Jason Haynes G1PQR
@jasonhaynes.bsky.social
Member of the Handlebar Moustache Club, keen amateur radio operator (G1PQR) and member of the Radio Society of Great Britain.
Also interested in amateur radio astronomy and I'm currently building a 2 metre dish antenna for hydrogen line detection.
Also interested in amateur radio astronomy and I'm currently building a 2 metre dish antenna for hydrogen line detection.
Pinned
#hamradio what's in the shack?
My radios are: Icom7300, Icom9700 and a Nooelec SDR that's part of a 1.42ghz radio telescope.
An Acom 1000 amplifier and antennas vary depending on what I've built.
My radios are: Icom7300, Icom9700 and a Nooelec SDR that's part of a 1.42ghz radio telescope.
An Acom 1000 amplifier and antennas vary depending on what I've built.
An abomination of a antenna. Cake tin, pizza dishes, old plumbing pipe and various odds of scrap metal. Winch up mast for £20 from our local junk shop!
#hamradio #amateurradio #23cm #1296mhz #RSGB #hydrogenline #SATA #SETI
#hamradio #amateurradio #23cm #1296mhz #RSGB #hydrogenline #SATA #SETI
June 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
An abomination of a antenna. Cake tin, pizza dishes, old plumbing pipe and various odds of scrap metal. Winch up mast for £20 from our local junk shop!
#hamradio #amateurradio #23cm #1296mhz #RSGB #hydrogenline #SATA #SETI
#hamradio #amateurradio #23cm #1296mhz #RSGB #hydrogenline #SATA #SETI
I finished building our conservatory, wheelchair accessible walkway and gazebo. Time to get back stuck in working on SHF station and hydrogen line observatory.
May 4, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I finished building our conservatory, wheelchair accessible walkway and gazebo. Time to get back stuck in working on SHF station and hydrogen line observatory.
Taking full advantage of the new conservatory. Probably a smidgen premature to exchange the winter tweed for summer linen, but oh hey.
February 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Taking full advantage of the new conservatory. Probably a smidgen premature to exchange the winter tweed for summer linen, but oh hey.
It's getting to be quite a cosy little room. Coax pass through is next on the build list.
February 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
It's getting to be quite a cosy little room. Coax pass through is next on the build list.
3 months in the making and I need to find the right screws for the cat flap, but having tea in the conservatory.
February 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
3 months in the making and I need to find the right screws for the cat flap, but having tea in the conservatory.
There are two more panels to fit on the front, some painting, door handle to fit, cat flap to fit, small threshold ramp to build and a carpet to put down, but the conservatory / Space Communication Centre is well underway!
January 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
There are two more panels to fit on the front, some painting, door handle to fit, cat flap to fit, small threshold ramp to build and a carpet to put down, but the conservatory / Space Communication Centre is well underway!
Two months away from finally leaving the NHS. Time to finish the conservatory, set up the dish and make the garden more wheelchair accessible for the memsahib. Happy times.
January 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Two months away from finally leaving the NHS. Time to finish the conservatory, set up the dish and make the garden more wheelchair accessible for the memsahib. Happy times.
@jasonp-syd31.bsky.social welcome to the light side chap!
January 25, 2025 at 10:21 AM
@jasonp-syd31.bsky.social welcome to the light side chap!
The rustic conservatory is well underway. A little table in corner with laptop and the IC9700 near the dish ready for spring.
December 29, 2024 at 3:51 PM
The rustic conservatory is well underway. A little table in corner with laptop and the IC9700 near the dish ready for spring.
I was doing work on the conservatory whilst running some experiments. Might have opened a doorway to the Dark Dimension. Sorry about that.
December 24, 2024 at 11:12 AM
I was doing work on the conservatory whilst running some experiments. Might have opened a doorway to the Dark Dimension. Sorry about that.
Unfortunately, the extinction level meteor didn't hit. So I'm going to have to get ready for work.
A&E is going to be chaos.
A&E is going to be chaos.
