All posts by Mark Smith

I am a UK amateur radio ham, first licensed as M6INI, now as a full license holder M0INI. I also use the CB radio as 26TM998 "spark transmitter". Enjoy the website, and I hope to also enjoy a QSO with you on the air, 73, Mark M0INI.
West Manchester Radio Club

Becoming the Secretary of the West Manchester Radio Club
Becoming the Secretary of the West Manchester Radio Club avatar

After clubs started opening up after COVID, I was asked by the committee of the West Manchester Radio Club if I would be so kind to support the club and become the club secretary.

My main concern was that I live 65 miles away..!  And, I won’t be at club every week.  However, since I mix business with pleasure, I am still able to get to club one or two times a month.

So with this concern mentioned, the committee was still happy with this, and so I accepted the position with pleasure as “Acting Secretary” until the next AGM in January 2022.  This will allow the club some stability and help to “get the club going” post COVID.

I must say, I find it a great honour to be asked, and I will do the job to the best of my abilities.

The West Manchester Radio Club’s website is at… http://www.wmrc.co.uk/

Bolton Wireless Club, General, Memories

New Website
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Mark M0INI
Mark Andrew Smith M0INI

Hello and welcome to my new website for my amateur radio station M0INI.  This is the story of how and why I got into amateur radio.

My father was a radio operator with the Royal Corps of Signals, and had a background in electro-mechanical engineering all his life.  Obviously, with my fathers influence, as a young child, I had an interest in radio.

Edward “Eddie” Smith

After leaving the army, my father was invited to teach with the Marconi School, but decided to go into engineering instead.  He was never licensed.

I have shown a keen interest in radio since before CB was legalised in the UK, however, as a teen, I had a choice, CB or computers, and I chose computers.  This was my first computer, an Acorn Electron, seen here still working today and operated by my son.

Acorn Electron

Like my father, we both didn’t go into a radio background, so it wasn’t until 2005 that I started to show an interest in radio again, and got on the air using CB, resurrecting my old handle from the 80’s of “Spark Transmitter”, a reference to the early days of radio and Marconi.

However, I wanted more, and looked for a radio club to study for my foundation license.

With the help of the West Manchester Radio Club, I quickly became licensed as M6INI, then later as M0INI with the help of Bolton Wireless Club.