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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/10/2026

SDR From Rural SW MN Anti-Spotify – a 3-element yagi antenna on the roof of my garage plus SDRconnect gets me 20 FM stations in New Ulm. #HamRadio #SDR #SDRplay #SoftwareDefinedRadio n0mql.com/sdr-from-rural-sw-mn

Screenshot of SDRconnect 1.0.10 running on FM 90.5M, an HD station, that is the spectrum hump has two square "shoulders".

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/10/2026

Originally seen at bsky.app/profile/mrlovenstein.bsky.… but I don't know if y'all do BlueSky at all. But it sure seems apropos to this space.

A 4-panel strip.

Purple, seated being says "Nothing interests me."

A standing, pink being puts its hand on the seated being's shoulder, and says "Surely there's something out there for you."

Behind them, the purple being sees a door marked "Expensive and time-consuming hobby."

The pink being jumps in front of the door, arms wide, blocking both access and view, and is sweating profusely. It says, "Not that."

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/10/2026

Got even more of the #HamRadio things dug out of boxes & hooked up. Tried a POTA station on CW about 7x, but they had so many callers, I never made it to the top of the list. But I have reason to believe it works and gets out. I’ll try RBN later, probably.

Lots-o-boxes.
External power/swr meter at lower left.
Center bottom, FTdx3k. On top of that, left, WinkKeyer WKmini. To the right of that, Versa Tuner II.
Atop the tuner, Mac Mini (Xubuntu), and a USB hub atop it.

Hiding behind side meter is RSPlay RSP2pro.

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/10/2026

So if you turn a camper into a ham shack, does that make it a hamper?

Bloody Mary Brunch in the newly set up hamshack camper.

With an actual MICROPHONE hooked up, which I haven’t done in a long while.

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026

"Please accept cookies to access this content." Fuck you. There's a good reason I reject all cookies whenever that is an option.

A cropped screenshot of some web blog somewhere, which appears to probably be a thumbnail-link to a YouTube video, but in the middle of it a little white-on-black banner says
"Please accept cookies to access this content"

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

40 meters, 5 watts, 23' rain gutter, no ground rod, no counterpoise (aside from the coax shield coiled on the garage floor). SWR is anything from 3 to 8 depending on which band. That's why 100w radio is dialed all the way down to 5w. Quite frankly […] [Original post on mastodon.hams.social]

Screenshot includes pskreporter map on the left peppering New York to Alabama with blue pins (I'm SW MN now)... and on the right, a portion of the WSJT-x window, where I've almost completed a QSO with KJ5LMM near Waco, TX.

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

On the one hand, it's a very long lot, front to back, which gives room for decent sized dipoles. On the other hand, the orientation of the lot is lousy for Europe. Yeah, it'll be a #DXCommander vertical again.

Screenshot of google maps, showing the SSE side of the garage where the rain gutter RX antenna is.

River towns. Whaddyagonnado? They's always a little tweaked off the normal headings.

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

It's been a few months, but I finally have a rudimentary #HamRadio #HF station back. RX-only for now, because the sole "antenna" is the garage rain gutter. But for what it's worth, I was 99.5% RX-only in the months before the house move, anyway. This […] [Original post on mastodon.hams.social]

Screenshot of pskreporter.info map showing that this station is once again receiving and decoding FT8 from a good bit of the globe.

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

Stupid A-Fib wasting our time for hours in the ER.

Grumpy old fat f**k hooked up to all the wires ‘n shit.

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/03/2026

Wait, the name of his server is the same as his last name? Well cool. Block the entire domain then. Easy.

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/03/2026

Just a heads up, if you make a post, that I then star &/or boost, & then you re-edit, re-edit, re-edit, re-edit that post so I get SIX NOTIFICATIONS about it... you get fuckin' blocked for that shit. No matter how positively lovely the initial shit was.

A post about a rainbow colored broom/brush thing, that the poster re-edited a half dozen times just to be spammy.