December 23, 2024 at 9:59 AM
Unfortunately, the extinction level meteor didn't hit. So I'm going to have to get ready for work.
A&E is going to be chaos.
A&E is going to be chaos.
Azzy is out scoring crack (or whatever it is the wayward kitty does during her morning travels). Mummy cat Boo and I are snuggling in the warmth awaiting her return. #catsofbluesky
December 17, 2024 at 7:24 AM
Azzy is out scoring crack (or whatever it is the wayward kitty does during her morning travels). Mummy cat Boo and I are snuggling in the warmth awaiting her return. #catsofbluesky
Azzy is a nutcase and rarely still enough for a photograph, but she decided to pose and look pretty.
#catsofbluesky
#catsofbluesky
December 13, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Azzy is a nutcase and rarely still enough for a photograph, but she decided to pose and look pretty.
#catsofbluesky
#catsofbluesky
I have work to do!
Boo: Not today daddy.
Boo: Not today daddy.
December 4, 2024 at 2:36 PM
I have work to do!
Boo: Not today daddy.
Boo: Not today daddy.
Materials for the conservatory have turned up and part of the packaging may be recycled into a boom to connect the cantenna to the reflector dish.
December 4, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Materials for the conservatory have turned up and part of the packaging may be recycled into a boom to connect the cantenna to the reflector dish.
Everyone involved in the making of the 1988 film The Barbarians should stand in the corner and have a long hard think about what they've done.
Yes, I did watch it all the way through.
Yes, I did watch it all the way through.
December 1, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Everyone involved in the making of the 1988 film The Barbarians should stand in the corner and have a long hard think about what they've done.
Yes, I did watch it all the way through.
Yes, I did watch it all the way through.
December 1, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Nearly finished the decking and ramps. I'm thinking it wouldn't be too much of a project to build a wood and polycarbonate conservatory to house a space observation/communication station...
November 30, 2024 at 11:41 AM
Nearly finished the decking and ramps. I'm thinking it wouldn't be too much of a project to build a wood and polycarbonate conservatory to house a space observation/communication station...
November 29, 2024 at 7:04 PM
I often struggle with 'imposter syndrome', but then remember that I can make bits of wire, scraps of metal and a bit of mathematical magic, sing songs that can be heard the world over and hear the songs of the stars. So I'm practically a wizard.
November 26, 2024 at 10:45 AM
I often struggle with 'imposter syndrome', but then remember that I can make bits of wire, scraps of metal and a bit of mathematical magic, sing songs that can be heard the world over and hear the songs of the stars. So I'm practically a wizard.
Lots of repair work tomorrow. Thanks #stormbert. Temporary greenhouse gone and I'm now limited to 10 and 12 metres.
On the plus side, I should be able to finish making the garden wheelchair accessible for the memsahib.
On the plus side, I should be able to finish making the garden wheelchair accessible for the memsahib.
November 25, 2024 at 10:11 AM
Lots of repair work tomorrow. Thanks #stormbert. Temporary greenhouse gone and I'm now limited to 10 and 12 metres.
On the plus side, I should be able to finish making the garden wheelchair accessible for the memsahib.
On the plus side, I should be able to finish making the garden wheelchair accessible for the memsahib.
Any outdoor work is obviously off the cards today, so I may have a couple of hours in the the shack. Anyone on 23cm near IO92PJ?
#hamradio #amateurradio #rsgb
#hamradio #amateurradio #rsgb
November 23, 2024 at 11:10 AM
Any outdoor work is obviously off the cards today, so I may have a couple of hours in the the shack. Anyone on 23cm near IO92PJ?
#hamradio #amateurradio #rsgb
#hamradio #amateurradio #rsgb
@cjmatheson.bsky.social hello lovely.
November 23, 2024 at 10:49 AM
@cjmatheson.bsky.social hello lovely.
The tea machine at work is broken. I'm not sure I can survive!
November 22, 2024 at 12:01 PM
The tea machine at work is broken. I'm not sure I can survive!