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Geojoek

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"This is why I got into ham radio. The thrill; the adrenaline rush. Never knowing if that DX is going to be a QSO with Death. Nothing beats that kind of high."

he/they

Geographer / Cartographer / GIS jack of all trades occupying Mohican, Pocumtuk, Nipmuc, Abenaki and kin homelands (FN32). Former geologist and geologic mapper. For worse or better, now a reluctant academic sans PhD.

#nobridge - don't put the onus on us to opt-out. Your bluesky bridge should be opt-in only, broflake.

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Geojoek, to random
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So who wants to start a 1990s-style web ring of ham radio blogs?

This is a feature that I really desire on the blog. I am procrastinating on starting. Complete with a forward and back button to take you to the next site in the ring. 😂

BakerRL75, to environment
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Gift link from Washington Post: Wait, does America suddenly have a record number of bees?

https://wapo.st/3TZDxFm

Geojoek,
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@BakerRL75

Without yet reading the article this headline really reads like propaganda from Monsanto (especially given the relatively recent change in WaPo ownership).

Geojoek,
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@BakerRL75

The article seems to talk mostly about honeybees. I'm really curious about how native pollinators are doing.

ai6yr, to WX
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"She's my baby, she can be all four seasons in one day" - Sting

Photo from same location in other location, with torrential downpours and clouds

Geojoek,
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@xris @ai6yr

I remember seeing an interview with him a long time ago, where he was asked what he thought of people using that as a love song at weddings, etc… and he was like “It’s really weird, because do people even listen to the lyrics? They know I wrote that about a stalker, right?”

AE4WX, to amateurradio
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It's a #GoodFriday so far.

I am a dedicated public servant happily not at the salt mine. I broke another milestone in weight loss. And just now activated a brand-new #POTA park (US-11248 Goodwin State Forest) that's about 5 miles uses from my house. (I've been wanting that one listed in #POTA for years). Only the fourth activation ever for that particular park.

Geojoek,
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@AE4WX @ai6yr

That sounds like my preferred / ideal park setup. 😂

Geojoek,
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@AE4WX @ai6yr

Totally understandable. Forest roads up here (in forests that don't have facilities) are often dirt / double track and poorly traveled by anyone who's not explicitly there for the park. Only other folks I run into are hikers and hunters, and both tend to think ham radio is pretty cool when they ask what I'm doing. (Although I am much more careful during shotgun season).

ai6yr, to random
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Hmm, I wonder how old this cookbook from Vermont is...

Geojoek,
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@ai6yr

"Classic" Vermont dishes are anything that was popular in New York or Boston from the 1930s to 1980s, as that's primarily whose been living there since then.

Geojoek, to baltimore
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(1/x) Following @vees's lead, some really great things about that I still appreciate, having lived the first half of my life there:

  • The people and welcoming culture. There's a truly deep warmth, camaraderie, and ease I feel when visiting my hometown that doesn't exist in a lot of other places. It's genuine.
  • The art and culture scene. Seriously. It is neon-atomic vibrant compared to the 6-state region I currently live in, a lot of other places I've visited.
  • The murals. IYKYK.
bud_t, to academicchatter
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I finally created a account and profile at the urging of a colleague, so I've gone down that rabbit hole in the past week.

@academicchatter

Geojoek,
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@bud_t @academicchatter

For the past however-many-years I've had a (very outdated) profile on there, I get weekly requests for copies of papers I'm 3rd author on, or maps I've published that are freely available on the web. Between that, academia.edu, and LinkedIn, I'm tired of the sheer social media presence I'm expected to have for work.

Geojoek, to baltimore
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Mastofolks / Fedifolks in and around and the mid-Atlantic U.S.:

Has there been any discussion about how the Key Bridge collapse might be affecting I-95 traffic between Balto and NYC?

I was ostensibly going to be driving to Balto to visit family and friends this weekend, and am trying to gauge if it might be better to postpone the trip.

(*Related question: what are the good restaurants with takeout or outdoor seating, besides Ichiban? My hometown has become a bit of a stranger.)

BakerRL75, to random
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@ai6yr Good morning! Getting rain?

Geojoek,
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@BakerRL75 @ai6yr

I still have several packages of noodles from my early 2020 food buy. Was a good lesson in making sure to stock the long-term emergency larder with food I wouldn't quickly get sick of.

ai6yr, to food
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Seattle Times: Higher temperatures mean higher food and other prices. A new study links climate shocks to inflation https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/science/higher-temperatures-mean-higher-food-and-other-prices-a-new-study-links-climate-shocks-to-inflation/

Geojoek,
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@ai6yr

Ahh... good to know. I was worried for a second there that record corporate profits might be a contributing factor to inflation. /s

ai6yr, to random
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Changed out the Corsi Rosenthal filters at the house... this is not filter material, this is a thick layer of drywall dust. Wore an N95 and removed these outside, it was nasty. 😬

Geojoek,
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@ai6yr

I maintain 2 CR boxes for a friend's bookstore and those filters always look rough when it's time to change them. They were shuffling some books around in their basement and the filters were colored gray not 3 days after I swapped them.

