Part 1 & 2 have been drafted for quite a while and I only got round to finishing them off. So if you haven’t seen them yet then view them here, Part 1, Part 2. What will probably happen is that this post will end up doing the same. So this is YEC 1382 ‘Unittie’…
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YEC 1382 The Long Term Project, Part 2
Welcome to YEC1382 The Long Term Project, Part 2. The second in series of posts on the restoration of YEC 1382. I hope you have already seen Part 1. In the previous post you will of read about the moving of the loco to a new home for restoration and the start of the evaluation…
YEC 1382 ‘Unittie’ The Long Term Project, Part 1
As some of you may know I have been involved in the restoration of YEC 1382, soon to be named ‘Unittie’. This project has been ongoing since 2014 and is now approaching the end. Rolling back To The Beginning Back in mid 2014 a good friend of mine told me that he’d been given the…
Land Rover Series: Chassis Repairs
It has been a while but I have finally got round to doing some of the chassis repairs that were desperately needed. This work couldnt of been done without the help of my mate Toby who transported the Landy to his dads garage (Westhouse Garage) where we used their ramp to do the work. The…
ISS SSTV 10th Feb 2019
A Days worth of recieving ISS SSTV transmissions. Signals were as good as the 9th for the final day of this round of ISS SSTV images.
ISS SSTV 9th Feb 2019
Friday 8th February was the start of another round of ISS SSTV transmissions. If you want to be able to receive these SSTV images from the ISS then tune to 145.800 +/- Doppler. For more help see my page on Working Amateur Satellites. After having trouble receiving the images on the Friday I was glad…
RSGB FMAC Contest
Tuesday 8th January I turned on the radio to see if I could make any contacts as part of the RSGB FMAC 70cm contest. I decided I would do this as a try out to see if I enjoyed contesting. That band wasn’t that busy from my location but as I was only using a…
I now have a Full Licence
As some of you may know, on Saturday the 24th of November I passed my Advanced licence exam at the Lincoln Shortwave Club. Meaning I could now apply for my Full Licence. Once it went live on the Ofcom website I tried using the online service to claim my new call sign. Unfortunately nearly all…
Mouldridge Lead Mine Visit 11/08/18
Location Back in August 2018 me and two friends decided we would like to explore some of the old mines that are around the country. One of us had done this numerous times before and so would be our guide to how things should be done. Some research was done to find a mine which…
First ATV Transmissions
Yesterday was a momentous occasion when I fired up the ATV transmitter to make my First ATV Transmissions. I acquired the transmitter from the Lincoln Repeater Group, at the National Hamfest 2018. Preparation After arriving back from the Hamfest the transmitter and Double Quad (bowtie) antenna sat for a day or two. On Monday evening while…