Hacking cheap GPS radios to make a long range mesh: https://www.meshtastic.org/

I hadn’t seen these ESP32 based GPS modules before: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000119152086.html

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This cool projects adds USB-C to TS100 soldering irons (by replacing the PCB):

https://github.com/Jan–Henrik/Otter-Iron

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jan–Henrik/Otter-Iron/master/images/4.jpg

Looks cool.

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Hahaha, the TLS 1.2 RFC was written by people from “RTFM, Inc.” https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5246.html

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This powerpole PDU looks cool:

https://hackaday.io/project/170493-anderson-power-distribution

Very similar to the sotabeams version but there’s probably not much in the way of obvious variations to make.

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Yay Sprat! I have a nice stack of radio magazine now, perfect for when I start to go stir crazy.

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This book on SDR from Pragmatic Programmers looks like it might be good: https://pragprog.com/book/wdradio/explore-software-defined-radio fairly cheap while it’s in beta, and pragprog is a really good + DRM free publisher.

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Another cool DIY radio blog: https://robs-blog.net

Makes me feel bad for my lack of activity recently!

#hamradio

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Spotted in Bath. The new Tesla trip hazard… or solution to charging when you have no driveway.

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I’m surprised it’s still so windy and cold but very glad Saturday was so nice. I went out for a nice paddle in the sunshine, just a few hours before the storm hit!

I need to get my antenna pole down to free a stick pulley but I can’t do that until it stops being so windy!

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Voyager 2 is back alive! How cool is that! https://www.inverse.com/science/nasa-brings-voyager-2-fully-back-online-11.5-billion-miles-from-earth

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