After reading a post at Computers Are Bad, and rediscovering that Gopher is still up and running in some places, I decided to set up a small Gopher site on SDF.
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Hamfest This Saturday In Connecticut
https://www.vrcmct.org/ This Saturday, April 3rd, 2021 the Vintage Radio and Communications Museum is having their first swap meet of the season. It is also the first hamfest in the state since COVID. Admission is free, so you should stop by and visit. A seller space is only $10, so if you have some excess radio […]
Hamfest This Saturday In Connecticut
I’ll be there tailgating. Will monitor 146.52 simplex. 73 DE W1WSO
Patrick asks: “Was James Bond a ham radio operator and shortwave listener?” | The SWLing Post
QRV?
http://www.arrl.org/straight-key-night
I haven’t been on HF CW in a while. New Year’s Eve might be a good time to start again.
For each and every veteran – Thank You!! Armistice Day Becomes Veterans Day World War I officially ended on June 28, 1919, with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. The actual fighting between the Allies and Germany, however, had ended seven months earlier with the armistice, which went into effect on the eleventh hour […]
Veterans Day 2019 — Pacific Paratrooper
Drones and planes are replacing human fire lookouts. : NPR
AOR AR7400
Via https://vicradiozone.com/2019/09/08/aor-ar7400-air-band-receiver-prototype/
This will be good for aviation buffs who do mobile monitoring in states such as NY where “receivers capable of monitoring police frequencies” are prohibited in vehicles.
While Microsoft no longer supports those of its operating systems that were in heavy use into the early 2000s, support for old hardware is not typically something that you will have to worry about if you run Linux on your machines. Sure, there will be driver issues from time to time, and you might have […]
Modern Linux Runs On Ancient Toshiba — Hackaday
Those of us who use microprocessors in our work will be familiar with their cost, whether we are buying one or two for a project or ten million on reels for a production run. We’re used to paying tens of cents or maybe even a dollar for a little microcontroller in single quantities, and these…
via Everything You Want To Know About The Cheapest Processors Available — Hackaday
Everything You Want To Know About The Cheapest Processors Available — Hackaday
Many of us don’t think too much about radiation levels in our area, until a nuclear disaster hits and questions are raised. Radiation monitoring is an important undertaking, both from a public health perspective and as a way to monitor things like weapon development. So why is it done, how is it done, and what…
via Global Radiation Montoring And Tracking Nuclear Disasters At Home — Hackaday
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