Viscerally Impressive – Mechazilla catches the Super Heavy Booster
Inspirational on so many levels. https://x.com/spacex/status/1845442658397049011?s=42 My reaction isn’t what matters, as it is the inspiration humankind draws from Space-X’s achievement. 73 Steve K9ZW
View ArticleRambling after surgery and after the evening news
Twelve days since my right knee replacement and things are going well. With a cane as a steady, I’ve been walking around our property and trails. I’ll find out this week when to anticipate a return to...
View ArticlePopping the Information Bubble – Ham Radio the Truth Serum?
Your information bubble is curated for you by advertisers – just do a couple searches on something in particular and watch how all the ads you are shown switch to match the interest “the system” thinks...
View ArticleNon-Radio: Lira Organizzata (Hurdy-Gurdy Organ) Arrived
A rather mysterious wooden crate arrived for me while I was recovering from surgery. I had to wait a couple days until I have some help to open the crate and unbox the Lira Organizzata it contained....
View ArticleHappy Veteran’s Day!
With a tip of the hat to my fellow veterans, a Happy Veteran’s Day! I was reflecting that years ago I would join a group leaving Mannheim to be US Army representatives in Verdun as the French marked...
View ArticleYou can do it! Yes you! Earning your Ham Ticket.
Through my SPOT BBS project I have been able to encourage several people to study and take exams to get their Ham Radio licenses. One internet friend from Minnesota did both Technician and General...
View ArticleThe Travel Burden of a Battery Electric Car
Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) … great around town getabouts but useless Upper Midwest travel vehicles. Recently my eldest son took our Volvo XC40 pure recharge (BEV) from my home QTH of Whitelaw,...
View ArticleSuper Moon – November Beaver Moon
As it was bright enough at 3 am to agitate our dog, we got up to see the Beaver Moon. Per science references the close orbit that made this full moon a “super moon” adds about 16% to the illumination....
View ArticleLeaving a Trail of Breadcrumbs – Travel Surveillances increased by EVs
Quick discussion how in addition to the usual Breadcrumbs of cellphone pings, credit/debit card usage, and OnStar pings, how an Electric Vehicle (EV) adds even more data to the surveillance dataset....
View ArticleA Uniquely American Thermidorian Reaction
It is a pretty amazing time to be in America! The people have turned upon the progressive, Marxist, open-border, welfare state in a way long hoped for. A Uniquely American Thermidorian Reaction! “In...
View ArticleThe uncontrolled cost of education, while the product has dumbed down
The costs have gone out of control, the delivered education become diluted-to-vaporous, and even worse the time-drag to complete an college education escalated. Those costs have gone through the roof....
View ArticleHamClock on an SBC for the HamShack
I’m gaining an install of HamClock on an SBC (Single Board Computer) for the HamShack, courtesy Kuby (Dale) N6JSX who kindly sent an Inovato HamClock version my way. First all the links:...
View ArticleBeing in the Thanksgiving Gratitude mindset
Wishing all of you a very blessed Thanksgiving! (Borrowed from https://www.thesimplicityhabit.com ) 73 with Gratitude, Steve K9ZW
View ArticleSimplicity vs Complexity – the Wobble towards Appropriate
Simplicity vs Complexity is a conflict we face in life. It even comes into play in station design. The simplicity ideal is to remove or at lest disengage from things not simple. Often it is presented...
View ArticleHelping a Future Ham – Something you can do!
Hoping you can help Jacob, a five year old kindergartener who’s class is doing a geography-awareness project. (The example uses Mike as the child’s name). Basically you report a sighting of the missing...
View ArticlePushing out of a Club Rut – Think Different
We have a fabulous group at Northeast Wisconsin DX Association (NEWDXA). But we’ve dug ourselves a rut – we encouraged members to become “life members” for a one-time fee without an actionable plan to...
View ArticleEvolution of the main shack computer
With my very able Flex-Ready PC reaching its Windows EOL (End of Life), as it lacks the Trusted Management Platform or upgrade capabilities to gain that feature, meaning it won’t continue to play well...
View ArticleQuiet introduction of the Raspberry Pi500
Monday December 9th rather quietly the Raspberry Pi500 unit was announced: Raspberry Pi 500 and Raspberry Pi Monitor on sale now I’ve always liked the Raspberry all-in-one format and have had an...
View ArticleWeaning off FT8
Personally I’m dialing down my FT8 participation. Now some is because I haven’t fixed a port forwarding setup issue that is constricting my ability to remote from office to the home QTH, but mostly is...
View ArticleSPOT BBS – Temporarily Down – MintBox Died
SPOT BBS remains temporarily down. The host Linux MintBox Mini 2 Pro died. I’ve salvaged the 120GB SSD, ordering an enclosure to access it, and if recoverable to use it as an external drive while...
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