I have finished the new iteration of my #hamradio inverted-V HF linked dipole.

It has links for every band 6–40m, which I tuned for the middle of the CW portions of each of the bands.

I used DX Engineering 26AWG stranded copper-coated steel kite […]

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@ai6yr Florida suddenly got woke, banning all aircraft except hydrogen and fully electric, banning all aircraft that burn fossil fuels.

The technology is really not there at this point for fully electric long-haul flights. It really works only for local flights, so there must have been a huge […]

@n8dmt The QSO count is the count of unique (UTC day, theircall, theirpark, band, mode) quintuples. Park-to-same-park is allowed.

So yes, 10 bands in the same park between two operators, or five bands on two modes, or two bands on five modes, are all a successful activation for both operators […]

@ai6yr Shields still up, just now for the quickly-evolved flu strain...

I fixed one bug. #wavelog wants to hear from the radio from time to time, so I made it send updates at least minutely even if there has been no change.

I also fixed several configuration errors that all got in the way of a proper release with binaries, so WaveLogGoat release 0.0.5 has been […]

Close behind it in the "want" factor stakes is the new KeebDeck from @arturo182 at @solder.party - an open-hardware soft silicone keyboard for space-constrained projects, and it's *cheap*. Like, really, really cheap […]

I'm now considering designing a very different two-piece winder to reduce weight for putting on a light push-up mast but still having a nice winding form. The great thing about 3D cad is that I can iterate on design without even firing up the 3d printer!

I might want both variants, honestly.