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Radio Amateur since 1992. Mostly Yaesu.
Pronouns they/them/he/him.
https://www.teepublic.com/user/kelvind
Pronouns they/them/he/him.
https://www.teepublic.com/user/kelvind
September 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Y'know, I used to love the #StarsAndStripes - even the original 13-star one. But RWNJs & MAGAts have ruined it for me.
I used to love the word "Patriot", & identified with it.
Got an email invite to join a "Patriot" #HamRadio club, & sad to say, it immediately got my hackles up because of #Fascism
I used to love the word "Patriot", & identified with it.
Got an email invite to join a "Patriot" #HamRadio club, & sad to say, it immediately got my hackles up because of #Fascism
September 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Y'know, I used to love the #StarsAndStripes - even the original 13-star one. But RWNJs & MAGAts have ruined it for me.
I used to love the word "Patriot", & identified with it.
Got an email invite to join a "Patriot" #HamRadio club, & sad to say, it immediately got my hackles up because of #Fascism
I used to love the word "Patriot", & identified with it.
Got an email invite to join a "Patriot" #HamRadio club, & sad to say, it immediately got my hackles up because of #Fascism
This is from an FCC PDF about low power non license transmissions.
I wish it was a reading in mW, like many others. But no, for 2 meters, it's a formula including microvolts at 3 meters distance that I do not even comprehend.
Only of interest because my wife is not a ham.
I wish it was a reading in mW, like many others. But no, for 2 meters, it's a formula including microvolts at 3 meters distance that I do not even comprehend.
Only of interest because my wife is not a ham.
August 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This is from an FCC PDF about low power non license transmissions.
I wish it was a reading in mW, like many others. But no, for 2 meters, it's a formula including microvolts at 3 meters distance that I do not even comprehend.
Only of interest because my wife is not a ham.
I wish it was a reading in mW, like many others. But no, for 2 meters, it's a formula including microvolts at 3 meters distance that I do not even comprehend.
Only of interest because my wife is not a ham.
Well, #AirTag won't work.
She walked 1.25 mi in a half hour; stopped 5 min to talk to neighbor & dog by the park. The icon only moved 5x. No sign of her by the park. If she fell there, she could lie there FOR AN HOUR without much chance of the AirTag telling me where she is. NOT a dense suburb.
She walked 1.25 mi in a half hour; stopped 5 min to talk to neighbor & dog by the park. The icon only moved 5x. No sign of her by the park. If she fell there, she could lie there FOR AN HOUR without much chance of the AirTag telling me where she is. NOT a dense suburb.
August 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Well, #AirTag won't work.
She walked 1.25 mi in a half hour; stopped 5 min to talk to neighbor & dog by the park. The icon only moved 5x. No sign of her by the park. If she fell there, she could lie there FOR AN HOUR without much chance of the AirTag telling me where she is. NOT a dense suburb.
She walked 1.25 mi in a half hour; stopped 5 min to talk to neighbor & dog by the park. The icon only moved 5x. No sign of her by the park. If she fell there, she could lie there FOR AN HOUR without much chance of the AirTag telling me where she is. NOT a dense suburb.
...for the APRS node forces focus & gets my attention. (My APRS screen already does this every couple weeks when this Michigan station's ping manages to hop this far.
Except for the 3D print, it seems a project I could do myself. But it also seems like such a no-brainer that someone probably HAS.
Except for the 3D print, it seems a project I could do myself. But it also seems like such a no-brainer that someone probably HAS.
August 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
...for the APRS node forces focus & gets my attention. (My APRS screen already does this every couple weeks when this Michigan station's ping manages to hop this far.
Except for the 3D print, it seems a project I could do myself. But it also seems like such a no-brainer that someone probably HAS.
Except for the 3D print, it seems a project I could do myself. But it also seems like such a no-brainer that someone probably HAS.
Check out The Holy Cluster screenshot I took a little while ago.
July 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Check out The Holy Cluster screenshot I took a little while ago.
Past 24h, 6m only. This #SporadicE event is unlike anything I've witnessed in #AmateurRadio
Really wild.
Really wild.
June 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Past 24h, 6m only. This #SporadicE event is unlike anything I've witnessed in #AmateurRadio
Really wild.
Really wild.
I've occasionally seen some 6m FT8 spots a few states away.
I've NEVER seen the "pink blob" prediction anywhere for 6m, definitely not the entire Eastern Seaboard AND the #GulfOfMexico
I've NEVER seen the "pink blob" prediction anywhere for 6m, definitely not the entire Eastern Seaboard AND the #GulfOfMexico
June 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I've occasionally seen some 6m FT8 spots a few states away.
