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Matty Cunningham @manxmatty.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Had a great few days with the dog, activating IO68 and IO67 over satellite, night off the birds, but hope to be qrv again tomorrow

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Matty Cunningham @manxmatty.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

SSB on vhf/uhf might be useful, if it does Cross band SSB repeat, it might make a great little /P setup for portable sat operation, in addition to FM???

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Comedy Boy Ronny Pascale @ronnypascale.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I downloaded an app to use my iPhone as my TV remote, but now my phone keeps getting lost between couch cushions

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Our national shame knows no bounds under the Trumperate of Trump/Musk/Vance.

Tweet by Pekka Kallioniemi (@PKall
) with the text: 'After 9/11, NATO’s Article 5 was invoked for the first (and only) time ever by the United States. Troops from the UK, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Denmark, Australia, Spain, Poland, Norway, Romania, Turkey, New Zealand, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, Finland, and many others joined the fight in Afghanistan. More than one thousand of these soldiers paid the ultimate price. JD Vance—Have you said 'thank you' once for their sacrifice?' The post includes a photo of the World Trade Center towers on fire and smoking during the 9/11 attacks, with a blue checkmark indicating a verified account.

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Matty Cunningham @manxmatty.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Not long licenced, listening to ISS on colinear antenna and calling for a contact, Thomas Reiter replied - my first astronaut in the log

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Matty Cunningham @manxmatty.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

I really struggled with static when hail storms passed over, S9+ noise!! Hope WX is better next Tuesday for 70cms !!

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Matty Cunningham @manxmatty.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Partners in crime, treats on a sleety, cold wet day

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Matty Cunningham @manxmatty.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

That sounds similar to my previous issue, maybe worth reterminating the connection before any rotator 'surgery'. A step in the right direction

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Matty Cunningham @manxmatty.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

If I'm 'away' and mention I'm from the Isle of Man, if folks don't mention the TT racing, they'll sometimes ask if I mean the Isle of Wite, or suggest IOM is a lot further south !!

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Matty Cunningham @manxmatty.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

70cms Tonna picked up a few years ago, evolution of some 3D prints to repair driven element - think I'm there now

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Matty Cunningham @manxmatty.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Some great suggestions so far, I have one less than 2 years old, azimuth position started to jump a bit, took off the connector at the rotator for a clean and it's fine now - always worth a try

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Matty Cunningham @manxmatty.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Composite Meteor M2-4 RGB 221 (IIRC 80k) May 9th 2024

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Matty Cunningham @manxmatty.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

I haven't played for a couple of months, I've had success with using 80k for the decoding, but sometimes it is 72k, I tend to use s16 as the recording format

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Matty Cunningham @manxmatty.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

I still tend to use WXtoIMG with the add on Kepler downloader for APT satellites, SatDump is superb for the Meteors and others though

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Matty Cunningham @manxmatty.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

New country in this evening's RSGB UKAC 70cms contest, great to work OZ1BEF. No other continental stations worked though. Tnx to all in the log MD0MAN/P IO74SE

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Another blow to the elites as billionaire who just sold £175 million flat becomes Reform party treasurer

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Matty Cunningham @manxmatty.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

I'm guessing you've probably used PETG, wonder if the black pigment would make any difference with RF absorbtion compared to different colours, or other filaments ?

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Matty Cunningham @manxmatty.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

They're good value and super quick for a bed slinger, some folks have security concerns about the Bambu 'cloud' ecosystem

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David Taylor @gm8arv.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

M 7.0 #earthquake 63 km WNW of Petrolia, CA as displayed on my Raspberry Shake in #Edinburgh. USGS details: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/... Hope all are safe.

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Matty Cunningham @manxmatty.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Blowing a hoolie earth.nullschool.net#current/wind...

