TIL — the Thai cave rescues were a HAM win! Go, open hardware!https://t.co/MT9MK0ZVBd— Star Simpson (@starsandrobots) July 11, 2018
(via https://t.co/ZBCbhn6qpm) pic.twitter.com/KzOqgFYxsW
A jack of many hobbies and a master of none - spending lots of time on amateur/ham radio, running, and technology.
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
HeyPhone
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Ham Radio
Monday, July 9, 2018
Organic Chemistry
After watching this, I think I should have done better when I took this course (a million years ago).
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School
Friday, July 6, 2018
Tariffs
Via the CS7000 Yahoo Group:
"Today the US government starts charging a 25% import duty for radios from China. Almost all the DMR radios are made in China. We will honor the pre tariff price as long as we have stock of radios we bought before we have to pay extra for the radios. That applies to the CS580, CS800D, CS750, CS800, and CS801. The AnyTone price is set by AnyTone and they have not indicated how the tariff is going to affect the price. I would expert the AnyTone MAP to go beyond the $169 so now would be a good time to get one from us before we are forced to raise our price.
Jerry Wanger KK6LFS
Connect Systems Inc."
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China,
Economics,
Economy,
Government,
USA
Zastone Mini9+
Cute! Wonder if it's Tier2 compliant... https://t.co/aJF9csMp8b— Jan-Willem Ruys (@Jruys) July 5, 2018
Thursday, July 5, 2018
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Radioddity Giveaway
See this #AmazonGiveaway for: Baofeng BF-88A FRS Two Way Radio (Upg.... NoPurchNec: https://t.co/1tthMfcXny— Radioddity (@radioddity) July 3, 2018
Friday, June 29, 2018
Thursday, June 28, 2018
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
VR-6900 With Band Scope and APRS Display
Copied from an e-mail from VGC:
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APRS,
Ham Radio,
Vero Telecom,
VR-6900
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
BaofengTech DMR-6X2 Review by Miklor
John got his hands on the BTECH DMR-6X2 (Amazon $169.89) and his review is here...
He starts:
He starts:
"Several Dual Band DMR handhelds have been introduced into the market in the past few months. Having owned most of them, I would have to place this one toward the very top of the list. The DMR-6X2 is both VHF and UHF, Tier II DMR digital as well as a FM analog with many features geared strictly toward ham radio use."
And concludes:
"If you think the BTECH DMR-6X2 very closely resembles a D868UV, you are correct, but it is definitely not simply a rebadged Anytone. There are features and enhancements that set these two radios apart. I think BTECH was wise to wait for the bugs to be ironed out before introducing the 6X2 to the market.Lots of good stuff in the middle, so read the whole thing.
If you're waiting for this radio to drop down in price, don't hold your breath. Its features and performance make it well worth the price."
Monday, June 25, 2018
DMR
Since I posted about the BTECH DMR-6X2 (Amazon $169.89), I thought this short discussion about DMR might be helpful.
Friday, June 22, 2018
BaofengTech DMR-6X2 Digital (DMR)
From the BaoFeng Tech website:
Available via Amazon for $169.89.
"BTECH DMR-6X2 Digital (DMR) & Analog Two-Way Radio (with GPS and Recording)
The BTECH DMR-6X2 is the most versatile dual-band DMR radio available. Designed for both amateur and commercial usage with its large, bright 1.77" color TFT display.The DMR-6X2 can store 4,000 Channels with 10,000 Talk Groups and 150,000 Contacts.
The DMR-6X2 is a true dual slot DMR radio compatible with DMR Tier I & 2"
Available via Amazon for $169.89.
Wednesday, June 6, 2018
True
By age 35 you should have at least two thirds of your hard drive space taken up by recursively nested copies of the hard drives from all your previous computers— Alex Kerfoot (@akerfoot) May 20, 2018
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Geek Jokes
Both via @ItsRobbAllen:
Using a hexadecimal system is cool A-F— Steven W Skinner (@SkinnerSteven) April 27, 2018
"This Fibonacci joke is as bad as the last two you heard combined."— Ed Latimore (@EdLatimore) May 1, 2018
Monday, April 30, 2018
Knoxville's 1982 World's Fair
Seems smaller than I remember it...
A day late, but here ya go for #oldheadshotsday pic.twitter.com/ru0gSOSaCz— Visit Knoxville (@visitknoxville) April 29, 2018
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Knoxville
Thursday, April 26, 2018
Home Assistant
Don't click if you don't have time to go down an awesome rabbit hole of home automation... Home Assistant. Doing cool things and saving myself time could be a full-time job.
Works with my Honeywell thermostats, Wemo lights and switches, and probably just about everything else via IFTTT.
Works with my Honeywell thermostats, Wemo lights and switches, and probably just about everything else via IFTTT.
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Alexa,
Amazon,
Echo,
Smart Home
Thursday, April 12, 2018
Highlight, Export - Poor Man's CliffsNotes
I like this idea:
Highly efficient way to internalize a complex non-fiction book:— The Stoic Emperor (@TheStoicEmperor) April 11, 2018
-Read on Kindle.
-Highlight heavily.
-Export highlights.
-Edit down to core insights.
-5-10 minutes of reading.
-Keep that in cloud.
Can pull this up on any device and quickly recall my core takeaways.
Labels:
Reading
Friday, March 23, 2018
Vworp Vworp Vworp
Hysterical...
The new Doctor Who intro is a bit shit pic.twitter.com/NhIjLjZ2n8— Nev (@LFCNev) March 18, 2018
Thursday, March 8, 2018
Crypto
Beautiful representation of 25 notable cryptocurrencies, by nickwb pic.twitter.com/gY5anpRXhP— Riccardo Spagni (@fluffypony) March 5, 2018
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Cryptocurrency
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Puzzle
I'd post more, but I've been struggling to get my new furniture assembled. The instructions are a bit confusing.
Labels:
Humor
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