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• Post #3754897

  Trying a relatively simple home-bake double sided PCB etch. This is a dual-band HF filter with a micro relay to switch between 30m-40m and 20m-15m using SMD components. I have modelled the designs and laid out the pcbs in kicad, using chebyshev values. Previous design I used for the digital pixie works okay, but it is not quite as ambitious in the cutoff, does not use SMD components, and has a manual switch. Plus the skirts on this new filter are a lot sharper to get a decent cut off. I printed...

• Post #3749609

  That was not a penalty #worldcup

• Post #3749063

  Should I be surprised Elon Musks father and brother are Putin fanboys? I guess not. But it makes the disabling of starlink over Ukraine all the more interesting. #Putin #Musk #Ukraine #tommywhatshisname https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/11/elon-musk-family-foundation-took-tommy-robinson-to-russia-says-musks-father

• Post #3037153

  I was at the Dawn Service in Castlemaine Victoria on Anzac Day this year. It was a modest service that included an acknowledgment of first peoples and was very respectful (no booing). There was also a speech by a young First Nations student who acknowledged the contribution of indigenous Australians who fought in the wars long before indigenous Australians were accepted/recognised as Australian. It was entirely appropriate. Lest we forget. #ANZAC https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-27/rsl-austr...

• Post #3037152

  Funny how our cultures identify with the native species isn’t it? But entirely appropriate that we should support them. Just as we should identify with and support our native peoples and their culture. #kiwi #Aotearoa https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/29/kiwi-bird-nz-new-zealand-parliament

• Post #3037151

  #ZeroDay in every Linux Kernel since 2017 There’s a fair bit of patching to be done. https://cybersecuritynews.com/linux-kernel-0-day-copy-fail/