Merry Christmas all… being “Granddad Technics” means I’ve spent the morning setting up electronics, accounts and parental controls! 
PS.. they are my Christmas Grinch pyjamas
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Same. Spent last night at 11pm building a mountain bike out of the box and this morning updating a PS5, building a Hornby Mallard train set, a micro scooter and an espresso machine.
Not as bad as a couple if years ago on Christmas Eve when I had full on raging flu, a fever that would give Peggy Lee a run for her money and I had to collect and build one of those wooden train set tables and a full bloomin’ city and port area at 1am.
The things we do… 
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Merry Xmas to all..
The best gifts are the ones you give yourself!
Finished just in time for Christmas… 80m/630m transverter with tuner, based on a design by Chris @DL1CR
Now I just need my knee to get better.
73 Armin
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To everybody in the SOTA family: I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and great fun and even greater scores in the 2026 SOTA Challenge.
73 de E77Z
Hi Ian, been there, done that! Our children are 32 and 35, we still think of them as kids. Once a parent always a parent!
Geoff vk3sq
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…flower pot antenna?
Geoff vk3sq
Geoff, just a warm memory of summer 2025 
And the antenna is, weatherproof and therefore worry-free, inside the house (photo on QRZ), hi.
73 gl, Heinz
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I am too late to wish you all a Merry Christmas so it will have to be a Happy and Healthy New Year. Unfortunately the omens for me for the end of this year are not good as I am limping badly (reasons not yet diagnosed) and we travel up to Capel Curig on Monday to join our walking group for 3 nights - with a super weather forecast but v v cold. On second thoughts, perhaps it’ll be a good thing that I am likely to be grounded!
However, I almost had a great reward on descending during Storm Bram from GW/NW-042 Moel y Gamelin and aiming for Cyrn y Brain on the skyline but
I couldn’t find the crock of gold despite a close search!
Best wishes to all and hope for lots of s2s in the New Year (if not before)
73 Viki
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Merry christmas and a healthy new year
73s Klaus DL5OAH
Merry Christmas to all!
Vy 73 de Jonathan “JB”