Matty Cunningham

Had a great few days with the dog, activating IO68 and IO67 over satellite, night off the birds, but hope to be qrv again tomorrow

SSB on vhf/uhf might be useful, if it does Cross band SSB repeat, it might make a great little /P setup for portable sat operation, in addition to FM???

I downloaded an app to use my iPhone as my TV remote, but now my phone keeps getting lost between couch cushions

Tweet by Pekka Kallioniemi (@PKall ) with the text: 'After 9/11, NATO’s Article 5 was invoked for the first (and only) time ever by the United States. Troops from the UK, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Denmark, Australia, Spain, Poland, Norway, Romania, Turkey, New Zealand, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, Finland, and many others joined the fight in Afghanistan. More than one thousand of these soldiers paid the ultimate price. JD Vance—Have you said 'thank you' once for their sacrifice?' The post includes a photo of the World Trade Center towers on fire and smoking during the 9/11 attacks, with a blue checkmark indicating a verified account.

Our national shame knows no bounds under the Trumperate of Trump/Musk/Vance.

Not long licenced, listening to ISS on colinear antenna and calling for a contact, Thomas Reiter replied - my first astronaut in the log

I really struggled with static when hail storms passed over, S9+ noise!! Hope WX is better next Tuesday for 70cms !!

Better shot of them ...

Partners in crime, treats on a sleety, cold wet day

That sounds similar to my previous issue, maybe worth reterminating the connection before any rotator 'surgery'. A step in the right direction

If I'm 'away' and mention I'm from the Isle of Man, if folks don't mention the TT racing, they'll sometimes ask if I mean the Isle of Wite, or suggest IOM is a lot further south !!

70cms Tonna picked up a few years ago, evolution of some 3D prints to repair driven element - think I'm there now

Some great suggestions so far, I have one less than 2 years old, azimuth position started to jump a bit, took off the connector at the rotator for a clean and it's fine now - always worth a try

Composite Meteor M2-4 RGB 221 (IIRC 80k) May 9th 2024

I haven't played for a couple of months, I've had success with using 80k for the decoding, but sometimes it is 72k, I tend to use s16 as the recording format

I still tend to use WXtoIMG with the add on Kepler downloader for APT satellites, SatDump is superb for the Meteors and others though

Sounds lovely !

New country in this evening's RSGB UKAC 70cms contest, great to work OZ1BEF. No other continental stations worked though. Tnx to all in the log MD0MAN/P IO74SE

Another blow to the elites as billionaire who just sold £175 million flat becomes Reform party treasurer

I'm guessing you've probably used PETG, wonder if the black pigment would make any difference with RF absorbtion compared to different colours, or other filaments ?

They're good value and super quick for a bed slinger, some folks have security concerns about the Bambu 'cloud' ecosystem

M 7.0 #earthquake 63 km WNW of Petrolia, CA as displayed on my Raspberry Shake in #Edinburgh. USGS details: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/... Hope all are safe.

Blowing a hoolie earth.nullschool.net#current/wind...

Was a bit of a slow start, heavy rain during setup and not many heard, improved loads for me after rain had passed - not sure how much attenuation it caused, some were booming in, but lost a few as well

41 for this evening's RSGB 2m UKAC contest l. Usually get a few more cheers to all in the log

Had a TS-2000 - great 'shack in the box', Have IC-9700 now - mostly used for UKAC contests - it's usually in the campervan for this. 9700 is a superb satellite radio. FT-991 at home for HF, but can work on FM birds quite well. Hoping the new Yaesu FTX-1F is full duplex - be a great /P satellite rig

I miss PSK31 - reliable, low bandwidth and about as fast as I can type, worked well for keyboard to keyboard QSOs

Hurts like hell to let them go - each one leaves their own individual dog shaped hole in your heart - thinking of you !!

Willow says 'Paint me like one of your French girls...'

Linseed oil left to soak in overnight - buff up with a cloth and should be good to go ...