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  Who remembers the #Psion organizer? I've got 12 of them 😭 #oldtech @mediaarchaeologylab@post.lurk.org

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  #Melbourne friends: do you know of any local #Mac enthusiasts that may be interested in an old Macintosh and Mac SE? Please DM me if interested.

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  I found this brand new 50 ml burrette in my shed from some past project. It is wrapped in newspaper from Woodbury New Jersey dated November 18th, 1988. Aside from reading the old newspaper, what should I do with this?

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  Anyone need some #laptop #RAM? Cleaning out some stuff and found two sticks of DDR3L-1600 SODIMM 4GB each. Free to a good home.

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  Next project in the shack: clean up a pile of old random micro sd cards. Most are still good I just need to sort, examine, and format.

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  So happy for this rain shower moving through Louisville #COwx right now. Especially since I just transferred the water from one rain barrel today into an auxiliary holding barrel, so this will help to refill the barrel I pumped from!

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  Next up on my shack spring cleaning list: clean up my old 14 TB set of RAID drives and use them to archive a bunch of photos and videos. Ugh this is going to take a while!

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  One of my organization projects was to top off all of these fuel canisters. Someone locally was giving away a bunch of these because they no longer use them. I've combined the partials and this is what I'm left with. I think I've got years worth of fuel now for this stove. @c_dan4th let me know if you need any fuel- I think you use this kind of stove.

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  Watching the #Indy500 . I can't believe those two guys were flying in the doors-open Blackhawk without wearing flight helmets. Sends a bad message as well as being pretty stupid

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  Did that thing where we bought too many fun plants at Home Depot. I just potted a bunch of them and thought to myself "why did we buy so many?" 🤣 I'll plant the rest tomorrow.

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  Thinking about picking up a 275 gal IBC tote for water storage. There are a lot available locally, sometimes for free.

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  Good morning, fedifriends. Just put the pork roast on the Traeger for an 11 hour smoke. Happy Memorial Day. Today I'm thankful for those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country, including my namesake 2nd Lt Frank "Bud" Talbot, B-17 Pilot KIA over Schweinfurt on Black Thursday 14 Oct 1943.

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  Pork roast has been on the Traeger for almost 12 hours and is about ready to come off for the rest and pull. Getting hungry!

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  #CW practice continues using mostly LCWO and also the IZ2UUF Morse Koch CW app. The characters are coming back to me and I feel like I am progressing. Some days I can copy faster code than other days. #hamradio #amateurradio

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  There is a new, thoughtful comment on my "Inclusivity in Amateur Radio" post on the @kb6nu blog https://www.kb6nu.com/inclusivity-in-amateur-radio/#comment-1045058 Thanks, K0BMM. #hamradio #amateurradio

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  I picked up a used Bencher BY-2 off FB marketplace today. I think it was a good deal for $80. It cleaned up very nicely and has some great stories behind it. I bought it from the son of a silent key KL7LF, who had stations in Colorado, Fairbanks AK, and Johnston Island. His son gave me a few of his dad's #QSL cards as well. #cw #hamradio #amateurradio

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  It is almost time to check in to the #FediFridayWinlinkNet! Send your #Winlink message between 0000-2359 UTC Friday May 15. Try to use a different band or mode to check in each week. To: FFWN Subject: check-in Message body line1: [callsign], [firstname], [city], [state/province/locale], [country], [mastodon username], [VHF/HF/APRS/Telnet, etc] Message body line2: On average, how many days per week are you on the air? [Numerical response] Message body line3: Do you agree to have your cal...

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  Any of my fellow #hamradio folks using a rolling toolbox solution (e.g., Milwaukee Packout, Rigid Pro Gear, etc) to keep their radio and electronics repair stuff organized? I'd like to consolidate and store various cables, components, small electronic parts, batteries, and some tools.

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  It is almost time to check in to the #FediFridayWinlinkNet! Send your #Winlink message between 0000-2359 UTC Friday May 8. Try to use a different band or mode to check in each week. To: FFWN Subject: check-in Message body line1: [callsign], [firstname], [city], [state/province/locale], [country], [mastodon username], [VHF/HF/APRS/Telnet, etc] Message body line2: Do you monitor 146.520 (or another simplex frequency outside the US) and if so, how often? [Y/N, elaborate] Message body line3...

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  #Cat pictures on the air special event 🤣🤣 https://cpota.app/ #hamradio #amateurradio

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  Do you live in #Colorado? Are you interested in cool stuff? Check out our local #mesh #networking group! #meshcore #meshtastic Please boost!

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  Not very excited about Mondays lately...

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  sorely tempted by what seems to be a very good deal on an IC-705 here locally. #hamradio #amateurradio

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  I am so sick of seeing obviously AI-generated images for everything!

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  Has anyone got a good system for getting non-Android Auto ready apps to show on a vehicle infotainment screen? I'm running #Android 16 on a #Pixel9Pro and would like to get #APRSDroid and some other apps to show up. Fermata and AAAD did not work for me.

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  We had 24 check-ins to the 4/10/26 edition of the #FediFridayWinlinkNet ! The net webpage has ben updated and confirmations are being sent via #Winlink https://w0rmt.net/ffwn/ This week we had a two part question: a) what is the lowest power that you have used to make a QSO and on what band? and b) what is the highest power you have used to make a QSO and on what band? Here are the *interesting* responses: - <100mW, but I don't have a meter that goes that low, 1kW on 6m. - 5...

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  Anyone have a favorite over the ear headset/mic combo for #hamradio? Heil? Others? #amateurradio

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  Good morning, folks. Coffee is good ☕

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  It is time to check in to the #FediFridayWinlinkNet! Send your #Winlink message between 0000-2359 UTC Friday April 17. Try to use a different band or mode to check in each week. To: FFWN Subject: check-in Message body line1: [callsign], [firstname], [city], [state/province/locale], [country], [mastodon username], [VHF/HF/APRS/Telnet, etc] Message body line2: How many different nets do you regularly check into each week? [open response] Message body line3: Do you agree to have your calls...

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  OK long-ish #run finished, errands finished, laundry finished - time to tabulate this week's #FFWN check-ins.