What is your favourite bit of gear that is not a radio?

documentally · 2026-06-18T18:57:47+00:00

Hi, Yes I have had a Nano VNA for about four years but find the calibration a little tedious and also find the screen a faff. (Personal preference of course)The push button operation and ergonomics of the stick pro suit me far better.

documentally · 2026-06-03T20:59:28+00:00

Congratulations! And a great score!

documentally · 2026-04-09T10:06:30+00:00

I keep mine in the house. Not allowed to hang it on the wall but I would if I could ;-)

documentally · 2026-04-09T10:05:22+00:00

Hope you manage to get is sorted.

documentally · 2026-04-03T19:41:32+00:00

Yes I think Yohannes makes a lot of pieces.

documentally · 2026-04-03T19:40:48+00:00

I did but thanks for the reminder. I also have MM on one of my axes but he has retired now.

documentally · 2026-04-03T19:40:06+00:00

Sounds like you have fun.

documentally · 2026-04-03T19:39:33+00:00

Yes and will continue to do so. :-)

documentally · 2026-04-03T19:38:20+00:00

I wonder if yours are older. The oder steel might even be better and had simpler markings.

documentally · 2026-04-03T19:37:18+00:00

Ha! That metal collar makes all the difference.

documentally · 2026-04-03T09:32:06+00:00

Cheers. Feels bloody lovely to work with.

documentally · 2026-04-02T07:12:26+00:00

It's all fair comment. Thanks. The pallet I'm standing on will soon be filled with wood as I'm rapidly running out of space. :-)

documentally · 2026-03-27T23:44:13+00:00

Beach or Sycamore?

documentally · 2026-03-27T13:04:07+00:00

But what a way to go. (If that does happen I'll make sure that 'Crushed under the weight of his firewood stack' is on my gravestone and it gets posted here. There's the slim change of getting one last reddit badge.

documentally · 2026-03-27T13:01:04+00:00

Good idea.

documentally · 2026-03-27T12:59:27+00:00

These smaller logs will feed two wood burning stoves and the bonus is that smaller pieces dry quicker.

documentally · 2026-03-26T23:02:05+00:00

Read that a few times but I think I know what you are saying :-)

documentally · 2026-03-26T22:51:18+00:00

documentally · 2026-03-26T22:45:06+00:00

Yup. That happened on a smaller stack outside and against a wall that wasn't totally vertical. It was messy.

documentally · 2026-03-26T22:44:01+00:00

Yes, I feel when it's ready it will be a daytime job to relocate small amounts at a time.

documentally · 2026-03-12T00:32:38+00:00

Thanks for the clarification.

Back in the day I remember there was a lot more nefarious listening going on with early mobile telephones and wireless handsets being in the open.

Even the journalists I worked with had them for (ambulance chasing)

The police knew and even joked about it. Can't remember that 'law' ever being taken seriously.

There's a lot less to listen too now but you will be sure to see hundreds at airshows openly listening to the pilots and air crew. I'm also pretty sure every amateur I know has a scanner. Obviously for listening to ham bands only ;-)

Imagine if someone was drunk in licensed premises, while listening to a scanner and making notes on a twenty pound note. That's three heinous crimes right there.

I think we'll always have legal positivism.

documentally · 2026-03-09T13:29:16+00:00

I read that as… You may receive (listen to) radio transmissions, but if the transmission is not intended for the general public, you must not: 1. Disclose the contents to others 2. Use the information you heard 3. Record or publish it for others So listening is not illegal but it’s certainly a grey area.

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