Chris Smolinski W3HFU
@hfunderground.com
Software, mostly radio, also audio. Radio, mostly pirate and shortwave. Ask me about genealogy or lowcarb/keto at your own risk.
Chief bit mangler at https://www.blackcatsystems.com/
I also run a little site known as hfunderground.com
Chief bit mangler at https://www.blackcatsystems.com/
I also run a little site known as hfunderground.com
Box 242 of my quest/personal challenge to build complete Liberty and Buffalo nickel collections just from circulation via coin roll hunting. I completed the Jefferson series with box 238.
Nothing I needed, but I found a 1943-P silver War nickel...
Nothing I needed, but I found a 1943-P silver War nickel...
November 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Box 242 of my quest/personal challenge to build complete Liberty and Buffalo nickel collections just from circulation via coin roll hunting. I completed the Jefferson series with box 238.
Nothing I needed, but I found a 1943-P silver War nickel...
Nothing I needed, but I found a 1943-P silver War nickel...
Cloudflare says that an hours-long global outage that knocked off several major websites earlier Tuesday was caused by a configuration file that unexpectedly got too big.
www.axios.com/2025/11/18/c...
www.axios.com/2025/11/18/c...
Cloudflare traces hours-long outage to one single file
ChatGPT, X, Spotify and several other major online services were dark on Tuesday due to the outage
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November 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Cloudflare says that an hours-long global outage that knocked off several major websites earlier Tuesday was caused by a configuration file that unexpectedly got too big.
www.axios.com/2025/11/18/c...
www.axios.com/2025/11/18/c...
Soon there will be chicken wings
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Soon there will be chicken wings
Box 241 of my quest/personal challenge to build complete Liberty and Buffalo nickel collections just from circulation via coin roll hunting. I completed the Jefferson series with box 238.
Nothing I needed, but I found a 1920 Buffalo nickel and a Canadian Nickel...
Nothing I needed, but I found a 1920 Buffalo nickel and a Canadian Nickel...
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Box 241 of my quest/personal challenge to build complete Liberty and Buffalo nickel collections just from circulation via coin roll hunting. I completed the Jefferson series with box 238.
Nothing I needed, but I found a 1920 Buffalo nickel and a Canadian Nickel...
Nothing I needed, but I found a 1920 Buffalo nickel and a Canadian Nickel...
Shortwave pirate radio station Bobby Vee Radio just signed on 6925 USB, with a very good signal here in Westminster MD USA at 1248 UTC.
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Bobby Vee Radio 6925 USB 1245 UTC 16 NOV 2025
Bobby Vee Radio 6925 USB 1245 UTC 16 NOV 2025
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November 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Shortwave pirate radio station Bobby Vee Radio just signed on 6925 USB, with a very good signal here in Westminster MD USA at 1248 UTC.
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Shortwave pirate radio station The Byrds Radio signed on 6950 USB just after 2200 UTC, with a good signal here in Westminster MD USA at 2227 UTC.
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The Byrds Radio 6950 USB 2203 UTC 15 NOV 2025
The Byrds Radio 6950 USB 2203 UTC 15 NOV 2025
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November 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Shortwave pirate radio station The Byrds Radio signed on 6950 USB just after 2200 UTC, with a good signal here in Westminster MD USA at 2227 UTC.
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Box 240 of my quest/personal challenge to build complete Liberty and Buffalo nickel collections just from circulation via coin roll hunting. I completed the Jefferson series with box 238...
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Box 240 of my quest/personal challenge to build complete Liberty and Buffalo nickel collections just from circulation via coin roll hunting. I completed the Jefferson series with box 238...
A shortwave pirate radio station identifying itself as Loonie Laura Loomer Live Radio is on 6950 kHz USB right now, with a fair signal here in Westminster MD USA at 1550 UTC.
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Loonie Laura Loomer Live Radio 6950 USB 1535 UTC 15 NOV 2025
Loonie Laura Loomer Live Radio 6950 USB 1535 UTC 15 NOV 2025
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November 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A shortwave pirate radio station identifying itself as Loonie Laura Loomer Live Radio is on 6950 kHz USB right now, with a fair signal here in Westminster MD USA at 1550 UTC.
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100% true. I was a 5:30 AM driver when I commuted 1988-2003. I suspect a majority of us were Gen-X. Another reason not to mess with us.
