Licensed radio amateur for (as of 2025) 13 years.
Active on HF, VHF and UHF
Digital Voice enthusiast (C4FM and DMR)
(very) Amateur homelabber
Butler for two cats, Charlie and Robert.
I know where my towel is, do you?
Purveyor of Internet Spaceships
www.g8rke.co.uk
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GB9BTE 160th anniversary of Bitterne railway station is on air. At the moment we're hunting about looking for stations to work.
We have a feline supervisor too! He has had treats but the jury is out on whether it's his turn with the orange braincell 😂
I've been suffering after a difficult dental extraction on Wednesday. Last night my feline shadow spent a good couple of hours like this which helped enormously.
I grew up in a dog owning family and I love dogs. But there is something special about being chosen by a cat and to have them spend time with you softly purring away like this. #cats #catsofmastodon
My first attempt at winding on a pair of ferrite rings.
I've messed up and used 2x cores with one winding. I was planning on making a current balun, not voltage!
Now got to unwind what I've done so far and then figure out how TO do a current balun.
Using this tool it seems a 41.3m long element with 4m counterpoise and 4µH inductor 2m from feedpoint would give reasonable multi band operation, albeit with use of the radio matching unit.
In theory this could work as a reasonable multi band antenna.
GB9RVR is QRV on 7138.5kHz
Not currently at the mic mind you but feel free to give us a call!
Not often I feel obliged to correct a BBC headlne but this one needed it.
What's going on in Gaza is abhorrent and our PM is a spineless jerk.