800a Eastern Mo-Tu-We-Th-Fr net on #N8DUY net
It's 700a Eastern on a Thursday. Are there any nets active at this specific time?
I know of an 800a Eastern Mo-Tu-We-Th-Fr net on the N8DUY repeater which you need RF in SE Michigan to participate in, and can monitor on Broadcastify:
https://www.broadcastify.com/webPlayer/19998
alas there is a cache error on Broadcastify at the moment, 503 error with
Guru Meditation:
XID: 785482787
Varnish cache server
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
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😀
Le Tigre, "Get off the internet" Now playing on WCBN-FM. Thanks Max for playing my request! 734-763-3500.
Baseball radio via KiwiSDR, listening to Dodgers - Tigers via a 5 kw sports AM station in Honolulu, HI.
The SDR is run by NH6XO; it reports having a "220' unterminated N-S Beverage - horizon blocked - blocked to all points west"
AM radio on Hawaii sounds different - you don't get the common co-channel interference that you would in the lower 48.
Tigers 0 - 0 Dodgers, bottom 1.
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Morning 2 meter net on 145.15- from the N8DUY repeater in Ann Arbor, MI (Scio Twp, M-14 and I-94) starts at 800a Eastern. Wide coverage from Toledo OH to Lansing MI to Detroit MI.
Repeaterbook has the repeater details at
https://www.repeaterbook.com/repeaters/details.php?state_id=26&ID=6966
alas no mention of this MoTuWeThFr net that run weekdays.
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.
notes on the 2022 software-defined baseball season.
https://vielmetti.typepad.com/w8emv/2022/04/2022-software-defined-baseball-season.html
some initial thoughts on tuning into far-away AM radio stations to chase baseball games, using KiwiSDR and WebSDR installations. Also previously 2018 and 2019 and 2020 notes, but I didn't write up 2021 for some reason.
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 🤩
Listening to 800 kHz "Rádio MEC AM Brasília" on KiwiBSB #1, Brasilia, Brazil.
http://kiwibsb.ddns.net:8073/?f=800.00amz10
Beautiful strong signal, S9+20 with no adjacent channel interference. AM radio can sound great!
Now at 2016 UTC / 416p Eastern playing classical music. My Portuguese is not adequate to ID it, and I don't recognize the piece.
Ed Vielmetti in Ann Arbor, MI EN82.
Member of ARROW, University of Michigan ARC.
ex KD8OQG.
Photo: UMARC shack, 4th Floor EECS at UMich.