Hello ukram, it's been a while!
My NIN sub lapsed in 2021 and I didn't notice for a couple of months, I
just assumed the groups in my subs were dead. When I did finally realise
they were dead because my account was dead, I figured "hey, I've done
without Usenet for a while quite happily, I'll retire gracefully."
Well, I came back to Usenet a while ago but with my radio gear all packed away still following a house move I decided to give the radio groups a
wide berth. But I have been giving serious consideration lately to getting back on to HF - I understand that we are still in solar maximum, right?
How are the conditions, in general? 20 and 40m SSB voice is all I'm
thinking of dipping my toe back into - main motivation is my youngest son
has shown increasing interest (and talent) in making and tinkering;
started off with scale models a few years ago and he got into that, then dabbled in some basic electronics and he loved that, then got a 3D printer and he has taken to that and 3D design like a duck to water. Now, he's champing at the bit to do more electronics building - and I think
introducing him to amateur radio might be a nice compliment to it.
Early days (he's 10...), but I think we have an engineer in the making!
All I can do as a parent is try and nurture his latent skills and see if
any of it sticks and helps him decide where he wants to take his life. We
did it with our elder son, he showed early athletic promise so we had him training jiu jitsu from the age of 6 and he's now, 11 years later,
studying sports diploma at college with various possible university paths lined up after that, and teaching the sport while he trains to be a semi-pro/pro cage fighter! Life's short, and you should spend it doing the things you love - a lesson I learned too late, and a lesson I'm trying to
get my kids to learn it early.
My thinking is, then, if there's currently the chance for some good and
easy global HF contacts, then it'd be a shame to miss taking advantage of
it to share with our youngest and see if it ignites an interest that could spiral outwards.
Would be interested to hear how the bands are before I clamber up on to
the roof to install an antenna... :)
STC
PS: Hope you have all been well and happy the last few years!
PPS: /offtopic - Also, I finally managed to create a newsgroup!
, so was unencumbered by those pesky RFDs and votes... Is
dead as a doornail lol. If any of y'all are 3D printers, would be great to see you there!
On 30/11/2025 08:26, scole wrote:
Hello ukram, it's been a while!
My NIN sub lapsed in 2021 and I didn't notice for a couple of
months, I
just assumed the groups in my subs were dead. When I did finally realise
they were dead because my account was dead, I figured "hey, I've done
without Usenet for a while quite happily, I'll retire gracefully."
Well, I came back to Usenet a while ago but with my radio gear all >>packed
away still following a house move I decided to give the radio groups a
wide berth. But I have been giving serious consideration lately to getting >> back on to HF - I understand that we are still in solar maximum, right?
How are the conditions, in general? 20 and 40m SSB voice is all I'm
thinking of dipping my toe back into - main motivation is my youngest son
has shown increasing interest (and talent) in making and tinkering;
started off with scale models a few years ago and he got into that, then
dabbled in some basic electronics and he loved that, then got a 3D printer >> and he has taken to that and 3D design like a duck to water. Now, he's
champing at the bit to do more electronics building - and I think
introducing him to amateur radio might be a nice compliment to it.
Early days (he's 10...), but I think we have an engineer in the
making!
All I can do as a parent is try and nurture his latent skills and see if
any of it sticks and helps him decide where he wants to take his life. We
did it with our elder son, he showed early athletic promise so we had him
training jiu jitsu from the age of 6 and he's now, 11 years later,
studying sports diploma at college with various possible university paths
lined up after that, and teaching the sport while he trains to be a
semi-pro/pro cage fighter! Life's short, and you should spend it doing the >> things you love - a lesson I learned too late, and a lesson I'm trying to
get my kids to learn it early.
My thinking is, then, if there's currently the chance for some good
and
easy global HF contacts, then it'd be a shame to miss taking advantage of
it to share with our youngest and see if it ignites an interest that could >> spiral outwards.
Would be interested to hear how the bands are before I clamber up on
to
the roof to install an antenna... :)
STC
PS: Hope you have all been well and happy the last few years!
PPS: /offtopic - Also, I finally managed to create a newsgroup!
, so was unencumbered by those pesky RFDs and votes... Is
dead as a doornail lol. If any of y'all are 3D printers, would be great to >> see you there!
We think Jim may have passed away. Gareth is still around, or at least
he was telling people on the G-QRP reflector they should be moving on
from the NE602.
Not seen anything from Ian Jackson OHX for a while.
Brian Reay has also vanished so the flame wars that kept both ukra
and uram alive have ceased.
In message <mp9498Fdc22U1@mid.individual.net>, A. non Eyemouse <somewhere@work.invalid> writes
On 30/11/2025 08:26, scole wrote:
Hello ukram, it's been a while!