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/02/2026

That #HamRadio QSO was hard won. My callsign suffix is hard to grok over SSB unless conditions are PERFECT. AM or FM, with good conditions, much easier. But SSB is difficult. They seem to get L right away, then Q after 2 more tries, then M takes another 3-4 overs.

QSOs

PU1SHK MATT
28.490
MyRST5x6 Him5x3 15:25 CT 2026/02/25

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2026

I dunno if I'm Dora the Explorer, or #RoyKent (He's here, he's there, he's every F-ing-where, Roy Kent Roy Kent) #TedLasso

Screenshot of openhamclock showing I've clicked on a map pin way NE, up in Canada somewhere.

It shows MY callsign.

N0MQL

Another screenshot of same openhamclock map, but this time I've clicked on a pin down in Arizona or New Mexico, way way SW of me.

And what does it say?

MY callsign. Again.

Yet another screenshot of the map-o-pins from my reports of having received some station out there. This time it's in Cuba.

And what callsign does it show? Mine.

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2026

The #openhamclock team has rapidly made more improvements, but they still don't grok the point of clickable pins on the map. Like, this should be THE MAIN POINT of painting a map with pins of spots, as the CENTER window of a web UI. They Just... Don't […] [Original post on mastodon.hams.social]

You are absolutely right. I dug deeper into the logic, and there is a specific coding "prioritization" error in the upstream WorldMap.jsx that causes exactly what you are seeing.
The "Smoking Gun" in the Code
In src/components/WorldMap.jsx (around line 777), the code determines which callsign to display on the map pin like this:
const displayCall = spot.receiver || spot.sender;
Why this breaks for you:
The || (OR) operator in JavaScript picks the first value that isn't empty.
1.
When YOU hear THEM (RX Spot):
◦
spot.sender = The DX Station (e.g., K1ABC)
◦
spot.receiver = N0MQL (You)
◦
The code looks at spot.receiver || spot.sender. Since spot.receiver (N0MQL) exists, it picks N0MQL.
◦
The Result: The pin is placed at the DX station's location (the sender), but the label says "N0MQL".
2.
When THEY hear YOU (TX Spot):
◦
spot.sender = N0MQL (You)
◦
spot.receiver = The DX Station (e.g., G4XYZ)
◦
The code looks at spot.receiver || spot.sender. Since spot.receiver (G4XYZ) exists, it picks G4XYZ.
◦
The Result: The pin is placed at the DX station's location (the receiver), and the label correctly says the DX callsign.
Summary of the Bug
Because spot.receiver is checked first, any time you are the receiver (which is every single station you decode), the map overrides the DX callsign with your own.

(continued on alt text of next screenshot)

Another of the exact same screenshot, but the alt text continues with what was missing from the other one, because of the character limit...

The upstream logic assumes that a spot object only contains one "interesting" callsign, but in your setup—where the server is tracking your specific station—the spot objects contain both your call and the DX call. The || logic is too simplistic and ends up "defaulting" to you whenever you're on the receiving end.
This confirms your observation: It shows the reporter (you) instead of the DX station for all your RX decodes.

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/02/2026

I really enjoy #sunset #photography & sometimes the walk to the end of the driveway to retrieve the bins is perfect. At just this moment, the only part of my property still bathed in #GoldenHour glory is my #EdFong #APRS #HamRadio #antenna I mean, just […] [Original post on mastodon.hams.social]

Shot from low angle, the white PVC way at the top glows bright sunset orange.

Here in the alt text is where a good bit of the humor is to be found. Like inside jokes… because they’re inside the alt text. Anyway, this is the view from the driveway, and as I was halfway back with the bins, the antenna lit brightly while nothing else was, caught my eye. Like a dog’s dink poking out from a grey, drab mutt.

