..

My final radio job was to replace the active device in a 2m MHP. Imagine my surprise to find spiral cracks in the coax between the antenna and the preamp. Guess this is fake LMR 400 then!

My OB16-3 has been miss behaving so I finally made and fitted a choke to replace the so239 that’s caused issues previously. Invoked a bolt snapping and redrilling and tapping news holes. But that didn’t fix it! 1/

Here’s the feed point of an optibeam yagi. The rusted screws go through the square transmission lines and I suspect into the element. How to I get them out? I’m nervous about drilling them and not being able to put something else in.

I needed a replacement part for my Heil headset. It was $70 inc shipping from the US so i 3D printed one. Had to unclog the nozzle, realign the carriage and update octopi, but printer working better than ever now!

After a few months of building work, I’m starting to reinstall a remote shack. Still need to replace those ceiling tiles though!

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Some progress today on my low cost 2.3,3.4 and 5.6GHz set ups. The plastic enclosures are flexing so alignment isn’t perfect and 28V supply for 13cm pa is dead. Hope to have a few contacts in the RSGB UKAC this month

Second time lucky! 3D printed box for four way coax relay and PTT to enable microwave band transverter switching.

3D printed a box for this relay and some rca sockets to allow easy switching of microwave band tvtrs. Fits great, if the relay is on the outside. Doh! V2 printing now. I even printed a thin test to check hole position before going all in……

Spent a few hours riding off road with my boys today strava.app.link/DSrFV1Q2ISb this table top looks much bigger (and scarier) when you are on it!

Only radio operators can gather in a field, stare up at the sky, and be completely mesmerized—not by the stars, but by the antennas! ⭐📡 The radio club #OZ7SKB visited #OZ5E to admire the impressive antenna farm and the well-equipped operations house. #HamRadio #AntennaGoals

New (to me) amplifier set up. Looking forward to trying it out!

Well that’s certainly blown. No electrical testing needed there!

My cw practice by the pool is getting better. The last one was correct but I did t log it fast enough to count. It’s Becoming much more intuitive.

I’ve been watching various people like @mm0opx.bsky.social and @hb9vqq.bsky.social using different rx loop configurations/sizes. I have a spare @m1geo WGL so can test vs my existing 1m WGL. What’s the theory behind the choices? I’ll sacrifice high bands for better 160/80 performance.

I want to build some filters from the mini-kits.com.au site, but my order isn't big enough to meet his threshold for shipping here. Is there a mail forwarding service in Australia I could use?

What kind of connector is this? The mating socket on the PCB is damaged!

I building stuff for a new remote site and this time I can learn from all the mistakes at GB2GP! Today I made a gm3sek mains filter

Oh look its @gu0sup.bsky.social!

Well done to the Camb Hams for winning RSGB AFS Phone despite my contribution....... I came 20th in the individual rankings. I have much to learn!

Currently printing an ice-cone qo-100 feed. Im not sure if it needed supports, so added one anyway to make sure the print completes. How can I protect against UV? Normally I spray PETG antenna parts, but does the paint attentuate 10GHz?

It was the rsgb affiliated societies contest yesterday. Had to remember how to do SSB for four hours! No where near the top and I need to set up for SO2R to do that. Sorry if I didn’t recognise your short contest call!

As well as bashing Morse runner everyday, I have signed up to be part of the GB2WWA team in the hamaward.cloud/wwa. As the call gets more points, there are plenty of callers. My recent session on 20CW was at 120/hr. Now, I can embarrass myself on the air as well as in private

Regular Morse runner practice is really paying off. I copied today's #Morsle at 40 WPM! morsle.fun. I still have a long way to go, though, as I still get blank moments with some things on the air

Today’s project has been an @mm0opx.bsky.social style efhw transformer for a club mate. Need to dig out the capacitors. Custom 3D printed box with strain relief for the antenna wire.

Next HF antenna project. Cushcraft X-7 that needs a new 4:1 balun at the very least. Hope it’s worth the effort!

Interesting tropo on 2m today. 1500km+

I keep telling myself it’s Entirely logical to undertake antenna work at G7TWCs place on a wet winter solstice. Homebrew cobweb needs a tune but we ran out of daylight.

For those of you trying to work S21DX, it looks like they have ditched Superfox and have moved to MSHV. Most callers seem to be trying F/H, but I got through quickly once I changed to calling low, assuming it's not a pirate! @dailydx.bsky.social @dx-world.bsky.social @gb7mbc.bsky.social

Tonight’s cw practice. Rate increase but a couple of mistakes. Last one is NIL as the clock was counting down so I logged it before the exchange had finished 😀

I want to finish ARRL WAS on 12m whilst we have solar max, but I am struggling to find Alaska. Any tips? PSK-R suggests I'm not even hearing one even though I leave my yagi pointing that way. I've had false hope from a KL7 in Texas.....

Was running nicely at 180/hr until morse runner increased the pile up from 4 to 7. Then my brain couldn’t cope and the rate plummeted. Any suggestions on how to get over that hump?

Warning: Festive pickpockets operate in this area From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

Hello ! We are pleased to report we are now also QRV on BlueSky :-) Do you copy ?

I’m not much of a contester but I appear to have won the open section of the RSGB 2m CW contest. www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/vhfr.... A Christmas miracle.

I’m trying to rebuild a tower winch for a Scout who has zero budget to replace it. This is an old Fulton k1500. I need to unscrew the handle mount from the gear shaft after maybe 15 years unused. It’s been soaked in wd40. Heat treatment next? Or better penetrating oil?

My part time effort in cqww cw this weekend yielded 127 DXCC. I ran for an hour but I’m rubbish at pulling calls from a pileup. I did 128 in an hour but a better op could have been more.