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Andy - M1NER

@andytuk.bsky.social

Enterprise IT Infrastructure engineer by day, 8 bit gaming and hardware fan & radio ham by night.

95 Followers  |  62 Following  |  66 Posts  |  Joined: 11.11.2024  |  2.1453

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Ah, DMR code plugs. Oh how much I have missed you... #hamr #dmr #digital

31.10.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Had a fantastic time in Riga. Back to the grindstone today…

21.10.2025 11:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Diode used to tie up cable

Diode used to tie up cable

When you run out of Velcro or cable ties, an old diode will do.

21.09.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Had to block a callsign on my APRS digipeater. Was sending packets every few seconds. First time I have had to do that.

21.09.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah. Feels quite fragile. Its only 1 year younger than me! I am fragile too...

31.08.2025 10:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join the queue of fist shakers...

31.08.2025 10:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How are you spending your Sunday? I'm implementing pfsense at home. Need to arrange downtime with the family for implementation. Anyone else need to follow change control at home? :) #homelab #networking

31.08.2025 10:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nothing beats an unexpected AliExpress envelope. PCBs of joy.

31.08.2025 10:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Had mine for about a year now. Still haven’t powered it on. Still on the same shelf.

29.08.2025 11:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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GB3WZ - FM Repeater for the Fens - M1NER GB3WZ - A new 70cm analogue voice repeater now operational in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, serving the wider Fenland region.

GB3WZ – New 70cm FM Repeater for the Fens : www.m1ner.co.uk/gb3wz/

24.08.2025 10:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My Toshiba HX-10 MSX. From the range of 8bit machines I know the least about. #RetroGaming #RetroComputing

17.08.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a suit is making a funny face and saying `` andy ! '' ALT: a man in a suit is making a funny face and saying `` andy ! ''
15.08.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What is it with ham radio retailers and manufactures and free baseball caps? I'd rather have a discount or some kind of useful accessory! #rant

15.08.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think that’s the same as mine. The only problem I had was poor WiFi range.

11.08.2025 10:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What board are you using?

07.08.2025 06:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks - its great. Saving a fortune on fuel. Weekly commute less than Β£8 now - was costing over Β£65 a week with my old Mini.

06.08.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Has your iGate gone off air? It has picked me up in the past on my way to work near St Neots.

06.08.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My iGate has been feeding that site for some time now. You get some great stats from it.

06.08.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸŽ‚

05.08.2025 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Coverage map of APRS over Lora in Cambridgeshire.

Coverage map of APRS over Lora in Cambridgeshire.

Curious to know any fellow hams who are experimenting with APRS over LoRa. What's the coverage like in the area you live in? Looks like we are quite lucky here in Cambridgeshire. #lora #aprs #hamradio

05.08.2025 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Who knows what I’m playing? #RetroGaming #PC

30.07.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's just over three months until this year's Retro Computer Festival! This time it's the Gaming Edition and we want YOU to get involved. Do you write computer games, or did you back in the day? Or do you develop tools or hardware? We're looking for more exhibitors for our Games Dev room ... 1/2

26.07.2025 10:40 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Day 208 - #retrorandom - I don't need your fancy GEM or Workbench. I'm perfectly happy with Broomsoft's WIMP running on my Dragon 64 thank you! It's actually perfectly usable, but of course there's very little software for it ... 1/2

27.07.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah. Better than the boring grey colours you see these days.

25.07.2025 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Orange MG 4 car.

Orange MG 4 car.

I’m now a EV owner. MG4 Trophy Long Range. I’m enjoying it so far! #ev

25.07.2025 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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When you ask a chav why it’s not raining. #linux #sysadmin

10.07.2025 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hello BlueSky! And let's make our first post about one of our great events - The Amiga at 40. Come and join us for a weekend of fun, with great exhibitions from throughout the scene for a weekend of celebrating all things Amiga. See you there! www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/73894/Th...

09.07.2025 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

The streaming services are slowly getting better.

27.05.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m so used to subtitles now. I even put them on in hotels etc when my wife isn’t even with me.

27.05.2025 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Playback of teletext from tape never worked properly here. But can be done these days as someone is archiving our teletext systems.

27.05.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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