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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Those are all great options for sure. And while not an exact answer to your question, you could maybe go a bit simpler (and cheaper) for just 2, 10, & 20m like an end fed half wave.

Thoughts on how you’ll run it to your second floor?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It’s not a slogan, just the title of the article 😊 it does go on to state that the spirit isn’t much different and how it’s used differently today. Glad you like lemmy.radio!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

For lemmy: it's mostly link sharing, so I'd mostly see posting about *OTA experiences, pics, questions here in the POTA/SOTA communities.

Mastodon, on the other hand, would just be one way to show something like that since it's more time related and ephemeral. Bot was my first stab at something like you mean, but I do think there could be something to auto-post with all that data.

And while not on the fediverse: I use hamspot for something like this. It flips the onus of posting a spot to actually listening FOR a spot from people you know around the fediverse.

BUT if we want to let our ideas get REALLY wild with it: I could totally see a federated service for spotting or any *OTA related activity. Different instances handing different kinds of spots. Parks or summits or islands being different items that people can subscribe to, spot from, and activate. Just spit ballin'.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I could see a community used for spotting. Not sure how the browser extension part would work.

I see people post a sorta self-spot on mastodon all the time. Something that might be nice is a mastodon bot that could read a certain hashtag or if it was @ed so everyone could follow the bot to see who is activating.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I was a little floored when they announced this product (and Proton Scribe). Don't really see the need for it in the Proton Suite.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Is there an article/source for this, or is it just a pic of a phone with a lock on it?

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago

Yea, it’s just the title and no link. To the top with you for the source!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

The 8bit Celeste music sounds pretty good on the demo!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

This is the same team that received from Voyager I in December 2024: https://www.camras.nl/en/blog/2024/dwingeloo-telescope-receives-signals-from-voyager-1/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not sure I've ever seen that website. What was/is it?

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oh was that the rss feed site? I'm not sure what happened.

 

NewsNation has obtained exclusive footage showing the retrieval of an egg-shaped object, recorded during a UAP retrieval operation. The egg resembles UAP (unidentified aerial phenomena) U.S. Navy fighters reported seeing off the east coast of the U.S. in 2015.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Supposed to be freezing and rainy here. Not sure I'll make it out to a park, but I'll try my best to hunt for y'all!

 

This weekend, January 18-19, 2025, is the winter Support Your Parks event for Parks on the Air (POTA).

Anyone plan on activating at a local park or hunting for one?

 

A ham radio operator in Idaho must pay a record $34,000 penalty for causing interference with communications during a fire suppression effort.

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ARRL 10-Meter Contest is this weekend starting on Saturday, December 14 at 0000 UTC (Friday evening in North America), and concluding on Sunday, December 15 at 2359 UTC. Stations may contact any other station, regardless of location, using CW and phone.

 

When disaster strikes, and conventional communication systems fail, amateur ham radio operators step in to bridge the gap, providing a crucial link between those in affected areas and the outside world.

 

While some residents in hurricane-impacted areas can’t send texts or make calls, amateur radio enthusiasts are helping communicate requests for help and messages between loved ones.

 

With communication still limited after Helene devastated western North Carolina, ham radio operators in the Triangle and other areas are trying to help people connect with loved ones unable to make calls or evacuate.

 

Production line stops on May 17th. This also means its other brands will be gone soon too:

  • Ameritron
  • Hy-Gain
  • Cushcraft
  • Mirage
  • Vectronics
  • MDS-HAM
 

As the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, draws closer, a vibrant community of enthusiastic amateur radio operators, known as “hams,” is gearing up for an exciting project

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