TrojanHam

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[–] TrojanHam@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

Department of Redundancy Department

 

It's sad to see the Bowery King mystery mongering.

[–] TrojanHam@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

No joke. Just think of all the LoRa stuff out there.

 

This is a well produced series. I'm tangentially professionally exposed to the talc issue so I'm aware of a lot of these problems.

I recommend folks add to their podcast feed.

 

In just received the following. I went to the login page and it is up:

MEMBER BULLETIN

July 1, 2024

Dear ARRL member,

Effective 12:00pm ET / 16:00 UTC we will be returning Logbook of The World® (LoTW®) to service.

As work progressed on the network, some users encountered LoTW opening briefly during which some 6600 logs were uploaded. The logs were not processed until this weekend as we tested that the interfaces to LoTW were functioning properly.

We are taking steps to help manage what will likely be a huge influx of logs. We are requesting that if you have large uploads, perhaps from contests or from a DXpedition, please wait a week or two before uploading to give LoTW a chance to catch up. We have also implemented a process to reject logs with excessive duplicates. Please do not upload your entire log to “ensure” your contacts are in LoTW as they will be rejected. Lastly, please do not call ARRL Headquarters to report issues you are having with LoTW. You can contact support at LoTW-help@arrl.org.

Through the end of the year, you may experience planned times when LoTW will be unavailable. We have been using this time to evaluate operational and infrastructure improvements we would like to make to LoTW. Those times will be announced.

We appreciate your patience as we worked through the challenges keeping LoTW from returning to service. We know the importance of LoTW to our members, and to the tens of thousands of LoTW users who are not ARRL members. LoTW, just behind QST, is our second most popular ARRL benefit.

[–] TrojanHam@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

We ended up besting our last year record. We ran 2B (battery) and it was a little challenging early on making SSB QSOs with 5w but we pulled through. Did a lot of digital this year. Could have done better but we were plagued with bad weather and thunderstorms.

Worked all bands but 10m wasn't good.

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Field Day (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by TrojanHam@sh.itjust.works to c/amateur_radio@sh.itjust.works
 

Is anyone else doing Field Day? How's it going? In the NE US, it's been very hot and humid with occasional thunderstorms.

Running a QRP station here and taking a break for the evening. Planning on getting up early tomorrow.

 

I had a VE session the day of the hack so I'm glad to see things are working again.

[–] TrojanHam@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'll check it out. I've been using Breezy Weather and have been happy with it as well.

[–] TrojanHam@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

In addition to what @shortwavesurfer has, I would like to add you go through your house and look for noise inside. I found many noisy electronic devices when I did. I suspect you are more likely to find interferences this way. The call is often coming from inside the house.

I have an OCFD which has the long leg within ~20ft of the neighborhood lines but the don't cross. I don't hear any noise but it is at about a 45° angle to the lines. I have a "kinda ugly" common mode choke I built and put up with the antenna so I can't tell you if it's choking out noise but I would suggest you use one. If you hear interference, you should contract your power company and let them know because the lines aren't supposed to be interfering (at least in the US).

Depending on your geometry and distance between your antenna and the power lines, there may be impacts on your reception and transmission. I don't know enough about thee physics, though.

 

Wat??

 

Do people have thoughts on the newest flagship HT from Kenwood? He brings up some worthwhile observations. I just got a FT5DR and I am not impressed with it's stock battery life when compared to my HTX-202 (greatest rig ever made and will ever be made) or my AnyTone AT878UVII+.

I also like him pointing out the manufactures not providing drop in chargers for these expensive rigs. It's bullshit.

[–] TrojanHam@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I think what you're looking for is in the Optional Settings > Key Functions tab of the CPS. After you've saved your codeplug, you need to load it to the radio.

[–] TrojanHam@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What do you mean by "unlock?"

I have an AT-878UVII+ and I only know of 2 options available - amateur or commercial.

[–] TrojanHam@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I'm for the preemptive de-federation.

[–] TrojanHam@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Kind of points out the lie of a "fair market." They like to hold that with the same information, everyone can make informed decisions. That claim breaks down when you're getting the information before your competitors.

How would this be any different from the horse racing/sporting event betting scams organized crime ran in the early 20th century? It's only faster. Where mobsters where relying on telecast delays and fixed games, these organizations are hoping to rely on RF transmissions and insider trading.

How long until the bitcoin grifters try to take HF spectrum? They're already trying on VHF/UHF and some are using frequencies which hand the potential to interfere with emergency services, etc.

I'm against this shit, in case anyone was wondering.

[–] TrojanHam@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

"Abdominal cancer" fify

[–] TrojanHam@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

They're "reviewing" the petition.

[–] TrojanHam@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

I find using a combination of AdAway and AFWall+ on android to be effective in blocking a lot of stuff. I run as root.

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