Petition: Allow radio operators to install antennas & masts without planning permission petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75... #AmateurRadio

House renovation: tomorrow we start decorating. I thought I'd start in the shack... I have never had a room indoors in my home as a dedicated shack!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... NO! We have polluted the land, We have polluted the oceans, We have polluted the air. All for profit ,with no regard for consequences. We need fewer objects in orbit, not more.

I have Hamclock running 'headless' on a Pi 2W, and accessing it via it's web server. This is working better than expected. #hamclock #raspberrypi #hamradio

Finally got fed up with having to go portable for satellite work. I have bought a small rotator and a 3/5 ele dual band Yagi. I just need to fabricate a bracket so it will point up at the sky. My QTH is obstructed to the East, but mostly OK in other directions. #satellite #amsat #hamradio

Interested in satellites? Check this out! youtu.be/Q-mRNxhbBdA?...

My latest video had a lot of feedback. Not everyone liked it. I lost subscribers due to that video. But I also saw a lot of support and gained some Patreon supporters (THANK YOU!) If you'd like to know my feelings on the situation in the US, I have more here:(saveitforparts.com/2026/01/26/s...)

Snow in North London/Herts #uksnow AL2 4/10

New Year Resolutions: 1: Don't make New Year Resolutions 2: ... err

I copied today's #Morsle at 40 WPM! morsle.fun

I have just heard that W6LG is now a silent key.

Another obscure word I didn't recognise I copied today's #Morsle at 35 WPM! morsle.fun

Mac Pro update. It's a beast! I gave up on Zorin and have put Mint Cinnamon on it. I compiled SatDump from source and you can the compiler how many CPUs to use. It has 24! It only took a few minutes to compile. Maxed all 24 CPUs out to 100% and the fans kicked in but it's really quiet.

Note to self: stay off eBay late at night when I am bored. In other news: I have a Mac Pro. 12 core Xeon CPU, 64 gigs of RAM and 1 T of storage. I think I'll put Zorin OS on it. A slight overkill for the shack computer... #Linux #zorinos #trashcan

IMO this was not a proper word! I copied today's #Morsle at 40 WPM! morsle.fun

Very light dusting of snow in North London. It'll all have vanished by lunchtime. #UKSnow

A word within a word, messes with my head. I copied today's #Morsle at 40 WPM! morsle.fun

I have had my response to G4UQB comments about FT8 publish in the latest RadCom. I have had some email "feedback". I should be old enough and wise enough to S.T.F.U. and not get involved. Onwards and upwards. Ham Radio is, and always will be, a superb hobby.

#ISS #SSTV was still AWOL on the pass over UK at 18:50 UTC

#ISS #SSTV is still offline, but in other news: I copied today's #Morsle at 40 WPM! morsle.fun

@arissintl.bsky.social There are multiple reports of the SSTV not being heard.

The #ISS #SSTV is underway. There are reception reports already! The first pass over my location is at 19:30.

I have got the QFH antenna working at my temporary QTH, in readiness for the #SSTV #ISS event. But just to prove it was working I had a play with APRS.

XYL is taking me to IKEA today. Mostly to look at kitchens and bathrooms for the house renovation. BUT, new shack will need a new desk, so I am checking out height adjustable standing desks, office chairs, and shelves. We might eat meatballs.

Temporary QTH, while our main QTH is being renovated, is on relatively high ground, so if I deploy my QFH antenna I might be able to RX the SSTV ISS event without going portable.

More SSTV from space. My AOS predictions suggest late evening passes over London. This is an easy event to participate in: you need an HT on 145.8 Mhz and a phone with an SSTV app.

If you have a Rig Expert antenna analyser and need a case, then these electric toothbrush cases work really well. With thanks to K8MRD's YouTube channel for the suggestion. PLUS, Rig Expert are in Ukraine, good to support them too. 🇺🇦

I copied today's #Morsle at 40 WPM! morsle.fun

This is quite interesting. youtu.be/RU8JhW0PzyY?...

eQSL is not happy today.

Am I correct in thinking NEW applications for intermediate have to be M8 or M9 but existing intermediates can choose to keep the 2 series call?

I copied today's #Morsle at 40 WPM! morsle.fun

I gave up on the #ISS #SSTV project a few days ago, bored with the duplicates! Six good images.

So I am not going mad, good to know.

I copied today's #Morsle at 40 WPM! morsle.fun

Looks like the #ISS #SSTV event has gone AWOL. Nothing heard except a faint carrier at 10:37 over UK.

Off to a good start with the #SSTV event from the #ISS I could do without Storm Amy, and I got some odd looks standing in the rain and wind waving the Moxon at the sky!

Clearly yesterday propagation was just messing me about as I was testing the new "non resonant long wire 9:1 unun" antenna at my temporary QTH. It's all looking lovely today with 5 watts from my 705.

New Iambic key arrived today. Never been a squeeze keyer, but this looked too good to pass up. #morse #hamradio

XYL and I have been infected with a nasty 'flu/Covid/Alien virus and we are both very ill. I thought i was getting better this morning then went back to bed for three hours! 😵‍💫 Really annoying as I have stuff I need to do and can't. #Covid

I copied today's #Morsle at 40 WPM! morsle.fun

These dates and times are very good for UK and Europe. Looking forward to this event.

It's not often I get it on the first pass at 40 WPM! I copied today's #Morsle at 40 WPM! morsle.fun

I am house and cat sitting for friend for a few days. Chucked a bit of wire over a tree and had a play with #WSPR. #hamradio #cats #QRP

I copied today's #Morsle at 40 WPM! morsle.fun

We are eating takeaway because the cooker in the rental house will not turn on without the clock being set, and we cannot fathom how to do this! Stupid, STUPID "design".

If anyone wants a ZS6BKW antenna, I just took mine down and it's not going back up. It needs a bit of TLC after 5 years in a tree, but otherwise it's fine. Yours for then cost of posting it. #freeantenna

I am off the air! I took the antennas down today. We are moving out for a few months. Builders should arrive in a couple of weeks.

I have not received any signal on 137.1 from #NOAA19 today. I did get a partial image on 137.62 #NOAA15 but lots of dropout. Have they shut down early? #NOAA #weather

NOAA 19 view of storm Floris. #weather #stormfloris