Peter Vogel
@petervogel.bsky.social
Teacher ICT/Physics (ret.). Tech journalist. Meteorology/Ham Radio/Astronomy/Cybersecurity/ADS-B/AI/
Prime Minister's/Premier's SciTech awards. CERN/HST. VE7AFV #OSINT
Prime Minister's/Premier's SciTech awards. CERN/HST. VE7AFV #OSINT
Glance at HF propagation and space weather metrics at 0115 UTC through:
1, 2: HamClock with FT8 over past 30 minutes.
3. Past 24 h of FT8 signals into my Vancouver station, monitoring 10-160 m.
4. Past 24 h of WSPR transmissions at 200 milliwatts from Vancouver.
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1, 2: HamClock with FT8 over past 30 minutes.
3. Past 24 h of FT8 signals into my Vancouver station, monitoring 10-160 m.
4. Past 24 h of WSPR transmissions at 200 milliwatts from Vancouver.
@hamradiotoday.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Glance at HF propagation and space weather metrics at 0115 UTC through:
1, 2: HamClock with FT8 over past 30 minutes.
3. Past 24 h of FT8 signals into my Vancouver station, monitoring 10-160 m.
4. Past 24 h of WSPR transmissions at 200 milliwatts from Vancouver.
@hamradiotoday.org
1, 2: HamClock with FT8 over past 30 minutes.
3. Past 24 h of FT8 signals into my Vancouver station, monitoring 10-160 m.
4. Past 24 h of WSPR transmissions at 200 milliwatts from Vancouver.
@hamradiotoday.org
Here's an interesting plane near the Colombia-Venezuela border at around 2330z today. PNC-0250 #0AC9D4.
Photo credit: www.planespotters.net/photo/116930...
Photo credit: www.planespotters.net/photo/116930...
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Here's an interesting plane near the Colombia-Venezuela border at around 2330z today. PNC-0250 #0AC9D4.
Photo credit: www.planespotters.net/photo/116930...
Photo credit: www.planespotters.net/photo/116930...
California tule fog bank still persisting after more than a week, although diminishing in length. Seen here in a GOES-18 mesoscale shot, this afternoon around 1 PM PST.
As received and processed with my Nooelec ground station here in Vancouver.
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As received and processed with my Nooelec ground station here in Vancouver.
@seattlewxguy.bsky.social @bcnewsaddict.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 11:27 PM
California tule fog bank still persisting after more than a week, although diminishing in length. Seen here in a GOES-18 mesoscale shot, this afternoon around 1 PM PST.
As received and processed with my Nooelec ground station here in Vancouver.
@seattlewxguy.bsky.social @bcnewsaddict.bsky.social
As received and processed with my Nooelec ground station here in Vancouver.
@seattlewxguy.bsky.social @bcnewsaddict.bsky.social
Today's lovely "blue marble" shot of the eastern Pacific, as received and processed with my Nooelec ground station in Vancouver via 1.7 GHz radio signal from GOES-18 at 137 W. Taken at 2100 UTC / 1 PM PST, around solar noon for the satellite. Note the ocean glint. Spot the California tule fog.
December 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Today's lovely "blue marble" shot of the eastern Pacific, as received and processed with my Nooelec ground station in Vancouver via 1.7 GHz radio signal from GOES-18 at 137 W. Taken at 2100 UTC / 1 PM PST, around solar noon for the satellite. Note the ocean glint. Spot the California tule fog.
Never used AMSAT's status page?
Basically look for blue or yellow. Blue indicates a voice repeater is active; also used for an APRS repeater (the ISS and satellite SONATE-2 have such repeaters). Yellow indicates telemetry, which can include SSTV.
www.amsat.org/status/index...
Basically look for blue or yellow. Blue indicates a voice repeater is active; also used for an APRS repeater (the ISS and satellite SONATE-2 have such repeaters). Yellow indicates telemetry, which can include SSTV.
www.amsat.org/status/index...
December 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Never used AMSAT's status page?
Basically look for blue or yellow. Blue indicates a voice repeater is active; also used for an APRS repeater (the ISS and satellite SONATE-2 have such repeaters). Yellow indicates telemetry, which can include SSTV.
www.amsat.org/status/index...
