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Bob Davidson
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Licensed since 1967. Boise, Idaho, USA. Doing a lot of wireless IoT professionally (mainly BLE). Working on getting back on the air, with a magnetic loop this […]

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fiddling around in our RF chamber
a rack of test equipment beside the open door to an RF chamber with blue absorber tiles overview of RF test room with RF chamber door closed interior of RF chamber with walls covered with blue rf aborber tiles
November 22, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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@futurebird

this should work
a photo of an old rotary dial phone
October 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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my oldest receiver, a National NC-173, from when I was WN7IUT (circa 1967) and my latest, a Rohde & Schwarz ESW26
October 15, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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pure bred Babka dog
a small brown dog with layers of fur looks like a babka
September 17, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Any ideas what this is? Over the horizon radar? Has a nice tone with AM detector. I’m picking it up from below 10 MHz to around 26 MHz. Definitely coming in via the antenna, so external. Very weird.
September 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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what the heck’n heck is this? Some kind of over the horizon radar.
September 14, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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@paninid
June 28, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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thinking about how we used to run through the mosquito fogger
May 20, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Sign of the times, Eastern Idaho
DIE TO KEEP Right of Worship, Consent, Trade, Travel. freedomcells.org naturalnews.com FEAR is the MIND KILLER
May 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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I think about this a lot these days.
Picture of sinking ship Title: MISTAKES IT COULD BE THAT THE PURPOSE OF YOUR LIFE IS ONLY TO SERVE AS A WARNING TO OTHERS.
May 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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cover of the Economist magazine from October 2024 “The Envy of the World” showing a wad of dollars rising into the sky like a rocket
April 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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How many pounds do I need to load Linux?
Box with sign: “Disk Drives $2.50/lb”
March 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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“Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. One may protest against evil; it can be exposed and, if need be, prevented by use of force. Evil always carries within itself the germ of its own subversion in that it leaves behind in human beings at least a sense of unease. Against stupidity we are defenseless. Neither protests nor the use of force accomplish anything here; reasons fall on deaf ears; facts that contradict one’s prejudgment simply need not be believed – in such moments the stupid person even becomes critical – and when facts are irrefutable they are just pushed aside as inconsequential, as incidental. In all this the stupid person, in contrast to the malicious one, is utterly self satisfied and, being easily irritated, becomes dangerous by going on the attack. For that reason, greater caution is called for when dealing with a stupid person than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous.” ― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison
March 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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@Nonya_Bidniss

Some things are so serious, you can only joke about them!
March 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Slava Ukraini!
guy wearing t-shirt with Ukraine flag background and Wolverines lettering and logo from Red Dawn
March 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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There, that’s better…
bumper sticker: “A nation of sheep will begat a government of wolves. - Edward R. Murrow
March 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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@LabSpokane
March 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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It looks like Musk is there to make sure Trump says the right things about his car.
Trump talking about a red Tesla while Elon stands next to him in his Dark Lord Sith outfit.
March 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Meanwhile, out in the reddest part of red state Idaho (Crapo and Risch are our Senators)
sign by side of road in Idaho, “Trump & Elon Fired 6000 Veterans. Ask Risch and Crapo why?
March 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Ok!!
post with various stickers on it. One in middle says, “Bob Don’t”
March 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Back end of Kia car with bumper sticker “I bought this after Elon went crazy.”
March 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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@ai6yr @HayiWena

Boise installs Road Badgers between car and bike lanes
March 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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@ai6yr

Tesla fire in Florida too!
March 7, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Corrupt!!
Tom Malinowski @Malinowski Just so everyone is clear -- this is using your taxpayer money to buy up crypto currency so that the price goes up for those holding it. Stock Viking, Ph.D. @StockViking. 17h In twenty years of investing, this is the most corrupt thing I've ever seen in financial markets. $SOL $XRP $ADA $TRUMP Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump. 16m A U.S. Crypto Reserve will elevate this critical industry after years of corrupt attacks by the Biden Administration, which is why my Executive Order on Digital Assets directed the Presidential Working Group to move forward on a Crypto Strategic Reserve that includes XRP, SOL, and ADA. I will make sure the U.S. is the Crypto Capital of the World. We are MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
March 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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February 18, 2025 at 2:28 AM