Ian

Spoilt for choice on VHF/UHF rigs. This one was in the car for a number of years

@rdavies6 One day a house on a hill overlooking the sea..

@rdavies6 My path to Bristol is ok, can get a couple of VHF and UHF repeaters. Outside aerial would help

Hopefully got all the 10m 6m 2m 70cm fm simplex and repeater frequencies programmed into the FT8900. Poor location here but do have a path to the east.

@RobertPitman Ukrepeaters.net . Do you use m0lxq.com/g4hfq/download… g4hfq software to upload

@mw0ian Nice one Ian. I’ve one of those as well. Cracking little radio. Not got around to adding any 10M repeaters into it. Where did you get list from?

@N1FIY Bloody squirrels.

I’m going to be QRT for a bit. High winds snapped one of the ropes on my dipole, and it looks like the squirrels have done a number on the coax for my vertical.

@rehearsalpete @nerdsville They moved transmitter sites. Active from Cumbria now, my msf clocks still working fine business.

@nerdsville In one of those strange coincidences…. I was decorating last month and found this circuit in a cupboard - I built it in the 1980’s from a Maplin design. (Using the works PCB dept.!) Thought I would see if it still worked but read that the Rugby signal disappear a few years ago.

Picked up this intriguing vintage MSF clock kit at a recent rally, circa 1980. LEDs covered in red cellophane all CMOS 4000 series chips. Found the original designer who has sent me some details and fault finding instructions. cambridge.atspace.co.uk/2013/kit/kitcl…

@GU0SUP Huge waiting list, must be good..

If you're finding this platform to be full of ads and ladies with loose morals, then try BlueSky. So far, it seems way better.....

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@chris31633647 I used a trapped inverted L for 80/40m once, that worked quite well

@chris31633647 They are ok as a last resort or for swl. The efhw 49:1 are a bit better here.

@AA7EE Nice. I need to try to get a regen going again

@MM0OPX @RadioHam432 It's a good idea to default to tx aerial if switched off or a PTT problem. I made one a few years ago, it's around here somewhere..

@RadioHam432 Yeah, its handy having the TX delay in most radios to prevent hot switching.

So I would like to build a cheap antenna switch that switchs from an RX antenna to a TX antenna on PTT. I'm not electronically minded. Does this make sense? Still not sure what exact relay to use and how that will be switched from the transceiver.

@2E1HXB Drop out of the window, sloping into garden? EFHW 10metres long. Works quite well

Ok you helpful lot 😌, question / advice time… artic shack setup with Ft450d. Currently have a magloop in the stairway, seems ok but know could be better. I’d like to try an ext ant for HF, mainly 20m. Not wanting overly obvious. Could I go top of the window and drop down? #hamr

@KevinOR29696596 It's a shame Kevin, I used to like their stands at local Rallies

@RobertDL3RR Did you get on ok with ATU?

@AK8CW 😋

@m1geo Ahh part of the works kit, nice

@mw0ian Hehe! No, the Telsa has a nicer screen. This is a massively overkill Fieldfox. But it was the closest thing with a charged battery at 11pm! 😁

Dark and dingey outside? Mosquitoes biting? Must be time to make and test a new antenna! 😁 All set for some 30m SOTA QSOs #hamr #hamradio

@RobertDL3RR @wimo_de @moonrakerukltd Anyways good luck with the autotuner, they open up a world of experiments