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Mar 27, 2019Ghosts in the Airglow: https://www.ghostsintheairglow.space/about
This is a pretty fascinating #radio idea!
→ View toot on mastodon.radioHere are the toots from my Mastodon account. If you’re into ham radio and technology this is a great inclusive server with an awesome mascot called Alex.
Alex, the mastodon.radio mascot
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Mar 21, 2019This PDF guide “Transmitting on QO100” looks useful: http://www.oe8hsr.at/blog/?p=448
There’s a lot of fun Es’Hail-2 stuff appearing, going to have to dive in at some point.
(via: https://twitter.com/MeltdownCore/status/1108470095200862209)
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Mar 20, 2019Mistakenly tried to crimp the solderable centre pin of a BNC connector. Ruined my expectations by reading about amphenol connectors and then buying cheap ones! ðŸ˜
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Mar 20, 2019I found http://flaws.cloud/ fascinating. A look into the complexity of AWS and the security mistakes you can quite easily make. #security #cloud
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Mar 20, 2019If anyone in the UK is looking for some cheap #hamradio gear there’s 15% off electronics on eBay today: https://www.ebay.co.uk/b/Ham-Amateur-Radio-Equipment/4670/bn_1631638?rt=nc&LH_BIN=1 up to £50 discount.
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Mar 8, 2019Hoping to catch the SpaceX Dragon splashdown: https://www.spacex.com/webcast should be in a bit!
Splish!
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Mar 8, 2019Great to see that 2W0KPF (@Powyssafety) managed to get his exam venue sorted. Looks like his plans for a mid-wales foundation course are coming along nicely.
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Mar 7, 2019WSJT-X 2.0.1 to macOS was re-released due to some speed and stability issues:
https://sourceforge.net/p/wsjt/mailman/message/36605323/
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Mar 3, 2019Just had a first play on 2m FT8 with my new FT818ND. Max distance so far is 138 km, not bad with 5 watts.
Of course now I want to replace my 2m feedline with something better than RG58 and check everything’s watertight.
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Mar 3, 2019Just caught some of the SpaceX/NASA Dragon docking webcast. Totally mind blowing (albeit slow) action and a successful dock! In a couple of hours they should be able to open the door and go in.
