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Ĝan Ŭesli Starling @ky8d.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

As a response to Flock spycams, I forcast a sudden rise in sales for Judge revolvers chambered for .410 bird shot.

Ĝan Ŭesli Starling @ky8d.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Flock cameras see infrared. Their lenses have IR filters which block visible light. They use IR LEDs for nighttime illumination. The idea to use blue or green lasers is likely misinformation from the Flock company itself. A 1000mW red laser might do damage, as IR filters don't have steep skirts.

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Ĝan Ŭesli Starling @ky8d.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

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Ĝan Ŭesli Starling @ky8d.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Flock cameras see infrared. Their lenses have IR filters which block visible light. They use IR LEDs for nighttime illumination. The idea to use blue or green lasers us likely misinformation from the Flock company itself. A 1000mW red laser might do damage, as IR filters don't have steep skirts.

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Ĝan Ŭesli Starling @ky8d.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

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Ĝan Ŭesli Starling @ky8d.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

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Ĝan Ŭesli Starling @ky8d.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

FYI: Flock cameras see infrared. Their lenses have IR filters which block visible light. A major clue in this regard is their use of IR LEDs for illumination. A 1000mW red laser might do damage, this insofar as IR filters generally don't have steep band-edge skirts.

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Ĝan Ŭesli Starling @ky8d.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

My contribution to the Holland ARC Field Day effort. A random doublet tunable from 10-40m..

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Ĝan Ŭesli Starling @ky8d.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I hardly ever feel truly old except while recalling that I once spent six hours searching out by eyeball the solitary lower case L (in place of numeral 1) in a Fortran program printed out on twenty feet of tractor feed green bar paper.

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Ĝan Ŭesli Starling @ky8d.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

In driving past your local data center, are distant AM radio stations interfered with by static from its huge bank of power inverters? Be sure to complain in writing to the FCC about the illegal interference with said duly licensed AM broadcasting station (with CC to the station itself).

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Ĝan Ŭesli Starling @ky8d.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Have updated my PRNG words in FORTH: random replaced by rand.08, rand.16, etc. Related *.fs files are named... defs.fs rand.fs bmp.fs ...in my archive below. starling.us/forth The attached PNG thumbnail of graphic test.bmp shows output from my new PRNG word: rand.24 #forth #programming

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Ĝan Ŭesli Starling @ky8d.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

My latest how-to: A collapse-proof telescopic antenna mast. ky8d.net/mast

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Ĝan Ŭesli Starling @ky8d.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

For having added hearing impairment on top of nearsightedness, am I now also a four-ears in addition to a four-eyes?

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Ĝan Ŭesli Starling @ky8d.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

This being Morse Code Day, here are three of my six keys: types FAB, SS, and DP.

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Ĝan Ŭesli Starling @ky8d.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Let everyone now claim 8 June 1949 as their birthdate! This in response to government mandated age verification, clearly the narrow end of a very long wedge. A fascist first strike against online annonymity. Why 8 June 1949? That's the publication date of Orwell's prophetic novel 1984.

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Ĝan Ŭesli Starling @ky8d.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Wifey is pricing out a potential return side jaunt back to Saint Helena Island during our definitely scheduled return visit to South Africa. As I still have plenty QSL cards for ZD7KYD left over from last year, that'll make for one less expense.

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Ĝan Ŭesli Starling @ky8d.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Well, hm... Seems I failed to mention the period averaged from 1981 until 2026, 42 years. But I was QRT between 1989 and 2014, so let me adjust that down to a mere 20 years. Hardly a full time job.

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Ĝan Ŭesli Starling @ky8d.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Ham radio benchmark this date (as KY8D only, exclusive of my 5 other callsigns): 3200 contacts! Those calculating out to 1473.9 hours total, an average duration of 27.6 minutes each. All got in Morse code. All from regular, old fashioned conversations, none during contests. Pats self on back...

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Ĝan Ŭesli Starling @ky8d.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

'Christian Values' from the Book of Numbers, chapter 31, verses 17 & 18 (KJV). "Now therefor kill every male among the little ones, and kill every women that hath known a man by lying with him. But the women-children who hath not known a man by lying with him, these you may keep for yourselves."

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Ĝan Ŭesli Starling @ky8d.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Cone's Law states... Time spent reporting leaves less time for actual work. Government over-reach is where nothing gets done because those few left working are too busy documenting in triplicate all of the nothing which they have no time left to be doing. #republicans #doge #musk #trump

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Ĝan Ŭesli Starling @ky8d.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

None can be happier than Putin right now over Trump's ending the USA's only non-military power of influence over foreign affairs. What 'foreign aid' did was mimic the ploy exampled by Christian missionaries abroad. Fake generosity in return for an unspoken expectation. #trump #foreignaid

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Ĝan Ŭesli Starling @ky8d.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Generally between 1600 and 1900 UTC. Be good to log some entries on 40m

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Ĝan Ŭesli Starling @ky8d.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Me lashing my Spiderpole to the upper deck railing for a three-night stay in Lambert's Bay, South Africa. Operating here as ZS1KYD. The antenna itself is 7-strand copper, deep sea fishing line strung from out of a casting reel. Tuned for all bands via an LGD RT-100. #hamradio #antenas #morsecode

Lashing my spiderpole to upper deck railing

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Ĝan Ŭesli Starling @ky8d.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Having only just returned from a week on Saint Helena Island, I share with you my experiences via two links... qrz.com/db/ZD7KYD ky8d.net/sql/ZD7KYD_w... #cw #morsecode #hamradio #amateurradio

qrz.com

ZD7KYD Callsign Page

ZD7KYD personal biography

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Ĝan Ŭesli Starling @ky8d.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Hilarious that all over the US reactionary a-holes must now contemplate showing their loyalty by the purchase of a new-fangled, eco-friendly, ELECTRIC car. Maybe Trump can pursuade Musk into produving a coal fired model?

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Ĝan Ŭesli Starling @ky8d.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

The 30CW Group promotes RSN in preference to RST for its being more informative to the recipient. That with RSNT as an option. The T coming last since there have long existed letter qualifiers ammending a T<9, such as C for 'chirp', D for 'drift', etc. #CW #MorseCode #HamRadio

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