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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 · 6h

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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someGhost 👻 @sometoast.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Never won’t not repost

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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

It's not a disagreement about politics. Itr's a morality/decency thing.

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Man pitches 'Shepherd Safety' to city council—a service that tracks politicians the exact same way Flock Safety tracks us. This shouldn't be satire...everyone should be watching “Authority” like a hawk. TT: @coachtd87

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n0mql.com @n0mql.com · 21/07/2026

I watched #DXCommander video about #QSODirector a while back. Impressed. Installed & tried it. Now I'm wishing I could connect Linux machine to both FTdx3000 & RSPDuo & then present like it's a single IP-remote-able modern rig. Like a FlexRadio. youtu.be/Sxgp5r8MXW4

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QSO Director - Is This the Future of Ham Radio Logging?

YouTube video by DXCommander

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kelvind.com @kelvind.com · 12/07/2026

The #YouTube & other #SocialMedia pundits keep trying to convince me that #EV have fully "made it" & that I'm incredibly stupid for not buying one yet. Traitor to the #Environment & such. SO much cheaper, if I account for gas & maintenance. Shouldn't that mean rental EVs are cheaper or equal?

A 24h rental of an EV from Payless is $191.

Midsize SUV regular ol' gas from ACE is $109.

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/06/2026

Last night about 9, wife noted storm forecast 3am. “I‘ll go unplug antenna.” But by bathroom time 30min later, I’d forgot. Window-rattling thunder woke me @ 3:30. I wonder if I still have a working station out there, but I’m surely done sleeping.

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Plucky P @pluckypurcell.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

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stabke @stabke.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Younger generations don’t know that drive-thrus used to have an additional menu board so that you could make your decisions in line before reaching the anxiety of the speaker. The world used to care about us and that’s the issue that gets my vote.

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FᎪᎢ ᏩᎪNᎠᎪᏞF @sofarrsogud.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I finish my talk on the pompatus of love. 'Bravo, Space Cowboy' shouts one member of the audience. 'Simply superb, Gangster Of Love' shouts another. 'Well done, Maurice' shouts my Mom from the back row even though I told her not to come and now my street cred IS RUINED.

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It's Abby. Yep @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

It's almost like having shit tons of money doesn't make you more qualified to run everything?

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

DEAR RESTAURANTS: Your servers are not volunteers. If you can't afford to pay them more than 2.13% of what you charge, you can't afford to run a business. Thank you!

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Had convos w/ multiple people in the past 4 days who DID NOT KNOW that 1. AI doesn't "think" or know anything; it's a probability machine 2. It was created using massive amounts of work stolen from actual people including me 3. The environmental costs are astronomical Spread the word, every time!

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n0mql.com @n0mql.com · 29/03/2026

It just dawned on me that the move we’re planning 90% likely means we won’t have enough land to safely/legally transmit more than 100W. Selling #Ameritron 811H with extra set of matched tubes. Today’s #HamRadio fun will be making #ProofOfLife vid of this beast heating clouds.

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n0mql.com @n0mql.com · 05/03/2026

Saw an AK stn CQing FT8. Clicked. QSO’d. Looked @ #GridTracker map. CQ MA NOMQL EN35 The immediate response? Yeah. A station in Louisiana. Of course, sun was up in MA, but not LA, so likely no shot anyway. And HI will be a challenge.

Screenshot from GridTracker2, of the map, centered on Utah/Wyoming corner, roughly. A chunk of Alaska is yellow in the NW corner. The SW corner shows Hawaii pink. Center East, Massachusetts is also pink.

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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @chris.mstdn.chrisalemany.ca.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2026

❤️ The Coldest Night of the Year fundraising walk is on Saturday! If you would like to donate to my local gender-inclusive shelter for people fleeing domestic violence I would be eternally grateful! I will be walking the 2.5km route this year* My goal is $2000, I am at $1350. Every little bit […]

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The Onion @theonion.com · 17/02/2026

RFK Jr.: ‘Time In Hot Cars Helps Babies To Sweat Out Toxins’ theonion.com/rfk-jr-time-in-hot-car…

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Georgina Kent @georginadoodles.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

I’ve been a full time artist since December 2020, and apart from one month when I had a huge commission for a hotel, this has been the best month I’ve ever had, and that’s 100% down to all of you on here. So thank you, from the bottom of my heart ♥️ I can’t wait to post your orders tomorrow 🫶🏻 🪶

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Pear 🍐 @purelypear.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

The Epstein Administration is acting this way BECAUSE he is an active asset.

