Will Leitch GI6HKE
@willleitch.bsky.social
Northern Irish amateur radio operator. Also, journalist, broadcaster, podcast host and producer.
How could you possibly know that?
November 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
How could you possibly know that?
What’s that, BBC Weather app? It’s sunny? Aye, right…
March 20, 2025 at 10:32 AM
What’s that, BBC Weather app? It’s sunny? Aye, right…
I take against bands for sure. Longterm affair with 17m. Was there on phone today with 100w on a wire dipole. Had fun - including one station we both worked.
February 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I take against bands for sure. Longterm affair with 17m. Was there on phone today with 100w on a wire dipole. Had fun - including one station we both worked.
Went up a mountain - bar the last 500ft for 145 Alive. 2 nets and another QSO. But Storm Herminia became a nuisance. Back to sea level and drying out. Fun though! #145Alive #hamradio #amateurradio
January 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Went up a mountain - bar the last 500ft for 145 Alive. 2 nets and another QSO. But Storm Herminia became a nuisance. Back to sea level and drying out. Fun though! #145Alive #hamradio #amateurradio
Photo of the day. Not far from us.
January 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Photo of the day. Not far from us.
3 hours into the peak of Storm Éowyn. Very noisy, a bit scarier than usual. Bits of damage in the homes around the street - we dart around, heads bowed, checking up on each other, helping out. The 2m/70 cm vertical is still vertical for now.
#HamRadio #AmateurRadio #StormÉowyn
#HamRadio #AmateurRadio #StormÉowyn
January 24, 2025 at 9:58 AM
3 hours into the peak of Storm Éowyn. Very noisy, a bit scarier than usual. Bits of damage in the homes around the street - we dart around, heads bowed, checking up on each other, helping out. The 2m/70 cm vertical is still vertical for now.
#HamRadio #AmateurRadio #StormÉowyn
#HamRadio #AmateurRadio #StormÉowyn
My phone started shrieking at me and here was the message. Scared the wits out of me for a second.
January 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
My phone started shrieking at me and here was the message. Scared the wits out of me for a second.
Anyone remember these? As a teenager I bought this one at a rally in County Tyrone in 1983. Just used it to check the SWR on my two mobile antennas in preparation for 145 Alive in the UK & Ireland this weekend. Still works absolutely fine.
#HamRadio #AmateurRadio #145Alive
#HamRadio #AmateurRadio #145Alive
January 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Anyone remember these? As a teenager I bought this one at a rally in County Tyrone in 1983. Just used it to check the SWR on my two mobile antennas in preparation for 145 Alive in the UK & Ireland this weekend. Still works absolutely fine.
#HamRadio #AmateurRadio #145Alive
#HamRadio #AmateurRadio #145Alive
January 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Guess I’ll just have to talk to people in the house then….
January 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Guess I’ll just have to talk to people in the house then….
December 25, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Irish Sea Stenaline ferries during Storm Darragh. One Cairnryan Belfast is sheltering in Belfast Lough, the other off Campbelltown close to Arran. One Liverpool Belfast sheltering in Belfast Lough, the other is steaming slowly northeast off Annalong. Glad I’m on none of them.
December 7, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Irish Sea Stenaline ferries during Storm Darragh. One Cairnryan Belfast is sheltering in Belfast Lough, the other off Campbelltown close to Arran. One Liverpool Belfast sheltering in Belfast Lough, the other is steaming slowly northeast off Annalong. Glad I’m on none of them.
Hi rest of world. You’ll forgive us if #hamradio operators in Ireland and UK have their masts/towers/poles down just now. There’s a wee bit of a breeze on this weekend. #StormBert
November 23, 2024 at 7:42 AM
Hi rest of world. You’ll forgive us if #hamradio operators in Ireland and UK have their masts/towers/poles down just now. There’s a wee bit of a breeze on this weekend. #StormBert
#BBCNews Channel chatting away merrily about the #StormBert to come. Two correspondents Standing rather pointlessly out in the cold in GB. Don’t miss those gigs.
As for the storm…I’ve been listening to it since 0350.
As for the storm…I’ve been listening to it since 0350.
November 23, 2024 at 7:07 AM
#BBCNews Channel chatting away merrily about the #StormBert to come. Two correspondents Standing rather pointlessly out in the cold in GB. Don’t miss those gigs.
As for the storm…I’ve been listening to it since 0350.
As for the storm…I’ve been listening to it since 0350.
Lying awake listening to the storm. #stormbert
November 23, 2024 at 5:38 AM
Lying awake listening to the storm. #stormbert
November 21, 2024 at 9:10 PM
There you go. Working office AND shack. The FTM-300D front plate is on the right near the speaker.
November 21, 2024 at 3:13 PM
There you go. Working office AND shack. The FTM-300D front plate is on the right near the speaker.
Not sure I should venture out, what with all the snow where I live, and everything.
November 19, 2024 at 9:02 AM
Not sure I should venture out, what with all the snow where I live, and everything.
Morning from GI6HKE in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Yaesu FT710
mAT Tuner
ZS6BKW inverted V over the house
73, Will
Yaesu FT710
mAT Tuner
ZS6BKW inverted V over the house
73, Will
November 17, 2024 at 8:43 AM
Morning from GI6HKE in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Yaesu FT710
mAT Tuner
ZS6BKW inverted V over the house
73, Will
Yaesu FT710
mAT Tuner
ZS6BKW inverted V over the house
73, Will