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Antenna Theory Propagation in c/amateur_radio@lemmy.radio
[–] w0odl@lemmy.radio 1 points 2 years ago

just love old videos like this

My instance is out of sync from federation in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] w0odl@lemmy.radio 9 points 2 years ago

I think it's just a general situation. A lot of the "big instances" are having a lot of issues right now with federating correctly. Comments, counts, votes are all off on most instances it seems.

There are a few github issues you can find/follow. It's supposed to be addressed a bit better int 0.18.1

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3101

Twitter Down: Users hit by Twitter outage as Elon Musk-owned site crashes again in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] w0odl@lemmy.radio 6 points 2 years ago

I started on Twitter in 2008 when you had to SMS to tweet. This downtime since musk started is ridiculous. Glad I moved to mastodon.

The Critical Use of Radios In the Ukraine and Russian War – Radio Fidelity in c/amateur_radio@lemmy.radio
[–] w0odl@lemmy.radio 1 points 2 years ago

Yea, interesting to see how they both use it to their advantage and apparent disadvantage. Also, can’t go anywhere without a baofang I guess.

I’ll have to check that podcast out.

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The Critical Use of Radios In the Ukraine and Russian War – Radio Fidelity (radiofidelity.com)
 

Throughout history, radio technologies haven’t just influenced how we consume news and entertainment. They’ve also played an essential role in the communication strategies of soldiers and military groups, particularly during wartime.

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HAM RADIO in Germany Draws International Crowd (www.arrl.org)
 

The 46th annual International Amateur Radio Exhibition, HAM RADIO, attracted more than 11,000 visitors to Friedrichshafen, Germany, June 23 - 25, 2023.

Skywide.ca Field Day 2023 360 Degree Video in c/amateur_radio@lemmy.radio
[–] w0odl@lemmy.radio 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That is pretty damn cool! I've never played with the 360° stuff on youtube. Neat that when I use youtube mobile app, it pans with the phones gyro.

So this is some 360° cam mounted on a selfie-stick(or whatever you'd call it) and then software fuzzes it out?

Nice field day set up too

Kits and Parts back in business in c/homebrew@lemmy.radio
[–] w0odl@lemmy.radio 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

(and totally sorry, didn't mean to comment hijack... just admin worries that I broke something 😅 . I think it's that markdown expects the http,https at the front)

Kits and Parts back in business in c/homebrew@lemmy.radio
[–] w0odl@lemmy.radio 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Nice! I had some small projects on the block and needed a few things.

(Wow clicking that link straight up breaks Firefox iOS. Link goes to lemmy.radio/post/kitsandparts.com. Needs better markdown support)

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Update: FCC ULS System Restored (arrl.org)
 

Was down for almost a month!

As of June 27, 2023, all systems have been reported to be working. However, visitors to the website will see a message referring them to Public Notice DA 23-529 for additional information and guidance on filing deadline extensions.

Heil Upgrade in c/amateur_radio@lemmy.radio
[–] w0odl@lemmy.radio 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No help here. I also use apple head phones

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(Complete) Lemmy v0.18 Release (join-lemmy.org)
Possible Defederation of sh.itjust.works in c/amateur_radio@sh.itjust.works
[–] w0odl@lemmy.radio 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Defederating and outright banning other instances has become an issue at https://lemmy.radio for sure. You have to stay up on the issues that other instances create. Your example of a net control station is spot on.

I think we’re fortunate as a broader amateur radio “community” that we understand how to police ourselves.

You’re more than welcome to mod at !amateur_radio@lemmy.radio

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What laptops/touchscreens are y’all using for portable ops? (lemmy.radio)
 

Was looking into trying some digital modes and even logging while mobile (POTA/SOTA) or just on the road. I’ve also heard people use android devices as well.

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Issue with seeing correct comments and vote count (github.com)
 

If anyone here has had an issue with seeing the correct vote count or even comments while viewing other instances from lemmy.radio, it seems there is a bug that is "fixed" in 0.18 rc6.

I'm not sure when the official 0.18 release will be, but if anyone is having a bad time using our instance and seeing this issue, maybe we can test 0.18 rc6 this weekend while everyone is field daying.

I"m seeing this bug for sure. Is this "blocking" for anyone?

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FCC Systems Are Back Online - Radio World (www.radioworld.com)
 

Most of the Federal Communications Commission’s online systems are back in service now, and the commission has issued further guidance regarding extensions of filing deadlines.

(META) !amateur_radio community created for general amateur radio posts. What to do with rag_chew? in c/amateur_radio@lemmy.radio
[–] w0odl@lemmy.radio 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I like that. It could also see it just being a misc. community where people just talk about anything, just like rag chewing.

(META) !amateur_radio community created for general amateur radio posts. What to do with rag_chew? in c/amateur_radio@lemmy.radio
[–] w0odl@lemmy.radio 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

I’m mixed on the subject. I think you’re right that I’m sure we have non-radio things in common and it might be fun to share that here.

There are also hundreds/thousands of other lemmy instances/communities that someone could discuss that non-radio thing with while using their lemmy.radio account.

I guess I mostly think of lemmy.radio as THE instance to discuss amateur radio.

Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club achieves 2,000th License Milestone in c/amateur_radio@lemmy.radio
[–] w0odl@lemmy.radio 2 points 2 years ago

I was always interested in ham radio but never got licensed. Then covid hit and I had time to study. Online testing made it a snap.

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Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club achieves 2,000th License Milestone (arrl.org)
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(META) !amateur_radio community created for general amateur radio posts. What to do with rag_chew? (lemmy.radio)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by w0odl@lemmy.radio to c/amateur_radio@lemmy.radio
5 comments fedilink
 

Hey all!

(tl;dr !amateur_radio is taking the place of !ragchew)

When lemmy.radio first started (a week ago?), I created a hand full of communities I thought would interest most hams. A few other user created communities have also popped up, which has been great. It's fun seeing other hams join and share their interests.

One thing I've noticed as I've been using lemmy and looking for other amateur radio news outside of our instance is that we aren't discoverable AT ALL if you search for "amateur radio". That's pretty absurd for a server whose whole purpose is to bring amateur radio enthusiasts together.

In order to help our site be a bit more findable, I've created Amateur Radio. Any general amateur radio discussion, questions, and news can be posted there.

Rag Chew was started as a sort of catch-all community for radio discussions that didn't fall into any specific category/community, pretty much what Amateur Radio will be used for. I'm not sure what to do with !ragchew now. We can retire it or leave it open for general NON-amateur radio talk. That also opens the discussion of "Do we want non-amateur radio communities here?". I'll leave that up to everyone here. If you have any thoughts on that, leave them in the comments.

Thanks and 73,

Ben

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End-fed Half Wave - perfect antenna for your Field Day station (youtu.be)
 

End-fed half wave (EFHW) is a simple to build and easy to deploy multi-band antenna, very convenient for field stations. It is a perfect antenna for field day-type stations, and for quick and simple setups, like during POTA activations. Leon, NT8B explains how the antenna works, how to build one, and how to use it.

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W0CHP-PiStar-Dash (WPSD) (w0chp.net)
 

Recently updated my pi-star with this version and WOW is it a lot more responsive and easy to use. Even has a few different digital modes to play around with, like M17.

This is my very highly modified and customized fork of MW0MWZ’s Pi-Star software, and I call it “W0CHP-PiStar-Dash” (abbreviated as WPSD). There are so many large changes, divergences and new features, it merited my own fork/version.

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Create a Receive-Only APRS iGate on a Raspberry Pi (www.regnatarajan.com)
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