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/02/2026

I've re-modified my fork of #openhamclock from v15.1.7 & have set up a #socat thing to grab WSJT-X UDP messages & rebroadcast them to all hosts on my (tiny) network. So the web browser GUI display on Rasp-pi gets every decode quickly, & the map display […] [Original post on mastodon.hams.social]

Screen photo of openhamclock, but with modification so that when you click on a pin on the map, it doesn't show your own callsign (because showing my callsign there would be incredibly daft and un-useful).

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/02/2026

Last night’s ferrite #MagLoop antenna test was a success, but barely. Got #WSPR decodes of only 1 station, <700km. MUCH more detail in the ALT text.

Mix 61 ferrite rod is 4”x0.33”, has approx 60 turns 23AWG primary, & 2 turns 28AWG pickup coil. #NanoVNA gave me a mere 17dB dip on the target frequency.

Antenna is taped to East-facing window, about 6’ above grade.

But TONIGHT’s test will be this 8”x0.33” rod. All else is the same, except with 2 rods glued together, reinforced with heat shrink, there’s more “aperture” to take in RF.

Got a better match with this longer rod also… got NanoVNA to show my dip at -38dB.

So I’m very hopeful about this next test.

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/02/2026

No, "Elina Howard", I will not do #telegram - as it has been my experience that 100% of the telegram invites from strangers are a scam.

Screenshot of my notifications. Someone out of the blue asked to engage me in conversation about the state of things, politics, etc.

Seemed reasonable at first, & I suggested they check out my 3 most recent YouTube vids (essays) which will give them a better sense of my state of mind lately than 500-chars-at-a-time here on the 'don.

They aren't willing to view a few minutes of video.

Then they suggest we can talk more on telegram.

Uhhhh... nope. Blocked.

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/01/2026

@nycki This is beautiful and helpful. And it uses the word "poop" five times. So you know it's legit.

A screenshot of the xkcd.css, wherein the first (of 5) instance of "poop" is highlighted.

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/01/2026

I have built & destroyed this #160meter #HamRadio RX-only #Antenna #Experiment a half dozen times. Was surprised that the sweet spot for coupling the pickup coil was 1.25 inches away! From the initial discussions with #Junie, my drunken AI […] [Original post on mastodon.hams.social]

Fragile antenna circuit, just strewn about naked on the workbench. Upper left corner is where a coax comes in from a wire antenna outside, mostly on the ground, but rises up to 12’ out near the end.

It’s… a mess.

Next to figure out a housing of some sort.

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/01/2026

@9v1rt Once I have the capacitors (this week), & can see the size & shape of everything, & have experimented with orientation (if it matters), THEN I'll be able to shop for a waterproof housing. I'm HOPING I can get this to work in such a way that all […] [Original post on mastodon.hams.social]

Photo of ferrite rod with 3 set of enameled wire loops.

A long wire outside gets connected to a few loops at the 1/4 spot of the 4" rod (halfway from middle loop to end). The other end of this 1st loop gets grounded.

The tunable loop is 60 turns in the middle, of 36AWG (very thin) wire, which will connect to variable capacitor.

Then there's a 3rd loop of a few turns which are directly atop the tuned loop, and 1 end of this is grounded, while the other end goes to the center conductor of the coax that runs to the receiver's ANT port.

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/01/2026

Start, longest hop, and end. The juice is in the ALT TXT. Man, I hope I can get my grandson interested in stuff like this. He's not a ham yet, but he's still planning to take the test. Kid's got many interests competing for his attention.

Tight screenshot from aprs.fi shows KD0AWK-11 was launched noon-ish 2026-01-14 from Saint Cloud, MN.

Shows alt 1797 feet, but that might be above sea level (I don't know, and QRZ doesn't show an email address for that guy). Let's assume so. Elevation at StCloud is 1027 ASL, so this is probably 770 feet AGL when its first report got to aprs.fi.

