Dave V. ND3JR @ND3JR@social.coop
#intro time!
I'm a 36 year-old cis #gay man living in western Pennsylvania. I currently work as a #Unix and (unfortunately) backup #sysadmin. I love the #BSDs and am primarily a #NetBSD user.
I'm also into amateur radio, a.k.a #hamradio, and that's where my username comes from: it's my call sign.
My other interests include #videogames, #books, #hiking, #media (which I used to work in) and #cats, especially my own named Freyja.
I'm glad to be here. This is my first coop membership!
As for the dinner and the riverboat cruise itself, the dinner was okay, but I'm glad a bunch of us went up on the roof because that's where I met three other nerdy men. One of them had a really cute face and was really into chess.
Honestly we could use more lesbians, trans people, and enbys at these events. Sometimes I think they're too dominated by us gay men.
Last night's LGBTQ Singles Night was on one of the Gateway Clipper riverboats. I bought this as a souvenier and also because I could get free soft drink refills in it. All four of my refills were ginger ale and one of the bartenders called me the "ginger man."
Facebook filed to patent a system that can remotely activate the mic on someone’s phone using inaudible signals broadcast via a television.
“The technology in this patent has not been included in any of our products, and never will be.” - Facebook 🤔
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/28/facebook-patent-phone-mic-listening-tv-shows source: https://twitter.com/torproject/status/1012783229089304577
Reclaiming RSS
“Before Twitter, before algorithmic timelines filtered our reality for us, before surveillance capitalism, there was RSS: Really Simple Syndication … As we move away from the centralised web to the peer web, it’s time to rediscover, re-embrace, and reclaim RSS.”
anyway, cat snuggles
got my wobscale sticker today
Brought the small magnetic loop to Skyview tonight and used it in the small pavillion. Forgot my laser projector so no digital, just CW and phone. Almost worked KD9GDY but apparently couldn't get my call sign out of the noise.
Maybe next time.
Got sent this by another ham in the Skyview Radio Society:
https://www.eham.net/articles/40866
My thoughts:
* FT8 isn't for me and I love to ragchew, but I don't think it will kill ham radio
* KC7MF holds the views that I agree with the most, namely that young people do know how to communicate and ham radio is changng but not dying
* The most vocal hams tend to be the old farts who want to live in the past & decry anything new. They're the true albatross around ham radio's neck.
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My Moonraker Whizz Loop came in on Thursday evening. I tested it on Friday and it seems to work fairly well on receive compared to my indoor random wire. I haven't used it yesterday or today, though. I know it's Field Day but I worked the RCTC yesterday and I've been occupied with another activity last night and today.
Had a good time being a radio operator for the Rachel Carson Trail Challenge yesterday. I was there from 15:00 to about 20:30. It was my first public service event and I'm glad I did it.
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Help the cat is doing that thing where she curls into increasingly cute and comfy positions
So if you wonder why Evangelical Christians follow preachers who are so obviously full of shit, consider that perhaps it is because they themselves are so obviously full of shit. Being full of shit is fundamental to their culture, and birds of a feather flock together.
This is super interesting - "$100 broadcasters, how they do it" by James Cridland. All about various small-scale internet and digital radio projects run on tiny budgets with very simple hardware and usually open-source software.
https://www.radiomagonline.com/industry/100-broadcasters-how-they-do-it
Until this evening I had no idea Freyja likes to keep cool by laying in the path of my pedestal fan's airflow. #cats #mastocats
Another #hamradio toot: I'm considering buying a Moonraker Whizz Loop. I've wanted a small magnetic loop for a long time but up until these became available they've been out of my price range.
Has anyone had any experience with one? If so how well has it worked for you?
The page for the 40M-10M loop at DX Engineering is here:
It's been too long since I tooted.
I participated in Saturday's Feld Hell Sprint. I didn't make any contacts but I did use the occasion to simulate a power outage.
The next Feld Hell Club event is the Full Day of Hell on Saturday June 30, a 24-hour sprint.
https://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/Home/contests/sprints/full-day-of-hell-sprint
I'm starting a hashtag called #DailyMeds which is for:
❇️ Posting a brief summary whenever you've just meditated (all traditions welcome, and even when it was frustrating - those experiences are important too)
❇️ Encouraging others and getting encouragement to keep up with meditation!
This is based on advice from a behavioral therapist when I was trying to start a regular practice. It was helpful, and I think the social dimension might make it work even better. If this sounds good, join in!