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VHF AND UP ,ALL SATELLITES "AMATEUR AND WX",DIGI MODES , An EME QRP'R AND GENERAL ANTENNA BUILDING PROJECTS.
A practical rather than academic"HAM".Living at the pointy end of the solway firth in SW Scotland with a new interest in astrophotography
It's been a long time coming 😁but it's here NOW. I just need to learn how to drive it 😉.
October 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Thats the front plate ,back plate,ribs and fibreglass antenna support done just the outer band and mid band to fit and the ultralight dish frame is complete and ready for the mesh .jiuggling between 2 masts and the dish at the moment seems to be taking forever 🤨
July 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Its been a long time getting here but at LAST ive managed to get a RX signal or 2 off the moon on 1296mhz ,still a very long way to go but at least now theres light at the end of the tunnel.,get a bit of the clutter off the boom and try that i think next
July 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Reposted by glyn
I am an amateur radio operator who maintains the real-time HF+ and VHF propagation sites.

The HF map has two modes: global activity per band and propagation unique to the user's location.

The VHF map is useful for showing areas of enhanced propagation, typically tropospheric ducting.

#hamradio
June 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
June 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
James clerk maxwell. Special event station now on 7 .108mhz
GB2JCM
June 15, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The James Clerk Maxwell Radio Society

Nearly there, Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th June we will be operating from Parton Kirk with the call GB2JCM we hope to work your station over the weekend band conditions permitting!!

please share
June 13, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Thats me content again for the time being , mast back up and antennas pointing in the general direction of "ok" no more fibreglass booms though "leasons learned" i do find welding aluminium to be the "spawn of the devil though",space on this one to accept the 2x23ele new yagis on a FG spreader "TBC"
June 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
radio club meeting today we normally manage to get ba couple of stations up and running but with the weather focast its doubtfull this month www.facebook.com/MM0PMS
June 7, 2025 at 6:19 AM
radio club this saturday 1st sat of the month and we usually set up a couple of stations ,not this month i think with the weather forcast,at the james clerk maxwell radio society www.facebook.com/search/top?q...
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June 7, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Friday, 6th of June 2025, 81st anniversary of D-Day. Remember that today as you read about the latest political storm-in-a-teacup, influencer controversy or even Ukraine. This was bigger and the echoes still ring down the years. As Tom Hanks said in "Saving Pvt. Ryan", "Earn it."
June 6, 2025 at 6:53 AM
"FINALLY" im moving foward getting on 23cm,just finished 2x23ele ants as a temporary measure until my dish is eventually finished, just a bit of finishing around the D/E's !.its been over 12 months since i started to build them ,had to go to plan B.....TBC.....
June 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
@wgoodf.bsky.social that you on iss a few mins back ?
June 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
slightly tweeked
January 3, 2025 at 8:19 AM
last night was the first clear night ive had with some free time for ages so i got the seestar out on M42 ,its the orion nebula that first started my interest in astro photography.
January 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
"WELL" what a day yesterday was 🙄after moving the WX x dipole to try better reception ,i put it on the main tropo mast in the clear after removing the 2m and 70 cm yagi's for a well deserved refurb .i thought id extend the mast up to full height ,JUST before it got there the winch wire SNAPPED 🙈🙈
December 29, 2024 at 9:11 AM
does anyone know of someone that could refurbish a yeasu g5500 az/el rotator ? after being exposed to the elements for JUST 8 MONTHS its developed an ele issue and at mid range "0 deg" it jumps all over trying to find itssetting (possible limit switches) "CONTINUED ON NEXT POST"
December 27, 2024 at 8:45 AM
wishing all friends and follwers a very merry xmas and a healthy,wealthy and prosperous new year.Thank you all for your advice and encouragement over this last year .
a christmas card with santa in a sleigh pulled by reindeer
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December 24, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Had a bit of a play with the WX sats this evening had to hand chase them with my 144/432 sat antenna after snagging one of the reflectors off my crossed dipoles rushing to get it up in the air in the rain earlier ,makes me think about building one for 137 and putting it on the yaesu g5500
December 16, 2024 at 10:54 PM
switched the Rx over to msk144 lunchtime whilst i was otherwise engaged sorting the cables out ready for the weather RX and repairing some ageing damage from the weather to the 17 element GTV ,good luck to all who are playing
December 13, 2024 at 9:38 PM
moin all radio and weather friends 👋i hope your all well 😁.i wonder what joys today will bring us 🤔🤞
December 10, 2024 at 7:44 AM
something else to fix🙄 thought id have a play today with HF as storm darragh is keeping the vhf/uhf ant's on the ground ....... switched on earlier and found high swr across all the bands ,must be from last storm ..... hey ho onwards and upwards .looks like 10m was/is ok though !
December 7, 2024 at 8:58 PM
moin to all radio,weather and asto frirends 👋hope your all well 🤞 time to tip over the masts again i think ,storm darragh is on its way with 55mph + forcast here at the pointy end of the solway firth .stay safe and well👍
December 6, 2024 at 8:37 AM
it is 😉im setting a dedicated RX shack up in the cupboard next to the shack cupboard ,i grew up as a swl from a young lad so its in my roots my dad was mad keen all his life so grew up with radios ,i often imagine just how he'd be now with all this hf to eme and antennas here no doubt looking down
November 30, 2024 at 8:41 AM
looking for advice please ,my luggs (ears) are shot to bits and to hear full tones i need electric hearing aids ,also ive a brokjen tendon in each arm so only 50% movement in them and struggle to put on headphones ,DOES ANYONE use blue tooth ear buds for muting a pc/radio ? if so what types ?
November 27, 2024 at 8:06 AM