W8TAU (Mike English) EN73
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W8TAU (Mike English) EN73
@w8tau.bsky.social
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[New alt for radio-specific posting since I usually keep my callsign separate from other identities]

Radio enthusiast (Amateur Extra)

QRV mostly QRP on FT8 right now
operating "home office portable"
FT-817 + MFJ-1899T (inside)

https://qrz.com/db/W8TAU
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Realized today that I have all the cables and adapters necessary to connect my radio directly to my phone for digimodes… 🤔
image of some cables and adapters strung together on a picnic table next to some rocks digirig mobile, a ferrite choke, USB-C to USB-A adapter, iPhone "camera" connector (USB-A) also visible: MH-36 hand mic, cheap tiny morse code key in a box
August 4, 2024 at 6:19 PM
w8tau.bsky.social
Surprisingly, K3VN is not named Kevin.

However, he does have this excellent picture on his QRZ page.

Thx for the QSO, Al!
A man holding hands with a penguin
August 1, 2024 at 12:34 AM
w8tau.bsky.social
I guess not quite gone yet. K7BV still coming in HOT.
screenshot of received/decoded FT8 messages. Some messages from K7BV register as 2, 3, or even 4. Full text of image follows. 162515 -5 0.1 1877 ~ AA8SW K7BV FM04 U.S.A. 31.07.24 16:25:59 UTC 6m 162545 -2 0.2 1877 ~ AA8SW K7BV R-19 *U.S.A. 31.07.24 16:26:29 UTC 6m 162615 3 0.2 1877 ~ N9DBS K7BV R+20 U.S.A. 31.07.24 16:26:59 UTC 6m 162645 4 0.2 1877 ~ N9DBS K7BV R+20 *U.S.A. 31.07.24 16:27:29 UTC 162715 partial loss of data 31.07.24 16:27:59 UTC 6m 162745 2 0.2 2380 ~ N9DBS K7BV R+20 U.S.A. 31.07.24 16:28:59 UTC 6m 162845 3 0.2 2368 ~ K8TV K7BV FM04 U.S.A. 31.07.24 16:31:29 UTC 6m 163115 2 0.2 2402 ~ K8BL K7BV FM04 U.S.A. 31.07.24 16:31:59 UTC 6m 163145 0.2 2380 ~ CQ K7BV FM04 U.S.A. 31.07.24 16:32:29 UTC 6m 163215 1 0.2 2380 ~ CQ K7BV FM04 *U.S.A. 31.07.24 16:32:59 UTC 6m 163245 -4 0.2 2380 ~ KB8KB K7BV +26 U.S.A.l
July 31, 2024 at 4:35 PM
w8tau.bsky.social
Today it's NC!
Screenshot of GridTracker showing stations heard / heard by markers and lines between Michigan and North Carolina on 6m
July 31, 2024 at 4:16 PM
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oh hey, this is kinda fun
Screenshot of GridTracker showing stations heard / heard by markers and lines between Michigan and Texas on 6m
July 30, 2024 at 3:51 PM
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getting spicy
Screenshot of a graph of GOES-16 data showing solar flare activity reaching the X2 level just recently. Line is mostly between C and M, but at the righthand side of the graph it jumps up to crest at X2 and then turn back downwards again. "GOES X-ray satellite 1 minute solar X-rays average in the 1-8 Angström passband" Current: X1.25 24h max: X2 72h max: X2
July 16, 2024 at 1:53 PM
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QR oh no in the style of Alex Norris's webcomic name
July 15, 2024 at 4:42 AM