My NIN sub lapsed in 2021 and I didn't notice for a couple of
months, I
just assumed the groups in my subs were dead. When I did finally
realise they were dead because my account was dead, I figured
"hey, I've done without Usenet for a while quite happily, I'll
retire gracefully." Well, I came back to Usenet a while ago but
with my radio gear all
packed
away still following a house move I decided to give the radio
groups a wide berth. But I have been giving serious consideration
lately to getting back on to HF - I understand that we are still
in solar maximum, right? How are the conditions, in general? 20
and 40m SSB voice is all I'm thinking of dipping my toe back into
- main motivation is my youngest son has shown increasing interest
(and talent) in making and tinkering; started off with scale
models a few years ago and he got into that, then dabbled in some
basic electronics and he loved that, then got a 3D printer and he
has taken to that and 3D design like a duck to water. Now, he's
champing at the bit to do more electronics building - and I think
introducing him to amateur radio might be a nice compliment to it.
Early days (he's 10...), but I think we have an engineer in the
making!
All I can do as a parent is try and nurture his latent skills and
see if any of it sticks and helps him decide where he wants to
take his life. We did it with our elder son, he showed early
athletic promise so we had him training jiu jitsu from the age of
6 and he's now, 11 years later, studying sports diploma at college
with various possible university paths lined up after that, and
teaching the sport while he trains to be a semi-pro/pro cage
fighter! Life's short, and you should spend it doing the things
you love - a lesson I learned too late, and a lesson I'm trying to
get my kids to learn it early. My thinking is, then, if there's
currently the chance for some good
and
easy global HF contacts, then it'd be a shame to miss taking
advantage of it to share with our youngest and see if it ignites
an interest that could spiral outwards.
Would be interested to hear how the bands are before I clamber up
on
to
the roof to install an antenna... :)
STC
PS: Hope you have all been well and happy the last few years!
PPS: /offtopic - Also, I finally managed to create a newsgroup!
, so was unencumbered by those pesky RFDs and votes... Is
dead as a doornail lol. If any of y'all are 3D printers, would be
great to see you there!
We think Jim may have passed away. Gareth is still around, or at
least he was telling people on the G-QRP reflector they should be
moving on from the NE602.
Gareth pops up on the RSGB Workshop with some strange postings. Young
Spike "contributes" to uk.rec.cycling occasionally and "gasp" the
uk.legal moderated group and diy expounding his climate change
theories.
All of the known instances of Paul Cummins as confirmed by the GRO
have gone toes up. Not seen anything from Ian Jackson OHX for a whi
Brian Reay has also vanished so the flame wars that kept both ukra
and uram alive have ceased.
In message <mp9498Fdc22U1@mid.individual.net>, A. non Eyemouse <somewhere@work.invalid> writes
On 30/11/2025 08:26, scole wrote:<snip>
Hello ukram, it's been a while!
We think Jim may have passed away. Gareth is still around, or at least
he was telling people on the G-QRP reflector they should be moving on
from the NE602.
Gareth pops up on the RSGB Workshop with some strange postings. Young
Spike "contributes" to uk.rec.cycling occasionally and "gasp" the
uk.legal moderated group and diy expounding his climate change theories.
All of the known instances of Paul Cummins as confirmed by the GRO have
gone toes up. Not seen anything from Ian Jackson OHX for a while.
Brian Reay has also vanished so the flame wars that kept both ukra and
uram alive have ceased.
The panix blogs, which made up a good deal of the traffic have
stopped
The short waves have been pretty good recently, but I'm not a short wave enthusiast . There have been a number of decent aurora on 6m and 4m.
I'm spending most of my time messing around on VHF/UHF and microwaves .
I've done some test tranmissions on 472KHz including an AM NDB lookalike
but I don't have a decent aerial yet.
You can now trade in your old callsign for a shiny new one ( or ancient
G3)
On Wed, 3 Dec 2025 10:49:55 +0000
brian <nospam@b-howie.co.uk> wrote:
Not seen anything from Ian Jackson OHX for a while.
No, although he said a while ago that he has 60 years continuous RSGB membership so is now freeloading on the society.
Brian Reay has also vanished so the flame wars that kept both ukra
and uram alive have ceased.
He can sometimes be seen in the Daily Telegraph comments, it's the same
name and mostly the same posting style.
In article <8WDTerGTXBMpFwIb@b-howie.co.uk>, brian <brian@b-howie.co.uk> wrote:
In message <mp9498Fdc22U1@mid.individual.net>, A. non Eyemouse
<somewhere@work.invalid> writes
On 30/11/2025 08:26, scole wrote:<snip>
Hello ukram, it's been a while!
We think Jim may have passed away. Gareth is still around, or at least
he was telling people on the G-QRP reflector they should be moving on
from the NE602.