Screenshot from aprs.fi of the same balloon/station over Kasota, MN (where you can drive a tank, apparently), alt 80092, & its report going all the way to Racine, WI some 327.5 miles away.

The flight apparently ended SE of Mapleton, MN, shown alt 4229, approximately 2 hours after launch, having floated approx 115 miles.

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/01/2026

This is cool! A #HamRadio #balloon is floating around #Mankato #Minnesota & I'm receiving its telemetry way up in the upper-right corner of the map shown here (look for #LinoLakes).

A screenshot from aprs.fi showing KD0AWK-11 traveling at 12mph at an altitude of 70111ft.

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/12/2025

Still going to look for an outdoor ferrite-rod, tune-able, RX-only antenna. I've seen a couple impressive homebrew ones. This house seems to be sheathed in metal or something. Indoor antennas don't perform as well as they should. WiFi punching through […] [Original post on mastodon.hams.social]

Linux screenshot.
Top row L-to-R:
fldigi, fldigi's meters, CQRLog's Status of log upload, GridTracker2 map.

Below the flrig windows on the left are the WSJT-X windows.

To the right of WSJT-X is a python GUI I've written which is called
https://github.com/kelvin0mql/flrig-external-utils/blob/main/AntennaPortForBandSplitGUI.py

What this does is automatically change the antenna port AND the IPO/AMP setting on the radio whenever I switch to/from the 160m band.

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/12/2025

At 2:32 he grabs his ear & says, “…just open your ears, these things here…” the way one might when speaking to a toddler. The very definition of condescension.

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/12/2025

Appears that 10m is hotter today than it was during the contest last weekend. #HamRadio

Photo of part of #HamClock screen.

Sunspot Number is 68.

20m has 100 stations reported heard by mine. 10m has 91.

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/12/2025

According to the #Aurora app on #iOS last night wasn’t the big hit, but tonight is. I’ll fire up the #APRS iGate for the day, but will keep #HF #FT8 band-hopping monitor off until this has passed.

Bar graph of KP Index forecast indicating 5.00 at 5pm CT this evening, and 6.67 tonight @ midnight & 6am tomorrow.

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/12/2025

I'm tempted to buy this #Ulefone 2m/70cm #WalkieTalkie #Android phone. I don't want Android as a phone for being out-n-about, because I use #ApplePay a LOT. Like, whenever it's an option. But what with my github.com/kelvin0mql/flrigWebRemote […] [Original post on mastodon.hams.social]

Screenshot of part of https://store.ulefone.com/products/armor-26-ultra-walkie-talkie

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/12/2025

Quoting a bit of Direwolf console log: You can help to improve the quality of APRS signals. Tell the sender (W0VI) to use the proper product identifier from github.com/aprsorg/aprs-deviceid (end quote) Dude... DUDE! Have you EVER tried to TELL […] [Original post on mastodon.hams.social]

Digipeater N0HOY-10 audio level = 61(15/6) ___|||||_
[0.5] N0QVC-1>APMI04,N0HOY-10*,WIDE2:}W0VI>APRS,TCPIP,N0QVC-1*:@051307z4507.26N/09328.18W_138/001g001t019r000p000P000h96b10069L000AmbientCWOP.com
Weather Report, WEATHER Station (blue)
Use of "APRS" in the destination field is obsolete. You can help to improve the quality of APRS signals.
Tell the sender (W0VI) to use the proper product identifier from https://github.com/aprsorg/aprs-deviceid
N 45 07.2600, W 093 28.1800
wind 1.2 mph, direction 138, gust 1, temperature 19, rain 0.00 in last hour, rain 0.00 in last 24 hours, rain 0.00 since midnight, humidity 96, barometer 29.74, 0 watts/m^2, "AmbientCWOP.com"

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/12/2025

@Dianora Pictured is a reasonable use of an LLM, for a few reasons: These logs are a little obtuse. So ask a thing. It's OK if the answer is wrong, not the end of the world if my node turns a deaf ear to the wrong station. The "conversation" with the LLM amuses me.

