Gareth
@g0mfr.bsky.social
Mostly #HamRadio stuff. CW, DXing, SOTA & /P, Satellites. Hiker, sailor, astronomer, cricket watcher FOC #2204 dit dit
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Gareth
@g0mfr.bsky.social
· Nov 18
"Starter Pack" for Amateur Radio - pls share go.bsky.app/EryQ3Rh
One of the kids from my LICW class has now got his licence and is QRV with a G90 and a vertical from Macerata. Pround of the lad - please give Ric, IU6VMR, a call if you hear him.
December 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
One of the kids from my LICW class has now got his licence and is QRV with a G90 and a vertical from Macerata. Pround of the lad - please give Ric, IU6VMR, a call if you hear him.
Now have in-car rotating for the ukac #luxury @m5jfs.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Now have in-car rotating for the ukac #luxury @m5jfs.bsky.social
Hoped for 100 dxcc and about 1000 qso. Condx good on 15 but not amazing
November 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Hoped for 100 dxcc and about 1000 qso. Condx good on 15 but not amazing
November 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
unrefinied galaxies on a clear night -... early part of a clear night
November 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
unrefinied galaxies on a clear night -... early part of a clear night
Suggestion for excuses not to drive 3 hours to spend a night in a travelodge and attend a work xmas do that I really don't want to go to? War declared in Dorset? Last minute tsunami warning? abducted by aliens?
November 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Suggestion for excuses not to drive 3 hours to spend a night in a travelodge and attend a work xmas do that I really don't want to go to? War declared in Dorset? Last minute tsunami warning? abducted by aliens?
Live demise(?) of comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS)
November 21, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Live demise(?) of comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS)
Few more cards from Japan today. Usual themes: amps, antennas & anime 😃
November 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Few more cards from Japan today. Usual themes: amps, antennas & anime 😃
Triangulum galaxy - prolly up for the break up of comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) later and the cricket
November 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Triangulum galaxy - prolly up for the break up of comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) later and the cricket
Double cluster. Nice and clear tonight.
November 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Double cluster. Nice and clear tonight.
After an archeolgolical dig into club store rooms we are in good shape for spinning VHF arrays....
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
After an archeolgolical dig into club store rooms we are in good shape for spinning VHF arrays....
And some more African QSLs from the olden days...
November 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
And some more African QSLs from the olden days...
Yes! And I have a qsl card somewhere.. this is from XT, same group and a recent 9U
November 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Yes! And I have a qsl card somewhere.. this is from XT, same group and a recent 9U
Thought I might get a match for 9U1RU but where did that come from ?!?
November 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Thought I might get a match for 9U1RU but where did that come from ?!?
Reposted by Gareth
But "the bands are dead!"
When someone says that to me I always ask if they called CQ, and the answer is always "NO".
When someone says that to me I always ask if they called CQ, and the answer is always "NO".
November 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
But "the bands are dead!"
When someone says that to me I always ask if they called CQ, and the answer is always "NO".
When someone says that to me I always ask if they called CQ, and the answer is always "NO".
Calling cq on 12m cw and got a pile up 🤷♂️
UQB deserved the pile-on he got for his letter and your response was bang on. Len's response to his original letter was good tho! I call CQ a lot when 10 and 12 are open (mostly on CW) and usually get a response so was disappointed with SVDs letter in Sept but as you say onwards and upwards :)
November 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Calling cq on 12m cw and got a pile up 🤷♂️
uh oh - *entire amateur radio world stops...
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
uh oh - *entire amateur radio world stops...
"Watch to the end" as they say...
🚨New 💥flare💥
A new X5.1-class solar flare has been detected today, 2025/11/11, with peak time at 10:04UT!
Look for the last 6 seconds of the animated Solar EUV images in the 94Å line from 🛰️SDO/AIA👇
🌐 swe.ssa.esa.int/web/guest/si...
A new X5.1-class solar flare has been detected today, 2025/11/11, with peak time at 10:04UT!
Look for the last 6 seconds of the animated Solar EUV images in the 94Å line from 🛰️SDO/AIA👇
🌐 swe.ssa.esa.int/web/guest/si...
November 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
"Watch to the end" as they say...
Reposted by Gareth
HOLY SHIT!!!!!!
A 3rd X-class flare for the 3rd day in a row, ONGOING!!! ⚡⚡⚡
And it's the strongest one: X5.29, by GOES-19 😱😱😱
Note: CMEs from the past 2 days' X-flares are arriving as we speak. Proton flux has already skyrocketed yesterday.
Bye bye #MWDX, good luck to all on HF... #spaceweather
A 3rd X-class flare for the 3rd day in a row, ONGOING!!! ⚡⚡⚡
And it's the strongest one: X5.29, by GOES-19 😱😱😱
Note: CMEs from the past 2 days' X-flares are arriving as we speak. Proton flux has already skyrocketed yesterday.
Bye bye #MWDX, good luck to all on HF... #spaceweather
November 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
HOLY SHIT!!!!!!
A 3rd X-class flare for the 3rd day in a row, ONGOING!!! ⚡⚡⚡
And it's the strongest one: X5.29, by GOES-19 😱😱😱
Note: CMEs from the past 2 days' X-flares are arriving as we speak. Proton flux has already skyrocketed yesterday.
Bye bye #MWDX, good luck to all on HF... #spaceweather
A 3rd X-class flare for the 3rd day in a row, ONGOING!!! ⚡⚡⚡
And it's the strongest one: X5.29, by GOES-19 😱😱😱
Note: CMEs from the past 2 days' X-flares are arriving as we speak. Proton flux has already skyrocketed yesterday.
Bye bye #MWDX, good luck to all on HF... #spaceweather
Glorious up on Pen Y Fan (GW/SW-001) today - just a quick activation on 2m. SOTAdog got bored!
November 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Glorious up on Pen Y Fan (GW/SW-001) today - just a quick activation on 2m. SOTAdog got bored!
Had a bit of rain have ya?
November 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Had a bit of rain have ya?
Brief bit of sun mocking me on the way down from a very foggy Sugarloaf GW/SW-011
November 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Brief bit of sun mocking me on the way down from a very foggy Sugarloaf GW/SW-011