After Joining the LWR (Lincolnshire Wolds Railway) you find little annoying things as your going about your duties. This time it was the Bardic Lamp in the Signal box. It wasn’t fully original as the D Cell conversion had been done. But who buys batteries these days. There certainly wasn’t any in it or any…
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A New Set of Wheels for the New Year
So after a full year on the Z650 doing over 8,000 miles it seams that I will be doing the miles across the country to visit places. Because of this I decided it was time for something that will be more comfortable to do these miles on. So meet the new Wheels. Its a 2023…
A Full Year completed, Biking 2025
So after getting the full licence in September of 2024. That only gave me a short time until the winter weather set in. So in the early months of 2025 we began the first full year on the Z650! The First major ride out of the year with the crew was to sunny Hunstanton in…
GM3XX Programing Cable & Data Interface
As part of setting up my Digipeater MB7UCB I have needed to achieve two things. 1, Program a GM340 to the 144.800Mhz but then also be able to connect it to a Raspberry Pi for the controller. Both of these cables are very easy to make and only require a couple of components each, some…
An Update to the New Hobby
So it has been a while since I gave an up date on this. To be honest it has been long overdue as a lot has happened since. So I left you with the news that I had passed my Theory Test and that I was booked onto a DAS Course. As you may or…
A New Hobby?
So I finally had my mind changed from the thought that this was dangerous, which it kinda still is, because of the other people around you. So yeah… Ive got myself a new Hobby. Starting At the Beginning of the Story So, growing up as a kid this was always described to me as a…
First Radio Rally of the Year
Sunday 28th January was the the first radio rally of the year. This was held at Market Rasen in Lincolnshire and was organized and run by the Lincoln Shortwave Club. I was there representing the club but was also there representing the Repeater Group and running our Stand. Attending these events is a great thing…
Meteor Scatter, GRAVES Radar
Over the last few days I have been increasingly fascinated the phenomenon of Meteor Scatter. The last few days have been filled with the Perseid Meteor Shower which means there was plenty of Scatter to observe. Before I dive into the work of Amateur Radio Meteor Scatter I wanted to observe it using equipment ANYBODY…
Tuning the New Portable Antenna
Recently I have expanded the antennas I have available to use for my portable activities. The Current Antennas My first one was the EFHW (End Fed Half Wave) which is more suitable for longer periods of operating. This is because of the time and equipment needed to set it up. Base, Base Supports, Fiberglas pole,…