RF

I remember growing up without internet. Everything came over TV, print and radio. I was always fascinated because you could not see the radio waves and how they could penetrate walls etc 📻. The signal quality would change also based on your location, you touching the antenna and orientation of the antenna. My grandfather would always be sitting in the living room reading and listening to the radio *it’s on top of the post. I always admired him for that growing up. Was he just trying to get piece and quiet away from grandma? ...

WOW What a blast today. The rest of the gang got on site about 1 PM, about the hottest part of the day. It was quite hot today so I waited till later to ride out on the motorcycle. Alzie has a technician license now and 10 meters was dead. He asked if I wanted to try and activate? REALLY Ok sure! I got to get right on the radio without doing any setup work! ...

I’ve managed to get flrig setup with my ft991a. It’s pretty awesome how it works. You just pipe all the other program configurations into it! It was a little intimidating at first but it’s dead simple. I used this guide here So far the programs I’ve managed to run are wsjtx, js8call, direwolf, xastir. I’ve also managed to pipe the audio from the radio into mumble. So now I can operate vhf/uhf/hf all remote ssb, digital or cw. I have not attempted remote ssb or cw. Aside from just listening. It took me a while to realize the hf audio coming out of my cellphone! That euphoria is a great feeling. Like when you finally fix something after hours troubleshooting. ...

I found the magnet emoji. 🧲 🧲 🧲 🧲 🧲 🧲 OK, I’m done I feel better. Can you tell I’m excited? Link here it’s wild a century has passed since a new discovery in magnetism. Magnets 🧲 are in tons of devices like consumer electronic and medical equipment. Less energy usage is awesome. It would be great for working portable in the field. 📻 It’s wild that the ancient Greeks discovered ferromagnetism! I really got excited when I read this! 😃 > In theory, spintronics would enable us to cram much more information into computer memory, making it more efficient. ...