Good morning.
Regular listeners will remember that there’s someone who decorates the postboxes in our village regularly with seasonal #knitting and #crochet #art.
Well today I found out that it’s a woman!
I can’t pretend not to be slightly disappointed that it isn’t a man 
Maybe I should start making rival toppers and start a turf war?
The #Coomber schools #radio cassette pulls in the signal from #MidSuffolk even with just its internal #antenna (it does have to be in a particular part of the office to get any reception, but it works better than many modern receivers) #FM #VHF #BroadcastEngineering #CommunityRadio #Ipswich #Suffolk
Monitoring the #transmitter #telemetry, dynamic #RDS and the audio on a car radio from #MidSuffolk (it is good, no overdeviation and the endstage is staying at a constant temperature of around 35 degrees Celsius)
The new #transmitter I tested last week was installed at #Ipswich #CommunityRadio today in plant room of the general hospital (antenna is on maternity block) along with a SIM for a better LTE network, we now have full 50W output and full telemetry/control available via the PC (which also does #soundprocessing and #RDS ), so I can check all this is working (including keeping an eye on the FM deviation and TX endstage temperature) from home or my office 20 km away.. #BroadcastEngineering #Suffolk
@MelissaBearTrix this chap in my county had to update *52* #clocks at his house for the summer time change #Suffolk #horology
Driving home from the petrol station last night, I saw a juvenile #rat run past on a grass bank between the exit road and some automatic car wash. I saluted the rodent (which has far less impact on the #environment than I do in my motor car) 
A trial of #Wrightbus hydrogen buses for Sizewell C workers has launched in #Suffolk, marking a step towards reducing construction emissions. If successful, Sizewell C could order up to 150 #buses, creating the UK's largest #hydrogen fleet. This initiative supports the region’s hydrogen #economy, creates #UK jobs, and reduces local transport impacts. Ryze Power supplies the green hydrogen, and a mobile refuelling system is also being tested. Sizewell C’s goal is to decarbonise its operations and accelerate the hydrogen transition. Wrightbus’s hydrogen buses, built in Northern #Ireland, contribute to UK manufacturing. The trial aims to encourage further hydrogen adoption across the region. If successful, it could help establish a broader hydrogen #transport network in the East of #England.
https://wrightbus.com/en-gb/Sizewell-C-trial-Wrightbus-Hydroliners
30 high value #bicycles have been #stolen from a #bikeshop in Rushmere St Andrew (a suburb just outside #Ipswich in East #Suffolk) by sophisticated #criminals who disabled outside #CCTV and cut #Openreach cables (to prevent #alarms and CCTV activating).
Alright friends FESTIVAL SEASON starts TOMORROW with Manchester Folk Festival, but we've got so many more to come:
New Forest Folk Festival, UK
Bristol Harbour Festival, UK
Castlefest, NL
FolkEast, UK,
Found Festival, UK
Festival Mediaval, DE
https://www.thelongestjohns.com/live
See you there!
Track has now had a formal prohibition notice from #WestSuffolk #Council and is closed until #investigations are completed
#Suffolk #Motocross #safety #coroner
https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2025-03-20/motocross-track-closed-after-two-deaths-in-six-months
I was in this area myself just last week, I'm more surprised the driver found anywhere that didn't have parked cars both sides of the road and space that would even permit driving >30mph
Not sure if turning the #A14 into the #M14 would be a miracle cure (a Northern bypass for #Ipswich does make more sense, but won't happen overnight) - either would only provide fairly short term gains, they would soon fill up with traffic!
A wider problem is bad #driving during the time pressures of the rush hour - more businesses should adopt flexible working to alleviate this (the lorry drivers are already working 24/7)
