Richard W4\G7EIX

An Englishman in NC. πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

Live and work in the USA.

Dad to Archie and Roo (Rupert) the Pugs.

Home is Franklinton, NC. But my true home will always be Leeds in West Yorkshire.

In IT since 1984. Snr Sys Engineer.

Ham Radio, Electronics, CO2 and Fiber Lasers. Solvent, Sublimation & UV Printers. 3D Printing and Sand Carving.

Python. C#. HTML. CSS.

I assist my wife with LadyMaggie.com

QRZ: W4/G7EIX
HamsOverIP #100507

Member of FCARC.NET - Franklin County Amateur Radio Club

An #ALLY πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

Richard W4\G7EIXg7eix@mastodon.radio
2025-06-12

Six pulled back somewhat, so I have jumped on to 17m, first 15mins is looking good!

Richard W4\G7EIXg7eix@mastodon.radio
2025-06-12

Six is looking good. 15mins activity right there...

Richard W4\G7EIXg7eix@mastodon.radio
2025-06-11

PiAware 10 now running on a Pi 3B - did not use the 32bit image, installed the bare bones 64bit OS and pulled from the repository. For some reason my RTL-SDR V4 is not liked so I am using the older V3. I'll dig around tomorrow in the logs to find out why. Probably some driver quirk that's documented and I missed it. Antenna on my desk too, I need to connect it to the one on the roof tomorrow. I'm in the flight path of RDU which is why I'm getting *something*.

#PiAware #ADSB

Richard W4\G7EIXg7eix@mastodon.radio
2025-06-11

Old news to most I am sure... but this is cool.

stuffin.space/

Stuff. In space.
Richard W4\G7EIXg7eix@mastodon.radio
2025-06-11

@M0PWX Oooh. You just reminded me. I found a NIB Pi 3B in a box last week and I thought about setting up my ADSB RX again. I've set a reminder for tomorrow to do that. Thx!

Richard W4\G7EIXg7eix@mastodon.radio
2025-06-07

@IU1KGS 80/40 are dead at the moment, I probably need to wait for the sun to go down. 160m is not tunable on my antenna that I have left.

17m is good into EU right now, first station worked...Italy.

Richard W4\G7EIXg7eix@mastodon.radio
2025-06-07

@IU1KGS Oooh, I do. I need to give it a go!

Richard W4\G7EIXg7eix@mastodon.radio
2025-06-07

Turns out that IBM Model M is a Silver Label and is quite in demand... who knew (lots of people except me!).

I stripped it and cleaned it. Thinking about getting a Model M to USB conversion board for it.

#IBM #ModelM #Keyboard #retro #80s #ibmpc #ibmpcat

Richard W4\G7EIXg7eix@mastodon.radio
2025-06-06

@th I literally 20 mins ago just found a couple of KB's in the loft that I totally forgot I had. 39 year old Model M was one of them. The other is a Digital LK201.

Richard W4\G7EIXg7eix@mastodon.radio
2025-06-06

@ON4VT Nice! In the log and will be uploaded soon.

Richard W4\G7EIXg7eix@mastodon.radio
2025-06-06

Cleaning out the loft and the garage of items that need to be sold or disposed of. Found a couple of Keyboards. Are these worth eBay'ing? They both need a clean and the IBM is lacking the cable. 39 year old!

#IBM #Keyboard #Digital #SilverLabel

IBM Model MIBM Model M from 1986Digital LK201 KBDigital LK201 KB
Richard W4\G7EIXg7eix@mastodon.radio
2025-06-06

The homeland is in view!

#17m #FT8

Richard W4\G7EIXg7eix@mastodon.radio
2025-06-06

Time for some 17m FT8.

Richard W4\G7EIXg7eix@mastodon.radio
2025-06-06

@M0KHR I've just extended my reach to over 700 miles on the last TX, seems like it may be changing. I might try some more 10m and then jump on 17m or 20m later. I did rather well over the past couple of days post aurora activity.

Richard W4\G7EIXg7eix@mastodon.radio
2025-06-06

6m ain't making across the pond today.

Richard W4\G7EIXg7eix@mastodon.radio
2025-06-06

@croyle impressive. I can't even paint a wall.

Richard W4\G7EIXg7eix@mastodon.radio
2025-06-05

I ain't winning, but I have a #sheep. #Retro #Bingo

Free Sheep Space.The fluffy one!Baaaaa humbug!So near, but still lost to the table at the side of us!  Two lines required and needed REM!
Richard W4\G7EIXg7eix@mastodon.radio
2025-06-05

Retro Rewind Bingo night in Wake Forest. Shazam and the like is allowed!

#retro #bingo

White Street Brewery Bar in Wake Forest
Richard W4\G7EIXg7eix@mastodon.radio
2025-06-05

17m is one of my favorite bands. #FT8

W4/G7EIX on 17m FT8
Richard W4\G7EIXg7eix@mastodon.radio
2025-06-05

And away they go.... Heading into the woods.

Deer in the yard.

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