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n0mql.com @n0mql.com · 16/02/2026

youtu.be/0HlnDVjEd1I Does your computer clock have to be super well synchronized to UTC for #FT8 to work? NO! And I prove it. #HamRadio #AmateurRadio

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FT8 vs Computer Clock

YouTube video by Kelvin D. Olson

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/02/2026

Rep. Angie Craig: "The attacks on Black and brown people in Minnesota have been egregious. At the end of the day, what they wanted out of Minnesota was for us to riot. I think this will go down in American history as one of the greatest examples of peaceful resistance from an entire community."

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Andrew Plant G0MBL @plantfamily.net · 15/02/2026

This, absolutely, 100% correct. This really annoys me, it is (as you say) a weak signal mode, not a low power mode. And hey, if you're an introvert that doesn't like talking to people, there is nothing at all wrong with using FT8 for 100% of your QSOs!

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n0mql.com @n0mql.com · 15/02/2026

youtu.be/b8y4LSIcsrU In which I take (gentle, polite) issue with a thing I’ve heard #AskDave say a few times. #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #FT8 #WSJT #WeakSignal #Antenna #FCC #Part97

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Too Much Power On FT8?

YouTube video by Kelvin D. Olson

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld @kelvin0mql.mastodon.hams.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/02/2026

@n0mql.com Next, I really gotta figure out the count-summary panel. I need/want to be able to glance at it and see which bands are unusually hot. Not that I'm likely to transmit. But "Oh shit, 10m is HOT to Europe" is the dopamine hit I crave.

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n0mql.com @n0mql.com · 07/02/2026

Much heard lately about #OpenHamClock & I'm quite grateful that someone's making something that can replace the soon-expiring #HamClock However, its author is clearly more on-air than I am. My station is RX FT8 band-hopping 24x7, & my HamClock shows me at a glance what bands are hot HERE.

Tightly-cropped screenshot of just the "Live Spots" section of HamClock, wherein
160m 0
80m 0
60m 0
40m 19
30m 19
20m 116
17m 0
15m 102
12m 105
10m 161
6m 0

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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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n0mql.com @n0mql.com · 01/02/2026

Next ferrite rod loop RX #antenna test setup for #160meters has the ferrite rod taped to the window so that half the world isn’t blocked by the metal-cased ham gear on the workbench. Eager to see how #WSPR does overnight.

Close up photo of 4” ferrite (mix 61) rod, wrapped slightly loosely about 57 turns with 23AWG magnet wire. The pickup is 2 turns of 18AWG, & is halfway between the bottom end of the primary coil (oriented vertically), and the bottom end of the rod.

Photo not as close, so you can see the ferrite is scotch-taped to the window about 6’ off the floor/ground.

The leads of the primary coil come off the right side of the rod, then extend about 3 feet to the desktop, then attach to the variable air capacitor. These leads run parallel to each other, kept about 3 inches apart by also being taped to the window.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.

Screenshot of an X.com post by The Associated Press (@AP) stating that dozens of immigrant families protested for better treatment behind fences at a Texas detention facility, where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent after being detained in Minnesota. Below is a video thumbnail showing a crowd gathered outdoors along a fenced walkway; many people wear bright blue or red outerwear, and some hold signs.

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n0mql.com @n0mql.com · 26/01/2026

The old "some say it's raining". Dude, go look out the window.

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum. Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum. Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum. ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.

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Allen Holub @allenholub.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

But programmers must approach the generated code with scepticism. The fact that the LLM spews out lots of code doesn't matter. Deming also said, “It is wrong to suppose that if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it – a costly myth.” You can’t measure productivity. You can manage it. 5/10

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Allen Holub @allenholub.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

We do not work on an assembly line. We are not producing identical copies of the same object over and over again. No assembly-line productivity metric can be applied to software development. Deming once said, “You can measure only 3% of what matters,” and this is one of those cases. 2/10

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Amy Oddo✌🏻💙☀️ @amyoddo.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Thank you!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/01/2026

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."

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n0mql.com @n0mql.com · 25/01/2026

Callum, the #DXCommander, shared a YT the other day about A/B testing of antennas. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c845... I'll do one better, & use a #python script, written w/ #AI help, to auto-run un-attended overnight A/B #antenna test. "Keep a careful log of times you change ANT." No. PC does that.

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RESULTS: What the Data Actually Says: Vertical vs Delta Loop on 40m

YouTube video by DXCommander

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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 · 25/01/2026

This is what #FT8 looks like when you’re over-driving it. #HamRadio

N0ODK’s FT8 signal splattering a bit on the #160m waterfall of #WSJT-x

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

wife: what did i ask you to do? me: buy the name-brand repellent wife: and what did you do? me: i bought the cheap stuff wife: you bought the cheap stuff me: it was half the- wife: and what do we have now? me: *sigh* we have elephants wife: we have elephants

An elephant’s head bursts through the wall of a kitchen.

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Svatli @svatli.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

A joke for the history buffs.

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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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