Basically look for blue or yellow. Blue indicates a voice repeater is active; also used for an APRS repeater (the ISS and satellite SONATE-2 have such repeaters). Yellow indicates telemetry, which can include SSTV.
www.amsat.org/status/index...
Four amateur radio / educational cubesats "tossed" overboard from the ISS today. These satellites will be transmitting telemetry on 70 cm band.
December 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Four amateur radio / educational cubesats "tossed" overboard from the ISS today. These satellites will be transmitting telemetry on 70 cm band.
Google, and its rapidly evolving AI toolset, is on a roll. OpenAI/ChatGPT/Altman feel compelled to issue an internal "code red" about the heated competition.
December 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Google, and its rapidly evolving AI toolset, is on a roll. OpenAI/ChatGPT/Altman feel compelled to issue an internal "code red" about the heated competition.
Shingles vaccination and diminished dementia risk. The latest findings.
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
@bettycjung.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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The effect of shingles vaccination at different stages of the dementia disease course
A natural experiment found that herpes zoster vaccination reduced the occurrence of
mild cognitive impairment and deaths due to dementia, indicating that the vaccine
may slow the progression of dement...
www.cell.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Shingles vaccination and diminished dementia risk. The latest findings.
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
@bettycjung.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
@bettycjung.bsky.social
Still improving my 70 cm / UHF SSTV reception setup. At least I'm getting something from ArcticSat1 on 435.890 MHz. Now, let's see if @ARISS_Intl updates the schedule for redeployed ISS SSTV event on Vizard-Meteo.
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Still improving my 70 cm / UHF SSTV reception setup. At least I'm getting something from ArcticSat1 on 435.890 MHz. Now, let's see if @ARISS_Intl updates the schedule for redeployed ISS SSTV event on Vizard-Meteo.
Second-biggest undergraduate program now at MIT is "artificial intelligence and decision-making", second only to computer science.
edscoop.com/university-a...
edscoop.com/university-a...
University students are increasingly enrolling in AI majors | EdScoop
More students are enrolling in majors centered around artificial intelligence as universities create more programs designed around generative AI.
edscoop.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Second-biggest undergraduate program now at MIT is "artificial intelligence and decision-making", second only to computer science.
edscoop.com/university-a...
edscoop.com/university-a...
High-altitude balloon HBAL787 still meandering north of Arecibo, Puerto Rico, as it has been the past several days. At about 56,000 feet.
@osinttechnical.bsky.social @osinttechniques.bsky.social @airnavradar.com @flightradar24.com
@osinttechnical.bsky.social @osinttechniques.bsky.social @airnavradar.com @flightradar24.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:59 AM
High-altitude balloon HBAL787 still meandering north of Arecibo, Puerto Rico, as it has been the past several days. At about 56,000 feet.
@osinttechnical.bsky.social @osinttechniques.bsky.social @airnavradar.com @flightradar24.com
@osinttechnical.bsky.social @osinttechniques.bsky.social @airnavradar.com @flightradar24.com
Stunning! METEOR M-N2-4 at 3 PM as the Russian weather satellite passed W of Vancouver. Check out the line of stratovolcanoes (with shadows), and the offshore ship "contrails". Received and processed via 137 MHz radio signal and TV rabbit ears antenna. @seattlewxguy.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Stunning! METEOR M-N2-4 at 3 PM as the Russian weather satellite passed W of Vancouver. Check out the line of stratovolcanoes (with shadows), and the offshore ship "contrails". Received and processed via 137 MHz radio signal and TV rabbit ears antenna. @seattlewxguy.bsky.social
Stunning! METEOR M-N2-4 at 3 PM as the Russian weather satellite passed W of Vancouver. Check out the line of stratovolcanoes (with shadows), and the offshore ship "contrails". Received and processed via 137 MHz radio signal and TV rabbit ears antenna.
December 2, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Stunning! METEOR M-N2-4 at 3 PM as the Russian weather satellite passed W of Vancouver. Check out the line of stratovolcanoes (with shadows), and the offshore ship "contrails". Received and processed via 137 MHz radio signal and TV rabbit ears antenna.