Gareth pops up on the RSGB Workshop with some strange postings. Young
Spike "contributes" to uk.rec.cycling occasionally and "gasp" the
uk.legal moderated group and diy expounding his climate change theories.
All of the known instances of Paul Cummins as confirmed by the GRO have
gone toes up. Not seen anything from Ian Jackson OHX for a while.
Brian Reay has also vanished so the flame wars that kept both ukra and
uram alive have ceased.
The panix blogs, which made up a good deal of the traffic have
stopped
The short waves have been pretty good recently, but I'm not a short wave
enthusiast . There have been a number of decent aurora on 6m and 4m.
I'm spending most of my time messing around on VHF/UHF and microwaves .
I've done some test tranmissions on 472KHz including an AM NDB lookalike
but I don't have a decent aerial yet.
You can now trade in your old callsign for a shiny new one ( or ancient
G3)
Thanks both for the updates, appreciated. So, Jim dead, and Cummins too? >Christ, he wasn't much older than me...
In message <vintageapplemac-0512251306260001@pmg3>, scole <vintageapplemac@gmail.com> writes
Thanks both for the updates, appreciated. So, Jim dead, and Cummins too? >Christ, he wasn't much older than me...
There was speculation as to whether he was "doing bird" again ( if he
ever did it in the 1st place) , so I looked up the GRO and reported. It
was quite a while after his/their demise it appeared,thus the
incarceration theory gained traction . There were no obituaries, not
even in the Basingstoke Gazette.
"Name: Year of Birth:
CUMMINS, PAUL ALEXANDER F 1971
GRO Reference: DOR Q3/2020 in OXFORDSHIRE (695-1A)
Entry Number 521101422
WILKIE, JOHN 1971
GRO Reference: DOR Q3/2020 in OXFORDSHIRE (695-1A)
Entry Number 521101422
JAMESON, ROBERT 1971
GRO Reference: DOR Q3/2020 in OXFORDSHIRE (695-1A)
Entry Number 521101422
Dying 3 times, respect doodz.
There may be another instances of him alive and well."
So Brian was right about the 3 amigos being a shared identity
Ian's still with us, or was until quite recently.
In message <mpbiclFpr04U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> writes
Ian's still with us, or was until quite recently.Yes - still here! I've got to stick around to prevent any newbie
snaffling my Class-A G3 callsign!.
In article <20251203142823.673b9ee2@deangelis.fenrir.org.uk>, bdm@fenrir.org.uk wrote:
On Wed, 3 Dec 2025 10:49:55 +0000
brian <nospam@b-howie.co.uk> wrote:
Not seen anything from Ian Jackson OHX for a while.
No, although he said a while ago that he has 60 years continuous
RSGB membership so is now freeloading on the society.
Brian Reay has also vanished so the flame wars that kept both ukra
and uram alive have ceased.
He can sometimes be seen in the Daily Telegraph comments, it's the
same name and mostly the same posting style.
I remember saying it here before - there's a Viz strip called The Male Online, and it is Brian to a tee! Give it a Google and read a few of
them and you'll see what I mean...
I met Brian a couple of times in real life and he was thoroughly
pleasant, for what it's worth. A different character when he's
online, though, definitely - but I'm sure same can be said about most
of us.
In message <mp9498Fdc22U1@mid.individual.net>, A. non Eyemouse <somewhere@work.invalid> writes
On 30/11/2025 08:26, scole wrote:
Hello ukram, it's been a while!
My NIN sub lapsed in 2021 and I didn't notice for a couple of
months, I
just assumed the groups in my subs were dead. When I did finally
realise they were dead because my account was dead, I figured
"hey, I've done without Usenet for a while quite happily, I'll
retire gracefully." Well, I came back to Usenet a while ago but
with my radio gear all
packed
away still following a house move I decided to give the radio
groups a wide berth. But I have been giving serious consideration
lately to getting back on to HF - I understand that we are still
in solar maximum, right? How are the conditions, in general? 20
and 40m SSB voice is all I'm thinking of dipping my toe back into
- main motivation is my youngest son has shown increasing interest
(and talent) in making and tinkering; started off with scale
models a few years ago and he got into that, then dabbled in some
basic electronics and he loved that, then got a 3D printer and he
has taken to that and 3D design like a duck to water. Now, he's
champing at the bit to do more electronics building - and I think
introducing him to amateur radio might be a nice compliment to it.
Early days (he's 10...), but I think we have an engineer in the
making!
