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LabCat 📡🐈‍⬛
@labcat73.bsky.social
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Maker, Nerd, Ham Radio / Amateur Radio operator and cat daddy

YouTube: https://youtube.com/@labcat73
Mastodon: @labcat@mstdn.social

Check out TEHRS - The European Ham Radio Show: https://hamshow.eu
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Musste an Dich denken...

Gefunden auf... Author?! 🤷‍♂️
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January 19, 2026 at 8:43 AM
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"Bundeswehr verlässt Grönland!" - Haben Sie gemerkt das der dünne Bundeswehrparka aus dem Jahre 74 nicht für die klimatischen Verhältnisse geeignet ist?! Und die Ausschreibung für den Parka 2000 hat sich leider 30 Jahre verzögert und der Auftrag wird vorraussichtlich im Jahre 2030 erteilt... 🙄
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January 18, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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30min rambling why I failed so dismally with my YT channel in 2025 and what is next in 2026. Don't watch it... Seriously! DON'T! #hamradio #amateurfunk

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Channel Update - January 2026
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January 18, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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Looks like it's time for 25% revenue tax for all US digital tec companies offering services in the EU. So Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta etc... Guess it's the only language the orange monkey understands: Hitting his rich corrupt idiot sponsors where it hurts. If we are lucky they...
January 18, 2026 at 8:44 AM
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I think the 🐈‍⬛ is smelling a 🐀.
Now that my Japan 🇯🇵 trip is at least theoretically becoming reality, I get extra cuddles... 🤔
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January 17, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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😆 Fritze #Merz unser Kanzler der kalten Herzen... Arbeiten bis 167, Arbeitszeitgesetz "Flexibilisieren", dafür aber mit doppelseitiger Lungenentzündung ins Büro. - So wird das nix gegen den demographischen Wandel anzuschnackseln. Bin jetzt schon zu müde... 💤😴😑
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January 16, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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Hm Chinesium 24V 6A power supply... Maybe slightly overspecced....
January 14, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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Mein Baby benötigt dringend eine Zahn OP aufgrund eines starken FORL Verdachts. Unser Jahr war durchweg schlimm. Ich war Dauergast beim Tierarzt und ich weiß leider nicht mehr, woher ich das Geld nun noch nehmen soll. Ich bitte ungern andere um Hilfe, aber ich weiß nicht weiter
#weihnachtswunder
Donate to Zahn OP für Gismo, organized by Denaryah M
Das ist mein FlauscheSchatz Gismo. Er benötigt dringend eine Zahn-OP inklusive Dentalröntgen aufgrund ei… Denaryah M needs your support for Zahn OP für Gismo
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December 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Achievement of the day (and it is only 00:41). Fixed the new pressure cooker by completely dis- and re-assembling the lid. Thankfully the Sicomatic T-Plus is very similar to the 40yo predecessor. Somebody did not put the metal spring that presses on top of the valve into the plastic slit of the grip
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January 12, 2026 at 11:45 PM
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Ok I did it. I booked a ridiculously expensive trip to Japan. If I manage to not get a stroke from anxiety or catch Covid or Influenza, this might be my first real vacation abroad ever in my life. I will be 50 this year... Fingers crossed I make it through Q1 2026... 🇯🇵🌄🙏
January 10, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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Hm woke up at 9... Still in bed at 11:40... Maybe I'll just stay here. 3 days back in the day job was more than enough to bring the endorphin levels down.
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January 10, 2026 at 10:41 AM
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Ich höre unseren Kanzler der kalten Herzen schon: "Ja es ist eine schwierige Lage und wir stehen im Geiste den Grönländern bei... Aber... Die Ausschreibung für den Parka -7C ist noch im Gange... Aktuell kann unsere Bundeswehr nur in Gebieten mit milden 15 Grad Jahresdurchschnittstemperatur operieren
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January 10, 2026 at 8:46 AM
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Time for AAA anti asshole alliance instead of NATO... Can the world cope with two dementia-ridden axes of evil? United against Russia and America at the same time? And avoid WW3? I mean while Bully A takes Greenland, Bully B might send a tactical Nuke or troops from the rear. And then comes China...
January 10, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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One has to wonder what's in the remaining truckloads of Epstein files. Venezuela, Greenland, Mexico... If you need to start several *cough* military special operations at once to distract from them...
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January 10, 2026 at 8:21 AM
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Just January the 8th and the absolute insanity, destruction and fall of the US is still on track. And all it takes is one homegrown egotistical psychopath with dementia and all the ruthless goons following him. 😭

Waiting for the memoirs of the russian nanny who worked years on Project Krasnov. 🤪🍊🦧
January 8, 2026 at 8:09 AM
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Trying to get 8h of shut eyes before going back to work... Wish me luck that my anxiety does not push me to catastrophize half the night... 😴
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January 6, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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Gah - Back to work tomorrow. Back to the daily grind and being unappreciated for keeping an essential grown SW package running. Back to fight with HR about a work contract change they want to force on me. Feeling dread and sick... *sigh* Time to get up, coffee and clear the Christmas tree...
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January 6, 2026 at 8:52 AM
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So Nachtabsenkung bei -10°C mal abgeschaltet... Wir sind bei 20,5°C und 47°C Vorlauftemperatur... Noch nicht so richtig Wärmepumpenfit die Hütte... Aber hey anstatt Heizkurve bei 1,2 bin ich jetzt bei 0,7. Also irgendwas hat die Monsterrenovierung schon gebracht. 🤷‍♂️
January 5, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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3 more hours spent shoehorning Wago clamps behind the socket where it splits off into two more directions. Risk of arcing and catastrophic failure reduced from 60% to 10% imho. Having to touch any socket or switch in a house from the 70ies is soooo scary. I want a RCD together with the new fusebox.😭
January 4, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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So the next step is to install a new CIA approved dictator in Venezuela, which accidentally goes haywire and kills his own citizens with <insert weapon of choice> and also uses them for terrorism, which then requires an US intervention with ground troops. - Will the near east playbook work again?!
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January 4, 2026 at 6:54 AM
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The good news: I slept for a few hours. The bad news: I needed Raymond Reddington to review my work contract changes in a dingy hotel with a seriously weird dinner buffet... Switched dreams to leaking water pipes and arcing electric installation to indicate my renovation problems... 🫩
January 4, 2026 at 6:32 AM
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Damnit 2:35am and I can't sleep as I am worrying about my feud with HR when I am back in the day job on the 7th... 😑 So far for coming back well rested and motivated for the new year... 😑
January 3, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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Ich glaube ich bin fast zu alt und Paranoid für einen Jobwechsel im Ingenieur / Software / Embedded Systems Bereich. Mein Eindruck: Ein Großteil der Stellen existiert nur auf dem Papier. Dann gibt es die "die Hütte brennt lichterloh" Stellen die einen AI Experten mit 700 Jahren Erfahrung...
January 2, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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Thanks to Morten I got some kit building done yesterday. And surprisingly it seems to work. 😜

Link to the 2h meditative life stream on Mortens channel in the description.

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#electronics #diy #kitbuild
Rotary Clock Kit Build | #electronics #shorts
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January 2, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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Windchill is the worst for my run down terrace house: 0°C or -8°C doesn't matter as much as windy or no wind...
And that is after all windows were finally replaced last year. 🥶

My renovation schedule is already full for 2026. So new tiles and a blow-in isolation for the roof in 2027 ?!
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January 2, 2026 at 10:11 AM