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kilroy_was_here

@kilroy_was_here@dobbs.town

Semi-human mutant.

Ham radio operator because I'm trying to contact my home. Sewist because I'm trying to make my experience around these alien freaks more comfortable. Writer because an account of what these strange beings are like may be useful to my people.

18+ only. Kids, I hate you.

Not here to debate.

1/3 caffeine, 1/3 asshole, 1/3 pastrami

The Keith Moon of ham radio

Janitor, pennycandy store beyond the El.

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TonyStark, to random
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I submit that this is how you actually make progress: build popular support for your good platform and then win primary elections on it while building a wide coalition with people in the party you’re running with.

It's much more effective than trying to threaten your way to power, yell at the Democrats you want to vote for you, and say you want to take over the party from within.

Anti-Trans Dem Loses Primary To Lauren Ashley Simmons, Queer Woman, In Texas:
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/anti-trans-dem-loses-primary-to-lauren

kilroy_was_here,
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@TonyStark

I'd also add that if you don't vote, politicians have no reason to try to appeal to you. If only Coke people vote, no candidate is gonna try to attract Pepsi people, it'd be a waste of time.

People who choose to be prima donnas and refuse to vote unless a candidate passes their purity tests are never gonna get what they want because they aren't active voters in the first place. If you owned a shop, you would never try to attract people who ideologically refuse to come in your shop.

kilroy_was_here, to hamradio
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As much as I dislike power poles, and I do significantly dislike them, at this point it seems like trying to use anything else is like trying to use different AC electrical plugs and sockets. Seems like a lot of hams, well, went ham over them and made them into a de facto amateur radio standard.

#HamRadio #AmateurRadio

kilroy_was_here,
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@croyle

I've been doing some dramatic simplification of my get back on the air plans. I was gonna go for one of those Blue Sea Systems distribution panels but now I think I'm only gonna need two power connections.

And instead of a linear supply I decided on this switcher. Eventually I wanna completely redo this room and a 5 pound supply is easier to find furniture for, lmao. I figure since they put the powerpole connections on the front may as well use them.

https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/asr-ss-50m-ap

kilroy_was_here,
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@croyle

Yea, deciding to go from a 7610 to a 7300 and deciding that said 7300 will be more than enough radio for me kinda started a domino effect.

"Do I really need X or am I just buying it to have it?"

So instead of a bigger radio, samller radio, Same with the supply. Instead of a yuge stable of antennas, just 3-6 well-selected ones. Instead of Bury-Flex, RG8X.

And instead of a "cluttered complex shack" look I never liked, beautiful simplicity.

kilroy_was_here, to random
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Cory Doctorow = a bunch of hot air.

kilroy_was_here, to amateurradio
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Reading the wikipedia article on microwave ovens and found this sentence in the part describing the frequencies they use:

"The third, centered on 433.92 MHz, is a narrow band that would require expensive equipment to generate sufficient power without creating interference outside the band, and is only available in some countries"

You know what this means? With a big enough amplifier, you could cook your food with a Baofeng.

kilroy_was_here, to random
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"I don't trust XYZ about UFOs!"

"The Aliens PROVE blahblahblah"

"B-b-b-b-b-b-but there are other things happening!"

"Here's how I fit this brand new information into my rickety dogmatic worldview"

They are UFOs. You don't need to add all of this extra crap.

And besides, we in the Church of the Subgenius have known about UFOs for decades. Ages. We're the ones going on them when this world is finally fried.

Get your cheap UFO ticket at https://subgenius.com/. Less filling, more taste.

kilroy_was_here, to hamradio
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Some talk around the #ARRL outage starting around roughly 26:00. One of the panelists is a data security expert and seems to agree with the current ARRL approach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHZxW6ebj1s

#HamRadio #AmateurRadio

TonyStark, to random
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The Austin City Council passed a massive housing bill that dramatically cut the minimum lot size down, changed buffer zones, encouraged more density near transit, and more. This will directly lead to more affordable housing.

