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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 09/10/2026

I'm talking about #PSKReporter at #PACIFICON on the 17th at 9AM. Lots of cool new stuff to present!

N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 26/09/2026

Am I the only person who sees bugs in many websites? In the last hour, I tried to pay a @bankofamerica.bsky.social credit card — but I needed to edit the HTML to set my country as 'United States'. Also, paying Chase credit card I had to enter text into a disabled field to pass local validation.

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 31/08/2026

After 14 years at @bitsight.bsky.social, I'm hanging up my hat and finally retiring. I'm going to be spending time working on #pskreporter — we got a grant from NCDXF to move the system to a more modern platform. I'm also looking for volunteers to help in this activity. lnkd.in/p/gjJ8CDgi

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Digimode Automatic Propagation Reporter | Philip Gladstone

After 14 years being the Chief Architect at Bitsight Technologies, the time has come for me to retire. It is never the ideal time (another couple of days would have given me the chance to test my last...

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 12/08/2026

#eclipse From Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland. The clouds kept on covering the sun and then clearing. We gave eclipse glasses to adjacent groups of people (I had bought a 12 pack from Amazon. 10 got delivered, and the rest got distributed.)

A thin crescent of sun masked by the moon. Some cloud makes the edge not as crisp as it ought to be.

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 01/08/2026

My line voltage today has a nasty dip in it. The lights in my home office dimmed noticeably for a while.

Graph showing line voltage drooping to 117 volts for an hour or so, and then dropping to 112 for 5 minutes, and then recovering to 121

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 04/07/2026

@wx1box In Carlisle, MA at 1822: Over the last 10 minutes, 0.60" rain. Spotter #15-557

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 31/05/2026

@wx1box.bsky.social In Carlisle, MA: Major tree trunk down due to wind today. Spotter #15-557

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 28/05/2026

I just don't understand. I ordered a tree from Lowes. It shipped from Tennessee by Fedex 2Day. The retail price of the shipping was ~$760. My tree cost me ~$62 with free shipping. Someone is getting a raw deal here and it wasn't me! Tree looks healthy and undamaged.

Shipping Charges
Base rate
$522.16
Residential Delivery Charge
$6.95
Fuel Surcharge
$176.57
Additional handling surcharge - dimension
$38.50
Delivery Area Surcharge Residential
$6.60
Pickup Charges
Fuel Surcharge
$2.43
Future Day On Call Pickup weekday
$9.00
Estimated Total
$762.21

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 17/05/2026

Which hose manufacturer makes a hose with this profile? This makes the hose effectively unrepairable (even if you try and cut off the wart -- you can't get it to be watertight). Built-in obsolescence. Grrrrr.

View of hose cross section showing that there is a wart on one side on the inside

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 14/05/2026

Argh! I blew out on #Wordle today -- and broke my 275 day streak. The wordlebot says that the average solution took 5.3 guesses, but it didn't reveal how many people failed today. Anybody else prepared to admit failure?

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 23/02/2026

@wx1box.bsky.social In Carlisle, MA at 1800: 7.3" since this moirning for a total of 9.8" in the last 24 hours. No wind. Big drifts. Lot of shovelling ahead. Temp 27F. Now 24" on the ground. Spotter #15-557

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 23/02/2026

@wx1box In Carlisle, MA at 0900: 2.5" on the board, but that seems small. Temp 24F. Deep drifts. Spotter #15-557

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 21/02/2026

@wx1box.bsky.social In Carlisle, MA at 1030: 3.5" snow on the board. Heavy wet stuff. Temp 30F. Spotter #15-557

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 11/02/2026

@wx1box.bsky.social In Carlisle, MA at 0745: 1.5" snow on the board. Temp 27F. Beautiful sunny day. No wind. Spotter #15-557

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 07/02/2026

@wx1box.bsky.social In Carlisle, MA at 1600: 4.1" snow on the board. Temp 20F. Wind blowing a bit causing some drifts near the house. Spotter #15-557

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 27/01/2026

@wx1box.bsky.social With long duration snowstorms, how should snowfall be measured? I.e. how often should I reset the snowboard? Over the weekend, I reset at 8AM on Monday and recorded very little extra snow. I suspect that had I reset at 8PM on Sunday as well, then my totals would have been higher.

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 26/01/2026

@wx1box.bsky.social In Carlisle MA at 0810: 12.2" snow on the board. Temp 13F. Have reset snowboard. Snow falling very lightly. Drifting overnight. #15-557 More than 2 ft on the front walkway in places.

2ft ruler doesn't quite reach the top of the snow drift on the front walkway.

Drifiting snow covers well over half a window.

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 26/01/2026

@wx1box.bsky.social In Carlisle, MA at 2105: 10.7" snow on the board (i.e. storm total so far). Some drifting especially by house. Temp 11F. Spotter #15-557. Snow now over the top of my boots in places. I need longer boots!

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 25/01/2026

@wx1box.bsky.social In Carlisle, MA at 1730: 7.1" snow on the board. 10F. Light wind. Still snowing hard. Very light and fluffy. Spotter #15-557

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 19/01/2026

@wx1box.bsky.social In Carlisle, MA at 0900: 4.7" new snow (light and fluffy) on the board. Temp 29F. Overcast, but bright. Spotter 15-557

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 18/01/2026

@wx1box In Carlisle, MA at 2000: 2.8" very light and fluffy snow on the board. Temp 29F. Spotter 15-557

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 20/12/2025

Got a couple of old disposable cameras developed. This was an early attempt by my daughter to take a mirror selfie. Her modern work is*much* better!

