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Kurtis - K1CKM Radio
@kurtis-goad.bsky.social
📻 Amateur Radio Operator
🧠 Cognitive Social Scientist
🎙️ Musician
🔮 Bald Guy

🎧 Currently Listening: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2hWc31vTmJQGP0RCnOnMxV?si=JI6eWUMJTuiuetj8LnDLUQ&pi=G7EJnaa6QOSMO
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Many questions asked by new hams can be answered by understanding propagation. This will tell you what kind of radios and antennas you want to meet your needs and interests.
www.qsl.net/4x4xm/HF-Pro...
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This is cool! I might try it on some shortwave stations and translate the text to English so I can finally understand what they're saying
#hamradio #amateurradio #shortwave
RadioTransciptor: Real Time Radio Speech to Text Transcriptor using AI
Thank you to user theckid from our forums for submitting news about the release of his latest project called 'RadioTranscriptor'. RadioTranscriptor can be used for real-time speech-to-text transcripti...
www.rtl-sdr.com
June 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
APRS Graffiti Wall

#hamradio #amateurradio
radiorabbit.ca
...down the rabbit hole of amateur radio...and stuff.
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May 31, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Reposted by Kurtis - K1CKM Radio
NEW: As Hurricane Helene barreled toward Yancey County in North Carolina, communities along the Cane River in the Black Mountains were particularly vulnerable.

But there were no evacuation orders, and few grasped what was coming.

By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social and @cgaribay.bsky.social
Helene’s Unheard Warnings
As Hurricane Helene barreled toward Yancey County in North Carolina, communities along the Cane River in the Black Mountains were particularly vulnerable. But there were no evacuation orders, and few ...
www.propublica.org
May 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Hi, my name is Kurtis. I am a federal worker, and I'm having a bad time.
February 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Road Trippin' with my ID-5100. If you're between southern VA and Mississippi hop on your repeaters today.

#hamradio #amateurradio
February 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“The accumulation of all powers legislative, executive and judiciary in the same hands, whether of one, a few or many, and whether hereditary, self appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” - James Maddison
February 6, 2025 at 1:12 AM
20 book challenge except I say one thing about them (because I can't help it) 💙📚

Day 9

Super funny if you're just a little sick in the head like me

#booksky
#books
#bookchallenge
#20bookschallenge
February 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
20 book challenge except I say one thing about them (because I can't help it) 💙📚

Day 8

It's wild how you can build a whole relationship with someone around an idea, but you can have totally opposite understandings of what that idea means.

#booksky
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#bookchallenge
#20bookschallenge
February 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Be very thankful for the ones that love you. Hold them tight. Especially right now.
January 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
20 book challenge except I say one thing about them (because I can't help it) 💙📚

Day 7

This started an ongoing periodic deep dive into "drunk literature"

#booksky
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#bookchallenge
#20bookschallenge
January 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
20 book challenge except I say one thing about them (because I can't help it) 💙📚

Day 6

Truth in facts or Truth in feelings? Also, the song "Lemon Tree" will never be the same.

#booksky
#books
#bookchallenge
#20bookschallenge
January 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
20 book challenge except I say one thing about them (because I can't help it) 💙📚

Day 5

Absolutely Bonkers. Neal Cassady is an inspiration to the unhinged everywhere.

#booksky
#books
#bookchallenge
#20bookschallenge
January 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
20 book challenge except I say one thing about them (because I can't help it) 💙📚

Day 4

This book made me fall in love with my own creativity.

@rebeccakufalk.bsky.social
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#bookchallenge
#20bookschallenge
January 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I wonder how many hams do these things on a more regular basis than 1 a week?

#hamradio #amateurradio
52 Week Ham Radio Challenge Roundup: Weeks 1-4
QSL cards, beacons, 80m DX and callsign history
ianrenton.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Good morning from Virginia. I hope your Saturday brings you even the smallest bit of healing.

#photography #virginia
January 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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What an exhausting day.

So much trauma out there in the world, in our people.

Sending love ♥️
January 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Reposted by Kurtis - K1CKM Radio
Cheating on an exam by memorizing everything the professor taught in advance so I can easily answer all the questions
January 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
20 book challenge except I say one thing about them (because I can't help it) 💙📚

Day 3

Scared me when I read it in highschool. Scares me even more now.

#booksky
#books
#bookchallenge
#20bookschallenge
January 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
11:11 UTC

Make a wish!

#hamradio #amateurradio
January 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Reposted by Kurtis - K1CKM Radio
The best Lovecraft creatures are the Mi-Go, because they're six-foot tall Crab-shrimp-dragonfly-mushrooms that want to extract your brain and put it in a jar solely so they can take it on an interstellar voyage and show you cool stuff
January 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I never used Twitter. Since BlueSky is so new, it feels like I'm going back to 2006 and getting a do-over.
January 24, 2025 at 3:38 AM
20 book challenge except I say one thing about them (because I can't help it) 💙📚

Day 2

The only book I've ever read that made me feel as crazy and paranoid as the characters in the story

#booksky
#books
#bookchallenge
#20bookschallenge
January 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Woah! This is the level of DIY I aspire to attain.

#hamradio #amateurradio
ONE Coil to Rule them ALL! Unboxing The Magic Antenna Coil!
YouTube video by Ham Radio Passion ( LB8IJ )
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January 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM
20 book challenge except I say one thing about them (because I can't help it) 💙📚

Day 1

One of the most fun books to imagine in my head.

#booksky
#books
#bookchallenge
#20bookschallenge
January 23, 2025 at 2:05 AM