Austin’s City Council includes 3 alumni of Run For Something: Vanessa Fuentes, Paige Ellis, and Zo Qadri. Elections matter. And so do people stepping up to run.

Austin enacts sweeping reforms to cut down housing costs | The Texas Tribune:
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/16/austin-lot-size-housing-affordability/

kilroy_was_here,
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@TonyStark

I hope they've reduced square foot minimums too. A lot of the homes built in the 40's-60's are impossible to build now because of them, despite their size being a lot better from a cost perspective and the fact that many people don't want large families or lots of stuff like they used to.

kilroy_was_here, to music
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp5wID1FWOk

kilroy_was_here, to random
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I don't feel tardy

kilroy_was_here, to random
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I've gotta GTFO of Pennsylvania. I'm thinking to California. I'd love those LGBT protections.

kilroy_was_here, to HashtagGames
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Do not taunt Happy Fun Cookie.


kilroy_was_here, to HashtagGames
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You will add enough salt to this reduced sodium soup to make up for the difference in salt between it and the regular version.


kilroy_was_here, to amateurradio
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I WAS originally considering RG-8X for my portable activities, but I feel it may be too big and bulky for .

Regular QRP operators, what is your favourite small coaxial cable type?

If it helps, I don't plan on any cable being longer than 30 feet.

kilroy_was_here, to random
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And all of a sudden, my feed is full of sportsball.

kilroy_was_here, to random
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The Square crash is why I still use cash.

kilroy_was_here, to hamradio
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I'm trying to decide between 16, 18, and 20 gauge (or higher) wiring for portable wire antennas. Please note the "portable"!

Can't really look at wire in store because I live in the middle of nowhere and have to order everything hardware-related from McMaster-Carr, either the local stores don't have something or they do and it's overpriced crap. Or you get there and the item has been stolen right out of the package.

Which gauge should I go for?

kilroy_was_here, to HashtagGames
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Weed, CA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weed,_California

kilroy_was_here, to RaspberryPi
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Trying out LibreELEC on my very old netbook. Can't play some movies without the video lagging on my Raspberry Pi 3B+. Maybe the additional 200MHz on the processor and the whopping 400 MHz graphics processor will fix it.

kilroy_was_here, to amateurradio
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BUY a logbook!?!? Are you crazy?

If somebody wants the file let me know. I set this up so I can either staple on the side, as done here, or punch holes in the top for a binder.

I took a lot of the layout from this old RSGB logbook: https://archive.org/details/g4apj-logbook-2

kilroy_was_here, to hamradio
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Anybody know if BNC connectors are rain-resistant over a reasonable length of time? By reasonable length of time I don't mean years and years, maybe a few weeks or a few months max.

It seems to me that the silicone rubber gasket inside would provide at least some water resistance. Not N connector levels, but not a UHF connector that's got nothing whatsoever either.

Just trying to cover all the bases, home plate, AND the in and outfield here.

kilroy_was_here, to random
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Are you crazy? Ever spend hours, days, even months adjusting an antenna trying to get the "perfect" SWR?

You might have wasted your time.

Read the science, not the myths... https://www.k3emd.com/downloads/Reflect.pdf

kilroy_was_here, to random
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This. Is. Why. I. Just. Want. A Yugo.

https://gizmodo.com/tesla-software-update-traps-woman-in-hot-car-1851407234

kilroy_was_here, to hamradio
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Thinking about buying one of these wee scopes in the future, my Hitachi scope from the 80s is starting to get a little on the weird side and it's definitely on the old and heavy side. I'll never need Tek or even Rigol for the playing around and experimenting I like to do and I like that it's battery-operated. I love the size and the touchscreen feature too.

Anybody have any experiences with these wee units?

https://www.amazon.com/FNIRSI-Handheld-Digital-Tablet-Oscilloscope/dp/B0BBT62Q47

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