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
100% true. I was a 5:30 AM driver when I commuted 1988-2003. I suspect a majority of us were Gen-X. Another reason not to mess with us.
Box 239 of my quest/personal challenge to build complete Liberty and Buffalo nickel collections just from circulation via coin roll hunting. I completed the Jefferson series with box 238.
Nothing I needed, but I found a 1945-P silver war nickel...
Nothing I needed, but I found a 1945-P silver war nickel...
November 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Box 239 of my quest/personal challenge to build complete Liberty and Buffalo nickel collections just from circulation via coin roll hunting. I completed the Jefferson series with box 238.
Nothing I needed, but I found a 1945-P silver war nickel...
Nothing I needed, but I found a 1945-P silver war nickel...
Yet another X class solar flare. Yet another CME aimed right at Earth. G4 geomagnetic storm watch for Nov 12th and 13th. Aurora possible at lower latitudes.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Yet another X class solar flare. Yet another CME aimed right at Earth. G4 geomagnetic storm watch for Nov 12th and 13th. Aurora possible at lower latitudes.
When I was outside last night getting the mail, I noticed two people on our road already have Christmas lights up.
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
When I was outside last night getting the mail, I noticed two people on our road already have Christmas lights up.
Early evening shortwave pirate radio activity - someone just signed on 6925 AM a few minutes ago with a fair to good signal here in Westminster MD USA at 2206 UTC, playing a song by REM.
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UNID 6925 AM 2203 UTC 10 NOV 2025
UNID 6925 AM 2203 UTC 10 NOV 2025
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November 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Early evening shortwave pirate radio activity - someone just signed on 6925 AM a few minutes ago with a fair to good signal here in Westminster MD USA at 2206 UTC, playing a song by REM.
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Local transportation department switches to $2 Ali Express traffic light controller module. Hilarity ensues.
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Local transportation department switches to $2 Ali Express traffic light controller module. Hilarity ensues.
Box 238 of my quest/personal challenge to build complete Liberty, Buffalo and Jefferson nickel collections just from circulation via coin roll hunting.
Finally! The 1938-S, the last Jefferson I needed. Interestingly, it was in a bunch of machine wrapped rolls that were...
Finally! The 1938-S, the last Jefferson I needed. Interestingly, it was in a bunch of machine wrapped rolls that were...
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Box 238 of my quest/personal challenge to build complete Liberty, Buffalo and Jefferson nickel collections just from circulation via coin roll hunting.
Finally! The 1938-S, the last Jefferson I needed. Interestingly, it was in a bunch of machine wrapped rolls that were...
Finally! The 1938-S, the last Jefferson I needed. Interestingly, it was in a bunch of machine wrapped rolls that were...
Shortwave pirate radio station Valley Girl Radio just signed on 6935 USB with a very good signal here in Westminster MD USA at 2142 UTC.
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Valley Girl Radio 6935 USB 2142 UTC 9 NOV 2025
Valley Girl Radio 6935 USB 2142 UTC 9 NOV 2025
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November 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Shortwave pirate radio station Valley Girl Radio just signed on 6935 USB with a very good signal here in Westminster MD USA at 2142 UTC.
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This eQSL from shortwave pirate radio station Valley Girl Radio just arrived - thanks!
November 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This eQSL from shortwave pirate radio station Valley Girl Radio just arrived - thanks!
I'm rich! I also got a check for $13.something about a week ago for another Facebook settlement of some sort.
November 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I'm rich! I also got a check for $13.something about a week ago for another Facebook settlement of some sort.
If you think the Ionosphere is bad now, wait until the CME from this flare hits Earth in a few days...
November 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
If you think the Ionosphere is bad now, wait until the CME from this flare hits Earth in a few days...
Shortwave pirate radio station Valley Girl Radio is just signing on now with Frank Zappa "Valley Girl", 6935 AM with a good signal here in Westminster MD USA at 2224 UTC.
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Valley Girl Radio 6935 AM 2224 UTC 8 NOV 2025
Valley Girl Radio 6935 AM 2224 UTC 8 NOV 2025
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November 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Shortwave pirate radio station Valley Girl Radio is just signing on now with Frank Zappa "Valley Girl", 6935 AM with a good signal here in Westminster MD USA at 2224 UTC.
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