The Union of MM0ZIF.radio and its ancestor MM0ZIF.scot providing amateur radio and weather resources and so much more!
In 2014 I bought the domain that I used for a number of years for all my amateur radio material. This included training materials for all levels of the UK exams, Reviews of hardware and software. In fact it was just a massive version of what is currently available on https://mm0zif.radio except the .radio domain didn’t exist then. The reason for wanting a .scot domain was simple. I live in Scotland, and although it is a part of the UK I feel more Scottish than English or British, so wanted that to stand out.
For almost five years, MM0ZIF.scot was out of my hands. Originally registered the domain as my personal domain, Unfortunately I missed a renewal date, due to a bought of bad health, and before I could react, someone had swooped in and claimed it. Unfortunately, domain squatting is a common practice, and I found myself locked out of a name that had real significance to me.
I went as far as going to ICANN, but as far as they were concerned, someone else now had it and I didn’t. Even explaining that it is an amateur radio callsign and therefore meaningless to anyone else, they didn’t even investigate it. So when the .radio domain came up, I purchased that.
But persistence pays off! After years of waiting, MM0ZIF.scot is finally back under my control, and I’m excited to announce that it now redirects to MM0ZIF.radio—the hub for all things related to my callsign and radio activities.
This experience has been a lesson in the importance of domain management and how easily a small mistake can lead to a long wait (and sometimes an expensive process) to reclaim what was once yours. If you own a domain that matters to you, take my advice: enable auto-renewal and keep an eye on those expiry dates!
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Hi I am Marcus, MM0ZIF, a licenced Radio Amateur, Doctor of Musicology, amateur weather enthusiast. I over the years have been a Amateur Radio Tutor, Examiner, and a Regional Manager for the Radio Society of Great Britain.
This site is dedicated more towards Amateur Radio and Weather, with an angle on Technology too. I also maintain https://havenswell.com/ which is my other blog which is more aimed at cooking, hobbies and life in general as well as businness and networking.
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