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 02/12/2025

@wx1box.bsky.social In Carlisle, MA at 1800: 1.3" of wet snow on the board. Temp 32F. Currently raining. Nasty outside!

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 12/11/2025

Photos from last night in Carlisle, MA. Nice reds framed by trees. #aurora @wx1box

Nice vertical red aurora apparently coming out of a tree.

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 31/10/2025

@wx1box In Carlisle, MA at 0900: 1.38" rain in the gauge. Spotter #15-557.

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 29/10/2025

Trying to vibe code a wideband morse decoder. It *sort of* works with nice clean signals. But with real recordings, it is unusable. The idea is to feed output from ka9q-radio (by @ka9q.bsky.social) into it and decode all CW traffic! Thoughts appreciated. github.com/pjsg/cw

github.com

GitHub - pjsg/cw: Vibe coded CW wideband decoder

Vibe coded CW wideband decoder. Contribute to pjsg/cw development by creating an account on GitHub.

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 20/10/2025

@wx1box.bsky.social In Carlisle, MA at 1600: 0.89" rain in the gauge. It looks like we are done now. Spotter #15-557

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 14/10/2025

@wx1box In Carlisle, MA at 0700: 1.20" total rainfall -- much needed. #15-557

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 03/09/2025

Trying Google's Gemini image tool to colorize old pictures: Starting with the black and white image, and then two different colorization attempts. It is notable that it omitted the person in one case, also the steam blowing downards in both. Original was probably shot on orthochromatic film.

Black and white image of the "Gladstone" engine from the LB&SCR

Colored image of the LB&SCR "Gladstone". Rails and sky not colored (don't know why)

Colored image of the LB&SCR "Gladstone" with the person removed. Sky and rails were colored as well.

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 01/08/2025

@wx1box.bsky.social In Carlisle, MA at 0730: 2.32" total rain. Temp 61℉. Not raining any more! #15-557

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 01/08/2025

@wx1box.bsky.social In Carlisle, MA at 2245: 1.80" rain. 60F. Still raining. #15-557

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 01/08/2025

@wx1box.bsky.social In Carlisle, MA at 1945: 1.36" rain in the gauge (and a dead wasp). Temp 61℉. Still raining hard. #15-557

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 06/06/2025

I'm actually pretty impressed -- I just installed a couple of Ubiquiti NanoStation 5AC units to connect the house to the barn. I was using a couple of their APs in a mesh, but it wouldn't stay connected once leaves appeared on the trees! Now it appears that I get a stable 100Mbps connection!

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 28/04/2025

Proud to celebrate $200M ARR with the Bitsight team! 🚀 Leading the way in cyber risk intelligence through data, innovation, and trust. Read more: ow.ly/o2bk30sM16Z #Bitsight #CyberRiskIntelligence #ARRGrowth

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 25/03/2025

Some horrible internet connectivity problems right now. It appears that Comcast as lost some peering -- but I think it goes deeper than that. Paypal.com is not reachable from some places.

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 09/03/2025

Just spent many hours debugging my #Unifi network. Symptom: high packet loss/vary variable latency. Running `top` on the AP showed 0% idle and very high sirq (??). This was due to a lot of multicast traffic on the wired side. U6 LR not affected -- I guess it does multicast filtering in hardware!

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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 16/02/2025

@wx1box In Carlisle, MA at 1030: 5.6" snow on the board. Temp 33F. Light sleet falling. Spotter #15-557

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 09/02/2025

@wx1box.bsky.social In Carlisle, MA at 1100: 5.7" snow on the ground. Temp is 28F. Wind calm. #15-557

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 15/01/2025

Just been told that I'm too old to sit in an airplane exit row! Apparently you have to be between 15 and 60 for this airline. The online check-in assigned me this seat ☹️

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 29/12/2024

I got a an MR merged in #Wireshark so that it now decodes the IPFIX packets sent to #PSKReporter correctly -- the issue had been bugging me for years, and I should have done the MR much sooner as it turned out to be a trivial fix! Thanks to the maintainers...

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 15/12/2024

Sitting in my car, waiting for my daughter at a bus station, and a pizza delivery guy shows up with 26 large pizzas for a bunch of kids also waiting. Teenagers be very hungry!!

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 28/11/2024

Anybody interested in the APRS Balloon Tracker? You can now follow it at @aprsballoons.bsky.social

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Wojtek Borowicz @wojtekborowicz.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

This is a good an important piece but let's not overlook the bit where retired French railway workers are casually running a Batcave for train nerds

Quote:
That summer of 1993, as a last resort, we placed a classified ad in a French railway enthusiasts magazine: “Seeking information about 1914 Orient Express.” One issue later, our phone rang.

The voice on the other end proposed that we meet in their club, in the basement of Paris Gare de l’Est. We passed through a glass door marked “No Access” to discover a cavern of rooms filled with vintage railway posters, books, and the biggest working model train set I’ve ever seen. Our informants—a pair of retired French railway employees—were waiting.

We explained what we were looking for, and what SNCF had told us. A glint appeared in the two gentlemen’s eyes. The elder of the pair leaned forward. “They think they destroyed the archives,” he said. “We took ‘em home. We’ve got ‘em.”

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