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Calvin W7KYG CN74 @w7kyg.gluck.cc.ap.brid.gy · 31/05/2026

Today was my second attempt at #ParksOnTheAir #AmateurRadio activation at Park US-9532 Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area on the #OregonCoast. I only made 2 successful contacts on the radio, but had several conversations with people who were interested in discussing […] [Original post on gluck.cc]

I’m sitting in a beach chair, facing the beach, with my back to the camera, headphones and a hat on my head, talking to a young man who is kneeling with one knee on the beach having a chat with me. My Alpha Delta MIL portable vertical antenna sits on top of a tripod about 15 feet to the right of us and the waves are seen rolling towards the beach about 40 feet from us. A woman is seen standing on the beach down close to the water.

I’m sitting in a beach chair, facing the beach, with my back to the camera, headphones and a hat on my head. My Alpha Delta MIL portable vertical antenna sits on top of a tripod about 15 feet to the right of me and the waves are seen rolling towards the beach about 40 feet from us. The haystack rock known as Chief Kiwanda rock is seen about 2000 feet (600 meters) from shore.

Our black chihuahua sits in the back of the van, wearing a puffer coat, and looking out towards the beach and sea in the distance. I’m sitting in a beach chair, facing the beach, with my back to the camera, headphones and a hat on my head. A surfer is walking by me, carrying a surfboard and my Alpha Delta MIL portable vertical antenna sits on top of a tripod about 15 feet to the right of me and the waves are seen rolling towards the beach about 40 feet from me. The haystack rock known as Chief Kiwanda rock is seen about 2000 feet (600 meters) from shore.

I’m sitting in a beach chair, facing the ocean, with my back to the camera, headphones and a hat on my head. My Alpha Delta MIL portable vertical antenna sits on top of a tripod a few feet beyond me and the waves are seen rolling towards the beach. The haystack rock known as Chief Kiwanda rock is seen about 2000 feet (600 meters) from shore.

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Anthony Horton @spacelizard.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2025

Huh, I'm pretty sure this is the first time I've seen a real estate listing for an astronomical observatory. It's the Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope, a radio telescope that operated between 1965 and 2023. Along with the remains of the telescope you get a […] [Original post on aus.social]

Aerial photo of a small cluster of buildings near the centre of a large cross shaped metal structure, lying on flat land and surrounded by pastures and fields.

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Calvin W7KYG CN74 @w7kyg.gluck.cc.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2025

[Crucial hurricane data from NOAA satellites can now be decoded by amateurs using SatDump] “ With the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) set to shut down a key satellite data stream used in US hurricane forecasting, a group of amateur radio enthusiasts has stepped in with a […]

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Calvin W7KYG CN74 @w7kyg.gluck.cc.ap.brid.gy · 23/05/2025

Our new home purchase is under contract and CN74xx will be my new #HamRadio home QTH if everything goes as planned. I’m looking forward to all the nearby #ParksOneTheAir activation opportunities on the #OregonCoast.

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Calvin Gluck @calvin.gluck.cc.ap.brid.gy · 01/05/2025

We’re selling our home in the #DFW #Dallas #FortWorth #ArlingtonTX area. Please share with anybody who might be interested. www.zillow.com/homedetails/1709-Spr… #ForSale #RealEstate

A two story mid century modern home sits on a peninsula with large trees and surrounded by a lake. The home has a large balcony on the second story overlooking the lake.

The living room has a huge fireplace made from black lava rocks and large flames are seen. There are chairs, a small coffee table in the foreground, and a couch faces the fireplace in the background. A spiral wooden staircase with black metal railing rises from the left side of the fireplace, and around the back of the chimney leading to the bedrooms on the second floor.

Two kayaks are moored by the grassy shore of the lake with the tree covered peninsula and a sunset in the background.

A mid century modern home sits on a peninsula with large trees and surrounded by a lake. The home has a large composite deck with black aluminum railing overlooking the lake.

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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/04/2025

Shortwave "Discone" Antenna, Former AT&T High Seas Transmitter Site, Ocean Gate, NJ, 20009. All the pixels, none of the static, at www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/414… #photography

A vertical mast with a large horizontal ring at the top, supported by an array of wires, in a marshland. Other antennas and supports are visible in background.

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Calvin W7KYG CN74 @w7kyg.gluck.cc.ap.brid.gy · 11/01/2025

[The “Harvard Sentences” Secretly Shaped the Development of Audio Tech] “ During World War II, the boiler room under Harvard’s Memorial Hall was turned into a secretive wartime research lab. … Out of this came the Harvard sentences, a set of standardized phrases still widely used to test […]

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