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Colin M1BUU

@m1buu.bsky.social
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Likes hills, countryside and radio. QRP, SOTA, radio kit building

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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Tried my 50th Anniversary Tuna Tin 2 today from Hutton Roof Crags G/LD-052. 5 QSOs, including an S2S, but the rig needs work. Couldn't get RX mute to work - thankfully I had my manual switch with me. The RX front end protection I put in attenuated the receive signal too much also.
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
When I first got my A licence, I used to operate quite a bit on 17m. It was my fave band, and the QSOs were relaxed and friendly. I'm attempting to get active on 17m again. Yesterday, I had a great QSO with WA0CRI in MN, and today, I contacted W1WCC in Cape Cod, both with my QMX, at about 4 watts.
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Somehow I found myself making 5 QSOs from G/NP-028 this afternoon with the 1976 original W1CER (W1FB) Tuna Tin 2! Great to get friends in the log too - thanks M0VFC and G4IVV!
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Anyone know what the vegetarian food offerings are like at the G-QRP Convention at Harper Adams Uni? Not sure whether to brave the buffet or not. TIA
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Yorkshire 🥰
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Interesting to see just how small the QMX really is!
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Attempting to re-visit some long ago shelved projects. First up is a 20m Soda Pop. Just needs the case finishing off.
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I think I'll smell of T-cut for weeks! Was fun driving a pre-war car again.
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Actually turned a soldering iron on today
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Kirkstone Pass earlier this week. Really enjoying the sunny days.
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Pen y Ghent today. Some QSOs on 40m and 20m CW with my old Altoids tin Mountain Topper.
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Night time SOTA activation on 160m, Friday night.
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
This morning's commute, a 5 mile bike ride as the sun was rising over the Yorkshire Dales.
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Low effort lunchtime SOTA. Cardputer does the QSOs and logging whilst I eat snacks.
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Enjoyed playing with SD Kez this morning. 😀
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Trying out Mini-FT8 V1.3.2 today. 6 QSOs in the automatic log.
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Trying FT8 with my QMX and Cardputer from Whernside G/NP-004 earlier.
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Mmmmmm, doughnuts!
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Great to catch up with Trainee Search Dog Jura at Kendal Mountain Festival today. It was meeting Jura last year that inspired me to volunteer with my local MRSDE group as a 'body'.
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Drove to Barnard Castle this morning. 👀
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
150 mile road trip over Shap yesterday, just for fun!
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Ignacio, EA2BD, captured my CW from northern Spain today.
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M1BUU/P in Mt. High Willhays
YouTube video by EA2BD
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Seems to have been flying ant day on High Willhays G/DC-001 today. 11 QSOs in the bag using my old MTR2B.
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Pencil for scale. (Haven't been food shopping yet, so no banana available.)
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
This pop aisle in Oban Lidl looks very different to the one in the Lancaster store!
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Heading to the Inner Hebrides tomorrow on my bike. I'm taking a QMX and dipole and planning to be on air on 40m SSB/CW Wednesday morning and daytime Thursday. Will be signing as MM1BUU/P. IOTA EU-008
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Volunteered with the search dogs again on Sunday. Here I've been found by SD Kez.
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Had the QMX out last week. Seems to work OK.
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Smoke test. ✅️ Phew!
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Really enjoyed volunteering with Mountain Rescue Search Dogs this morning!
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Was in Wales for the GW SOTA event this weekend. At 2am rally cars were going past the tent for over an hour!
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Last year I was weighing my t-shirts and buying titanium cookware, trying to get my all up bike weight below 115kg for my bike tour trip. 115kg is the stated bike+rider weight in the Cube handbook. I've just found out that the 25kg rear carrier load isn't counted in that! Gross weight is 140kg. Doh!
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
SOTA seems to have fallen off my radar recently but I did manage a brief activation of G/NP-005 last week. I'm still about!
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Awesome day up Ingleborough G/NP-005 yesterday. HF propagation was awful but still managed 8 QSOs with my RockMite 20.
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Nice day for a bike ride to my favourite cafe. 14 mile round trip.
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
#driveitday Trip out to Bancroft Mill in Barnoldswick in the Moggy.
Morris Minor Traveller with mill chimney in the backgroundTandem compound steam mill engine recovered from a mill in Bradley near Skipton.Large mill flywheel and pulley, part of the Bancroft mill engine
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Haven't followed F1 for quite some time but I heard Guenther on Radio X one day and thought it would be a laugh to see his show, so here I am!1
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Was a big surprise to work Hatori-San, JH1MXV, this morning from Sharp Haw SOTA G/NP-029!
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
How do I dispose of a Yaesu FRG-7700? The set is battered and probably only suitable as a source of spares.
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Took the Moggy to the classic car event at Wray yesterday.
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Yaesu FT60 with intermittent audio. Also intermittent keypad. A bit of a clean up with a pencil eraser and putting a bit more tension in the speaker contact fingers seems to have cured both ills.
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Managed to open the boot yesterday, looks like it's McDonald's drive-thru rather a picnic then!
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
New toy added to the family fleet. 🙂
Vintage car finished in dark blue and black secured to a vehicle trailer, pictured after delivery.
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Went to freezing cold Blackpool today. Nice to catch up up with some fellow hams at the radio rally.
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Super day up at Coniston, lots of contacts on 2m FM - HF was broken so just one FT8 QSO and no CW contacts. I'm glad I took VHF gear!
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Along with some CW QSOs, I also had four contacts using SSB with my QMX yesterday from Wards Stone G/SP-003.
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
SPRAT turned up today. I saw the article about the solar powered rig and I remembered that I built one at a Buildathon. The rig still works although the cells went bad a long time ago.
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Discovered to my cost that small, juicy, 'easy peelers' aren't exactly a perfect SOTA snack. Sticky orange juice all over my rig and log!
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Quick sprint to the finish before the end of SOTA Winter Bonus. 72 activator points in one week!
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Colin M1BUU @m1buu.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
This SOTA thing is quite physical!
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