All I can do as a parent is try and nurture his latent skills and
see if any of it sticks and helps him decide where he wants to
take his life. We did it with our elder son, he showed early
athletic promise so we had him training jiu jitsu from the age of
6 and he's now, 11 years later, studying sports diploma at college
with various possible university paths lined up after that, and
teaching the sport while he trains to be a semi-pro/pro cage
fighter! Life's short, and you should spend it doing the things
you love - a lesson I learned too late, and a lesson I'm trying to
get my kids to learn it early. My thinking is, then, if there's
currently the chance for some good
and
easy global HF contacts, then it'd be a shame to miss taking
advantage of it to share with our youngest and see if it ignites
an interest that could spiral outwards.
Would be interested to hear how the bands are before I clamber up
on
to
the roof to install an antenna... :)
STC
PS: Hope you have all been well and happy the last few years!
PPS: /offtopic - Also, I finally managed to create a newsgroup!
, so was unencumbered by those pesky RFDs and votes... Is
dead as a doornail lol. If any of y'all are 3D printers, would be
great to see you there!
We think Jim may have passed away. Gareth is still around, or at
least he was telling people on the G-QRP reflector they should be
moving on from the NE602.
Gareth pops up on the RSGB Workshop with some strange postings. Young
Spike "contributes" to uk.rec.cycling occasionally and "gasp" the
uk.legal moderated group and diy expounding his climate change
theories.
In message <vintageapplemac-0512251306260001@pmg3>, scole <vintageapplemac@gmail.com> writes
In article <8WDTerGTXBMpFwIb@b-howie.co.uk>, brian
<brian@b-howie.co.uk> wrote:
In message <mp9498Fdc22U1@mid.individual.net>, A. non Eyemouse
<somewhere@work.invalid> writes
On 30/11/2025 08:26, scole wrote:<snip>
Hello ukram, it's been a while!
We think Jim may have passed away. Gareth is still around, or at
least he was telling people on the G-QRP reflector they should be
moving on from the NE602.
Gareth pops up on the RSGB Workshop with some strange postings.
Young Spike "contributes" to uk.rec.cycling occasionally and
"gasp" the uk.legal moderated group and diy expounding his climate
change theories.
All of the known instances of Paul Cummins as confirmed by the GRO
have gone toes up. Not seen anything from Ian Jackson OHX for a
while.
Brian Reay has also vanished so the flame wars that kept both ukra
and uram alive have ceased.
The panix blogs, which made up a good deal of the traffic have
stopped
The short waves have been pretty good recently, but I'm not a
short wave enthusiast . There have been a number of decent aurora
on 6m and 4m.
I'm spending most of my time messing around on VHF/UHF and
microwaves . I've done some test tranmissions on 472KHz including
an AM NDB lookalike but I don't have a decent aerial yet.
You can now trade in your old callsign for a shiny new one ( or
ancient G3)
Thanks both for the updates, appreciated. So, Jim dead, and Cummins
too? Christ, he wasn't much older than me...
There was speculation as to whether he was "doing bird" again ( if he
ever did it in the 1st place) , so I looked up the GRO and reported.
It was quite a while after his/their demise it appeared,thus the incarceration theory gained traction . There were no obituaries, not
even in the Basingstoke Gazette.
"Name: Year of Birth:
CUMMINS, PAUL ALEXANDER F 1971
GRO Reference: DOR Q3/2020 in OXFORDSHIRE (695-1A)
Entry Number 521101422
WILKIE, JOHN 1971
GRO Reference: DOR Q3/2020 in OXFORDSHIRE (695-1A)
Entry Number 521101422
JAMESON, ROBERT 1971
GRO Reference: DOR Q3/2020 in OXFORDSHIRE (695-1A)
Entry Number 521101422
Dying 3 times, respect doodz.
There may be another instances of him alive and well."
So Brian was right about the 3 amigos being a shared identity .
B
I met Brian a couple of times in real life and he was thoroughly
pleasant, for what it's worth. A different character when he's
online, though, definitely - but I'm sure same can be said about
most of us.
Have you forgotten that Morrison is every bit as right wing as Reay?
In message <mpbiclFpr04U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> writes
Ian's still with us, or was until quite recently.
Yes - still here!
I've got to stick around to prevent any newbie
snaffling my Class-A G3 callsign!.
On Sat, 6 Dec 2025 10:13:03 +0000
brian <nospam@b-howie.co.uk> wrote:
So Brian was right about the 3 amigos being a shared identity .
B
If he'd lived a bit longer he could've filled three empty spots on the
Usenet committee.
On Fri, 05 Dec 2025 13:10:59 +0100
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <20251203142823.673b9ee2@deangelis.fenrir.org.uk>, bdm@fenrir.org.uk wrote:
On Wed, 3 Dec 2025 10:49:55 +0000
brian <nospam@b-howie.co.uk> wrote:
Not seen anything from Ian Jackson OHX for a while.
