iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 20h

Congratulations to "Usagi Electric" for winning the 2026 Tony Sale award for his work on the restoration of a Bendix G-15 computer.

040

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Waiting for some of today's hunting to get logged by the activators....

110

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I've worked a few "Railways On The Air" stations today, and I surprised Rob (M0VFC) by calling in to GB2NHF on SSB. I got some cheeky remark about having found the microphone :-)

020

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

LOts of bees are having a feast on the Ivy flowers in my hedge.

021

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Found exactly what I need to match the 22Ω feed point impedance of my 80m Inverted-L in www.introni.it/pdf/Amidon%2...

011

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A fun evening of /P for the RSGB 80m Autumn Series CW contest. I don't enter, I use it to practice receiving faster than I would normally attempt, and I'm not very good at it :-( Antenna was an Inverted L fed against two raised radials. Red = radial (other one is behind the car). Green = radiator.

240

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I thought it was time I made sure I can still use this correctly, so I just had a couple of contacts with it, but it does need polishing 😉

170

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

POTA activation got cut a bit short today.....

111

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

@m1geo.com @g7soz.bsky.social Yesterday's POTA activation was at my 10th park so I've received my Bronze Activator award :-)

260

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Today's fun : re-trimming the three sections of the driven element now that I've added a 20m trap. I had already re-trimmed the four raised radials (also now with 20m traps) at home. Once done it seemed to work well netting 52 POTA contacts in 90m across 20m, 30m and 40m.

050

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Tip for tuning Sotabeams antenna traps: If you are worried the tuning may change when you tighten the securing nut/bolt/washer, thread a piece of very fine wire through the hole so you can still check the tuning with the nut/bolt/washer in place. Just pull it out when done.

160

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Can you tell what I've been doing this afternoon ?

310

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

@m1geo.com Tell Dan I have the piece he is looking for....

120

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

@m1geo.com @g7soz.bsky.social My simple logger for POTA activations is starting to take shape.

140

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I had a couple of hours in Fenlake Meadowns Local Nature Reserve Bedford playing radio this afternoon.

130

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I've had to make up new cables to go between my KX3 and PX3 as the original ones are falling apart. While they are not as neat as the originals, they aren't falling apart !

020

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

That was more rain than we've had since..... I can't remember :-)

010

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Aged rubber cable (I think) and poor strain relief has caused this cable that goes between KX3 and KXPA100 to fail. I have a similar issue with the cables between KX3 and PX3. Seems Elecraft use cables that don't age well.

110

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Looks like there is some rare dx on 30m !

010

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Why is it that even with all the AI built into various social media sites, they still can't work out how to not show an event advert post AFTER the event has happened ?

110

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I've been racking my brain to recognise the Orion Captain from yesterdays excellent Star Trek Strange New Worlds episode, and watching it again her voice gave it away .... It's Dr Linda from Lucifer (Rachael Harris). Phew...

000

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

@m1geo.com One of the cells in my LIFEPO4 pack seems to be dying. Do you have a preferred brand for 10Ah 12V LIFEPO4 batteries ?

100

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

@g7soz.bsky.social @m1geo.com I'm going to pop round to GB-3736 later (15:00UTC). I've set it up as an activation on POTA site so it should spot via RBN.

120

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

A bit of extra excitement while out POTAing today !

320

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

@g7soz.bsky.social POTA News: Checked out GB-6028 this morning, see pic (excuse to take motorbike out for a ride). Also got first award (Bronze Hunter) :-)

120

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

@g7soz.bsky.social I've been doing a bit of POTA hunting from home the last few days with an end fed 20m λ/2 vertical. 8 confirmed so far :-)

110

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Sorting through some stuff I've not touched since I moved house (and for many years before that) , and came across this Zenith laptop. It booted first time after resetting the clock in the BIOS. Suse 6.2 on a Cryix Cx486SLC with 8Mb ram !

814110

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Does anyone else equate repeated event adverts on social media with poor ticket sales ?

140

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I've been playing with this ATU for λ/2 end feds. With 9.9m of wire up a 10m pole and a short "stub" on the other end of the coil it tunes 20m (KX3 shows 1:1 swr) .

250

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

@m1geo.com What defines a "successful" activation ? How come only 1 activation from 2 parks ?

110

Reposted by @peteronion.bsky.social

G7SOZ @g7soz.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

An enjoyable afternoon of POTAing with @peteronion.bsky.social. Sorry to those on the receiving end of my awful attempts at CW and to Peter who I think I may have given the wrong directions for getting out of Cambourne 😱

3141

Reposted by @peteronion.bsky.social

pimoroni @pimoroni.com · 28/07/2026

🎂It's our birthday! We've just turned 14, and we're having a sale! 💰Save up to 40% on 1,449 products in our store. Including 25% off Picade, 35% off LiPo Amigo Pro, and 25% all of our Badgeware boards. 📅But, be quick! The birthday sale ends on August 5 11:59PM BST. blog.pimoroni.com/its-our-birt...

blog.pimoroni.com

It's our birthday — Save up to 40%!

Pimoroni began back in 2012 with the aim of selling laser cut acrylic cases for the Raspberry Pi. Yes, in 2012 our Pibow cases were our first and only product. Fast forward to 2026, and we're now 14 ...

42812

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

@m1geo.com Built and working. I got some 3/16" bolts which seem to be holding it ok, but the PCB will not sit flush with the case due to the height of the connector. I'll try trimming it down a bit.

130

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Operating from the back of my car last Monday evening.

180

peteronion.bsky.social @peteronion.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

@m1geo.com 80m Inverted L fed against the car and one radial. It took me all 90 minutes to do one pass up the band for a grand total of 37 contacts. Everyone I called came back to be so I'm pleased with that :-)