M0PWX

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UK Radio Amateur #hamradio #wx #digimodes #radioamateur #HamRadio foundation license passed oct 2020 intermediate license passed november 2020 full license passed feb 2021 interested in mainly #QRP #DigitalModes, #QRSS, #WSPR, #FT8/4 and #SSTV

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M0PWX@m0pwx· 13d

my last 7 days data from north kent, in JO01ij , pretty toasty here

M0PWX@m0pwx· Jul 12

the new hubble #Lego Hubble will join my other space related kits

#Lego Space shuttle with Hubble Telescope in display case

M0PWX@m0pwx· Jun 28

#6m #ft8 6m opening nicely this evening

M0PWX@m0pwx· Jun 4

#PiAware upgrade released, version 11.0 how to upgrade your Feeder details in the alt text of the images PiAware SD Card Image Users If you setup your PiAware by followed the steps from www.flightaware.com/adsb/piaware... which uses the PiAware SD card image,

PiAware v11.0 packages now available

This update currently only applies to users that installed PiAware by using the package installations steps at https://www.flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/install (or similar). See below for PiAware SD Card users.

What’s New?

Support for Raspberry Pi OS Trixie (32-bit and 64-bit)
Updated aircraft database for SkyAware
Improved security and reliability of connections to FlightAware, now requiring TLS 1.3

We highly recommend upgrading to v11.0. This version includes important updates to how PiAware connects to FlightAware. Upgrading ensures your receiver maintains the best possible connection reliability, including improved fallback behavior if your network experiences DNS issues.

Image of the Site config Setting and option to upgrade the OS

M0PWX@m0pwx· May 31

oh dear, it seems everything #trump touches or involved in turns to shit lastest i am seeing www. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy2z23122zo (not sure if people outside UK can access) but the headline is (see image below)

US President Donald Trump has said musical performances celebrating the country's 250th birthday should be called off after several artists dropped out, citing the event's affiliation with the White House.

"Cancel it," he said in a post on Truth Social, calling the slated performers "overpriced" and "boring".

As of Sunday, only a few musical acts were still scheduled to perform out of nine featured artists originally announced on Wednesday. Martina McBride, The Commodores, Young MC and Bret Michaels dropped out.

Vanilla Ice and Milli Vanilli are still on for 26 June, as is Flo Rida on 2 July. Trump said he is now considering replacing the event with a "Make America Great Again rally".

M0PWX@m0pwx· May 27

@arissintl.bsky.social got my ISS SSTV award today :)

M0PWX@m0pwx· May 11

#ISS #sstv @arissintl.bsky.social hot off the QSSTV gallery from the last pass

images recieved by M0PWX in JO01 from the ISS SSTV experiment

M0PWX@m0pwx· May 9

images from 1st pass tonight

M0PWX@m0pwx· May 9

#ISS #70cm #SSTV @ARISS_Intl @mastodon.hams.social images from last nights passes finally managed to fix GPredict TLE downloads so it will update without manual download and install celestrak don't seem to respond for me now? so managed to find www.amsat.org/tle/daily-bu...

GPredict TLE update options now working with the amsat TLE feed

SSTV images recieved by M0PWX from the latest ISS SSTV experiment using 70cm band (437.550Mhz)

M0PWX@m0pwx· May 8

@arissintl.bsky.social are these image from the ISS? as no logo's etc on them, but captured on the right freq and time and robot36

M0PWX@m0pwx· Apr 20

#birdPhotogaphy #birdOfTheDay Just whizzed the mower round the garden (yes it is a jungle) A few minutes in I had a shadow checking if I had uncovered any juicy bits for him Not timid at all so long as I didn't point the mower at him he stayed 3-4 feet behind or to side of me

blackbird inspecting my work in the garden looking for anything juicy i had uncovered with the mower

M0PWX@m0pwx· Mar 1

#ariss @ARISS_Intl @mastodon.hams.social i have heard some APRS on 70cm but it don't appear to be sending GPS co-ordinates

M0PWX@m0pwx· Feb 4

#QRP #FT8 wow, i forgot to up the power from 1w (had been running WSPR) to 20w and still managed to get a QSO with a US station :) :)

M0PWX@m0pwx· Feb 1

the sun looks a bit more active than usual, may be a bit of aurora in a day or so

M0PWX@m0pwx· Jan 30

#USA250 #QRZ #Award just seen a new award added to QRZ awards USA250 looks like you need 250 US confirmed QSO's, not sure of the time scale

M0PWX@m0pwx· Jan 30

#FT8 #QRP #XieguG90 not a bad haul on 80m & 60m tonight with my little G90, running about 15w only

M0PWX QSOs with Xiegu G90 running about 15w

M0PWX@m0pwx· Jan 28

#wx #weather temps climbing nicely, no clouds ,and pressure rising, hopefully a nice day strange glowing orb in the sky racking distant memory, think its called the sun???

suns out, temps climbing nicely, no clouds ,and pressure rising, hopefully a nice day