I've NEVER seen the "pink blob" prediction anywhere for 6m, definitely not the entire Eastern Seaboard AND the #GulfOfMexico
I've NEVER seen the "pink blob" prediction anywhere for 6m, definitely not the entire Eastern Seaboard AND the #GulfOfMexico
6m has since opened up for me significantly.
June 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
6m has since opened up for me significantly.
When the #HolyCluster indicates that 6m is super hot right now, so I switch my station to 6m & start calling CQ…
And then #pskReporter coldly says “Not like that.”
It’s like #HighSchool all over again.
And then #pskReporter coldly says “Not like that.”
It’s like #HighSchool all over again.
June 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
When the #HolyCluster indicates that 6m is super hot right now, so I switch my station to 6m & start calling CQ…
And then #pskReporter coldly says “Not like that.”
It’s like #HighSchool all over again.
And then #pskReporter coldly says “Not like that.”
It’s like #HighSchool all over again.
LOVE that #FreeDATA works as a web-app. I can operate it completely from iPad in the back yard shed. But I think I’m going to have to poke around in the code to fix some alignment. See alt txt.
May 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
LOVE that #FreeDATA works as a web-app. I can operate it completely from iPad in the back yard shed. But I think I’m going to have to poke around in the code to fix some alignment. See alt txt.
Although I do sometimes get European hits on 10m, it seems more often it’s like this, where ALL the 10m stations I hear are Central & South America.
Is this what you other midwest hams see? Or should I consider moving my #DXCommander vertical?
Is this what you other midwest hams see? Or should I consider moving my #DXCommander vertical?
April 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Although I do sometimes get European hits on 10m, it seems more often it’s like this, where ALL the 10m stations I hear are Central & South America.
Is this what you other midwest hams see? Or should I consider moving my #DXCommander vertical?
Is this what you other midwest hams see? Or should I consider moving my #DXCommander vertical?
As a #HamRadio guy with 4 displays on all the time, 75% of which are doing something #AmateurRadio related, but 2 of them are rarely interacted with. Just something interesting to look at, like #HamClock or #TheHolyCluster
I found myself occasionally moving my mouse to... (cont'd in alt txt)
I found myself occasionally moving my mouse to... (cont'd in alt txt)
April 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
As a #HamRadio guy with 4 displays on all the time, 75% of which are doing something #AmateurRadio related, but 2 of them are rarely interacted with. Just something interesting to look at, like #HamClock or #TheHolyCluster
I found myself occasionally moving my mouse to... (cont'd in alt txt)
I found myself occasionally moving my mouse to... (cont'd in alt txt)
Somewhat more amazing to me, every month, is the wide area from which my iGate had sent a position packet to aprs.fi on behalf of a station "out there". Several are so far away that at least 1 (& likely a few) digipeater would've been needed to get that packet to here.
March 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Somewhat more amazing to me, every month, is the wide area from which my iGate had sent a position packet to aprs.fi on behalf of a station "out there". Several are so far away that at least 1 (& likely a few) digipeater would've been needed to get that packet to here.
Being a #HamRadio guy who plays with all the audio bits-n-bobs, I've been using #RogueAmoeba #Loopback for several months, under #macOS #Monterey to combine the Mac's audio with the input from a USB mixer. Allows me to listen to whatever plugs into the mixer, broadcast and ham, with the #AirPods ...
March 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Being a #HamRadio guy who plays with all the audio bits-n-bobs, I've been using #RogueAmoeba #Loopback for several months, under #macOS #Monterey to combine the Mac's audio with the input from a USB mixer. Allows me to listen to whatever plugs into the mixer, broadcast and ham, with the #AirPods ...
I keep a few of these stickers in my truck in case I come across an electric dumpster in a parking lot.
March 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I keep a few of these stickers in my truck in case I come across an electric dumpster in a parking lot.
Switched things up a little in the 4-screen madness that is my office & shack.
The upper-right screen is now #TheHolyCluster which I learned about from #VE9CF
#HamRadio
#AmateurRadio
The upper-right screen is now #TheHolyCluster which I learned about from #VE9CF
#HamRadio
#AmateurRadio
March 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Switched things up a little in the 4-screen madness that is my office & shack.
The upper-right screen is now #TheHolyCluster which I learned about from #VE9CF
#HamRadio
#AmateurRadio
The upper-right screen is now #TheHolyCluster which I learned about from #VE9CF
#HamRadio
#AmateurRadio
March 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM