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Erica

@radiowitch.dev
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Dev Ops Engineer, Vintage Computer Collector, Ham Radio Enthusiast, FFXIV WoL, and I love watching the night sky. 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

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John Calhoun @engineersneedart.com · 15/04/2026
I know, the timing is weird. Victor Franco ported my published sources for Glider 4.0 to the modern MacOS and, yes, we have another Glider game for the Mac. It's faithful to the original Glider 4.0 that came out in 1990. (And it's free.) apps.apple.com/us/app/glide...
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Glider Retro App - App Store
Download Glider Retro by Victor Franco on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Glider Retro.
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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Random SyQuest disk find of the day: AOL for Macintosh source code from 1993!? Whaaatttt?! 😳 Look at those original icons with the Apple logo in them! #ArchiveEverything
A screenshot of a list of directories related to AOL for the Macintosh.Original AOL icons with Apple logos on them!
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Erica @radiowitch.dev · 12/11/2025
Amazing Aurora show visible in town right now
Red and green aurora in the sky above a roof with ham radio antennas.
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Erica @radiowitch.dev · 01/11/2025
I almost forgot that Halloween night is pretty big for pirate radio stations, I did some listening before bed and caught the sign off of a station on 6950khz sending a SSTV signal at 02:55UTC.
A decoded Slow Scan TV signal showing a grainy black and white image of four people posing for a picture while holding masks to their chests.  Recorded on 6950khz at 02:55UTC on Oct 31st 2025.
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FINAL FANTASY XIV @en.finalfantasyxiv.com · 31/10/2025
Fashion enjoyers, this one is for you! From Patch 7.4 onward, you'll be able to equip any glamours regardless of your class/job! ✨ Mix and match your favorite outfits and slay on the battlefield! 💅
A Final Fantasy 14 screenshot showing an Au Ra dark knight wielding a great sword while dressed in white mage artifact armor.A Final Fantasy 14 screenshot showing a Hrothgar pictomancer wielding a paintbrush while wearing paladin artifact armor.A Final Fantasy 14 screenshot showing an Elezen dragoon wielding a lance while wearing fisher attire.
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Space Weather by SolarHam @solarham.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
After six days of fundraising, I am now 91% to my goal of supporting the website through 2028. Thanks to the 376 amazing people who have made a donation. If you too would like to support my work, please visit the link. Thanks for your support. solarham.com/donate.htm
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Chris Wicklund Auroras @wickydubswx.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
I hope this timeline cleanse works for you.
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Erica @radiowitch.dev · 06/08/2025
Mura, thanks so much for this awesome artwork of my Warrior of Light! It came out amazing!!!
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Ashley Willis-McNamara @ashley.dev · 23/06/2025
If you’ve ever felt like asking for help would cost too much, this one’s for you.
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Don't Come Inside Until the Streetlights Are On I grew up in the '80s, where parenting often sounded like, "Don't come home until the sun goes down," or "Go dri...
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Adrian's Digital Basement @adriansdigitalbasement.com · 29/05/2025
Well this is freakin' AWESOME! (Don't forget to hit the button to unmute the audio) weatherstar.netbymatt.com
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WeatherStar 4000+
Web based WeatherStar 4000 simulator that reports current and forecast weather conditions plus a few extras!
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Gary Hogsten @hogsten.us · 04/04/2025
HamSCI, Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation, is preparing now for a series of meteor scatter (MS) experiments later this year and needs amateur radio operators to help. For more information about HamSCI and to join our mailing list, please visit our website www.hamsci.org #AmateurRadio #HamRadio
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HamSCI
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ARISS - Amateur Radio on the International Space Station @arissintl.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Expect Fram2Ham SSTV transmissions to start later today, so be ready to monitor your passes. Please remember you’re listening in on a STEM contest for students. Share your images to the ARISS image gallery, but please don’t share them on social media until after the event!
Fram2Ham: SSTV Image Handling
The Fram2Ham SSTV transmissions are part of a STEM contest. Here’s how to handle your images:
Do: Upload captures to ariss-usa.org/ARISS_SSTV ASAP. They’ll stay private until the mission ends.
Don’t: Post to social media until we give the all-clear.
The image includes a "FRAM2" logo with five figures in white suits, a snowy landscape with a puzzle overlay, and an ARISS/ISS logo, set against a grid background.
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Skywarn Youth Ham Radio @skywarnyouth.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Join Skywarn Youth ham radio operators as we operate Special Event Station: N0A (November Zero Alpha) and encourage hams in the U.S. and abroad to learn about Severe Weather Awareness. SSB and FT8 on: 80m, 40m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, and 10m (FT8 on: 160m and 30m if possible. www.skywarnyouth.net
Special Event Station N0A (November Zero Alpha) promoting Severe Weather Awareness March 17, 2025, through March 31, 2025.
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Erica @radiowitch.dev · 10/03/2025
Thank you so much for the info on power brick replacement with a USB-C PD board. The brick on my 520c died a few years ago and now it's working again!
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Kefimochi @kefimochi.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
✨ HIRE ME ✨ I'm a Full Stack software engineer with 5+ years of experience, looking for my next opportunity. My personal values include psychological safety, D&I, and direct communication. Please share for reach <3 docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Space Weather by SolarHam @solarham.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Minor (G1) geomagnetic storming observed thanks to an enhanced solar wind stream containing a prolonged sector of southward Bz. Visible aurora will remain likely at higher latitudes tonight.
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 13/01/2025
🌐 Love HAM radio? Explore the fascinating world of amateur radio & emergency communications with this talk by Kay Savetz (K6KJN, @savetz.bsky.social), on the Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications, a project of the Internet Archive. 📻 Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=egjd...
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DLARC—The Free Online Ham Radio Library
YouTube video by RATPAC Amateur Radio
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Space Weather Watch @spacewxwatch.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Highly recommend this great article by @vincentledvina.bsky.social on the October storm if you have a few minutes; it's a deep dive but well worth your time!! theauroraguy.com/blogs/blog/t...
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The Severe Geomagnetic Storm of October 2024
The G4 SEVERE geomagnetic storm of October 2024 created stunning auroral displays. Find out why it was unique and how you can predict the aurora next time!
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Erica @radiowitch.dev · 30/12/2024
It's a small victory but I just got the last confirmed contact I needed for the Worked All States CW award! I started learning morse code almost 2 years ago and never thought I would hit this milestone, but it's such a fun mode. Dit Dit!
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Erica @radiowitch.dev · 27/12/2024
Most of the good ISS passes have been very late at night for me, but I was able to catch this image in the morning. These SSTV events have been a great benchmark on what I need to improve with my antenna system for future satellite attempts. #hamradio
A slightly grainy Slow Scan TV Picture received from the International Space Station.  The image is captioned "2024 Highights: ARISS - Japan" and pictures an artist rendition of a Japanese lunar lander.
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k7age.bsky.social @k7age.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
12 Days of ISS SSTV youtu.be/IMdyFENIuLI
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12 Days of ISS SSTV
YouTube video by K7AGE
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Axios @axios.com · 23/12/2024
NASA's Parker Solar Probe will make history during a flight around the Sun on Christmas Eve. "No human-made object has ever passed this close to a star, so Parker will truly be returning data from uncharted territory."
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NASA probe to reach "unchartered territory" on mission to "touch" the Sun
"No human-made object has ever passed this close to a star," probe official said.
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Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications @dlarc.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
The What's New in DLARC column in the Zero Retries newsletter talks about archiving the Japanese language "Ham's Radio" podcast, newly digitized material from the estate of satellite television pioneer Bob Cooper, and many new newsletter scans www.zeroretries.org/i/152685395/... #hamradio
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2024-12-13 — What's New at DLARC — 2024-12, Explaining the Use Case for Data Over Repeater - Part 3 - SuperPeater!, Recs for Portable / Mobile 70cm / 23cm DVB-T [Video] Station, Raspberry Pi 500
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ARISS - Amateur Radio on the International Space Station @arissintl.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
SSTV Event Upcoming! Just in time for the holidays and New Year, we're planning an SSTV event from December 25 to January 5. Celebrate with us with some great memories of ARISS 2024 in this series. It all starts 1 week from today. Watch for updates as the start time gets close.
SSTV event is scheduled from December 25, 2024, to January 5, 2025. It will use the Service Module Radio, a call sign of RSØISS, a frequency of 145.800 MHz, and PD120 mode. The theme is ARISS 2024, with a start time of 14:55 UTC and an end time of 14:20 UTC. Send decoded images to ARISS for awards.
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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 19/12/2024
Kevin Bunch wrote a great article for @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social about discovering a completed but never-released Tarzan game for the Atari 2600. The article is amazing, and when you get to the end... you get to play it at Internet Archive! gamehistory.org/atari-2600-t...
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The Long-Lost Tarzan Atari Game, Preserved | Video Game History Foundation
After 40 years, the Atari 2600 masterpiece Tarzan has been unearthed.
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Dr. Ryan French @ryanjfrench.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Two very photogenic eruptions of plasma from the eastern edge of the Sun this morning! Neither are Earth-directed. (Observations from the GOES/SUVI instrument). #spaceweather
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Paul M Smith @paulmsmithphoto.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Red Sprites and Andromeda over Missouri lining up perfectly with a lone tree. Chaos in our atmosphere paired with cosmic chaos. Nature is awesome. Single image
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Timothy Eklin, PhD @w8jj.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
#Contesting #AmateurRadio #CW #MorseCode
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WØMM @geohamop.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
New site to practice #CW (tnx LX1NO for sharing): fritzsche.github.io/WebMorseRunn... Operators familiar with MorseRunner will like it. No pileup yet but I'm sure it'll come... #MorseCode #hamradio
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Web Morse Runner by DJ1TF - Thomas Fritzsche
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Erica @radiowitch.dev · 05/12/2024
Ham Radio folks in the Midwest, keep an ear out for this balloon on the air this weekend. minnesotahamradio.com/iowa-state-c...
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Iowa State Club Launching Experimental Repeater This Saturday | Minnesota Ham Radio
CARC at Iowa State University (W0ISU) will be launching an experimental amateur radio payload on a high altitude balloon this Saturday, December 7th, 2024.
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qrper.bsky.social @qrper.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Choosing the Perfect Vanity Callsign: Tips for CW Operators Yesterday morning, I replied to a message from a reader planning to obtain a vanity callsign. He asked, "Which letters would make an easy callsign to send and copy in your experience?" This is a great question. I do have a few…
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Choosing the Perfect Vanity Callsign: Tips for CW Operators
Yesterday morning, I replied to a message from a reader planning to obtain a vanity callsign. He asked, "Which letters would make an easy callsign to send and copy in your experience?" This is a great question. I do have a few suggestions. My previous call I suggest avoiding ending your callsign with a "K." I speak from experience.
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Cassidy @cassidoo.co · 01/12/2024
I'm starting my 2024 #blogvent series where I post a blog a day in December! Blogvent day 1 is about fighting spam in your open source repos: cassidoo.co/post/oss-int...
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Fighting open source spam with interaction limits
You can limit how people interact with your repositories to fight spam!
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ARISS - Amateur Radio on the International Space Station @arissintl.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Closing in on 1K followers... NICE!
ARISS Follower Count 993
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Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications @dlarc.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications is a free online library devoted to ham radio, shortwave listening, college radio, and early communications. DLARC is run by @archive.org, curated by @savetz.bsky.social, and funded by a significant grant from Amateur Radio Digital Communications.
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Corey S. Powell @coreyspowell.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
NASA's visualization team created a preview of every phase of the Moon in 2025, hour by hour. The best part: Watching how the Moon's appearance changes due to its inclination, oval orbit, and libration (wobble). 🔭🧪 svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5415
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Kevin Church (Spooky Remix) @beaucoupkevin.com · 22/11/2024
The directory for Deep Space Nine's promenade, one of those details that was lost in the SD broadcast but recreated for the Roddenberry Archive. Lots of in-jokes and pop-culture references.