Geojoek, to random
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(1/2)

Obstacles in homebrewing ladder line: I foolishly thought 14" zip ties would be long enough, doubled over, to use in a 6" fin tube insulator & have enough extra to loop around the antenna wire and engage the the teeth. Nope!

And it turns out 16" zip ties are too wide to fit through the insulator.

The simplest solution would be to purchase 4" insulators to use with the 14" zip ties. It would add $15 and another two weeks to the project with waiting for them to come in the post.

But...

Geojoek,
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@ai6yr @kelvin0mql

This is propaganda from Big Coax to just sell more Coax.

bud_t, to random
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Antenna work/play time today. I'm testing a little 20m dipole that I built in an inverted V config. It seems to be working well. Low SWR and being heard well on - nicer radiation pattern than my sloper EFHW

Geojoek,
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@ai6yr @bud_t

I use two for portable ops: One cut for 12m that does both 12 and 10, and one cut for 40m that does 40, 20, 15, and sometimes 17 with the G-90's tuner. Both with great success: was getting out as far as California and Seattle yesterday during my SOTA activation with ~15-20 watts out and 1.5 to 2 SWR on 10.

Best $5 in speaker wire I even spent.

ai6yr, to politics
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Hmm, what the heck is going on with the massively rapid blink rate of that woman? I do wonder if that was a set or Chromakey, there are zero active reflections on the counter and the lighting on the glass behind her does not match the lighting on her eyes...

Strange kitchen windows that show no light reflections at all

Geojoek,
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@ai6yr

I love all of this propaganda analysis. Sadly, I think none of this is as obvious to the target audience as it is to us, and the folks that made this video know that.

Geojoek, to random
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Reading all the lovely tributes to Bob Heil has me testing out using software EQs to improve HF SSB audio / legibility on a webSDR, wondering if I should buy a cheap 12V car audio EQ to put in the shack.

But it occurs to me, I could run the audio through my Linux shack computer and use a Pulse or ALSA equalizer, plus maybe DNR software: it's probably a lot more bang for 0 bucks. I'm concerned about latency and ground loop hum, though.

Folks' thoughts on software vs. hardware EQs for this?

Geojoek,
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@KC8JC

I'm really going to make these thin clients earn their keep! 😂

Geojoek,
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@ve3qbz @KC8JC

Is it illegal to use the rap horn on HF? "🎺🎺🎺 This is KC1SRI calling 🎺🎺 CQ and standing byyyyyyyyyyyyy."

Geojoek,
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@ve3qbz @KC8JC

I was thinking this morning how hams don't really joke or play on air either. I was thinking that imitating captain kirk and pretending we're all in Star Trek, or talking like pirates, during a QSO is really not against any rules...

Geojoek, to random
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This seems like a good place to ask:

Besides the Linux phone (still in beta?) is it possible to own a smart phone and not have it basically be a tracking device sending constant data to Apple or Google?

0xF21D, to hamradio

I'm reaching out to the mastodon community to find out if there's anyone in the Houston, Texas area that will be holding an exam session. I tried the Facebook route but that failed miserably and I don't trust the exam session listings. Are their any volunteer examiners in the Houston area that can help steer me in the right direction outside of MeetUp and Facebook. :)

Thank you!

Geojoek,
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@ai6yr @0xF21D

I did both my Tech and General exams remotely through the Anchorage ARC VEC last year and had a great experience both times. Really friendly and supportive crowd.

BakerRL75, to random
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@ai6yr For the files…

https://www.aol.com/alabama-station-disbelief-200-foot-171925469.html

Geojoek,
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@W6KME @BakerRL75 @ai6yr

I was wondering about the "not aware" bit myself either. How do you not instantly notice that your signal is suddenly dead on air?

ai6yr, (edited ) to WX
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Whenever I see forecasts like rain for this weekend, I chuckle (not because of the potential for death and destruction, but because of this -- fake movie prop -- book)

Ark Building For Dummies

For More Tips, visit: http://www.buildanarkorperishintheflood.com

(*** yes, I own that domain name. It goes to my Patreon website, which funds this Mastodon server and all of the weather bots for the National Weather Service and other agencies running here. Thanks folks!)

Geojoek,
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@croyle @ai6yr @tsherrygeo

I wish I was wise enough to buy up a bunch of domains back in the early 00's. I know a guy here who sold an innocuous sounding one about 10 years back for something like $30K. Sigh.

Or Dogecoin. Or GameStop stocks. Who could have foreseen either of those?

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