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. @clover got me this nice tool chest for Christmas and I just finished putting some polyurethane casters on it. :D
@clover

Made my first SMA cables today. It was pretty challenging because they are so small and it was my first time making them. I hope I didn't mess up. :( #AmateurRadio #HamRadio
#hamradio #amateurradio

Gotta bring back this classic. :D

. @clover and I made a delicious rib roast for #Thanksgiving because I don't like turkey very much. (She likes it more than I do so I got her a slab of turkey breast from a local supermarket.) #cooking
Rib roast
My complete plate. (I had the salad she made in another bowl.)
#cooking #thanksgiving @clover

Counterpoint:

Anthropy

2025-11-22 21:36:21


I had a silly idea

#forb #fox


Microsoft is a corporation that turns “Microsoft CEO claims 30% of all its new code is written by AI” into “Windows 11 Update KB5063878 Reportedly Causing SSD Failures”
Microsoft is a corporation that turns “Microsoft CEO claims 30% of all its new code is written by AI” into “Windows 11 update breaks localhost, prompting mass uninstall workaround”
Microsoft is a corporation that turns “Microsoft CEO claims 30% of all its new code is written by AI” into “Microsoft finally admits almost all major Windows 11 core features are broken”

Speaking of 1.25m, check out what just showed up yesterday. :O

I've never seen TNC connectors in person before. :P

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio

50W 1.25m transverter from Q5 Signal and Down East Microwave. It accepts a 10m signal and upconverts it to 1.25m.
Rear of the transverter, showing the BNC and TNC ports among others.
#hamradio #amateurradio

Going to put together my first full loop antennas soon. 👀 #AmateurRadio #HamRadio
#hamradio #amateurradio

Microsoft is a corporation that turns "Microsoft CEO claims 30% of its new code is written by AI" into "Windows 11 Update KB5063878 Reportedly Causing SSD Failures"
Microsoft is a corporation that turns "Microsoft CEO claims 30% of its new code is written by AI" into "Windows 11 update breaks localhost, prompting mass uninstall workaround"

Folks have been aware of this round-tripping for a long time. :/

I want an ICOM IC-705 for our car. :( #AmateurRadio #HamRadio
#hamradio #amateurradio

It's doing what it's supposed to do, but I need to add a variable capacitor to compensate for the added inductive reactance.
Decent impedance match @ 50 MHz (X = 32.61 + j3.152Ω); SWR = 1.544)
Dipole resonant frequency @ 52 MHz (X = 15.55 + j26.44Ω); requires compensation for the inductive ractance added by the autotransformer

Deep Thoughts — Litterbox Comics

Let's see if this autotransformer works. #AmateurRadio #HamRadio

Neil E. Hodges

2025-11-16 05:28:45


All that work to build a parallel coax transformer and it still doesn't cover the whole 6m band. :(

I don't know why, but this LMR-240-75 was way harder to strip and break out into terminals than normal 50Ω LMR-240 is. :/

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio

Parallel coax transformer to step the impedance down by half, for 6m
NanoVNA: SWR of 1.048 @ 51.7 MHz, but the SWR dip doesn't cover the entire 50-54 MHz band

#hamradio #amateurradio

All that work to build a parallel coax transformer and it still doesn't cover the whole 6m band. :(

I don't know why, but this LMR-240-75 was way harder to strip and break out into terminals than normal 50Ω LMR-240 is. :/

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio

Parallel coax transformer to step the impedance down by half, for 6m
NanoVNA: SWR of 1.048 @ 51.7 MHz, but the SWR dip doesn't cover the entire 50-54 MHz band
#hamradio #amateurradio

Busy busy. :3 #OpenTTD
#openttd

The more advanced order stuff in #OpenTTD sure is nice. :3
OpenTTD screenshot: Orders for a train featuring conditional orders and refitting to available cargo
OpenTTD: Cargo for the same train right before hitting its first major unloading point
#openttd

👍 Resonant frequency
👎 Radiation resistance

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio

#hamradio #amateurradio

Parallel coax impedance transformers work so well! :D

Every church needs its own oilfield! :P #OpenTTD
#openttd

Vance really is acting like he's this. :P

#github #microsoft #azure
#github

That looks a lot like a docked PowerBook Duo. (Image source)

Anyone recognize the face on the right? That's not how Dead Hand normally looks. (Image source) #zelda
#zelda

Relevant.
Microsoft is a corporation that turns "Microsoft CEO claims 30% of its new code is written by AI" into "Windows 11 Update KB5063878 Repeatedly Causing SSD Failures"
Microsoft is a corporation that turns "Microsoft CEO claims 30% of its new code is written by AI" into "Windows 11 Update breaks localhost, prompting mass uninstall workaround"
Amazon is a corporation that turns "Amazon Allegedly Replaced 40% of AWS DevOps Workers With AI Days Before Crash" into "Major AWS outage took down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, and more"

Did CGA predict the trans flag colors? :3c (Image source)

What sort of abomination have I created? :P #AmateurRadio #HamRadio
Weird "H" antenna
NanoVNA showing an SWR well below 2 for the entire 70cm band and more!
#hamradio #amateurradio

Guess it's time for a new map. :( #OpenTTD
#openttd

Finally back on 70cm. The dipole as-is can only cover the upper ~14 MHz of 70cm, but I'm going to see about getting some even smaller brass tubing so I can extend the legs even further. 🤔

And if that doesn't work, I have plenty of variable capacitors in my shack. 👍

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio

How much is that dipole in the window?
NanoVNA @ shortest length: 44.13-j6.785Ω @ 446 MHz (SWR of 1.278)
NanoVNA @ longest length: 39.59+j10.49Ω @ 433.8 MHz (SWR of 1.392)
#hamradio #amateurradio

👀 What's this? #Meshtastic #LoRa
#meshtastic #lora

Finally started getting serious about interchanges in #OpenTTD . :3
#openttd

What if life-expectancy grows substantially?

Don't think we have to worry about that. :/ (Source)

Wow, alcohol is worse than heroin and cocaine here. :O

Table from the 2010 ISCD study ranking various drugs (legal and illegal) based on statements by drug-harm experts. Methadone was found to be the 12th overall most dangerous drug.

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