No, although he said a while ago that he has 60 years continuous
RSGB membership so is now freeloading on the society.
Brian Reay has also vanished so the flame wars that kept both ukra
and uram alive have ceased.
He can sometimes be seen in the Daily Telegraph comments, it's the
same name and mostly the same posting style.
I remember saying it here before - there's a Viz strip called The Male Online, and it is Brian to a tee! Give it a Google and read a few of
them and you'll see what I mean...
I met Brian a couple of times in real life and he was thoroughly
pleasant, for what it's worth. A different character when he's
online, though, definitely - but I'm sure same can be said about most
of us.
Have you forgotten that Morrison is every bit as right wing as Reay?
In article <mq2hnmFlkcpU1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, 6 Dec 2025 10:13:03 +0000
brian <nospam@b-howie.co.uk> wrote:
So Brian was right about the 3 amigos being a shared identity .
B
If he'd lived a bit longer he could've filled three empty spots on
the Usenet committee.
I did look in to the management groups a week or so ago and saw that
the Committee is currently bereft of members* and that this year's
election had no applicants and many seats left unfilled. I might
start laying the ground for a run at the Levers Of Power for next
year... Might well get waved through uncontested! Burt'd go bananas!
*What's happened there? Where's the old guard all gone? Toes up? I
did see Charles Lindsay passed away...
In article <Dyo7DbHS40NpFw0K@brattleho.plus.com>, Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> wrote:
In message <mpbiclFpr04U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> writes
Ian's still with us, or was until quite recently.Yes - still here!
Good to hear! Hope you're keeping well Ian!
I've got to stick around to prevent any newbie
snaffling my Class-A G3 callsign!.
It's safe from me, I like my M0.
On Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:23:50 +0000
Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
I met Brian a couple of times in real life and he was thoroughly pleasant, for what it's worth. A different character when he's
online, though, definitely - but I'm sure same can be said about
most of us.
Have you forgotten that Morrison is every bit as right wing as
Reay?
I find that when I point my telescope to the left I can't even see
Genghis Khan, let alone Brian Reay.
Of course perhaps I just want the state to leave me alone and stop
telling us all how to live.
On Sat, 13 Dec 2025 07:29:26 +0100
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <Dyo7DbHS40NpFw0K@brattleho.plus.com>, Ian Jackson
<ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> wrote:
In message <mpbiclFpr04U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> writes
Ian's still with us, or was until quite recently.Yes - still here!
Good to hear! Hope you're keeping well Ian!
I've got to stick around to prevent any newbie
snaffling my Class-A G3 callsign!.
It's safe from me, I like my M0.
I might apply for G8DXY.
On Sat, 13 Dec 2025 07:29:26 +0100
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <Dyo7DbHS40NpFw0K@brattleho.plus.com>, Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> wrote:
In message <mpbiclFpr04U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> writes
Ian's still with us, or was until quite recently.Yes - still here!
Good to hear! Hope you're keeping well Ian!
I've got to stick around to prevent any newbie
snaffling my Class-A G3 callsign!.
It's safe from me, I like my M0.
I might apply for G8DXY.
On 13/12/2025 12:40, Bernie wrote:
On Sat, 13 Dec 2025 07:29:26 +0100
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <Dyo7DbHS40NpFw0K@brattleho.plus.com>, Ian Jackson
<ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> wrote:
In message <mpbiclFpr04U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> writes
Ian's still with us, or was until quite recently.Yes - still here!
Good to hear! Hope you're keeping well Ian!
I've got to stick around to prevent any newbie
snaffling my Class-A G3 callsign!.
It's safe from me, I like my M0.
I might apply for G8DXY.
If Jim is no more and has shuffled off his mortal coil, has anyone
informed Ofcom?
I quite fancy getting Jim's call, should I still be around in 5 years,
and using it as the call for a radio club for "wummin" and all the
groups of people Jim despised.
On Sat, 13 Dec 2025 07:33:27 +0100
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <mq2hnmFlkcpU1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
In short, CHatgpt says no probs. So how about uk.politics.moderated
with 24/7, no delay, unbiased AI moderation? The white heat of
technology doing away with outdated methods. I think that idea would
excite Ribbens.
*What's happened there? Where's the old guard all gone? Toes up? I
did see Charles Lindsay passed away...
I'm not sure. Try standing for something - you'll soon find out who is
still paying attention.
In short, CHatgpt says no probs. So how about uk.politics.moderated
with 24/7, no delay, unbiased AI moderation? The white heat of
technology doing away with outdated methods. I think that idea would
excite Ribbens.
On Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:24:43 +0000
Brian Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
On Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:23:50 +0000[...]
Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
Have you forgotten that Morrison is every bit as right wing as
Reay?
