Bumpy Highway

Hello and welcome to my Blog, my name is Chris, a bus driver for First West Of England based in Wells, Somerset. I am Chair for the depot branch of Unite the Union. Married to Fiona, we live in Midsomer Norton near Bath, with Boots the cat. My main hobby is Amateur Radio and I hold the call sign G4KVI. I am the repeater keeper for GB3UB and MB7UB. I have a fascination for the weather and all things to do with nature and science. As a Christian I worship at St. Nicholas Church in Radstock. These are my observations on my life, both at work and at home.

26 Dec 2020

Ft991 Hamlib error with WSJT

As you know, I love FT8 and enjoy working this mode. However, yesterday WSJT suddenly threw a Hamlib error at me and wouldn't communicate with the rig. I spent a lot of frustrating time rolling back drivers etc, which didn't work. Finally after a careful look at the port setting I unchecked the 'Use FIFO buffer' This cured the problem and everything is now working.

30 Nov 2020

Webcam on Wunderground

I have a camera that I have used to upload weather pictures to Weather Wunderground. It starting playing up so had to do a reboot on it. Everything was fine apart from it wouldn't show my webcam as online. Camera was saying FTP Success, but no video. After a bit of head scratching, and Google searching it turns out the file was to large, quick adjustment and everything works. You can view it at

https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/webcam/chrisg4kvi/6/2020-11-30

26 Jul 2020

The mystery of the hidden wifi signal.

I have been frustrated by a hidden WiFi signal that follows my 5G network. After searching around I checked the MAC address which started ffa8. This turned out to be our Google display in the lounge. It was set with Guest mode activated. Turning it off solved the problem. So, so simple!!