History repeats. That’s why in Europe we have the ECHR. 🇪🇺

In between working on the improved bandmap and cat control functions, I have started working on a brand new website for Cloudlog and wanted to include a bit about the history behind it.

Cloudlogs' new DX Cluster Band Map is now in the dev branch; this is what I always wanted it to be! Outstanding job is clicking on a spot QSYs the radio, but I am happy with the progress so far

🚀 DXChrono is LIVE! Interactive world clock & DX tool: time zones, solar data, aurora, ITU/CQ zones + Cloudlog support. Try it now ➡️ www.dxchrono.com

Cloudlog 2.7.0 has been released github.com/magicbug/Clo... If you're a Cloudlog-hosted customer, it's currently rolling out across the system.

A couple of weeks back, I was planning my holidays in Iceland 🇮🇸, hoping to activate a few rare grids on #hamradio LEO #satellite. In the run-up to my them, I tried hard to leave nothing to chance: I had a spare coax, audio cables, diplexer, batteries... even got myself a brand new #arrowantenna 1/9🧵

Some 3000 Km (~2000 miles) later, down the 🇮🇸 Ring Road counterclockwise, and I've arrived in Reykjavik. I tried to activate all the grids along the way, but, frustratingly, a combination of bad weather during my stay (IP13)... 1/4 🧵

I had a very frustrating day trying to activate 🇮🇸 IP15 on #hamradio #satellite In my 1st attempt it turned out I couldn't hear anyone calling me because I was listening 10 KHz lower than my actual downlink. In my subsequent attempts, I couldn't hear any stations. 1/3 🧵

I've uploaded my yesterday's #hamradio #satellite activity from IP13 to #lotw Please let me know if you spot any missing.

This is the log for my yesterday's #hamradio #satellite activity from HP93. Please let me know if I've missed to log anyone. Shout out to @2m0sql.com , whose Portable Planner made this a much simpler experience than ever before.

Arrived safely at Heimaey Island, one of the Vestmannaeyjar Isles, 🇮🇸 HP93uk. Weather is rather poor, persistent drizzle currently making it impossible to operate #hamradio outdoors. 🤞it improves in time for tonight's RS-44 pass I'd tentatively announced earlier this week.

Big news! I've launched the official landing page for Zenith Satellite Tracker. You can now explore its capabilities directly on the web, even without dedicated hardware support. Check it out: zenithtracker.org

Yes, use it or lose it.. every #hamradio Operator needs to act!🎙📡〰️📻 🛰 Get ready and send interference reports if you have them. Don't forget Bluewalker-3 and Bluebird 1-5, which are already transmitting on 430-440 MHz. Expect no help from anybody else than yourself!

Byline Times:

Thanks, but I think I'll rather stick with fermented dinosaurs www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Cool to see PortablePlanner.com get a mention in the REF magazine

From anecdotal evidence it seems to me, after a few recent popular roves, that everyone’s worked most 🇮🇸 TF grids on #hamradio #LEO #satellites. gridmaster.fr disagrees. The real state is probably somewhere in-between, so I’ll try to do my bit to make this image just a shade greener.

ELRIN completes two T2T human genomes — using only #Nanopore data. As part of their mission to advance clinical diagnostics, ELRIN has released two complete, haplotype-phased genomes—enabling deeper insights into genetic variation that could inform future clinical research elrin-network.eu/t2t.html

Back to good old-fashioned diet + exercise then? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nice economy you got here. Be a shame if anything happened to it 🤣 www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...

I already posted this on #mastodon but had little traction, so reposting here hoping that I'll be luckier. After a rogue gust of wind tipped over my tripod-mounted #hamradio #satellite #Arrow2Antenna, its 2m reflector snapped (I shouldn't complain, for I'd had a similar "close call" already) 🧵1/7

Is it just me, or has this got a distinct whiff of "Saddam Hussain can deploy WMDs in 45 minutes"? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Why does the network backbone of Telegram matter? Because as @pwnallthethings.bsky.social was pointing out in 2022 (www.pwnallthethings.com/i/86455222/t...), Telegram's in-house TLS replacement provides a cleartext permanent device ID! The network can follow users across WiFis, data plans, etc.

