mzerod

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by mzerod 3y ago
I have a QPSK & BPSK packet radio link to several other stations via the QO-100 satellite narrowband transponder, using a couple of Pluto SDRs and in some cases a mix/match of RTL SDR dongles and 70cm radios with transverters. Only
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by mzerod 3y ago
Jester - Stardust Otamatonies https://youtu.be/dfFVxWEwhI0?si=r-ZtYmgF1ADp0k8e
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by mzerod 3y ago
Aww yiss. Nederkunst. Thats amazing and also kinda wtf because drunken parties are the norm, so cultural alcoholism is a bonus.
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by mzerod 3y ago
The Modarchive[0] is still around, too. The reviewer’s (shared) password used to be since1996 [0] http://modarchive.org
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by mzerod 3y ago
(This message has been read 1 times so far in this BBS). Path: !CX2SA!N6RME!KE6JJJ!KQ6UP!AA6HF!N2NOV!W4BFB!N0NJY!WA3WLH!W9GM!WA2UET! !K5DAT!W0ARP!KF5JRV! We’re still using their cousins on amateur radio lol
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by mzerod 3y ago
I’ve felt this way for a considerable time too. In retrospect, it has now been ten years and yet still nothing has really changed, which I am kinda glad.
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by mzerod 3y ago
A friend of mine is building a Raspberry Pi ISA board so I’ll have to ping him on how it’s going.
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by mzerod 4y ago
I had one of these type of jackets and quickly found that they set off IR-controlled hand wash taps in the toilet facilities at a certain airport. 10/10, would recommend for very clean hands.
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by mzerod 4y ago
Stunning stuff. The dark sunspot in the foreground and the one behind the tangle of plasma is intruiging.
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by mzerod 4y ago
Keeping an eye on this http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/fullday/ for the effects on the HF radio band, it might be quite interesting.
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by mzerod 4y ago
I’ve created a portal in bash to allow HF access to emergency web content, here’s a demo of it going 900km loading HN. https://youtu.be/5CN1nD_xciU
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by mzerod 4y ago
This is mild pedantry from me, sorry. Fortunately, the 10m band these days has a reach of up to 11000km due to the solar activity. You are quite right that during LOS conditions it’s limited to the elevation of the antenna. Its relatively s
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by mzerod 4y ago
Digital Data Comms if needed: Dial frequency 14.1023 USB - at 1000Hz and 2000Hz for AFSK.300 (two channels for multiple access) - at 1500Hz for VARA or ARDOP OFDM EMCOM Services available: Winlink RMS gateways, APRS HF Relays. Manned Statio
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by mzerod 4y ago
My time to shine- this is for anyone concerned about ham operation in Ukraine https://eindhoven.space/2022/10/08/ham-radio-usage-in-ukrain...
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by mzerod 4y ago
>The programmer friends' idea, unfortunately, was beaten by modarchive.org many years ago. Sorry about that :-) Glad the API has come I handy though, your thing looks very nice, but “mobile bad desktop good”? Get with the times ;)
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by mzerod 4y ago
This is mine: https://github.com/pe1rrr/packet-scriptlets/tree/main/games
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by mzerod 4y ago
Mod4Win followed shortly, dazzling us with native audio output on our 3.1 windows boxes
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by mzerod 4y ago
The chip scene has indeed grown in scale since the 2000s began, I shared a few beers with the guy who did the Commodordion and he’s one of many reaching youth with what I think many have come to consider modern folk. Battle of the Bits is a
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by mzerod 4y ago
Give a few days until the tsunami of hackerhearts abates and give signing up/in a shot and upload them. The folks are always open looking for new crew too to help in the upkeep such as screening the upload queue etc. Drop a line to Sag
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by mzerod 4y ago
This is essentially how I put together this gem: https://eindhoven.space/demoscene-stuff/joke-music/stardust-... Achieved by deleting the lead instrument from the module and playing it with my own orchestra of ota
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by mzerod 4y ago
In milkytracker FT2 clone it is possible to draw your own samples to create basic instruments, most of the stuff for instruments is indeed samples often ripped from other modules as is a common practice to get a library of sounds going. Add
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by mzerod 4y ago
Thanks for the hug of death HN :-) Unfortunately the folks taking care of the hosting aren’t yet aware of the problem as it is sleepy time here in EU. In the mid 2000s I built the majority of what you see now but it has generally been out o