KR4DIO @kr4dio@mastodon.radio

Feeling nostalgic for the old Shanghai art/noise/rock days https://youtu.be/nWEMFNjdchU

What kind of nerd didn’t play DnD as a kid? The kind raised in a fundamentalist religion at the height of the Satanic Panic. Trying to make up for lost time now.

NOS vari-mu triodes for the new super secret project. Just need the μTracer to match a few pairs, and we’ll be ready to go.

To the best of my knowledge, APRSdroid can’t trigger PTT over audio (right channel PTT), so you still need vox

Ah, autumn in Central Texas, the crisp 75 degree air, the gentle chirp of crickets in the evening, the soft crunch of crickets underfoot

I just scavenged all the “useful” parts out of a free treadmill. Yes, I already have too many projects, but ... *free motors*!

I think I figured out why this amp doesn’t make noise

Thanks to a generous local ham, I just picked up the first couple of sections of my future tower

@Wilfred This tower is for sale nearby for a really good price. I wish I had access to a cheap/free crane. #towertuesday

And the default response from tech support is, "Have you opened the file on another computer recently? Maybe you can recover it from that one." 😡

Fuck you, Autodesk, for making it impossible to work offline while also not backing up or otherwise giving a shit about my work stored on your servers.

Vintage* HT repair on a Saturday morning

* It feels strange to describe a device with surface mount components as “vintage”

Ok, this is just ridiculous

I picked up a bunch of steel for my rainwater collection barn today. Driving the telehandler down the street (and through a school parking lot) was a lot of fun

Turns out the trailer was apparently stolen and brought here to be emptied and dumped.

Obligatory ham radio content: Would an APRS tracker in a trailer provide peace of mind? Or would it just serve as a beacon to thieves?

I’m hoping the appearance of a trailer this morning means the neighbors are finally removing whatever “valuables” were preventing them from tearing down this dilapidated cabin

delivery van delivery (obligatory ham content: hood-mounted Larsen 2m/70cm antenna)