Ronan MM0IVR

YouTube video by Ronan Cantwell Aberlady Otter - 15th Feb 2026

This guy was working his/her way along the pools down at Aberlady Bay, munching through anything that moved. It was about 20ft in front of us at one point and totally focused on the job in hand (paw?).

#eastlothian #rspb #aberladybay #otter

youtu.be/46JpBFB22Nk?...

Decent haul there and a pretty mixed bag too. I've only had a single CW contact so far this week. So much for "activity week" 🫤

I preferred their first album. This one's a bit prog for my tastes.

You'll need magnifying glasses AND a finger sharpener. Those buttons are tiny!

Try pataks madras curry paste instead of your curry powder. 💪💪💪

Nicely done! I'm always amazed how much there is going on in that little sliver of sky

There's a space between those two....

They should come with a finger sharpener...

You know you want a tiny slice of that tiny action...

Ok, I've gone over to the dark side temporarily... After seeing posts on here about the tiny Cardputer running FT8, I had to give it a go. As of last night, there's an MD5Launcher compatible version of Mini-FT8 available on GitHub. It's pretty impressive and soooooo teenyweeny!

I flippin loved my 150-in-one .... Best Christmas present I ever had.

Somebody left a multi-pack of Tennents lager at work a while back with a sign on it saying "Free to a good home". I don't think they realised the error in their logic....

Oooft! That's just plain silly!

I'll stick with the Guinness zero for the moment. Not a big fan of lager.

'Respected' 😂😂😂
Has that Amber Gambler been licking the toads again.

I keep telling myself that I'll buy a hot air station one day but it hasn't happened yet. Thankfully I've managed so far with the stuff I have here, backed up by a moderate amount of swearing.

0402 🫤 About the limit of my eyes/patience.

Teeny tiny components

Holy tiny capacitors, Batman. If these things get any smaller, Farnell will start using insects to deliver them!

Decent result there, nonetheless. Decoding weather-sat images never gets old 👍

Having spent the last two weeks converting savoury snacks and booze directly into body fat, I'm more than ready for a cheeky choco egg or two.

Morse paddles

Sending CW with a straight key will (probably) always be my favourite mode of communication. I have, however, decided to meddle with the dark side and have bought the new Xiegu paddles. I apologise in advance for all the extra dits . . . . . . . .

About time!

Stout stuff... 💪

I never could figure out how to work it.

😂 she's a Dubliner, through and through.

Great wee film. Or Filum, as me mum would say. Might watch that again. 👍

Down with effort. Resist.

Namibia... Nice. 👌
FT8 is interesting, if a bit hypnotic, but you can't beat a proper QSO, whether that's voice or CW (or other chatty mode).

With the state of the roads in Edinburgh, you'd be hard pushed to get above 20 anyway!

I've bought more stuff from QRPLabs than I probably should have over the years and that was the first time I've been stung. Not a bad average, I suppose.