Ed W8EMV @w8emv@mastodon.radio

This looks interesting: https://antrak.org.tr/blog/adx-arduino-digital-transceiver/

"A simple HF QRP Transceiver optimized for Digital Modes [...]
– Simple to procure [...]
– Simple to build – 2 modules, 2 IC’s and 4 Mosfets!
– Simple to setup and tune [...]
– Simple to operate – Plug in ADX MIC to soundcard MIC input and ADX SPK to PC soundcard speaker input and we are good to go with any digital modes Software.
– Dirt Cheap – Costs less than 25$ to get all parts and PCB if we exclude ridiculous shipping costs!" via qrz.com

Today is, apparently, Trent Reznor, Enya and Alan Kay's birthday, so here's the plan: apparently Alan Kay plays a mean pipe organ, so if we can somehow arrange a jam session with those three and record it a lot of people's Erdos-Bacon-Sabbath numbers will _plummet_.

New meme format.
https://somethingorotherwhatever.com/didnt-graduate-texts-generator/

This is my contingency plan if my logging software crashes in the middle of a QSO, or if I have to turn off the computers to save power during an outage.

what's the most despicable tech company, retoot for exposure

@w8emv oh, great band! And great song! Gotta listen to them again.

@w8emv @M0YNG

i'm also looking into rewriting the streaming server in go 🙃

It’s interesting how far genuine gratitude can motivate someone. Case in point, in a prior role I literally never got a thank you from the boss. He actually said the words “all you did was what we asked you to do.” (It wasn’t, but that’s a story for another day).

Meanwhile, doing #POTA dev and support, I get paid nothing, but I get regular on-air thanks from participants who recognize my callsign, and thanks from the other devs and admins, and it keeps me happily coming back for more😀

Update!

mastodon.radio costs:

* £277.80 for the VPS
* €25 for the domain

This provides 8G RAM, 2 CPUs, 160G of storage (we're using around 69G right now but have been bouncing off the previous 81G limit)

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

#instanceAdmin

For the last few months I've been helping a school prepare for CanSat (a sort of satellite mission, only its orbit is about 500m). They've asked for more help on the electronics.

Custom PCB's are a possibility.

Breadboard currently has a RPi pico, bmp280 sensor, LoRa module and potentially a GPS and method of driving a servo. Nice to have would be an micro sd slot

Opinions please. Too much for 17/18 year olds?

My KiCAD fu is bobbins so would need a checker to point out errors as well.

Wow, it's so cool to sit on the couch with headphones on and have a QSO via the iPad. I enjoy this app a lot so far 🤩