Dark and cold of space. An accident. A miracle - the ingenious ground crew at NASA, thousands of miles away, talks the astronauts through their repairs despite the fact that they cannot see what the astronauts see, except That this is actually me talking two retirees through uploading a file

If you're worried about droughts, floods, and increased likelihood of other extreme weather events, worry no more: in the latest #rsgb #radcom there's a letter to the editor that explains this is all just a hoax 🙄 This must be a novel attempt of attracting youth to #hamradio.

Super happy implemented Pass Recording into QTRigDoppler that @dl3jop maintains/develops, this is now my go-to tool for radio/rotator control for sats now :)

Turns out it's much easier to aim your antenna towards a #hamradio #satellite when you can actually see it passing 🙂 The #iss was quite bright over my QTH tonight.

Excellent news! At last we'll be able to indulge in hormone-treated beef 😋🤮 (although, a tad disappointingly, chlorinated chicken seems to have been left out) www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...

To me, it's pretty obvious from this article what happened: 12 DeLoreans simultaneously travelled in time www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I have created a web app to help satellite operators who operate portable find their uplink or downlink frequency on linear sats. This is based on 4O4A's idea :) You can play with it at portableplanner.com #hamr #amsat

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

First image in! Handheld. From a parking lot here in Vancouver. @arissintl.bsky.social

Sunday, April 13, 2025 Today missed being Easter by 22 minutes. Gregorian Calendar’s definition: First Sunday after the first Full Moon after the March Equinox. If the Full Moon had occurred 22 minutes earlier, landing yesterday (GMT), then today would have been that first Sunday.

4 QSOs yesterday evening on 🛰️ SO-50 with the Kenwood TH-D7 and Diamond RH770 telescopic whip checking all is working as it should. All set for my trip to France and hopefully a couple of activations of 🌐IN98 work permitting. #AMSAT

London Calling takes place on 20–22 May 2025, bringing together a global community dedicated to innovation and collaboration in Oxford Nanopore technology.

Deactivated the big bad Twitter account so it's just here, FB & IG from here on in - and that pesky mailing list, of course (with opportunity to win this Tele if you sign up now): publicservicebroadcasting.os.fan/mailing-list...

Never mind the economy, at least, thanks to brexit, we're free to indulge in cheap plonk www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Only for the weekend, I'd imagine www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

VPN providers must be rubbing their hands with glee www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"We must not seek the Child Jesus in the pretty figures of our Christmas cribs. We must seek him among the undernourished children who have gone to bed at night with nothing to eat..." St. Oscar Romero, Dec 24, 1979

On the left, my image. On the right, the Al image that was clearly trained on, and designed to plagiarize, my image. All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.

Treatment-resistant malaria is on the rise. Read how researchers used the portable MinION to assess molecular markers for antimalarial resistance, providing an accessible solution to aid in the prevention & treatment of this life-threatening disease. www.frontiersin.org/journals/gen... #WYMM

🔴Conservative MPs Want to Scrap Workers’ Rights to Paid Holiday and Annual Leave They are also seeking to overturn workplace protections from sexual harassment, calling them an attack on “free speech” reports @josiah.writes.news bylinetimes.com/2024/12/17/c...

🔴 After Trump’s Return, Britain Is Next in the Firing Line of Putin’s War On Democracy Elon Musk’s criticisms of Keir Starmer have generated newspaper front pages. But why is the Trump funder suddenly interested in British politics? Report by @nafeez.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/a...

With Farage back on Question Time last night... ...here is your reminder that Farage was on BBCQT a record-breaking 35 times before he became an MP. And, further, that the panellist selection on BBCQT has been heavily slanted to right-wing think tanks and commentators over the years.

as a kid, i fixed my parent's computer. as an adult I fix my kids's computer. pretty sure we are the only gen that knows how computers work

I like #homeassistant but its inconsistency in naming entities drives me nuts. This time last year my switch used its friendly name for entity ID. A year (and a few #esphome updates) later and it's the physical name, so now I have to hastily update all my automations that use it 🙄