I find that when I point my telescope to the left I can't even see
Genghis Khan, let alone Brian Reay.
Of course perhaps I just want the state to leave me alone and stopYou should try swallowing some over-ripe Turnip juice, Bri - it's done wonders for Burt.
telling us all how to live.
In article <Dyo7DbHS40NpFw0K@brattleho.plus.com>, Ian Jackson ><ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> wrote:
In message <mpbiclFpr04U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> writes
Ian's still with us, or was until quite recently.Yes - still here!
Good to hear! Hope you're keeping well Ian!
I've got to stick around to prevent any newbie
snaffling my Class-A G3 callsign!.
It's safe from me, I like my M0.
In article <10hk8gj$8h9i$1@dont-email.me>, mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:
On 13/12/2025 12:40, Bernie wrote:
On Sat, 13 Dec 2025 07:29:26 +0100
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <Dyo7DbHS40NpFw0K@brattleho.plus.com>, Ian Jackson
<ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> wrote:
In message <mpbiclFpr04U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> writes
Ian's still with us, or was until quite recently.Yes - still here!
Good to hear! Hope you're keeping well Ian!
I've got to stick around to prevent any newbie
snaffling my Class-A G3 callsign!.
It's safe from me, I like my M0.
I might apply for G8DXY.
If Jim is no more and has shuffled off his mortal coil, has anyone
informed Ofcom?
I quite fancy getting Jim's call, should I still be around in 5 years,
and using it as the call for a radio club for "wummin" and all the
groups of people Jim despised.
Well, he always kept going on about Sky Fairies, so how about a religious >oriented club? DHJ = Divine Heavenly Jesus. Jim'd *love* that...
On Mon, 8 Dec 2025 22:15:46 +0000
Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> wrote:
In message <mpbiclFpr04U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> writes
Ian's still with us, or was until quite recently.Yes - still here! I've got to stick around to prevent any newbie
snaffling my Class-A G3 callsign!.
Yes, I'm afraid Ofcom didn't follow up on my suggestion of 50 years
before releasing pre-enjoyed callsigns, and they were even less keen on
my other suggestion of 500 years.
I trust that you are now enjoying your freebie RadComs Ian.
In message <vintageapplemac-1312250729260001@pmg3>, scole ><vintageapplemac@gmail.com> writes
In article <Dyo7DbHS40NpFw0K@brattleho.plus.com>, Ian Jackson >><ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> wrote:
In message <mpbiclFpr04U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> writes
Ian's still with us, or was until quite recently.Yes - still here!
Good to hear! Hope you're keeping well Ian!
I've got to stick around to prevent any newbie
snaffling my Class-A G3 callsign!.
It's safe from me, I like my M0.
Some M0s are swapping their callsigns for generally unissued G5+3
callsigns. [At least they're not grave-robbing.] Wasn't it Gareth who
said "If it's not G, it's CB"?
In message <vintageapplemac-1312250729260001@pmg3>, scole <vintageapplemac@gmail.com> writes
In article <Dyo7DbHS40NpFw0K@brattleho.plus.com>, Ian Jackson ><ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> wrote:
In message <mpbiclFpr04U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> writes
Ian's still with us, or was until quite recently.Yes - still here!
Good to hear! Hope you're keeping well Ian!
I've got to stick around to prevent any newbie
snaffling my Class-A G3 callsign!.
It's safe from me, I like my M0.
Some M0s are swapping their callsigns for generally unissued G5+3
callsigns. [At least they're not grave-robbing.]
Wasn't it Gareth who said "If it's not G, it's CB"?
In message <Wl+OmSC7$yRpFwX0@brattleho.plus.com>, Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> writes
In message <vintageapplemac-1312250729260001@pmg3>, scole
<vintageapplemac@gmail.com> writes
In article <Dyo7DbHS40NpFw0K@brattleho.plus.com>, Ian Jackson
<ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> wrote:
In message <mpbiclFpr04U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> writes
Ian's still with us, or was until quite recently.Yes - still here!
Good to hear! Hope you're keeping well Ian!
I've got to stick around to prevent any newbie
snaffling my Class-A G3 callsign!.
It's safe from me, I like my M0.
Some M0s are swapping their callsigns for generally unissued G5+3
callsigns. [At least they're not grave-robbing.] Wasn't it Gareth who
said "If it's not G, it's CB"?
