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Brian G0VAX

@g0vax.bsky.social

Ham radio operator, ex-British Army, Straight Talking,Classic motorcyclist. Football and woke hater. Sysop of GB7VAX DXCluster. ( gb7vax.serveftp.com Port:7300)

45 Followers  |  40 Following  |  38 Posts  |  Joined: 19.11.2024  |  1.9307

Latest posts by g0vax.bsky.social on Bluesky

Does anyone know of a ham radio use for Alexa??

04.11.2025 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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49:1 Balun for EFHW. I’ve stacked 3x FT240-52 toroids,, Winding is 14SWG enamelled copper. No idea how much RF it will take… hoping for 5-800w.

02.11.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I like IOTA chasing

23.10.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What is the IOTA REF?
I worked them yesterday on 12 mtrs

23.10.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

A Westland Merlin 3

27.09.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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17.09.2025 09:13 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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A new radio……

09.09.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations!!!!!

08.09.2025 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes. Think it’s St.Peter Port

25.06.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

P&O Ventura.

23.06.2025 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi Phil. Hope liberation day went ok. I’m coming to Guernsey on a cruise in July

21.06.2025 22:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m buying stocks whilst they are low

07.04.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Interesting Saturday morning…. BARTG HF RTTY… SOAB6 category.

18.03.2025 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Are there any RPi OS gurus on here????

02.03.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Let’s hope EE get their act together today and deliver the router. Currently, cluster is on a β€œspare” router which I had to buy!

25.02.2025 10:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I avoid going to give the chance for people who have more serious issues to see a doctor than me.(I also have a needle phobia!)

17.02.2025 05:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A UFO???

17.02.2025 05:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not sure Phil. But we are looking into it. It’s been going on for a while.

17.02.2025 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks nice Phil!

15.02.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The parts are starting to arrive for the ground up rebuild of the GB7VAX DXCluster. All going to be running on the RPi 5.

14.02.2025 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My interest in RTTY has been realised again!!! Looking for MMTTY macro files now!

12.02.2025 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They’re great,,, however… Don’t forget to take it out of your wallet going through an airport.🀯

25.01.2025 06:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I bought a few for my Weller solder station. 1mm tip for a foray into SMT components and a few others for through hole and soldering RG213

04.01.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Weller?

04.01.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

First service for the VAXmobile tomorrow… Call me sceptical,, but I’ve used a paint marker on all the bolts, screws and housings that should be removed when servicing…..

04.01.2025 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Next job…. Get the Yaesu FT-1XDE Handie charged and programmed up the same as the FTM-100XDE and 400XDE

02.01.2025 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Severe (G4) geomagnetic storm now in progress. Visible aurora at middle latitudes likely if it is dark outside. SolarHam.com

01.01.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s the FTM-100XDE set up in the shack. All repeaters in 60 miles of me programmed in. Now to do some reading how to use FUSION

01.01.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Radio is now fitted and APRS is set up (I think!!!), just got to work out C4FM Fusion repeaters..

31.12.2024 08:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One step closer to the radio back in the car… roof rail mount fitted. Thinking of powering radio from power outlet in the boot…..

28.12.2024 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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