Tim Kirby
@timkirby.bsky.social
Technical writer, sometime IT guy, radio amateur (GW4VXE and GW4MM) and smallholder. Dysgu Cymraeg hefyd.
When I was a short wave listener back in the very early 80s, I always wanted one of these, but as a schoolboy, no chance I could afford one. Found one on eBay the other day. Very nice to use.
March 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
When I was a short wave listener back in the very early 80s, I always wanted one of these, but as a schoolboy, no chance I could afford one. Found one on eBay the other day. Very nice to use.
Best DX yet with the Quansheng on 2m and 70cm CW, just over 100 miles (170km) to EI8KN.
February 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Best DX yet with the Quansheng on 2m and 70cm CW, just over 100 miles (170km) to EI8KN.
Put a Quansheng on 10m CW today! Albeit using an old Microwave Modules 2m/10m transverter. The receiver was struggling a bit, but usable. 7W out of the transverter made it to the USA.
February 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Put a Quansheng on 10m CW today! Albeit using an old Microwave Modules 2m/10m transverter. The receiver was struggling a bit, but usable. 7W out of the transverter made it to the USA.
First 2m CW QSO made with Pete G4IOA using the Quansheng !
January 18, 2025 at 10:16 PM
First 2m CW QSO made with Pete G4IOA using the Quansheng !
50W of FT8 and a vertical doing ok on 2m at the moment. A coastal location does help ! Great tropo over the last few days.
January 16, 2025 at 7:57 AM
50W of FT8 and a vertical doing ok on 2m at the moment. A coastal location does help ! Great tropo over the last few days.
Over the last couple of days around 1530 UTC I have been having fun looking for West Coast Canada and USA on 7MHz via the long path. Heard it was possible years ago but I’ve never made contacts over that path. Brilliant fun.
December 24, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Over the last couple of days around 1530 UTC I have been having fun looking for West Coast Canada and USA on 7MHz via the long path. Heard it was possible years ago but I’ve never made contacts over that path. Brilliant fun.
Go back 45 years (gulp) and I was just getting into shortwave listening, WRTH was my ‘go to’ publication. It’s a big thrill, all those years later, to be contributing, in a small way to the book. 2025 publication arrived today.
December 16, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Go back 45 years (gulp) and I was just getting into shortwave listening, WRTH was my ‘go to’ publication. It’s a big thrill, all those years later, to be contributing, in a small way to the book. 2025 publication arrived today.
Stations received on 2m via meteor scatter using a simple vertical during the last 24 hours of the Geminids meteor shower
December 14, 2024 at 7:24 AM
Stations received on 2m via meteor scatter using a simple vertical during the last 24 hours of the Geminids meteor shower
Monitoring the Geminids meteor shower on 2m using a simple vertical. Some decent decodes there!
December 13, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Monitoring the Geminids meteor shower on 2m using a simple vertical. Some decent decodes there!
Last 24 hours on 10m FT8 as monitored on my indoor (1m) loop and SDR
December 2, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Last 24 hours on 10m FT8 as monitored on my indoor (1m) loop and SDR
Meanwhile on 10m, the 1m indoor loop and SDR has heard lots in the last 24 hours.
November 29, 2024 at 9:22 PM
Meanwhile on 10m, the 1m indoor loop and SDR has heard lots in the last 24 hours.
Spectacular 6m opening this afternoon. Heard a station in the Galapagos briefly and a couple of west coast US stations.
November 29, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Spectacular 6m opening this afternoon. Heard a station in the Galapagos briefly and a couple of west coast US stations.
Nice evening for a walk. Spotted a meteor too. I always about this lyric by the wonderful Billy Bragg when I do.
‘I saw two shooting stars last night
I wished on them but they were only satellites
Is it wrong to wish on space hardware
I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care’ 😊
‘I saw two shooting stars last night
I wished on them but they were only satellites
Is it wrong to wish on space hardware
I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care’ 😊
November 27, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Nice evening for a walk. Spotted a meteor too. I always about this lyric by the wonderful Billy Bragg when I do.
‘I saw two shooting stars last night
I wished on them but they were only satellites
Is it wrong to wish on space hardware
I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care’ 😊
‘I saw two shooting stars last night
I wished on them but they were only satellites
Is it wrong to wish on space hardware
I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care’ 😊
This is one of the stones at Waun Mawn in the Preselis. An interesting site which raises many questions! #StandingStoneSunday
November 24, 2024 at 7:01 PM
This is one of the stones at Waun Mawn in the Preselis. An interesting site which raises many questions! #StandingStoneSunday
10m is pretty busy today…no sign of Morse code dying out just yet.
November 23, 2024 at 3:43 PM
10m is pretty busy today…no sign of Morse code dying out just yet.
The last 24 hours of 10m FT8 as received on my 1m diameter indoor loop antenna/SDR here in West Wales.
November 22, 2024 at 10:02 PM
The last 24 hours of 10m FT8 as received on my 1m diameter indoor loop antenna/SDR here in West Wales.
CT9/HA5JI is so loud on 10m this morning. You can just hear the ‘I’ at the end of his callsign as an echo.
November 21, 2024 at 9:32 AM
CT9/HA5JI is so loud on 10m this morning. You can just hear the ‘I’ at the end of his callsign as an echo.
Last 24 hours reception on 10m FT8 on my indoor loop
November 21, 2024 at 8:14 AM
Last 24 hours reception on 10m FT8 on my indoor loop
Today’s map of the last 24 hours on 10m FT8 as received on my indoor loop and SDR. A few more flags than yesterday!
November 18, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Today’s map of the last 24 hours on 10m FT8 as received on my indoor loop and SDR. A few more flags than yesterday!
The last 24 hours on 10m FT8 as monitored on my indoor loop and SDR
November 17, 2024 at 9:38 PM
The last 24 hours on 10m FT8 as monitored on my indoor loop and SDR
Fun to make a contact on 20m this evening with DP0GVN in Antarctica marsonearthproject.org/neumayer-sta...
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November 17, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Fun to make a contact on 20m this evening with DP0GVN in Antarctica marsonearthproject.org/neumayer-sta...
Writing the January VHF column for Practical Wireless tomorrow. Done anything on VHF/UHF recently? Email me and I’ll include it in the column (email good on QRZ)
November 16, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Writing the January VHF column for Practical Wireless tomorrow. Done anything on VHF/UHF recently? Email me and I’ll include it in the column (email good on QRZ)
Well it’s nice to see so many old friends here. Pippi is excited too.
November 15, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Well it’s nice to see so many old friends here. Pippi is excited too.
That’s the first time I’ve used my Bluesky address on a slide…
September 21, 2023 at 3:23 PM
That’s the first time I’ve used my Bluesky address on a slide…