The G5s were furren nationals˙ There were a whole load of them at
NAVCOMMSEC "RAF" Edzell and no doubt elsewhere .
https://www.qsl.net/w3df/edzell/edzell.html
I knew of a GM5APY based˙ for a short time at Holy Loch. His phonetics
were dubbed Anti Polaris Yankee.
https://www.qsl.net/w3df/edzell/edzell.html
There was a security scare because the call book contained names and addressees if I recall
There was a security scare because the call book contained names and addressees if I recall
On 21/12/2025 05:39, brian wrote:
In message <Wl+OmSC7$yRpFwX0@brattleho.plus.com>, Ian Jackson >><ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> writes
In message <vintageapplemac-1312250729260001@pmg3>, scole >>><vintageapplemac@gmail.com> writesThe G5s were furren nationals? There were a whole load of them at >>NAVCOMMSEC "RAF" Edzell and no doubt elsewhere .
In article <Dyo7DbHS40NpFw0K@brattleho.plus.com>, Ian Jackson
<ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> wrote:
In message <mpbiclFpr04U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> writes
Ian's still with us, or was until quite recently.Yes - still here!
Good to hear! Hope you're keeping well Ian!
I've got to stick around to prevent any newbie
snaffling my Class-A G3 callsign!.
It's safe from me, I like my M0.
Some M0s are swapping their callsigns for generally unissued G5+3 >>>callsigns. [At least they're not grave-robbing.] Wasn't it Gareth who >>>said "If it's not G, it's CB"?
https://www.qsl.net/w3df/edzell/edzell.html
Looks like they had a Wullenweber there, as they did at RAF Chicksands.
I knew of a GM5APY based? for a short time at Holy Loch. His
phonetics were dubbed Anti Polaris Yankee.
https://www.qsl.net/w3df/edzell/edzell.html
There was a security scare because the call book contained names and >>addressees if I recall
They've turned that upside down these days with the FCC publishing US
hams data and Ofcom giving the option to withhold particulars.
I trust that you are now enjoying your freebie RadComs Ian.Your trust is well-placed!
On Sun, 21 Dec 2025 05:39:27 +0000
brian <nospam@b-howie.co.uk> wrote:
There was a security scare because the call book contained names and
addressees if I recall
That was Duncan Campbell, the journalist, who was licensed himself. He
worked out that those G5 calls were clustered around certain places and
was able to identify them as Fylingdales, Menwith Hill and a few others.
The MoD had a conniption once it was realised and these callsigns were changed to G0 I think, but not directly with the same suffix.
Some M0s are swapping their callsigns for generally unissued G5+3 callsigns.
Am 20.12.25 um 23:23 schrieb Ian Jackson:
Some M0s are swapping their callsigns for generally unissued G5+3
callsigns.
Huh? How do you do that and why should I do that?
On 21/12/2025 19:23, Brian Morrison wrote:
On Sun, 21 Dec 2025 05:39:27 +0000
brian <nospam@b-howie.co.uk> wrote:
There was a security scare because the call book contained names
and addressees if I recall
That was Duncan Campbell, the journalist, who was licensed himself.No, the G5 calls were simply cancelled. Former G5 holders could sit
He worked out that those G5 calls were clustered around certain
places and was able to identify them as Fylingdales, Menwith Hill
and a few others. The MoD had a conniption once it was realised and
these callsigns were changed to G0 I think, but not directly with
the same suffix.
the RAE if they wanted. Otherwise they got nothing.
On Sun, 21 Dec 2025 19:54:54 +0000
mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:
On 21/12/2025 19:23, Brian Morrison wrote:
On Sun, 21 Dec 2025 05:39:27 +0000No, the G5 calls were simply cancelled. Former G5 holders could sit
brian <nospam@b-howie.co.uk> wrote:
There was a security scare because the call book contained names
and addressees if I recall
That was Duncan Campbell, the journalist, who was licensed himself.
He worked out that those G5 calls were clustered around certain
places and was able to identify them as Fylingdales, Menwith Hill
and a few others. The MoD had a conniption once it was realised and
these callsigns were changed to G0 I think, but not directly with
the same suffix.
the RAE if they wanted. Otherwise they got nothing.
I believe they were able to get reciprocal licences as before, but just
not with a clearly recognisable prefix.
Am 20.12.25 um 23:23 schrieb Ian Jackson:
Some M0s are swapping their callsigns for generally unissued G5+3 callsigns.
Huh? How do you do that and why should I do that?
On 22/12/2025 15:17, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
Am 20.12.25 um 23:23 schrieb Ian Jackson:
Some M0s are swapping their callsigns for generally unissued G5+3 >>>callsigns.Huh? How do you do that and why should I do that?
Learn Morse and you'll understand why.
In message <10icgep$3rs6i$1@dont-email.me>, mm0fmf <none@invalid.com>
writes
On 22/12/2025 15:17, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
Am 20.12.25 um 23:23 schrieb Ian Jackson:
Some M0s are swapping their callsigns for generally unissued G5+3˙Huh? How do you do that and why should I do that?
callsigns.
Learn Morse and you'll understand why.
