N1DQ
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N1DQ
@pskreporter.info
I run PSKReporter (https://pskreporter.info) and https://weather.gladstonefamily.net

My day job is in computer security, so I'm happy to talk about any of these....
@wx1box.bsky.social In Carlisle, MA at 1800: 1.3" of wet snow on the board. Temp 32F. Currently raining. Nasty outside!
December 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Photos from last night in Carlisle, MA. Nice reds framed by trees. #aurora @wx1box
November 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
@wx1box In Carlisle, MA at 0900: 1.38" rain in the gauge. Spotter #15-557.
October 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Trying to vibe code a wideband morse decoder. It *sort of* works with nice clean signals. But with real recordings, it is unusable. The idea is to feed output from ka9q-radio (by @ka9q.bsky.social) into it and decode all CW traffic! Thoughts appreciated.

github.com/pjsg/cw
GitHub - pjsg/cw: Vibe coded CW wideband decoder
Vibe coded CW wideband decoder. Contribute to pjsg/cw development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
@wx1box.bsky.social In Carlisle, MA at 1600: 0.89" rain in the gauge. It looks like we are done now. Spotter #15-557
October 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
@wx1box In Carlisle, MA at 0700: 1.20" total rainfall -- much needed. #15-557
October 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Trying Google's Gemini image tool to colorize old pictures:
Starting with the black and white image, and then two different colorization attempts. It is notable that it omitted the person in one case, also the steam blowing downards in both. Original was probably shot on orthochromatic film.
September 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
@wx1box.bsky.social In Carlisle, MA at 0730: 2.32" total rain. Temp 61℉. Not raining any more! #15-557
August 1, 2025 at 11:41 AM
@wx1box.bsky.social In Carlisle, MA at 2245: 1.80" rain. 60F. Still raining. #15-557
August 1, 2025 at 2:50 AM
@wx1box.bsky.social In Carlisle, MA at 1945: 1.36" rain in the gauge (and a dead wasp). Temp 61℉. Still raining hard. #15-557
July 31, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I'm actually pretty impressed -- I just installed a couple of Ubiquiti NanoStation 5AC units to connect the house to the barn. I was using a couple of their APs in a mesh, but it wouldn't stay connected once leaves appeared on the trees!

Now it appears that I get a stable 100Mbps connection!
June 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Proud to celebrate $200M ARR with the Bitsight team! 🚀 Leading the way in cyber risk intelligence through data, innovation, and trust. Read more: ow.ly/o2bk30sM16Z

#Bitsight #CyberRiskIntelligence #ARRGrowth
ow.ly
April 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Some horrible internet connectivity problems right now. It appears that Comcast as lost some peering -- but I think it goes deeper than that. Paypal.com is not reachable from some places.
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March 25, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Just spent many hours debugging my #Unifi network. Symptom: high packet loss/vary variable latency. Running `top` on the AP showed 0% idle and very high sirq (??). This was due to a lot of multicast traffic on the wired side. U6 LR not affected -- I guess it does multicast filtering in hardware!
March 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Reposted by N1DQ
The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.
February 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
@wx1box In Carlisle, MA at 1030: 5.6" snow on the board. Temp 33F. Light sleet falling. Spotter #15-557
February 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
@wx1box.bsky.social In Carlisle, MA at 1100: 5.7" snow on the ground. Temp is 28F. Wind calm. #15-557
February 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Just been told that I'm too old to sit in an airplane exit row! Apparently you have to be between 15 and 60 for this airline. The online check-in assigned me this seat ☹️
January 15, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I got a an MR merged in #Wireshark so that it now decodes the IPFIX packets sent to #PSKReporter correctly -- the issue had been bugging me for years, and I should have done the MR much sooner as it turned out to be a trivial fix!

Thanks to the maintainers...
December 29, 2024 at 10:08 PM
I have a branch of the nodemcu-firmware that supports the esp32c5 (the one with 5.8GHz wifi support). Basic functionality works: github.com/nodemcu/node... #esp32 #espressif
DRAFT: Add support for the ESP32-C5 and move forward to IDF 5.4 (not final) by pjsg · Pull Request #3670 · nodemcu/nodemcu-firmware
This is just a tracking PR. The ESP32C5 branch builds in the CICD, but some of the other devices do not build as some of the modules don't build due to changes in the IDF. Fixes #3671. Make sur...
github.com
December 17, 2024 at 2:05 AM
Sitting in my car, waiting for my daughter at a bus station, and a pizza delivery guy shows up with 26 large pizzas for a bunch of kids also waiting.

Teenagers be very hungry!!
December 15, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Anybody interested in the APRS Balloon Tracker? You can now follow it at @aprsballoons.bsky.social
November 28, 2024 at 5:24 AM
Reposted by N1DQ
This is a good an important piece but let's not overlook the bit where retired French railway workers are casually running a Batcave for train nerds
November 21, 2024 at 3:04 PM