WA5PB
@wa5pb.com
Amateur Radio, Tech, Linux, Computers, Programming, Hobbies, Science
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#hamradio #amateurradio #radio #swl #electronics #QRP #PSK31 #Linux #Debian #RaspberryPi #Python #programming #science
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WA5PB
@wa5pb.com
· Nov 29
Greetings! My name is Bill and I am an Amateur Radio operator callsign WA5PB with interests in radio, technology, computers, Linux, programming, and cyber security. I am a Christian who emphasizes the teachings of Jesus Christ, "love thy neighbor".
Family, friends, and related interests account.
Family, friends, and related interests account.
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Friend: hey nixCraft, How do I get started with programming?
Me:
Me:
December 14, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Friend: hey nixCraft, How do I get started with programming?
Me:
Me:
Sound advice. But, do not wipe a working Windows system until you have identified and TESTED Linux alternatives for applications you feel are vital to your own computer usage. I highly recommend migrating to Linux by setting up an entirely other system for Linux.
www.howtogeek.com/switching-fr...
www.howtogeek.com/switching-fr...
Switching From Windows to Linux: A Step-by-Step Migration Guide
A distro hopper’s guide to migrating from Windows to Linux.
www.howtogeek.com
March 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Sound advice. But, do not wipe a working Windows system until you have identified and TESTED Linux alternatives for applications you feel are vital to your own computer usage. I highly recommend migrating to Linux by setting up an entirely other system for Linux.
www.howtogeek.com/switching-fr...
www.howtogeek.com/switching-fr...
Does anyone know the current status on the floodgap gopher server? Seems to have been down for a few days, but not seen any news about it.
March 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Does anyone know the current status on the floodgap gopher server? Seems to have been down for a few days, but not seen any news about it.
A new page on my WA5PB.com website.
How to get the Zimaboard with FreeDOS working on a TCP/IP network.
wa5pb.com/freedos-zima...
How to get the Zimaboard with FreeDOS working on a TCP/IP network.
wa5pb.com/freedos-zima...
WA5PB Ham Radio Homepage
An amateur radio and computer technologies website
WA5PB.com
March 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A new page on my WA5PB.com website.
How to get the Zimaboard with FreeDOS working on a TCP/IP network.
wa5pb.com/freedos-zima...
How to get the Zimaboard with FreeDOS working on a TCP/IP network.
wa5pb.com/freedos-zima...
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Join Steve Gibson & @leolaporte.me for another episode of Security Now & learn about the CAPTCHA that you solve by playing Doom, consequences of Internet content restriction, & the incredible number of still-unencrypted email servers! #cybersecurityawareness twit.tv/shows/security-now/episodes/1007
AI Training & Inference | TWiT.TV
The consequences of Internet content restriction.The measured risks of 3rd-party browser extensions.The consequences of SonicWall's unpatched 9.8 firewall severity.The
twit.tv
January 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Join Steve Gibson & @leolaporte.me for another episode of Security Now & learn about the CAPTCHA that you solve by playing Doom, consequences of Internet content restriction, & the incredible number of still-unencrypted email servers! #cybersecurityawareness twit.tv/shows/security-now/episodes/1007
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How many cybersec professionals does it take to change a light bulb?
We have dual power supplies, UPS batteries, generators and a redundant hot site in every next city. Light bulbs DO NOT go out.
We have dual power supplies, UPS batteries, generators and a redundant hot site in every next city. Light bulbs DO NOT go out.
January 7, 2025 at 5:43 AM
How many cybersec professionals does it take to change a light bulb?
We have dual power supplies, UPS batteries, generators and a redundant hot site in every next city. Light bulbs DO NOT go out.
We have dual power supplies, UPS batteries, generators and a redundant hot site in every next city. Light bulbs DO NOT go out.
A neat little project!
hackaday.com/2025/01/04/p...
hackaday.com/2025/01/04/p...
Pi Pico Makes SSTV Reception A Snap
There’s a paradox in amateur radio: after all the time and effort spent getting a license and all the expense of getting some gear together, some new hams suddenly find that they don’t …
hackaday.com
January 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
A neat little project!
hackaday.com/2025/01/04/p...
hackaday.com/2025/01/04/p...
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S. Korea is developing a constellation of satellites that could reveal what goes on in the vicinity of supermassive black holes like never before. The #Capella satellite constellation would consist of 4 satellites orbiting at altitudes between 450 and 600 kilometers.
#blackhole #LEO #satellite 📡🛰️🇰🇷
#blackhole #LEO #satellite 📡🛰️🇰🇷
Small satellite constellation could reveal black holes like never before
"Currently, features under a certain size simply cannot be imaged."
www.space.com
January 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
S. Korea is developing a constellation of satellites that could reveal what goes on in the vicinity of supermassive black holes like never before. The #Capella satellite constellation would consist of 4 satellites orbiting at altitudes between 450 and 600 kilometers.
#blackhole #LEO #satellite 📡🛰️🇰🇷
#blackhole #LEO #satellite 📡🛰️🇰🇷
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k3wwp.com/index.html
This ham has made a QRP CW contact everyday for the past 11,112 days and counting.
#AmateurRadio #CW
This ham has made a QRP CW contact everyday for the past 11,112 days and counting.
