BillTongg

@BillTongg@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can I still consider myself a “young woman” after I turn 24? I turn 24 in March (next month).⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I have children older than you. It’s a matter of perspective - I think anyone under 50 is young, and no doubt in 10 years time I’ll think the same of anyone under 60. I don’t feel that I really grew up until I was well into my 30s, and my career didn’t really get anywhere before I was 40, but now before I know it I’m retired. Relish your youth - it’ll pass soon enough!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doppler⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know just enough about the light spectrum and the red shift to understand why this is funny (thanks Prof. Brian Cox!), but it underlines how shallow my knowledge is. So much cosmology, so little time…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Communicating With Satellites Like It’s 1957⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve had a few QSOs though amateur satellites. I bought a dual-band antenna from a company in the US and used a cheap Chinese handheld and my 20 year-old FT817 for the uplink and downlink. There was a surprising amount of activity, really tricky to make myself heard.