“So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen goodbye [Northern Ireland]“, and so the song goes. I do hope that I shan’t miss you, your bombs, your polar politics or your vernacular. Adieu!
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Another Year Endeth
And thus, it is official. Another scholastic year has ended, the results published and the summer holidays are already several weeks old (for some at least). What occurs now can shape the rest of my life. Come September, I’ll be living it up in Belgium (if the current political situation sustains itself that long) and …
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Intercalary Year (2010-2011)
As I publish this as the latest instalment of randomosity to grace this website, I’ve just laid down my pen on the first set of multiple forms needed for next year’s séjour on the continent. Given the joint nature of my degree – BA Hons French and Spanish (Applied Languages) – it was necessary to …
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Decency alive and well in the 21st Century
It’s refreshing to see that decency lives on, even in this time of “I, myself and me”, albeit this time it involved one of my lesser favoured organisations… yes, you’ve guessed it -Ulsterbus (aka Translink )! A bit of background: I boarded the 1710GMT Garvagh 116 service from the Station in Coleraine, and presented my …
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Back to Uni
As I write this, the first Academic Week in UU draws to a close (thankfully it finished for me yesterday!) and some 20000 students spread across the 4 campuses of the University of Ulster return to their studies, it is a relief to be back, even though as every day passes we get ever closer …
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Trains, Ships and a whole lot of shouting
Yesterday I decided to go to the start of the Maritime Festival in Belfast, as it was the first time in 18 years (1991) that the Tall Ships had been in Belfast. It all began yesterday morning, when I was waiting on the platform in Coleraine to get the 1015BST train from Londonderry/Derry to Great …
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A long overdue update…
Well it’s been quite a while since I last did a blog on here! A few things have happened since then, most notably that the summer holidays are nearly 2 months old (well for me, at least!) and there’s 69 days left until the start of Semester I of Year 2 – can you tell …
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New Invention hits the High Street
I’m sure some of you saw a story on Lidmag about some interesting new inventions to be conceived in Northern Ireland. For those of you that haven’t: Unconfirmed reports have reached the LidMag Newsdesk of an undisclosed number of new inventions, conceived in Northern Ireland, which, if true, could revolutionise Amateur Radio. Northern Ireland is …
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QSLing Policy
I have published my QSLing policy. It may look quite demanding but it really is just common sense and will make life so much easier and enjoyable if it is followed. Please feel free to get in touch if you have any comments. 73, Jon MIØJVI
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Return to HF
Well, a long time longer than originally planned, but I’m glad to say that I’m back on HF for the foreseeable future with 100W and a Yaesu FT-857. I’ve even managed to cross off a few call signs from the “to contact list” Still have a few to contact…
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