#AmateurRadio #CW
K3WWP's Home - Main
K3WWP's activities in ham radio, including CW, QRP, contesting, homebrewing, award hunting, and DXing
k3wwp.com
January 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
k3wwp.com/index.html
This ham has made a QRP CW contact everyday for the past 11,112 days and counting.
#AmateurRadio #CW
This ham has made a QRP CW contact everyday for the past 11,112 days and counting.
#AmateurRadio #CW
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The second OCXO at 10 MHz built during the holidays. This is a different design based on an Swatch oscilloquartz 8663-XS that I found in ebay. It came back to within 0.4 ppb after starting it up again after a day. I use it for the #qo100 downconverter stabilization. #hamradio
January 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Based on the video I've seen of the Cybertruck explosion at the Trump hotel, this looks/sounds like fireworks were ignited in the cab, not a battery fire. Most likely a darwin award candidate
January 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Based on the video I've seen of the Cybertruck explosion at the Trump hotel, this looks/sounds like fireworks were ignited in the cab, not a battery fire. Most likely a darwin award candidate
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Here's 24 h of FT8 monitoring, all bands 10 through 160 m, in Vancouver. MLA-30+ loop antenna. As usual, ZS2DL in South Africa, holds the distance record for a signal into my station, 16,483 km. Note PSKreporter doesn't map everything.
@ai5ef.bsky.social @wa5pb.com @brian-kj7cnz.bsky.social
@ai5ef.bsky.social @wa5pb.com @brian-kj7cnz.bsky.social
December 30, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Here's 24 h of FT8 monitoring, all bands 10 through 160 m, in Vancouver. MLA-30+ loop antenna. As usual, ZS2DL in South Africa, holds the distance record for a signal into my station, 16,483 km. Note PSKreporter doesn't map everything.
@ai5ef.bsky.social @wa5pb.com @brian-kj7cnz.bsky.social
@ai5ef.bsky.social @wa5pb.com @brian-kj7cnz.bsky.social
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So, some antenna work today means I am now set up to try and receive SSTV images from the ISS. I'm up early for work, so I'm leaving #MMSSTV running overnight. There's two viable passes overnight. @kingnerd1963.bsky.social #g7kna #g4waw
#STEM #ISS #SSTV #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #HamR
#STEM #ISS #SSTV #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #HamR
December 29, 2024 at 11:17 PM
So, some antenna work today means I am now set up to try and receive SSTV images from the ISS. I'm up early for work, so I'm leaving #MMSSTV running overnight. There's two viable passes overnight. @kingnerd1963.bsky.social #g7kna #g4waw
#STEM #ISS #SSTV #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #HamR
#STEM #ISS #SSTV #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #HamR
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Quick glance at HF propagation conditions (based on FT8 signals over past 30 min into Vancouver), and at current space weather metrics (at 2245 UTC / 2:45 PM PST Sunday Dec 29). Using HamClock.
HamClock amazing (and free) tool. Facebook group for HamClock has > 18,000 members.
HamClock amazing (and free) tool. Facebook group for HamClock has > 18,000 members.
December 29, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Quick glance at HF propagation conditions (based on FT8 signals over past 30 min into Vancouver), and at current space weather metrics (at 2245 UTC / 2:45 PM PST Sunday Dec 29). Using HamClock.
HamClock amazing (and free) tool. Facebook group for HamClock has > 18,000 members.
HamClock amazing (and free) tool. Facebook group for HamClock has > 18,000 members.
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Rest in peace, Mr. President.
Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president who served one term and went on to become a globe-trotting elder statesman and humanitarian icon, has died. He was 100. cnn.it/3DE57Te
December 29, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Rest in peace, Mr. President.
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Mohammed Abdallah in Suez, Egypt: “Andromeda, our largest neighbor #galaxy, shot from my backyard in Bortle 8 skies. I reprocessed this shot many times but the end result is quite satisfying.” Thanks!
https://ecp.earthsky.org/community-photos/entry/72472/
See more images:
https://ecp.earthsky.org/
https://ecp.earthsky.org/community-photos/entry/72472/
See more images:
https://ecp.earthsky.org/
December 29, 2024 at 1:00 AM
Mohammed Abdallah in Suez, Egypt: “Andromeda, our largest neighbor #galaxy, shot from my backyard in Bortle 8 skies. I reprocessed this shot many times but the end result is quite satisfying.” Thanks!
https://ecp.earthsky.org/community-photos/entry/72472/
See more images:
https://ecp.earthsky.org/
https://ecp.earthsky.org/community-photos/entry/72472/
See more images:
https://ecp.earthsky.org/
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Flying Into the Sun https://swling.com/blog/2024/12/flying-into-the-sun/
Flying Into the Sun
On Christmas Eve the Parker Solar Probe is going to enter the Sun’s atmosphere for the first time to study Solar Wind. For radio hobbists of all ilks, this will hopefully help us understand m…
swling.com
December 23, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Flying Into the Sun https://swling.com/blog/2024/12/flying-into-the-sun/
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December 29, 2024 at 1:33 AM
As advertised at DigiKey. Ridiculous!!
December 28, 2024 at 11:56 PM
As advertised at DigiKey. Ridiculous!!