PROMENADE
Amphitheatre 01-005
Andorian Fast Food O1-754
Bajoran Consulate Office 01-501
Bajoran Customs Office Ol-484
Banzai Institute 01-088
Berman's Dilithium Supply 01-034
Bowling Alley OH-854
Cargo Loading and Transfer OH-06
Cavor's Gravity Devices 01-33
Chief Engineer's Office 01-409 
Curry's Martial Arts Training 0-112 Del Floria's Taylor Shop 01-383 
Diet Smith Corporation 01-892 
Diva Droid Corporation Ol-874 
Dock Master's Office Ol-843 
Federation Consulate 02-37
Forbin Project 02-874
Fredrickson's Squid Vendor 02-587
Garak's Clothiers 02-485
O Geological Assay Office 02-487
Gocke's House of Mirrors 02-875
Kingon Consulate 02-620
Import Protocol Office 02-583
Infirmary Dr. Julian Bashir 02-682
Jacobson's Used Photons 02-754
Jupiter Mining Corporation 02-842
Lodging and Accomodations 02-294 
Milliways 02-984
Pancho's Happy Bottom Riding Club 02-|||
Quark's Bar 02-854
Replimat Cafe 02-395
Richarz Accessories 02-734 Rush Dilithium Crystals 02-742
Schoolroom Mrs. Keiko O'Brien 03-855 • Sirius Cybernetics Corporation 02-643 •Spacecraft Resupply 02-992
Spacely Sprockets 02-023
Station Operations 03-658
Station Security 03-582
Subspace Communications 03-584 Tom Servo's Used Robots 03-585
Vince's Gymnasium
Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems 03-853
Chez Zimmerman 03-841
Vulcan Embassy 03-589
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Erica @radiowitch.dev · 22/11/2024
I'll never stop being amazed at talking across the country with a small QRP radio using only a few watts. #hamradio
A picture of a compact morse code only radio sitting on a shelf above an iambic morse code key.
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qrper.bsky.social @qrper.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Parking Lot QRP DX: The Magic of the Elecraft KH1: qrper.com/2024/11/park... #QRP #HamRadio
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Erica @radiowitch.dev · 21/11/2024
So far this site has been a breath of fresh air compared to other social media, but I want to see how the long term safety and moderation on this site shakes out before throwing out my call here.
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Erica @radiowitch.dev · 21/11/2024
I have seen some folks in the #hamradio community ask for fellow hams to add their call to their profile for us to more easily find each other. While I appreciate the motivation behind this I won't be doing so for now. I'm a trans woman and my call puts out just a tad too much info about me.
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Cascadia Radio @cascadiaradio.org · 20/11/2024
Cascadia Radio honors #TransDayofRemembrance . Inclusivity is core to the Cascadia Radio mission. We wish to make clear our support for the trans community. We welcome all who would be tolerant and remember those whom intolerance has targeted.
Cascadia Radio logo showing an antenna symbol on a stylized mountain with radio waves in the trans pride colors of pink and blue radiating out from the antenna
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Ethan J. A. Schoonover @ethanschoonover.com · 20/11/2024
Our statement of trans support and inclusivity in the #hamradio community on #transdayofremembrance
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qrper.bsky.social @qrper.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Testing my MTR-3B field kit before a weekend of SOTA (spoiler: that never happened) qrper.com/2024/11/test... #QRP #HamRadio #POTA
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Veronica Lewis, M.Ed. 👩‍🦯 @veron4ica.com · 17/11/2024
I have low vision and I rely on alt text and image descriptions to provide context about images on platforms like BlueSky. If you don’t know how to write #AltText yet, I have several guides on my website that can show you how— take the #AltTextChallenge! veroniiiica.com/how-to-write... (1/10)
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How To Write Alt Text And Image Descriptions
The ultimate guide on how to write alt text and image descriptions for the visually impaired, written by someone with low vision who uses alt text
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Erica @radiowitch.dev · 17/11/2024
It wasn't the greatest reception, but I was able to grab the latest SSTV Image from the International Space Station. Antenna is a jpole sitting in my attic. #hamradio
A staticky image recording of Slow Scan TV from the International Space Station.  The image contains 2 people posing for a picture and the text 40th Anniversary of Amateur Radio on Human Space Flight.
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Jubilee ❣️ @16pxl.bsky.social · 04/11/2024
the moons call 🩷💜💙 #pixelart
A purple toned night time scene, featuring a full moon rising over the ocean with waves crashing on the beach. There are footsteps leading into the ocean, and distant city lights towards the right.
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Space Weather by SolarHam @solarham.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
My first post on Bluesky. Solar activity on the Earth facing side of the Sun has been for the most part uneventful the past several days. Higher activity may be on the horizon however with a potential active region approaching the east limb. Full update via SolarHam.com
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