Noteslate

Back from the grave - at least to tweet. I'd like to know their future plans, but I'm not in Prague at the moment.

noteslate Join our talk tomorrow at Pioneers Unplugged at @techsquarecz in Prague. Our story, lessons, future plans,... unplugprague.eventbrite.com Wed, May 08 05:38:52 from web

I Survived

I survived the gun control movement of 2013 and all I got was this...

Spock vs Spock

And while I am geeking out...



Via io9

Ender's Game

I can't wait... Harry Potter plus the Hunger Games plus SPACESHIPS!!!

Interference on WB4GBI's 940 Repeater

Tim tells the story of tracking down the source of interference to his popular 146.940 repeater.

Baofeng UV-5R: SSTV

So we have the UV-7DS D-Star model along with the ability to open the UV-5R to almost limitless frequencies... and now we have K3NXU with SSTV on his UV-5R!

Hora 2780: Super Double Secret Mobile Radio

Kight Radio is attending an electronics show in China and he's come across the Hora 2780 mobile. He says it has been around for five years.

The box/brochure says:

V/V, U/U simultaneous receiver capability, independent controls for each left and right bands

Frequency Range:

TX:
136 - 174 MHz / 400 - 450 MHz

RX:
118 - 550 MHz / 118 - 174 MHz
375 - 550 MHz / 810 - 999 MHz

- Independent controls for each band
- Dynamic Memory Scan (DMS)
- Wideband receiver
- HM-133, remote control microphone

Xiegu X1M: Hands On

Neil (W2NDG) has a review of the X1M. Head over to check out the details as I won't steal his thunder other than to quote:

"I think the little X1M has a nice future in my collection. It’s no KX3, but for about $300, it’s a nice little radio."

TYT TH-UVF8D

Adding another dual band HT to the line-up from TYT... the TH-UVF8 for $59.80 from the 409Shop. Link to the TYT site for the TH-UVF8. Forget the specs buy it for the yellow (see pic) or the blue.

Hate HSBC

I closed an HSBC on-line savings account. Apparently, closing an account does not stop automatic transfers into the closed account. That's absolutely moronic and feels like theft.

They say the money will be put back today, so maybe the recovery will be a better experience, but my blood pressure is just coming back done.