Toots · Hackerific

Here 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.

It's Alex! A soft brown mastodon holding a handheld radio in their right hand and carrying a blue bag over their shoulder — Alex, the mastodon.radio mascot

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Nov 26, 2018

InSight is landing! Great stuff! https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html#public

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Nov 20, 2018

The PSK Reporter stats page is really interesting: https://pskreporter.info/cgi-bin/pskstats.pl

The breakdown by software at the bottom shows a few people using WSJT-X RC5 as well, so maybe that will drop soon:

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Nov 12, 2018

The thunder is rolling in my bit of IO81. Time to unplug!

https://www.lightningmaps.org/?lang=en#m=oss;t=3;s=0;o=0;b=;ts=0;z=8;y=51.3255;x=-2.7631;d=2;dl=2;dc=0;

Lightning maps showing some of the south west of England.

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Nov 9, 2018

Powershell on Linux eh? Whatever next https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/setup/installing-powershell-core-on-linux?view=powershell-6

I’ve been around for long enough to not trust Microsoft, but I’m really hoping this is being done because people find it useful and not as some long term evil strategy!

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Nov 4, 2018

I always enjoy the SOTAbeams newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/sotabeams/november_2018?e=3c76448afb

Do “RF black holes” exist? Well no, but kind of!

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One day I will learn how to design PCBs, but until then I will find other things people have already shared on OSHPark that do more-or-less what I want and buy them! https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/OagLbtgI used to make http://www.gqrp.com/technical2.htm

20m LPF

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Oct 21, 2018

I bought the PDF of the 2019 ARRL handbook.

Been on my list for a while now… what a treasure trove of information it is! And 745 MB zipped!

Dropped it into DEVONThink and now I can search it easily too.

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Oct 19, 2018

Boldport is changing: https://www.boldport.com/blog/2018/10/18/boldport-club-is-changing

“Having about 500 active members for a year now, it’s an amount that’s more than ’not worth the while’ but also ’too frustratingly close to breaking-even'”

This is a shame. I’m not a member, but had considered it. Their kits are so pretty!

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