vk6flab
@vk6flab@lemmy.radio
Anything and everything Amateur Radio and beyond. Heavily into Open Source and SDR, working on a multi band monitor and transmitter.
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- [FoAR] Foundations of Amateur Radio - Building a new resource: How do you get into Amateur Radio? #podcastpodcasts.itmaze.com.au ↗Submitted 11 hours ago to amateur_radio@lemmy.radio | 0 comments
- Comment on Getting started in amateur radio is the beginning of a life-long journey. 2 days ago:
It’s been on my radar for a while and I’ve been looking around for alternative platforms for the obvious reasons.
I haven’t figured out how I’d deal with existing podcast episodes that refer to “my GitHub repository”. When I migrated away from Reddit, at least there weren’t specific references, but that’s not the case with GitHub.
So while I’ll admit that I am aware of my inertia, it’s not without cause.
Ideas and suggestions welcome.
- Submitted 2 days ago to amateur_radio@lemmy.radio | 5 comments
- Comment on Investigating the Transit 5B-5/E-5 Satellite: The oldest satellite still transmitting 5 days ago:
- Investigating the Transit 5B-5/E-5 Satellite: The oldest satellite still transmittingwww.rtl-sdr.com ↗Submitted 5 days ago to amateur_radio@lemmy.radio | 1 comment
- Comment on Wealth of Britain’s 157 billionaires now equal to 22% of country’s GDP 5 days ago:
So, if a billionaire doesn’t pay income tax, and company records are secret, and billionaires don’t seem to ever have anything as mundane as cash, or a billion dollars in the bank, how do we know that there are 157 billionaires in the UK?
- Comment on VAT's The Problem campaign hopes to stop the tsunami of restaurant closures we're seeing right now 5 days ago:
Is it just me, or does this sound like someone attempting to introduce USA style slave wages into the the UK by attempting to normalise tipping?
- Comment on Study Claims Broadband is the One UK Bill That Hasn't Gone up in a Decade - ISPreview UK 6 days ago:
If mobile phone costs went up, like they did in Australia, then broadband fees also effectively went up because you’re using more broadband and less mobile network connectivity, using things like WiFi calling and other euphemistically named crap that basically hands mobile phone traffic to your broadband network, leaving less for what you used to do with it.
This is essentially shrinkification.
- Submitted 6 days ago to amateur_radio@lemmy.radio | 0 comments
- [FoAR] Foundations of Amateur Radio - Telling Stories to Strengthen a Community #podcastpodcasts.itmaze.com.au ↗Submitted 1 week ago to amateur_radio@lemmy.radio | 0 comments
- Comment on Y'all I'm seriously tempted to go back to Reddit. 1 week ago:
Excellent, fixed.
- Comment on Y'all I'm seriously tempted to go back to Reddit. 1 week ago:
I left Reddit a couple of years ago. The world view of management there was not compatible with mine. I don’t think anything there has changed.
I joined mastodon.radio and lemmy.radio at a similar time, then Bluesky.
There is a sense of community on my Mastodon instance and setting the local feed as my landing page contributed significantly to that.
On Lemmy I’m still finding my way. I clicked on the local feed and found your post, but I’m not sure how to make it this default. Normally I have it set to All and scroll through a bunch of stuff, commenting when I feel inclined.
The first block words made a great improvement and I’ve been pretty ruthless in blocking instances and accounts that post misinformation, though I’ve found myself in the middle of a fight I didn’t realise I was having on a couple of occasions, blocking made that disappear.
I miss certain aspects of Reddit, some of the “in” humour, but I suspect that we can grow that here as we want.
I can say that the fediverse experience has overall been an improvement from a mental health perspective, though I will note that the app you use contributes significantly to the experience.
I’m currently using Pachli and Voyager, but both are under review for different reasons.
Ultimately, I think it’s important to remember that we’re all here to find and talk to each other, sharing experiences and stories, the platform is not the reason, just the place.
- Comment on evil non-unix computer (zx spectrum 48k!) 1 week ago:
I worked for a now long defunct company with half a dozen of each, no idea which revision. My job was to crack and re-enable copy protection to create master tapes for bulk duplication.
I was told (as a teenager) that we had agreements with the copyright holders, but I never saw them. We also had an Orange…an Apple ][ clone, a Sinclair QL and a few Commodore and MSX machines.
My own computer was a VIC-20.
- Comment on evil non-unix computer (zx spectrum 48k!) 1 week ago:
I’m surprised that the Spectrum didn’t reset when you put your feet up. 😁
For those not familiar, both the ZX81 and Spectrum were notoriously fickle when it came to power supplies … often resetting when you looked at it funny.
Source: I’m that old.
Also, nice socks!
- Comment on I used to think I'd stay on my entry license forever, but then a mentor changed my mind. 1 week ago:
Congratulations on your new responsibilities!
- Comment on lemmy.radio turns 3 today! 1 week ago:
Thank you for making it happen!
- Comment on Good cloud alternatives for Google Docs? 1 week ago:
I wonder if accessing your own computer is considered hosting. Ultimately network traffic is traffic.
A tool called Tailscale will allow you to access other devices on the same virtual network from anywhere, without anyone else having access.
If you install it on each device, they can share the same network, even whilst away from your own home.
If you have a computer that provides “cloud” like services, like NextCloud for example, then it too can be part of the same network.
Outcome: You’re self-hosting without “hosting”.
- Comment on AI Billionaires Are Starting to Panic 1 week ago:
- Listening to Sun reveals hidden changes to solar cycle - University of Birminghamwww.birmingham.ac.uk ↗Submitted 1 week ago to amateur_radio@lemmy.radio | 0 comments
- [FoAR] Foundations of Amateur Radio - Bald Yak 20: More Pi with the Soap #podcastpodcasts.itmaze.com.au ↗Submitted 2 weeks ago to amateur_radio@lemmy.radio | 0 comments
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- [FoAR] Foundations of Amateur Radio - Bald Yak 19: SoapyAudio adventures #podcastpodcasts.itmaze.com.au ↗Submitted 3 weeks ago to amateur_radio@lemmy.radio | 0 comments
- GitHub - vk6flab/soapyaudio-builder: Build all the bits needed to make SoapyAudio work with SoapySDR, rtaudio and Hamlibgithub.com ↗Submitted 3 weeks ago to amateur_radio@lemmy.radio | 0 comments
- Comment on Amount of paper I used in one school year 3 weeks ago:
I have some bad news for you … the rest of the world outside school uses even more paper.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Because they’re likely not all using the same data. Some will be time delayed, from a different weather station, averaged over a different period, any number of variations.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
- The temperature on the phone is likely an official temperature, measured at a specific location, under very precise conditions.
- The thermometer is in full sun, which is not at all either standardised, nor under any controlled conditions, for example, you’re holding it and your temperature is 37°C.
Temperature is measured like this:
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Have you considered that the temperature displayed by the phone comes from the internet, rather than an onboard thermometer?
- Comment on Programmable matter!? 3 weeks ago:
If and when this becomes mainstream, we’re going to need better software than OpenSCAD, FreeCAD and Blender to actually design the things you want to build.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
Also trying to sell you something … potentially on commission.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
Hell, there’s even Linux distributions that run off a floppy disk.