Kristijan Conkas - M0NKC

Petition: Allow radio operators to install antennas & masts without planning permission Reform planning laws to allow licensed amateur radio operators to install antennas and masts without planning permission, to support innovation, skills, and emergency communications.

There's a petition for easing constraints on #hamradio aerial installations in the UK petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...

I really like all the new features 👏 The "continuous sunlight" seems especially useful for anyone pondering FO-29 🛰

Former Erasmus student and Tory MP criticised for voting against scheme A Tory MP who previously participated in the Erasmus scheme as a student has been criticised for voting against protecti

A reminder...

Braverman doesn't want your kids and grandkids to have the same opportunities that she had.

https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/brexit-news-suella-braverman-votes-against-erasmus-scheme-67386/

And what are you planning to do with the email addresses you harvest from those who fill your form?

Trump tariffs: US president announces plan to hit UK, Denmark and other European countries with tariffs over Greenland The US president says the countries will be charged a

I take it the price of eggs hasn't gone down
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...

Release 2.8.6 Release Notes · magicbug/Cloudlog This update brings a major refresh to our award tracking dashboards, a powerful new way to manage your notes, and several refinements to data handling and UI. 🏆 Advanced Award Tracking (POTA & SOTA...

Cloudlog 2.8.6 stable release is now available for download. This brings new awards pages for POTA & SOTA, SimpleFLE now correctly handles comments & a totally redesigned Notes system

Its rolling out to Cloudlog Managed customers at this very moment.

I've added locator.clublog.org to Club Log. Using vector not PNG raster tiles for the first time. It seems really great (very sharp text on retina displays even if zoomed).

Yes, it's become completely normal for this terrible man to say and do terrible things, and the governments of the world just ignore it.

Musk says X outcry is 'excuse for censorship' The government is urging Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.

The richest individual on Earth should not own the keys to the largest disinformation machine on the planet.

It's not censorship to switch X off. It's common sense.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

PO-101 will be active for the following schedules in UTC + 0:

2026/01/07 - 2026/01/07
09:01 - 12:16

2026/01/07 - 2026/01/08
22:40 - 07:26

2026/01/08 - 2026/01/09
22:43 - 08:33

73 de DW4TA

US says it has seized second tanker after boarding Russian-flagged vessel linked to Venezuela The US head of homeland security says the Coast Guard conducted

What do you reckon, is this an event for which future historians will state “and thus the WWIII started”? Or are we already there? 😮 www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...

US chicken is chlorinated because America has no animal welfare laws where poultry is concerned. It has to be chlorinated because Salmonella and e. coli run rife

The EU banned that practice in 1997 and as such the UK has among the highest welfare and standards in the world. 1/2

Good morning to all the "I voted for Trump because I wanted America out of all those wars abroad" people.

Comic. [Comment section on a video. 564 comments, including posts from three different avatars: “Who else is here in 2023?” “Is anyone else watching this in 2017?” “Anyone else here in 2025?”] [caption] For some reason, confused time travelers always try to find each other using YouTube comments.

Anyone Else Here

xkcd.com/3188/

Release 2.8.4 Release Notes · magicbug/Cloudlog This update focuses on making your logs easier to share, improving team permissions, and ensuring a smoother experience when viewing your QSO data. 📡 New Sharing & Embedding Logbook Embedding: You...

Cloudlog 2.8.4 is now released into the wild. Read the release notes to find out what changed.

If you're a Cloudlog Managed customer its rolling out to everyone at the moment.

github.com/magicbug/Clo...

'You're on standby for Lockerbie' - volunteers recall their role after Pan Am bombing Amateur radio enthusiasts found themselves acting as a link between emergency crews.

An article mentioning the #rsgb #Raynet has popped up on the #BBC website www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #hamradio

Gosh, that's awful. I don't regret leaving that platform at all, even though I am yet to reach the number of connections I used to have combined on X and Facebook.

It was so easy back when it used to be just D0-D1...

US could ask tourists for five-year social media history before entry The plan would affect people from countries, including the UK, who can fill out a form in lieu of a visa.

I can only imagine what a massive red flag my deleting twitter and signing up for bluesky must be 🙄 Luckily, I've no plans to visit them any time soon. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

AU7RS - Lakshadweep Isl.

www.hamradioworld.org/post/au7rs-l...

That's true, although in my experience most RTTY QSOs were (and still are) heavily dependent on the macros. Each to their own, I suppose.

Screenshot from fldigi, showing a short exchange between 9L8MD and M0NKC on 12m

That's #9L8MD nabbed on 12m #RTTY 🎊 Oh, wait... it's my computer to their computer... is #RTTY a "real #hamradio " then?

I'm prioritising (in vain so far ☹️) #5k0a before they wrap-up.

Pandemonium on 15m FT8: 5k0ua, 9u1ru, and 6o3t all on 21.074 😬 #hamradio #dx

It's OK about the rhythm, but have you got the power?

Stage set, resembling an airplane cockpit.

Less than 1/2h to @psbhq.bsky.social matinee at the #barbican #london 🎵

Lots are asking, so: (subject to change, don't shout at me if they do)

Matinee:

2.30pm - doors

3.00pm - PSB + LCO

4.45pm (ish) - done (NB if either show is more likely to run late, it’s the matinee)

Evening:

7.30pm - doors

8pm - Hamish Hawk

8.50pm - PSB + LCO

10.40pm (ish) - done

Or how it's too easy to get licensed today, as opposed to during Queen Victoria's reign (or some such, depending on poster's age) when "real" hams had to work "really hard" to get "real" licenses.

Finally, I got to read this month's #rsgb RadCom, and what can I say... It's 2025, and they still publish letters to the editor from some who argue how only their favourite pastime is "real hamradio" and nothing else is 🙄 They surely know how to attract youth to #hamradio

Well done 👏 I've been trying, on and off, to work them for the past couple of days (CW and FT8), but so far, they've been somewhat hard to reach with my setup.