All done for the year - out of office on!

My build experience: radio.g4hsk.co.uk/2025/12/12/1... #GHz_Bands

It looks as though the Icom 7300MK2 YouTuber unboxitsing video thing has begun 🤦‍♂️

One of those days when some emergency chocolate was needed!

Thought I'd have a listen for GB3BED on 23cm - nice signal using big wheel PCB antenna in shack and a Nooelec wideband LNB #hamr

Brilliant! www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

How is everybody today? Any interesting radio/geeking planned for the weekend? #hamradio #hamr

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Right peeps, let’s help David out….

Imagine being paid to come up with this stuff!

I try not to do politics, but having read the news items regarding mental health and neurodiversity, and particularly the ill informed bile being spouted on the BBC news website comments, there would appear to be some much overdue backpedaling www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#aurora ?

Love some of the posts on Moon Net reflector - “To give away: Very large dish, about 12m diameter” 🤣 #hamradio

Sounds familiar! 😱

Blimey, one pic of a cool contest station, and everybody’s grumbling…I know it‘s a miserable Monday, but🤣

Holy cow!

It’s always interesting seeing inside contest stations!

B4T (The girl is 10 years old) #CQWWCW

YAY, it’s Friday!

Nearly the weekend! Pondering whether to have a play in CQWW CW…

HAVE FOUND POWERPOLES!!!

Forgetting antennas wasn’t too problematic as had more time for tea and cake! 👍

Oh balls! First rule of POTAing - remember to pack antennas 🙄🤣

An uplifting story for a Sunday morning! 👍🏅🏅 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Welcome to my world 🤣

Powerpoles remain elusive, but I can guarantee I’ll find them as soon as I hit buy on some new ones 🤣

Let's play hunt the bag of powerpoles 😱

How cool is this? Would make a fab SOZmobile! 😎

Help needed! I’ve got a LilyGo T3 LoRa32 V1.6.1 running LoraAPRS iGate. It appears to have gone deaf. I’ve tried latest firmware etc. Is this a known problem? #hamradio

🤣 ‘May this amplifier provide adequate pweor, much DX fun, and winning contest scores’ 🤣

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The RSGB video of the discussion on polar modulation, chaired by @m1acb.bsky.social, is well worth a watch. Looking forward to seeing how the technology develops in future 😎 #hamradio #adequatepweor youtu.be/gXx5sa339i8?...

Great to have a catchup with @g4bao.bsky.social on Friday. I now have some ideas for my EME dish feed box, which will hold all of the switchery, small PA & preamp etc. Today‘s task is to think about all of the connections needed and to 3D print a connector panel #hamradio #hamr

This arrived in my inbox overnight, from G7TWC, who I had a catchup with at the RSGB Convention. Made me 😄 #hamradio #ContestingIsFun

Motivated by the RSGB Convention MCU class, I’ve picked up a @raspberrypi.com @raspberrypiorg.bsky.social Pico 2W to compare with the Arduino Nano from the class. Does anybody have any experience of the Pico ?#hamradio #raspberrypi

Oooo BAO-Funk! 🤣

I don’t watch much tv but thought I’d give Alan Partridge How Are You? another go after finding episode 1 meh! Episode 2 is rather brilliant, really hitting the nail on the head in terms of the stigma surrounding mental health and neurodiversity 👏1/2

Noisy, petrol powered, leaf blowers should be banned!

Surprised by the number of stations in CQWW who don't seem to be making full use of the check window/SCP!

ER4A is running amusing voice macros in CQWW - well worth having a listen for as sounds very polite but not sure it's rate busting! :D

If you’re into contesting then this is worth a watch. Not sure about SB2IQ though - mind blowing! youtu.be/YYNStMCWjhg?...

Brilliant 🤣https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/23/german-firm-campaign-lift-louvre-heist-bocker

Had wanted to wear this at the RSGB Convention last weekend. Could I find it - no! Today, opened drawer and there it was 🤣

What an excellent way to promote #hamradio and STEM careers!

Sadly not had time to connect everything up and have a go at receiving this!

Just a few hours until contact with UK. 1st Radford Semele Scout Group will talk live via ham radio with Jonny Kim on the ISS. Scheduled Saturday at 09:51 UTC | 5:51 AM ET direct via GB4RSS. Listen on 145.800 MHz, watch at live.ariss.org.

So did anybody manage to scrounge one of these at the weekend? 🤣 #hamr #hamradio #freehat