BenDoubleU

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What Can We Do to Get Youth into Ham Radio? in c/amateur_radio@lemmy.radio
[–] BenDoubleU@lemmy.radio 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This is very one sided. There's SO much more to ham radio than voice.

Maybe the question is "How do we get people to think that ham radio is more than just a voice call?"

What Can We Do to Get Youth into Ham Radio? in c/amateur_radio@lemmy.radio
[–] BenDoubleU@lemmy.radio 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you're in the US, you can test online! https://hamstudy.org/sessions/remote

I do agree that the test itself could be tuned down a bit, especially for the tech license. hamstudy.org also has all of the test questions available online to help you study.

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What Can We Do to Get Youth into Ham Radio? (www.onallbands.com)
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Bandplan generator | ham.guide (bandplan.ham.guide)
Amateur needs to regain access to their Google account without access to their recovery mobile phone in c/amateur_radio@lemmy.radio
After ordering the tech and general exam guides on Kindle, this is what Amazon thought I would like to read. in c/amateur_radio@lemmy.radio
[–] BenDoubleU@lemmy.radio 4 points 1 week ago

It would be nice if your ticket came with a subscription to Scientific America and some whiskey tho

*Permanently Deleted* in c/til@lemmy.world
[–] BenDoubleU@lemmy.radio 10 points 1 week ago

Don’t let nestle find this out

How can we Google for Lemmy content instead of Reddit? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] BenDoubleU@lemmy.radio 77 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Try kagi search! It actually has a “lense” or search option that lets you directly search federated services like lemmy: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/features/lenses.html

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What’s Wrong With This Antenna Tuner? (hackaday.com)
 

[Tech Minds] built one of those cheap automatic antenna tuners you see everywhere — this one scaled up to 350 watt capability. The kit is mostly built, but you do have to add the connectors and a few other stray bits.

Where does Lemmy dev conversation happen? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] BenDoubleU@lemmy.radio 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Also note that these are spaces and not rooms. They work just a bit different depending on your client.

Where does Lemmy dev conversation happen? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] BenDoubleU@lemmy.radio 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The link for the main lemmy dev chats can be found in the readme.

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy

This should be the matrix link: https://matrix.to/#/#lemmy-space:matrix.org

Why is it so common for most Lemmy instances to not upgrade from 0.19.3 and 0.19.5 to the latest version(0.19.9) ? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] BenDoubleU@lemmy.radio 15 points 2 weeks ago

If I remember right, there was a pretty big change in how pictrs(photo management) worked with lemmy after 0.19.3. There were a few breaking changes and Postgres updates that would take an instance down for a while as well. Not sure if that’s the reason why but it made my instance stay on 0.19.3 for longer than it should have.

What are some of your favorite/successful methods for finding new Lemmy instances/channels for niche topics? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] BenDoubleU@lemmy.radio 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You can search instances and communities with https://lemmyverse.net/communities

Hashtags do not replace groups. in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[–] BenDoubleU@lemmy.radio 11 points 4 weeks ago (6 children)

As an instance owner and moderator: that’s a horrible way to look at things. Just throwing the onus onto someone else is irresponsible.

Hashtags do not replace groups. in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[–] BenDoubleU@lemmy.radio 11 points 4 weeks ago (8 children)

I’m all for it as long as people know that posting on something like mastodon and tagging a lemmy community will then make a post in that community. Could make for great discussions, but could also lead to a lot of posts/spam in the communities.

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Retrotectacular: Ham Radio As It Was (hackaday.com)
 

We hear a lot about how ham radio isn’t what it used to be. But what was it like?

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Important message for Brandmeister USA hams using a Radio ID starting with 1 – BrandMeister DMR News (news.brandmeister.network)
 

To facilitate operations, scripting, and automation on Brandmeister, we are now starting the complete removal of Radio IDs that do not comply with the internationally recognized MCC (Mobile Country Code) numbering system.

If you currently have a device connecting to Brandmeister with a Radio ID starting with the digit “1”, please read the following carefully:

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RigExpert’s Administrative Office Destroyed in Missile Attack – Production Remains Intact - RigExpert (rigexpert.com)
 

[Kyiv, 12 Feb 2025] – Today, RigExpert’s administrative office was completely destroyed by a russian ballistic missile. Fortunately, all employees are safe.

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Proton Wallet brings safe Bitcoin self-custody to everyone | Proton (proton.me)
 

After many improvements to Proton Wallet during the last year and positive feedback from the community, we are opening Proton Wallet to the world so that everyone can enjoy financial freedom and sovereignty.

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Communicating With Satellites Like It’s 1957 (hackaday.com)
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Making The Longest-Distance Radio Contact Possible (hackaday.com)
 

"Barring extraterrestrial contact, if you want to step up your DX game you’ll want to try to contact some of our deep-space probes."

Linked to hackaday since actual content link is a PDF.

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First two-way contact via geostationary satellite bounce (www.camras.nl)
 

In an exciting first, we managed to successfully complete a two-way contact by bouncing a signal off a geostationary satellite. The satellite in question, Inmarsat GX-5, is stationed at an altitude of over 35,000 kilometers, and together with Dan, HB9Q, in Switzerland, we alternated between transmitting towards the satellite and receiving reflections. This first ever amateur QSO over geo satellite the remarkable capabilities of modern amateur radio technology when paired with large, high-gain dishes.

originally found on https://hackaday.com/2025/01/24/bouncing-signals-off-of-satellites-other-than-the-moon/

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The link between The Exorcist, Amateur Radio and Alan Turing. (madpsy.uk)
 

A quick look at how the movie The Exorcist from 1973 has links to the late great Alan Turing via Mike Oldfield’s album Tubular Bells, Scotland and Amateur Radio.

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Winter Field Day is this weekend (winterfieldday.org)
 

Winter Field Day is this weekend, January 25 - 26!

Do you have any plans for it?

Let us know how it goes!

#hamradio

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