KR4DIO @kr4dio@mastodon.radio

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)

A couple of weeks ago I caught a tiny praying mantis nymph while working on our new house, and released it into our current front yard after showing it to the kids. This afternoon, a slightly bigger praying mantis jumped onto my shoulder as I was walking in the door. It played with me and the kids for a good 15 minutes before running off into the bushes. It seems unlikely, but I wonder if it was the same bug …

(https://kr4d.io/posts/2019-08-13-friendly-mantis/)

I finally got around to installing a relay for the starter solenoid on my skid steer, so I can start it without using a screwdriver to short the terminals.

I decoded this SSTV image from the ISS late last night. It appears that whatever was causing the low modulation during previous events has been fixed, so I look forward to trying to collect the rest of this series.

I signed up to be a Skywarn spotter, but the logo makes me uncomfortable. Does it look Orwellian and/or fascist to anyone else?

Crane in a moonbeam

(https://kr4d.io/posts/2019-07-02-crane-in-a-moonbeam/)

Full moon on the gulf

(https://kr4d.io/posts/2019-07-01-full-moon-on-the-gulf/)