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This account is generally related to amateur radio.

Somewhere in the Surrey Hills Katılım Aralık 2009
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Due to Twitter/X becoming a cess pool of porn and an infinite number of ads I'm on Bluesky, username @g0fcu
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@AmazonHelp What the hell do you call this delivery Amazon? It certainly isn't 'Posted through my letterbox'. More like 'Ripped open and abandoned somewhere near my house'.
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@NetworkRailWssx Maybe not your area, the crossing is closed at Burrows Lane, Gomshall but the road closure is in the wrong place causing everyone to have to turn around. The signs need moving.
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@AmazonHelp you will destroy your business if you continue to employ drivers who think leaving a package on the edge of the road somewhere near our house counts as 'Parcel handed to resident'. Rather than lie can't you put an option like 'Parcel left in vague vicinity of house'?
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@AKAhamradio Working in IT I hate it when I see systems obviously from a US supplier that they haven't bothered to localise. In addresses if you see Lane shortened to Ln, Road to Rd, Court to Ct etc. it's a sure thing it is a package originated in the US
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AKAhamradio@AKAhamradio·
I've not spotted this before on #Ofcom #AmateurRadio licensing site. Address field includes provision to specify the State. Has it always been there and I've not noticed or is it a recent addition? Obviously not applicable to UK but relevant to Brazil, India, USA #hamradio #hamr
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@GU0SUP @g8nwc It's a commercial outfit so ads and/or subscriptions will come but probably won't be owned by Fat Boy Melon for a while
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Phil Cooper 🇬🇬@GU0SUP·
Going to be more active over on Bsky now... So far, no ads, and no cr4p. Seems to be a much better platform
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@archer_rs Surprise, surprise, that account has been suspended. Presumably for showing the embarrassing truth.
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@jennyb61 The power meter doesn't cover up to 10 GHz, does it?
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Jenny Bailey@jennyb61·
Trying to make a 10GHz test jig.
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@GU0SUP @C21MM_2024 I worked them on 30m and 17m one after the other today. They were strong on 17m on my dipole but on 30m I was able to rx them on the 17m dipole but not on the doublet that I used as the tx antenna. #whateverittakes
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Phil Cooper 🇬🇬@GU0SUP·
Happy to get @C21MM_2024 on 20m FT8 earlier this afternoon. Very pleased to have got them on a 2nd band 👌
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@njcw @M0KVI Q I can foresee a world of pain otherwise.
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Nick Craig-Wood@njcw·
@M0KVI I bought the conversion kit for my QMX to convert it from low band to mid band. I have been having second thoughts about actually installing it though as that is a lot of toroids to successfully take off a small board and replace. (C)ontinue or (Q)uit?
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@gm8arv @G7Jtt Doesn't the astrophotography mode do the same thing?
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G7JTT@G7Jtt·
Found out my phone also does star trails as well as long exposure photos, quite pleased with it for a first time 😁
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@M0KVI Have you got a 0.1uF 0603 to replace it with?
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@g6wrw I saw shooting stars while watching the aurora so you need to worry about both.
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@G1LSB432 @2m0sql We have "Care navigators" now, same job different title as far as I can tell
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Paul.@G1LSB432·
@2m0sql This is the gate keeper at my doctor's, don't stand a bloody chance
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Peter (MM9SQL)@mm9sql·
Quite surprised the GP practice gate keepers actually weren't too bad this morning when I called.
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@M0DTS What sort of downconverter are you using?
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Rob M0DTS@M0DTS·
The best DX out there right now on Amateur DSN detection.. Finally found Juno signal with the new 'little' 1.5M dish setup. It's weak but I have long cable between LNA and Down Converter! 8404.876MHz
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@rdavies6 @m0rjc HMRC are useless right now. I would put money on the previous government telling them to delay refunds and add mysterious amounts of tax 'we think you might owe' as a way to improve government finances. Never any online advisors available either.
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Robin Davies@rdavies6·
@m0rjc They used to drop people off from self-assessments without you even asking…when your tax affairs were so boring that it was just PAYE. It looks like the best approach now is to just request them to stop
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@GU0SUP They were a big signal for a long time on 10m Phil. Not long ago they were still a big signal in 12m CW. I think I worked them on 4 slots today.
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Phil Cooper 🇬🇬@GU0SUP·
Well, IF that was the real ##CY9C on 10m Superfox at 1521UTC, oh boy, that was a BIG signal! Sent +13 and got +12 back.... wow 👌
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@SurreyCouncil can you get your contractors, Ringway, to clear up the litter they have left after works a few weeks ago. 30m south of Hazel Hall, Pond Lane, Peaslake, GU5 9RS. They also left some at the other end of this closure outside the Hurtwood Inn.
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