Can Altman keep the plates spinning at OpenAI as Alphabet/Google makes major inroads in the AI space?
www.ft.com/content/8881...
www.ft.com/content/8881...
OpenAI’s lead under pressure as rivals start to close the gap
Three years since the debut of ChatGPT, the $500bn start-up is facing significant challenges to its dominance in AI
www.ft.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Can Altman keep the plates spinning at OpenAI as Alphabet/Google makes major inroads in the AI space?
www.ft.com/content/8881...
www.ft.com/content/8881...
Beauty! METEOR M2-3 at around 1015 AM PST this morning, via TV rabbit ears antenna as the satellite passed over Vancouver.
December 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Beauty! METEOR M2-3 at around 1015 AM PST this morning, via TV rabbit ears antenna as the satellite passed over Vancouver.
Relatively busy over supposedly "closed" Venezuelan airspace. Here's the scene at 1750z.
December 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Relatively busy over supposedly "closed" Venezuelan airspace. Here's the scene at 1750z.
"Math" is a trending topic on X/Twitter in Canada today. Yes, "Math". The tweets are terrific, and wide-ranging. I was drawn in immediately. Take a look if math and physics and engineering appeal to you. Maybe it can trend here too.
December 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
"Math" is a trending topic on X/Twitter in Canada today. Yes, "Math". The tweets are terrific, and wide-ranging. I was drawn in immediately. Take a look if math and physics and engineering appeal to you. Maybe it can trend here too.
Lots of delays and cancelations this Monday morning for ai travel across the United States. O'Hare particularly hard hit.
@spann.bsky.social @seattlewxguy.bsky.social
@spann.bsky.social @seattlewxguy.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Lots of delays and cancelations this Monday morning for ai travel across the United States. O'Hare particularly hard hit.
@spann.bsky.social @seattlewxguy.bsky.social
@spann.bsky.social @seattlewxguy.bsky.social
Ignoring that notice about Venezuelan airspace. Here are four flights at 1535z this Monday morning.
December 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Ignoring that notice about Venezuelan airspace. Here are four flights at 1535z this Monday morning.
Running search patterns off Aruba at 0510z, 1:10 AM local.
December 1, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Running search patterns off Aruba at 0510z, 1:10 AM local.
Today's lovely "blue marble" shot of the eastern Pacific, as received and processed with my Nooelec ground station in Vancouver via 1.7 GHz radio signal from GOES-18 at 137 W. Taken at 2030 UTC / 1230 PM PST, around solar noon for the satellite. Note the ocean glint. Spot the California tule fog.
December 1, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Today's lovely "blue marble" shot of the eastern Pacific, as received and processed with my Nooelec ground station in Vancouver via 1.7 GHz radio signal from GOES-18 at 137 W. Taken at 2030 UTC / 1230 PM PST, around solar noon for the satellite. Note the ocean glint. Spot the California tule fog.
The late-night (North American time) / early-morning (European time) arc of eastbound aircraft across the North Atlantic, as seen here at 11:45 PM EST / 0345z / 4:45 AM in London.
December 1, 2025 at 4:47 AM
The late-night (North American time) / early-morning (European time) arc of eastbound aircraft across the North Atlantic, as seen here at 11:45 PM EST / 0345z / 4:45 AM in London.
California's massive tule fog continues. It's been about a week. Here we see the fogbank today, yesterday, and Friday. All shots around midday, mesoscale from GOES-18, as received and processed with my own ground station in Vancouver.
Background article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tule_fog
Background article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tule_fog
November 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
California's massive tule fog continues. It's been about a week. Here we see the fogbank today, yesterday, and Friday. All shots around midday, mesoscale from GOES-18, as received and processed with my own ground station in Vancouver.
Background article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tule_fog
Background article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tule_fog
So much for closed air space over Venezuela! At least three trackable aircraft seen at 1845z / 2:45 PM Caracas time. When is a NOTAM not a NOTAM?
November 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
So much for closed air space over Venezuela! At least three trackable aircraft seen at 1845z / 2:45 PM Caracas time. When is a NOTAM not a NOTAM?