Christopher M0YNG @M0YNG@mastodon.radio

It was suggested I post, and pin, a toot with information about what it costs to run this instance.
I like this, I want to be transparent, and I think it's important that the community have trust and confidence in me, and the hosting.

Currently the costs looks like this:

* £112.50 a year for a VPS
* €25.00 a year for the domain name

All media (avatars, etc.) are sotred on the server, we use 20G of 40G so far.

More details (and optional donations) at
https://liberapay.com/M0YNG

#instanceAdmin

A helpful guide on getting started with Mastodon.
https://kevq.uk/getting-started-with-mastodon/

Hmm. Thrown up a 20m aerial and all I can hear are contest stations, but at least I can hear them!

Let me know if you would like to try a sked on 20m!

I need to fix the aerial if I want 40m
And a different setup completely for much else and more long term operation.

#amateurRadio

Certain this isn't legal anymore, but an interesting watch nonetheless.

"Making a Spark-Gap Transmitter" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/SnKKj2bonAI

@es0mhi that's a very nice looking shack!

Why does every political leader I've seen have a sign language interpreter beside them when making such important announcements, but not in the UK?

(OK, Scotland do)

I like the idea of a hf vertical for space reasons.
But then I need radials, which undoes the space benefit.

How well should I expect a vertical to work with a ground spike?

And where to place it? Next to the vertical?
Next to the shack?
Somewhere else?

#amateurRadio

Guess I'll download it all later, bandcamp seems to be creaking under the weight of the purchases.

Had to kill the tab for their homepage because the "recently purchased" animation was hogging all my computer's ram. And I mean all 16gb plus swap.

Just bought a bunch of stuff off #bandcamp, including everything I could spot by Master Boot Record.

https://masterbootrecord.bandcamp.com

Ended up net controller for the @G5BK club meeting net thing in GB3CG.

16 stations in my list, plus I hear there was activity on 2m simplex, 10m, and more!

#amateurRadio

With UK schools about to shut, does anyone have any suggestions for self hosting classrooms?

Something a teacher could use to run classes with video and presentation and people call call into with minimal technology needs?

#opensouce #selfhosing #education

So #jitsi #jitsimeet looks good, but there is no terms of service on their hosted service so I'm reluctant to use it.

(I'd like to test before trying to host my own)

Does anyone have any other suggestions for similar services that are open source?

Think I'll put a 2/70 radio in the "office" today.
Plus I'll have DMR with me.

I want to run a distributed film night for some friends, the kind where we all watch the same film at the same time but in different places.

I'm sure there is a proper name for this.

And I'm sure I've seen other groups on the fediverse do it.

Are there any tips?
Is there a specific platform for it that works great, or do we all just "get the dvd" and chat using the same platforms as usual?

I think if done right this could be a really useful technique to keep social bonds during isolation.

Please welcome @AB3DC !

@AB3DC, please toot an #introductions so we can get to know you 😀 add some hashtags too so we know what interests you.

You can find more people in the instance in the directory
https://mastodon.radio/explore
(you can opt into this too once you have 10 "friends", and add tags to your profile) and the local timeline.

And this list of radio amateurs on mastodon, may be of interest: https://pad.dc7ia.eu/p/radio_amateurs_on_the_fediverse

And there are apps!
https://joinmastodon.org/apps