Well, if you don't have II3 and CR6 in the log i would be surprised!
01.02.2026 10:11 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@wgoodf.bsky.social
Guy who plays with radio and talks a lot of bollocks. Music, science, beer, weather, beer, food, swearing and beer.
Well, if you don't have II3 and CR6 in the log i would be surprised!
01.02.2026 10:11 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It was almost impossible to not work them, sometimes i tried!
Still, come the summer when they come back and i am getting nowhere with my 5w at the beach, i have no doubt i will be very glad to get them in the log.
There was a guy that sold them- Quirky Ham Radio or was it QRP, people seemed to like them, for the fun element if nothing else.
01.02.2026 09:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0WWA certificate SSB over 7 bands 330points
..and that's that done.
01.02.2026 09:37 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Go ATNO!
31.01.2026 23:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I did offer the wife a couple.
But she is still ill, so she cruelly refused them.
Indeed.
I assume you all end a qso with '73 pardner!
Dont laugh.
I have no party rings!
Had a very nice blether with LZ3CC too.
A very nice guy.
I ate all the party rings.
By myself.
That's why I dont buy party rings.
They took the walnuts out, they are just called whips... unless at Xmas.
However Markies still do an own brand with a walnut.
Perfect for foreigners. π«΅
31.01.2026 19:34 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0That sounds fancy.
Just now, fancy is abhorrent!
..as is spice of any sort it seems, and I kid you not, walnuts.
Haven't been able to face a walnut since I vomited on Tuesday.
They mock me when I open the cupboard. Pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, dried fruits all good... walnuts not so.
Weirdly.
Fish finger sandwich and crisps
In the continuing saga of not being 'quite right'- last night I had a tuna sandwich for dinner, the night before that, I had a tuna sandwich for dinner; tonight I am having a fish finger sandwich for dinner.
I dont feel like a king, but its food that doesn't turn my stomach.
Yay!
I guess.
Well that was nice, as i packed up, i thought i would try the brief ISS pass and i picked up VO1FOG again. I had been hoping to hear him again, good strong sigs too.
A cherry on the ham radio day.
When the kid was wee, that was my treat.
Sorry.. i mean, that was her treat.
π€£
I bet you sound lovely!
40 in the QRZ log. 4 FT8 Chad, Kenya and Japan. 7 satellite, 3 SO50, 4 ISS, the rest SSB N1W, VO1GO and A61BG as the DX.
In between other things, such as going to the shops for Party Rings, my ham radio day was productive enough.
A wee bit of DX, wee being the operative word, some satellite and all voice except a few FT8 with my porridge.
Feeling fine, kid is doing ok. but the wife is floored, it has hit her hard.
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When you tune around the band...
yes, he was a good friend of mine, but he died, well, he was murdered, murdered in Goma, but i still stay in touch with his wife and she was telling me...
That was how it all started this morning.
31.01.2026 17:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Just as 'snappy' as i remember too.
31.01.2026 17:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0They really don't last long enough to justify that.
31.01.2026 17:05 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0In for the longest time... as the sun starts to set, i can see some blue sky.
31.01.2026 16:34 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I am a cheap man and i struggle to pay for things - weirdly i have a particular problem paying for things where they hold my log- - in some weird way i am concerned if the service goes down i lose my log.
31.01.2026 16:33 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I would buy the full tea set.
31.01.2026 16:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Let us know!
But if your happy, it works.
Party rings in front of a cup of frothy coffee.
31.01.2026 16:07 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0More expensive than the youloop, but also better performance?
31.01.2026 15:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0It was a blood sugar thing- just to keep going.
Those library audiences can be fierce!
See what happens when you go out cycling!
Lack of a firm hand that.