M0PWX@m0pwx· Jan 27

#birdOfTheDay #birdPhotogaphy blackbird having breakfast under my feeders, like the food i put down and some of the dropsies from the feeders above not seen him for a while, but good to see him back, the blackbirds did nest and i think raised some chicks in a bramble bush in my garden last year

male blackbird having breakfast under my feeders, enjoying why i put out and dropsies from the feeders above

M0PWX@m0pwx· Jan 25

not doing bad 15-18w FT8 into homebrew fan dipole with G90 :)

M0PWX pskreporter map using Xiegu G90 at 15-18w

M0PWX@m0pwx· Jan 17

#ice #minneapolis i knew AI would be good for something recon a t-shirt along the lines of below would be a great one for those anti ICE protests in the US i am sure someone could do a better job but you get the idea :) there are some good caricatures of ICE agents out there and toddler trump

M0PWX@m0pwx· Jan 11

my robin having breakfast today at my feeders

M0PWX@m0pwx· Jan 10

#arduino #esp32 #wx #weather so the new temp/humidity sensor is working well on my homebrew weather station (AHT20 replaced with a SHT45) the SHT45 sensor has a builtin heater so i can dry the sensor element so it don't drift just needs a 0.1s low heat each cycle if the humidity is above 90%,

M0PWX homebrew weather station dashboard on Arduino cloud

showing 24 hour graph for temprature from both sensors, Humidity and atmospheric pressure

M0PWX@m0pwx· Jan 7

#arduino #arduinoQ so new toys (arduino Q 2GB version) arrived tonight had a play, it does take a while to install the updated image to the Q, then patch the image with the latest linux update, then it seems to update the applab app as well eventually got the cloud LED switch example working

New Arduino Q arrived to play with
only the 2GB version as the 4GB is still not released

M0PWX@m0pwx· Jan 1

#wx #weather its due to get damn cold here in JO01 for the next week or so, the sky might even have a bit of dandruff with white flakes falling out the sky got several days where overnight actual -1 deg C but feels like -8 deg C BBRRrrrrrr!!!!

M0PWX home brew weather station based on arduino ESP 32 and Arduino cloud for the dashboard

it shows 2 temperature, Humidity graph, atmospheric pressure and illumination graphs for the last 24 hours

M0PWX@m0pwx· Dec 8

@arissintl.bsky.social #SSTV i got my diploma today :)

ARISS SSTV Award for receiving images from satellite RS-38S for Series 30

M0PWX@m0pwx· Dec 6

@arissintl.bsky.social #SSTV #ARISS #RS-38s #RS38s i finally got a image (poor but recognizable) from RS-38s part of ARISS series 30 not good enough to submit for a diploma but gives me hope :)

poor and grainy SSTV image from RS-38S series 30

M0PWX@m0pwx· Dec 6

SAQ Grimeton Association are transmitting their christmas message again this year on 24th december 2025 08:00 UTC (start up and tune up 07:30 UTC) Live Video from World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station on our YouTube Channel or by following the link below. www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8...

SAQ Grimeton Association are transmitting their christmas message again this year on 24th december 2025 08:00 UTC (start up and tune up 07:30 UTC)

picture is a old style straight morse key on desk

Program and transmission schedule:
07:00 CET (06:00 UTC): The visitor center is opened for visitors with coffee, Christmas buns and ginger snaps.
08:00 CET (07:00 UTC): The transmitter hall at World Heritage Grimeton is opened for visitors.

Transmission & YouTube Live stream:
08:20 CET (07:20 UTC): Live stream on YouTube begins.
08:30 CET (07:30 UTC): Startup and tuning of the Alexanderson Alternator SAQ.
09:00 CET (08:00 UTC): Transmission of a Christmas message from SAQ.
08:00 CET (07:00 UTC): The transmitter hall at World Heritage Grimeton is opened for visitors.
Live Video from World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station

The transmission event can be seen live on our YouTube Channel or by following the link below.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-83S-l9JKD1iuhsXx3XQ3g

M0PWX@m0pwx· Dec 4

just noticed the 2025 QRZ 12 days of Xmas award has crept in got my 1st scores on the door for it tonight

M0PWX@m0pwx· Dec 4

Only a few hours to go before for the ARISS SSTV event SSTV Series 30 from Satellite RS-38s series 30 will be robot36 mode on 437.825Mhz FM 36sec on, 2-3 min off cycle for the images start 00:01 5th dec UTC end 23:59 13th dec UTC Certs available from ariss-usa.org/ARISS_SSTV gallery

SSTV Series 30 from Satellite RS-38s

series 30 will be robot36 mode on 437.825Mhz FM

36sec on, 2-3 min off cycle for the images

start 00:01 5th dec UTC
end 23:59 13th dec UTC

Certs available from ariss-usa.org/ARISS_SSTV gallery

M0PWX@m0pwx· Nov 30

#spam #fraud #security a new one from spammers, but i am surprised it taken this long to target chatGPT payments screenshot of email i got today, asking me to update my payment details for ChatGPT, would be a good trick as i don't (and will never) use chatGPT or any artificial UNintelligence