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Matty Cunningham @manxmatty.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Was a bit of a slow start, heavy rain during setup and not many heard, improved loads for me after rain had passed - not sure how much attenuation it caused, some were booming in, but lost a few as well

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Matty Cunningham @manxmatty.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

41 for this evening's RSGB 2m UKAC contest l. Usually get a few more cheers to all in the log

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Matty Cunningham @manxmatty.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Had a TS-2000 - great 'shack in the box', Have IC-9700 now - mostly used for UKAC contests - it's usually in the campervan for this. 9700 is a superb satellite radio. FT-991 at home for HF, but can work on FM birds quite well. Hoping the new Yaesu FTX-1F is full duplex - be a great /P satellite rig

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Matty Cunningham @manxmatty.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I miss PSK31 - reliable, low bandwidth and about as fast as I can type, worked well for keyboard to keyboard QSOs

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Matty Cunningham @manxmatty.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Hurts like hell to let them go - each one leaves their own individual dog shaped hole in your heart - thinking of you !!

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Matty Cunningham @manxmatty.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Willow says 'Paint me like one of your French girls...'

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Matty Cunningham @manxmatty.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Linseed oil left to soak in overnight - buff up with a cloth and should be good to go ...

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auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Looks like ships Belos (SE) and Turva (FI) are investigating not only broken comms cable C-Lion 1 but also Nordstream at the moment. During the day they have been stationary over both the pipelines and the cable. Those are right next to each other. Curly line = cable. Replay: marinetraffic.com

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Matty Cunningham @manxmatty.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Knocking out Manx Christmas greeting on a cutting board on the CNC, niece asked if I could do it for her. Finished with some Linseed oil

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Matty Cunningham @manxmatty.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Guessing *nix if running Direwolf? I use UISS with soundmodem on Windows- it's meant for APRS via ISS, but works well terrestrial too

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Matty Cunningham @manxmatty.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I'm brand agnostic, tend to go for what I can afford with features I'm after. Yeasu VX8-GE handie, FT-817 & Ubitx v5 for /P, FT-991 for HF, FTM-350 in little van for repeaters / APRS, Kenwood TM-700 in camper van. Icom IC-9700 for satellites & UHF/VHF/23cm contesting. Sold TS-2000 recently

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garygnutter.bsky.social @garygnutter.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

YI PENG 3 Submarine cable incident: Timeline of events with animations = Story of YI PENG 3 = One day She was casually sailing shoutwards on baltics.. Thread/

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auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Network engineer? Inquisitive? We don't know this. But the AIS-track below indicates a 3rd cable, a brand new one, might be affected by last days suspected sabotage. Goes by Aurora, GlobalConnectCarrier. Maybe AS42525? Is it online? Did it see any issues? www.submarinecablemap.com/submarine-ca...

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Matty Cunningham @manxmatty.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Left FT-991 RX on 10m FT8 today, Cushcraft R6000 antenna (superb verticals!) - not a bad spread ... Should do some TX, been a while since I've been lower than 2m!

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Matty Cunningham @manxmatty.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Probably less prone to rodents & accidents if it's buried, if it's not super long (and thick) - could you run it in some hosepipe? Used hose on camper conversion behind insulation / panels and fishing line with bit of cloth on the end, vaccuumed through pipe as draw string !!

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auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Boarding happening? Frigate is shadowing and patrol boats are closing in from south and north

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Matty Cunningham @manxmatty.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Hope you on the better side of it tomorrow, WX looks like it's going to suck - my day might consist of not much more than dog walks & keeping warm !

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auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

RU ship Yantar has been shadowed by various naval units last days (Guardian). Still, UK+US find her activities right now interesting enough to have two P8 aircraft on back-to-back missions over her. Either the ship shadows left or Yantar's activities requires the additional capabilities of P8's

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Matty Cunningham @manxmatty.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

No SSTV this pass, astro Suni Williams chatting to Ontario school via IK1SLD

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Matty Cunningham @manxmatty.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Not quite got the full set, still a few scratchy ones, keps were a bit out of date, now have latest set

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auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

RU intel/sabotage ship Yantar was 188 meter inside Ireland's exclusive economic zone as she yesterday made her presence known for 6 min. As previously reported she was right next to an important LNG pipeline (and a comms cable) That distance is 72 meter. This was a meticulously orchestrated show.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 15/11/2024

SitRep - 15/11/24 - Our first one on BlueSky Hello to all new followers 💙💛 An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Russian attacks in Kursk are continuing while German Chancellor Scholz spoke with Putin, asking him to stop attacks. REPOST=appreciated 1/X

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