iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 09/10/2026

It doesn't look like it. I'll post the slides after the talk. I don't know if it will be recorded. Sorry.

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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!

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 27/09/2026

Amusingly, the other website complained in the console log that the encrypted blob was not a multiple of 16 bytes long and couldn't be decrypted!

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 26/09/2026

GET secure.bankofamerica.com/ogateway/par... returns 400 Bad Request { "errorFlag": true, "errors": [{ "description": "Customer request failed or declined since it is not TTS eligible", "code": "TTS_INELIGIBLE", "state": 400, "httpStatus": "BAD_REQUEST" }]}

secure.bankofamerica.com

Bank of America - Banking, Credit Cards, Loans and Merrill Investing

What would you like the power to do? At Bank of America, our purpose is to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection.

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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

lnkd.in

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 · 27/08/2026

In Scotland, they sell this item. No, I did not try it — they weren't handing out samples!

Racks of Haggis Pakora at Costco in Edinburgh, Scotland

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 17/08/2026

That was the shot that I would have taken had I managed to get the lens cap off my camera quicker. Still happy to know what those planes were!

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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

1005 Curve St, Carlisle

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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 · 27/05/2026

Thinking some more, we need to understand the compressibility of a bowling ball. If it compresses by more than 5% on the way down, then it would actually accelerate downwards. However, a bowling ball is not made of spherical layers, so a highly compressed ball is unlikely to be spherical!

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 26/05/2026

The density of seawater at the bottom of the trench is (apparently) around 5% more than on the surface. This means that there is an exciting range of bowling ball weights which will neither float or reach the bottom.

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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 · 10/05/2026

It isn't quite as simple as that -- the ground needs to be well behaved, and the table has to have all legs be the same length. And a quick look at the paper reveals that it isn't that simple either! arxiv.org/pdf/math-ph/... It is a very cool result though.

arxiv.org

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 08/05/2026

The birdnet-pi stuff is fun -- though it is surprising what it picks up and does not pick up. I had to futz with the configuration so that it would report the frogs that make a racket all night, but it now reports the occasional bird that seems very unlikely.

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 17/04/2026

Another source -- but this time from the English perspective is the book "The Slave Trade Debate: Contemporary Writings For and Against" which reproduces pamphlets from the 1780s and 1790s on both sides of the debate.

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 17/04/2026

And behold, the snark was a boojum.

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 04/04/2026

Some many people remember Ivor the Engine that there will shortly be a OO scale model: rapidotrains.co.uk/ivor-the-eng...

rapidotrains.co.uk

Ivor The Engine – Rapido Trains UK

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 27/03/2026

Is anybody making these boards available or do I have to go to JLCPCB myself? Or is there a complete kit available?

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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 · 16/02/2026

From PSKreporter for MM0INH

World map showing signals received by MM0INH with that station in the center.

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 15/02/2026

I've been programming for over 50 years -- starting with a desk sized computer with 8k words. Now I have a laptop with 16GB. One million times more memory. Instruction timing was around 25µS, now is maybe 30pS (across all cores). I.e. a factor of about a million here as well.

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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

Ok. I'll clear every 6 hours during the day and probably 12 hours overnight (and note that fact). Thanks

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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 · 12/12/2025

Isn't that what LinkedIn is for?

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 11/12/2025

Shades of "I Always Do What Teddy Says" by Harry Harrison. The future is scary.

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 03/12/2025

I think that the point is that *any* change that is made will affect people both positively and negatively. The trick is finding the right balance. As you get older, things like font size and contrast become more important. Fancy menus in romantically lit restaurants are the worst!

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N1DQ @pskreporter.info · 03/12/2025

Curb cuts, unfortunately, cause problems for the blind and visually impaired as it becomes less obvious when you are about to step into the road. The better cuts have bumps or ridges before you get to the road that can be detected by a blind person.

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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 · 06/11/2025

I *wish* that LinkedIn had a way of annotating each person with my reason for accepting an invite. I see all these people and I can't remember why I'm linked to them. For all I know, LinkedIn could be silently adding connections without my knowledge ☹️

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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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