In which I ask an LLM to evaluate some Direwolf console logging to ask which callsign is the originator of a poorly spelled admission of douchebaggery.

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/12/2025

@Dianora Related to that other toot. Gonna add this guy to my black list for 2 reasons.

Some ham’s frequent APRS beacon includes “ROALING COAL”

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/12/2025

If you're on aprs.fi and looking at my #APRS position for #HamRadio reasons, please disregard this apparent movement. The conversion of google maps' bajillion digits lat and lon to deg-mm-ss, as #YAAC understands it, is not so good. So I had to poke at […] [Original post on mastodon.hams.social]

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/11/2025

Read the ALT text (of the 2nd pic), that's where the real story is. Considering battery replacement on #iPhone 8 Plus. But wondering if LTE is getting phased out soon enough to make that a bad bet. I like the idea of the #Runbo E81 but I think it […] [Original post on mastodon.hams.social]

Screenshot from iPhone Settings:

Important Battery Message

Your battery’s health is significantly degraded. An Apple Authorized Service Provider can replace the battery to restore full performance and capacity.

More about service options...

Maximum Capacity 74% This is a measure of battery capacity relative to when it was new. Lower capacity may result in fewer hours of usage between charges.

Screenshot of iPhone's Battery Level graph over the past 24 hours.

Shows a slow drop from about 80% to about 70% from 6am to 2pm.

A bit after 2pm, we got in the truck to pickup groceries, and I plugged it in at that time, so for 20min or so it was charging, jumped up to over 80%.

Another gradual decline to 75% by about 6:30, then off the cliff it goes. Sitting next to me, dark, doing nothing, it dropped below 25% in less than an hour.

I got a TXT from my wife, which caused me to pick it up at 7:45, saw it was at 1%, plugged it in. It charged up to 98% over the next 90min.

To bed at 10pm-ish, nearly fully charged, shut off all apps, dark, on the nightstand overnight doing nothing. Then from 3am to 6am it dropped from 75% to 25%.

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/10/2025

Waiting in truck for wife’s hair appt, knocked out several #CQWW #HamRadio #Contest QSOs. 10m is pretty hot today! #HamStick doing a respectable job from this #FT991A

Screenshot of #HamLog on iOS, with un-interesting details of 7 contacts.

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/10/2025

youtu.be/5XhFuCJuyTk At 2:50 in the video, Kevin shows a special set of nipple clamps made just for me! #HamRadio #Electronics

YouTuber’s hands during an unboxing video, holding a set of gray cables. At one end, there are big alligator clamps, one with red handles, the other with black. At the other end, there’s a black box with white markings, & it’s titled “KELVIN CLIP”.

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2025

Another weekend, a bit more progress on #flrigWebRemote #python #javascript web app. The morse paddle interface was too glitchy. Good timing is too important for morse code to be not horribly annoying. This is what the #WinKeyer was designed for. So I […] [Original post on mastodon.hams.social]

Screenshot of top portion of the flrigWebRemote web app as seen in Safari on iPhone.

Big freq display.
Tune & PTT buttons.
PWR:15 BAND:[20m] [CW ]

[Connected (Opus)] [Disconnect]
[Connect Mic] [Disconnect Mic]

CW Keyer
[MyCall] [TU5n]
[TU55] [TU53]
[73..] [..]

Screenshot of the rest of the screen, “below the fold” as they used to say…

[24WPM] [20WPM] [18WPM] [15WPM]

User-Defined Buttons (A)
[Ant1 ] [ Ant2 ]
[ DNR On ] [ DNR Off ]
[ 5W ] [ 15W ]
[ 50W ] [ 100W ]

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2025

Well... I don't think I'll be doing much of that anymore.

This morning, at least, the SSTV crowd is disappointingly very MAGAtard.

