Question for my nerdier-than-most friends here on #HamRadio Mastodon...
I've used #GoDaddy as my registrar since the '90s, I think. Long time. They were cool back then. They've become more icky since.
Not moving my primary domain 'cuz it's too much work. But I'm also holding a domain for my son who doesn't have any complex needs like I do. Just an email alias that points to his gmail - that's IT.
Can you suggest a registrar that's fair priced, & good to work with?
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I'd let it drag on too long already... my Ham computer saying it encountered an error. It's old. Its HDD is well beyond MTBF.
Installing #AndysHamRadioLinux #HamRadio #Linux on a not-as-old Mac Mini.
Faster processor. More cores. More RAM.
If the old one was very good, this should be marvelous.
Damn, it's a long day, though.
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2025 #HamRadio goals:
Get a better antenna than rain gutter for 160m.
Change APRS node to bi-dir yagi.
Experiment with Slinky antennas.
Activate POTA @ least once.
Use the paddles (instead of WinKeyer) for more QSOs.
2m or above SSB or CW @ least once.
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@vantablack
I don't have any Windows computers, but tempted to buy ALGO-RHYTHM anyway just because the story/blurb is so friggin' cute.
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[#]HamBOLO
[#]BeOnTheLookout
[#]HamRadio
A friend of my wife's emailed me to ask about a #20m chat with her dad.
I asked after his email address, or if he TXTs. Doesn't do email. Has a flip phone. So he's "one of those" types of old people, the stereotype. Which translates to he's probably lonely. And heck, possibly deservedly. But for a friend of a friend, we can keep an ear out & give him the benefit of the doubt.
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I'm interested in erecting a #20meter #4square #VerticalPhasedAntennaArray for #HamRadio but haven't found anyone who makes one. Probably have to build it myself.
So far, my searches of the web haven't turned up anything. I get the reason is a 20m yagi is reasonable for most, but I'm disallowed a tower. But I've enough space on ground for phased verticals.
Any of my fellow #FediHams know of one?
Just look at 40m & math out the differences?
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I’m sure there’s a good argument I haven’t thought of, pre-coffee, from here in the tiniest room in the house…
But my first impression is that this is a wise idea.
[#]Australia #Politics #SocialMedia
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Both #10meters and #12meters are pretty hot across the Atlantic today. #HamRadio
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Here’s a #MachineLearning idea that improves lives & doesn’t make artists starve:
Rearview mirror including a camera that calculates exactly where to place LCD dark spots to dim headlights. Possibly same for windshield.
Imagine never getting night-blinded by assholes who drive with high beams, or have mis-adjusted super bright headlights.
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So I finally bought a #HeatPump for the back yard shed. It’s a little one - the space is pretty small. I wanted to do this years ago, but the industry dragged its damned feet catching up with the science.
Intent is to DIY it. But the instructions say I need some tools I don’t have. #ManifoldGauge set & #VacuumPump
Maybe I’ll DIY all but the final steps, then hire that last bit.
Or maybe the cheapest #HarborFreight set will be cheaper than the labor cost.
What did you do on yours, Fedi-folk?
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I have had some very interesting, sometimes deep conversations here on/in the Fediverse today.
I presume that I've now been blocked by a handful more people by now.
This is fine. This is good.
I really, really love it here.
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My boss, & chief developer, was walking me thru some new java code for managing various file transformers (e.g. csv to pipe-sep, to xml, etc).
Code checks the transformer called, exists. I forced him to add a comment…
// Decepticon?
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I want to build a small version of this thing.
Mirrors on my house and garage roof. More mirrors on poles in the front yard.
They increase the sunlight on a lengthwise strip of the driveway 4- to 8-fold. Computer's camera determines when the snow/ice (white/gray) has turned to asphalt (black), and moves the entire line of light a bit North to get the next strip of the driveway.
When the driveway's clear, point all mirrors to reflect right back toward the sun.
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About expensive #EarBuds - in my case #AirPodsPro2 - & not dropping them in the toilet...
I'm thinking of mounting a mirror above the toilet, angled down about 45deg, so that I can aim without tilting my head down, which is the riskiest move.
Side benefit: haven't seen it in a long while.
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The #AltText is very, very important for understanding the point of this post.
Because of #HamRadio and #Music hobbies, I have more sources of audio than your average bear might want to hear or manage. So I've got a desktop mixer that connects to my main #MacMini via USB.
Adding #AirPodsPro2 to this pile has been GREAT, thanks to #Loopback from #RogueAmoeba
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I also heard @N4JAW this morning on 30m. Quite strong. Called him, but so did someone else. I listened along as he worked that QSO... the end of which I never heard. It all faded to nothing.
Later saw Jim spotted on a couple other bands. In neither case could I hear a peep out of 'im.
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KG8CO is a FB CW OP.
Out there doin' the CW POTA thing.
1st time I called, SWOOSH, major fade. Went from 5nn +10dB to dead static in 3 seconds.
Waited.
2nd time I called, someone started tuning QRO too close to filter out.
Waited.
3rd time I called, someone else started sending while 8CO was. Needed a repeat. But we got it. Patient fella.
Also, I'd hear someone call him at 13wpm, & he'd immediately QRS to match. Then back to 25wpm for the next CQ.
A real gent. That's how it's done.
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Saw a warning pop up from one of my (several) weather-related iOS apps. It mentioned possible pool ball sized hail.
I immediately imagined the size of the ball they use in water polo, or that I've ever played with while in a pool.
All the blood ran out of my face.
Then I realized... "billiard ball" is what they meant.
[#]Weather #EndOfTheWorldSizedHail
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It worsens.
Read the Alt Txt... that's where the actual message is.
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On the one hand, Aurora visible in SE Minnesota, EN35.
On the other hand, I would typically have RX'd FT8 signals from all over Europe by now.
HF Bands are definitely suppressed a bit today.
[#]HamRadio #SolarFlares #CoronalMassEjaculation
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