If I was a morse enthusiast, I'd hate to have a callsign like MM0FMF (nothing personal!) - and, of course, there are probably those that are
even more cumbersome.
On 23/12/2025 09:52, Brian Morrison wrote:
On Sun, 21 Dec 2025 19:54:54 +0000
mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:
On 21/12/2025 19:23, Brian Morrison wrote:
On Sun, 21 Dec 2025 05:39:27 +0000No, the G5 calls were simply cancelled. Former G5 holders could sit
brian <nospam@b-howie.co.uk> wrote:
There was a security scare because the call book contained names
and addressees if I recall
That was Duncan Campbell, the journalist, who was licensed himself.
He worked out that those G5 calls were clustered around certain
places and was able to identify them as Fylingdales, Menwith Hill
and a few others. The MoD had a conniption once it was realised and
these callsigns were changed to G0 I think, but not directly with
the same suffix.
the RAE if they wanted. Otherwise they got nothing.
I believe they were able to get reciprocal licences as before, but just
not with a clearly recognisable prefix.
I knew someone with a G5B?? who was issued a G0. I don't believe he was required to sit the RAE and 12wpm morse test for his G0.
Phasing out of G5 was nothing to do with security etc. It was
intended to be part of a longer term plan to deal with demand. Like
so many other thinks the Civil Service / Civil Service type
organisations it was started and not finished.
On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 14:11:59 +0000
Brian <inv@lid.com> wrote:
Phasing out of G5 was nothing to do with security etc. It was
intended to be part of a longer term plan to deal with demand. Like
so many other thinks the Civil Service / Civil Service type
organisations it was started and not finished.
All this may have been to do with the licences being shifted from the
Home Office, who administered them from 1974 after the GPO was no
longer a government department, over to the Department for Trade and
Industry during the late 1980s. I don't remember the exact dates, but
the Radiocommunications Agency appeared in 1991 and the DTI radio
licence fees document dates from 1988.
On 25/12/2025 13:51, Brian Morrison wrote:
On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 14:11:59 +0000
Brian <inv@lid.com> wrote:
Phasing out of G5 was nothing to do with security etc. It was
intended to be part of a longer term plan to deal with demand. Like
so many other thinks the Civil Service / Civil Service type
organisations it was started and not finished.
All this may have been to do with the licences being shifted from
the Home Office, who administered them from 1974 after the GPO was
no longer a government department, over to the Department for Trade
and Industry during the late 1980s. I don't remember the exact
dates, but the Radiocommunications Agency appeared in 1991 and the
DTI radio licence fees document dates from 1988.
Quite possibly.
I suspect, when the various departments 'moved around' some staff
decided to go with the role, others stayed with the previous
department, some probably left. Certainly when things change in
industry that is what happens.
As a result, unless someone 'picks up' work that isn't finished, it
drops down a hole.
In article <mq555sF44j4U5@mid.individual.net>, Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, 13 Dec 2025 07:29:26 +0100
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <Dyo7DbHS40NpFw0K@brattleho.plus.com>, Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> wrote:
In message <mpbiclFpr04U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> writes
Ian's still with us, or was until quite recently.Yes - still here!
Good to hear! Hope you're keeping well Ian!
I've got to stick around to prevent any newbie
snaffling my Class-A G3 callsign!.
It's safe from me, I like my M0.
I might apply for G8DXY.
In years to come, when Gareth is singing with the Welsh Choir
Invisible, some poor sap is going to bag G4SDW and think they've got themselves a plum call, until they Google themselves...
On Sat, 13 Dec 2025 12:39:49 +0000
Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
In short, CHatgpt says no probs. So how about uk.politics.moderated
with 24/7, no delay, unbiased AI moderation? The white heat of
technology doing away with outdated methods. I think that idea would
excite Ribbens.
Not if if meant he couldn't apply arbitrary socialist censorship when
he felt like it.
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 09:32:10 +0100
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <mq555sF44j4U5@mid.individual.net>, Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, 13 Dec 2025 07:29:26 +0100
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <Dyo7DbHS40NpFw0K@brattleho.plus.com>, Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> wrote:
In message <mpbiclFpr04U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> writes
Ian's still with us, or was until quite recently.Yes - still here!
Good to hear! Hope you're keeping well Ian!
I've got to stick around to prevent any newbie
snaffling my Class-A G3 callsign!.
It's safe from me, I like my M0.
I might apply for G8DXY.
In years to come, when Gareth is singing with the Welsh Choir
Invisible, some poor sap is going to bag G4SDW and think they've got themselves a plum call, until they Google themselves...
Actually, sKumbag-evans has bean noticeable by his absence recently and
his birthday is just around the corner. I've checked the Wiltshire
Gazette obits - nothing, so far.
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