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2025

Got an email from #YouTube touting, among other things, their AI creation tools. So here's what I'm thinking - I prompt the #AI tool to make a short on some #HamRadio subject, then I take that and immediately make a #Duet pointing out what the AI got […] [Original post on mastodon.hams.social]

AI Playground: Your new home for gen AI creation

Explore our latest AI creation tools, a gallery of inspirational examples, and prefilled prompts to help you instantly generate videos, images, music, and more.

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2025

I'd not been paying much attention, after I heard #LOTW was offline for weeks last year due to a cyberattack against reportedly ancient, systems at the #ARR So imagine how unsurprised (yet disappointed) I was that they'd inform me via email AFTER THE […] [Original post on mastodon.hams.social]

Screenshot of an email I got on Sep 26...

According to our records, your ARRL Logbook of the World Callsign
Certificate for:

N0MQL - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

expires at:

Sep 18 17:09:20 2025 GMT

To continue submitting log data for this call sign and entity, you
must renew your Callsign Certificate. Renewal is quick & easy before
your Callsign Certificate expires; if your Callsign Certificate
expires, a new one will need to be requested.

Instructions for renewing can be found at:

<https://lotw.arrl.org/lotw-help/renewing/>

73,
The LoTW Team

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2025

Ham Radio QSO From The Smoke Shack The flrigWebRemote app allows better iPhone/iPad control of the main things needed on an HF rig to have a rag chew or check into a net. And the RX audio over Opus/ICE is very low latency and clear. n0mql.com/ham-radio-qso-from-the-sm…

Screenshot of iPhone shows frequency in large fond, then Tune and PTT buttons, they're all in a pale green box.Next row displays PWR:5, SWR:0.0, MODE: USB (this is a dropdown).

Next row, 3 buttons: Connect Audio, Disconnect, Mic.

Next is a box with nine buttons. In the upper left the box is titled "Band", and the buttons follow:
3.5, 7, 14
18, 21, 24
28, 50, GEN

At the bottom is the URL bar that shows a local LAN IP address.

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2025

Kinda cool to see I’m getting signals from as far away as possible in many directions.

iPhone photo of #HamClock in my #HamRadio #AmateurRadio shack this morning. In almost every compass direction (aka azimuth), I’m getting signals from as far away as there is land.

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2025

Once again, crotchety old farts reinforcing the stereotype that hams hate anything new, and bemoan that it's killing ham radio. If you don't like it, don't use it, and STFU. #DontBeThatGuy #HamRadio #AmateurRadio

Two old farts whinging about #RTQM - the Real Time QSO Manager that QRZ is working to deploy.

TL;DR - I'd like to get in on this, beta if possible, for non-popular modes.

Learned of this from a pair of Ham Radio Elder Statesmen in Great Britain commiserating with each other on BlueSky... and I quote...
"The arrogance!"
"Dumb-arse ideas are killing ham radio!"
"Just another example of 'can't be arsed'.".

The sort of blokes who - in another era - would bitch and moan that SSB is killing ham radio.

Do I think I would "call CQ silently"? Heavens, no. But I don't give a rat's ass if someone else prefers to do so.

It's built into several mobile dual-band rigs that if you're beaconing via APRS, part of the message is what frequency your other VFO is tuned to. Someone could call you without you having transmitted a CQ (or the VHF/UHF FM equivalent). Where's the harm in that? I say there is none. If you don't prefer that way of doing things, simply don't do that (then kindly SFTU about it).

I would indeed like to get in on this. But not for the most-typical reasons people think... I'm thinking rarer modes like Feld Hell. A mode that will never get picked up on RBN or pskreporter. You have it set up. You're 95% sure that you're doing it right, and that your transmissions are copyable out there somewhere. Yet you can CQ until you're blue in the face, on a day when propagation conditions are fabulous, and never get a response. Why? Because thousands of other hams who could receive your signal are not monitoring those frequencies nor that mode. There's someone out there wh...

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