User:Pika Pikachu2005

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Welcome to my Wikipedia user page

I'm Pikachu and here's some of the things I like

Pokemon (of course)
Computers, mobile phones (or cellphones as people in the US call them), and some other aspects of ICT
Broadcast transmission towers (the one that fascinates me the most is the Emley Moor tower owned by Arqiva (formerly ntl (National Transcommunications Limited) but the ntl name does still exist) near Huddersfield, UK). The transmission tower that provides TV and radio reception to my area is Bilsdale.
CB Radio (I use a different nickname on there, yes it's Pokemon related but not Pikachu related)

I also have an ambition of being a radio DJ, just on a local station though, not a large national station

I own a number of computers and mobile phones, though i use only 3 computers and 2 phones at once:

1 Computers in use
2 Mobile phones in use
3 CB equipment in use
4 Relating to my computer equipment and home LAN
5 Web site and blog
6 Wikipedia articles of interest

[edit] Computers in use

Coolblue (my main computer, running Ubuntu Linux)
Xana (my server, running Ubuntu Linux, currently running Apache 2 Web server FTPd and IRCD Hybrid)
A refurbished AT class computer (Originally 486SX, now Cyrix 6x86 MII, running Windows 98)
My laptop (an IBM Thinkpad T21 running Ubuntu Linux)

[edit] Mobile phones in use

Nokia 6230 on vodafone UK, previously on Orange UK (tri-band handset)
Motorola V3i on Orange UK (Quad-band handset, works practically anywhere). I'm currently in the process of removing the garbage that Orange branded this phone with, though I've hit a slight snag and now have to wait until I get a computer running Windows XP before I can continue (slight update, No longer need to wait for a Windows based machine as I can now do most of this on my laptop as the editing software has been updated to read the /b/ and /c/ partitions on the phone

[edit] CB equipment in use

Rig: Moonraker FA5000 80 channel
Antenna: A 1 metre long "practically indestructable" mobile antenna on a magnetic mount
Status: Currently off air as there is no place to put the antenna

[edit] Relating to my computer equipment and home LAN

My router and switch are no longer in use, all connections go through my wireless modem router to reduce lag and packet losses

[edit] Web site and blog

Why not visit me on my Web site, I use my real name there. I'll post site updates here as soon as they come online

Updates

29th September - 1st October: Transmitter pages have RDS PS names in their frequency listings next to FM stations that carry RDS. I may include other RDS related information at a later point
Northallerton section of the transmitter pages has been updated to reflect current situation on the upcoming license award in that area
7th October: Northallerton section of transmitter pages updated again to reflect on a change on Ofcom's website regarding the applicants
8th October: some amendments have been made to the home page though these are only small
Northallerton section of transmitter section updated and now has a navigation box included for easier navigation through the page
Main page of transmitter section has been amended (an error in an "Updated on" date was found and corrected), The Google search facility has also been updated
9th October: My interests page has been modified slightly to reflect a few changes in situations and correct people who search using a particular search term
3 new sites have been added to the transmitter section, also the Google search developed a fault in the coding and has now been repaired
Whitby section of the transmitter section has been modified slightly to reflect on the cliff where the mast stands and the photo gallery link text has been changed slightly
11th October: Northallerton page of transmitter section modified to reflect a few things from applications and to correct the fact that one trial station was just 2 extra trials of one other
13th October: Northallerton page of the transmitter section slightly modified again, another new site was added to the transmitter pages. This added transmitter is a relay transmitter which instead of relaying Bilsdale as nearly all of the relays I have listed do, it's main base stations are Belmont and Emley Moor
15th October: Northallerton section of the transmitter pages updated again
21st October: Homepage updated with information on future server move (which should be occuring within the next 2 weeks)
22nd October: Main transmitter page and Northallerton page has been updated
24th October: UPS and Wireless router added to hardware page
25th Otober: Home page updated and an off-site link was changed slightly to point to the same article it had done before
Northallerton section of transmitter pages updated again, Transmitter index page updated also
26th October Whitby section of the transmitter pages has been updated again abut the transmitter relocation
Main page of transmitter section has been updated to reflect the new company names of the main transmitter owners (National Grid Wireless, formally Crown Castle International and Arqiva formally NTL Broadcast)
29th October: Northallerton section of transmission section has been modified again
Whole site moved to my server
1st November: Northallerton section of transmitter pages updated again
Eston Nab added to transmitter pages
7th November: Northallerton section of the transmitter section updated to reflect the winning applicant of the license in this area
Main page updated to reflect today as the updated date of the Northallerton section
18th November: Northallerton section updated to reflect new information on Ofcom's web site, this also included an update on the main transmitter page (date of last update of Northallerton section
26th November: Stockton-on-Tees added to transmitter pages
6th December: New photo added to photo page
Bullet points on home page reset after being modified by Microsoft Word 2003
14th December: "About me" page edited to reflect my fiancee's age correctly
28th December: Completed setting up the site to use PHP-Nuke
1st January 2006: Modifications to the welcome message on the homepage and 2 new blocks were added
19th February 2006: New content added (Fun phone stuff)