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Ham radio and such things. Late of x-twitter. Out of practice VE. QTH DM14sc
I'm curating 4 bsky ham radio feeds these days & one for the Morongo Basin (Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree, 29 Palms, etc); please see https://bit.ly/4bDVT5G for details.
@ad6g.bsky.socialArrived today! 🥳
@ad6g.bsky.socialAt one point a barely disguised SX-42 appears briefly in a close up, as well. Anybody have contact info for Chuck Dachis? The contact email on his web site is no good.
@ad6g.bsky.socialUnusual #Hallicrafters(?) radio mod in a 1947 noir movie "The Unsuspected". The front panel looks like the left-to-center of an SX-46 that somebody took a hatchet to.
#hamradio #Shortwave #ShortwaveRadio
Movie here:
archive.org/details/the-...
@ad6g.bsky.socialHoly cow! I guess I ought to be grateful it hasn't left the country. It just got scanned two hours ago in San Bernardino, so that's a plus.
@ad6g.bsky.socialSince going backwards to San Jose, all updates have been "In Transit to Next Facility" which I always take to mean they've no idea where it actually is.
@ad6g.bsky.socialThis eBay purchase apparently went from San Jose to San Bernardino and back again. In the neighborhood of 800 miles for no reason. Still waiting for it.
I've been seeing crap like this from the #USPS for a while now, seems like it's more and more common.
@ad6g.bsky.socialIt has fantastic networking features but sounds like absolute shite. People tell me "you get used to it". I can't help but feel like I might hear the same quote from a male or female prostitute, but it's hardly an enticement to take up that activity.
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@ad6g.bsky.socialThanks for putting that out there. The good news is it's not terribly difficult to get licensed these days and all you need to use the those radios is the easiest "Technician" class license. A couple of resources:
www.arrl.org/licensing-ed...
hamstudy.org
@ad6g.bsky.socialSame lunkhead asks me if I've notices my electric bill has been going up year after year.
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@emmett.clickReposted by @ad6g.bsky.socialit seems like every single retired ham radio operator is spending all goddamn day prompting GenAI disappointing
@ad6g.bsky.socialNot me! 🙂
@ad6g.bsky.socialWaiter! Check please.
@ad6g.bsky.socialI guess if you can look out the window and see Joshua trees, you're in Joshua Tree.
@ad6g.bsky.socialThis is good news, but the jerk in me wants to point out that neither Morongo grade nor Yucca grade on 62 (where the article seems to imply the crossings will be built) are in Joshua Tree Park nor town. That's kind of the norm though when it comes to press about this area so no big deal I guess 🤷♂️
@ad6g.bsky.socialI've been watching #USPS tracking on an order from www.allscan.info
It went from San Diego to Moreno Valley to San Bernardino BACK TO SAN DIEGO back to San Bernardino to Morongo Valley and finally Yucca Valley out for delivery.
#hamradio
@ad6g.bsky.socialIf you don't mind me asking, how is this connected to Yucca Valley?
@ad6g.bsky.socialSometimes you get the call sign you deserve. 😅 "Oh you! ...YOU!!!"
