Perhaps I still have some science skills

Copied 2 episodes of @swradiogram.bsky.social this weekend: 0330 22 Nov from WINB and my usual 0800 24 Nov from WRNI. Near 100% text decode (100% from WINB, a few hiccups from WRNI) and the expected static bursts likely from using a vertical antenna.

The Transistor Portable Radio - www.radioworld.com/tech-and-gea...

On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, I pause to mourn and remember my transgender brothers & sisters whose lives were taken by violence. May we all reaffirm a commitment to make our world a safe and welcoming place for transgender, non-binary and Two Spirit people

When I’m feeling a bit under the weather (no pun intended) I tend to spend more time practicing radio techniques. Today I captured this GOES-16 image about an hour after it was taken

Another 100% unattended @swradiogram.bsky.social reception. A few little image glitches again but an otherwise clear capture. Works almost every week.

Captured @bobcatface.bsky.social playlist while waiting for @swradiogram.bsky.social on WRMI 5850 kHz last night. 100% text and some new songs to find

Aurora from the east side of Tucson, AZ

A few hiccups, but another unattended @swradiogram.bsky.social recorded in Arizona. A horizontal antenna, again, would be better, but…

@swradiogram.bsky.social Program 423 on 5850 kHz, another solid unattended reception. Bonus solid copy of Radio Catface Program 54 playlist @bobcatface.bsky.social

FCC's current staffing exceptionally low, at the same level as the 1940's, says the commission's former wireless spectrum enforcement boss Riley Hollingsworth speaking to HamCon Colorado.

all the anxiety human evolution developed to help me spot bears now kicks in when i have to answer emails

happy 30th birthday to one of the best TNG episodes ever, Darmok 💕

@swradiogram.bsky.social Program 418. Another solid reception on WRMI 5580 kHz in Arizona And, for fun, I submit the image from VOA Radiogram Program 1

@swradiogram.bsky.social Cass Elliot’s birthday pic from The Mighty KBC captured in Arizona on WRMI 7780 kHz

@swradiogram.bsky.social yet another solid unattended copy. As good as it gets for direct reception for me

We’re so woefully behind in rainfall for the year #azwx

I Save Everything

@swradiogram.bsky.social Unattended copy of Program 416 from WRMI 5850 kHz 0800z 8Sept25. All images and 100% text capture. Soon I’d like to try ATS20+/TIVAR reception again. I keep an old functional Android phone just for TIVAR 😁

"'Why the fuck am I doing this?' - the question that always precedes something worthwhile." - Brian Eno #quote

@swradiogram.bsky.social Another consistent unattended copy of Program 415 from WRMI 5850 kHz 0800z 1Sept25. 100% text capture. I need a horizontally polarized antenna! Also captured Radio Catface Episode 34 playlist @bobcatface.bsky.social

@swradiogram.bsky.social Another solid unattended copy of Program 414 from WRMI 5850 kHz 0800z 25 August. 100% text including Chinese characters. Captured Radio Catface Episode 50 playlist as well @bobcatface.bsky.social

Take a moment to appreciate Harry Truman‘s negotiating skills. He got Hitler to surrender everything, agree to Germany’s occupation and then shoot himself in the head.

Brian Eno: Here He Comes - from his 1977 album, Before And After Science www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d-I...

It's the 104 year anniversary of Franklin Roosevelt being stricken with Polio. The US has been polio free since 1979. Because of... well, you know.

@swradiogram.bsky.social Program 412 from WRMI 5850 kHz 0800z 11 August. Missed decode of Painting of the Week. Captured Radio Catface text. Unattended

I can’t stop listening to the Pretenders right now

@swradiogram.bsky.social It seems the 0800Z 5850 kHz WRMI show is my best bet for success right now. Unattended, so I grabbed Radio Catface text as well

@swradiogram.bsky.social 0800 show on 5850 kHz: perfect MFSK32 text reception at start and end, but fldigi v4.2.07 ignored the RFID change to MFSK64. No pictures. Happens more than I like.

Eight Former VOA Directors Oppose Closure - www.radioworld.com/news-and-bus...

As the purge continues older and older stuff is discovered. Trident VGA chip dated 1993, 256k RAM

Finally a monsoon rain! 0.92” in the 24 hrs to 6AM MST this morning, and 0.24” so far since. This nearly doubles the amount I’d measured YTD (1.24” prior to this rain event).

Fuck

I’ve been watching this balloon either on an ADS-B site or with my binoculars for about 3 weeks now. I’ve learned that it stays well above 55kft most of the time and has been aloft for 3 years. I wonder what it’s doing…

First ever heat advisory in Alaska issued by the National Weather Service. https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=AKZ833&warncounty=AKC290&firewxzone=AKZ933&local_place1=Fort%20Yukon%20AK&product1=Heat+Advisory&lat=66.567&lon=-145.256

That is all

I’m in a waiting room for a blood draw and the office music is Smoke on the Water🤘🏻

Today’s ear worm is Kung Fu Fighting

I long for a world without the sound of leaf blowers

Best TV theme song ever: Theme from Jonny Quest. Prove me wrong

A severe geomagnetic storm is underway. It could possibly cause widespread voltage control problems, degrade GPS and black out HF radio propagation. Aurora could be seen as far south as Alabama. www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/auroral-a...

I HAVE A GOMER PYLE, USMC THEME SONG EARWORM! PSE HLP!

It's striking how much Trumpists hate what's made the United States great: immigration, trade, medical and scientific research, the rule of law, an enlightened patriotism, a willingness and ability to correct past injustices. At the end of the day, Trumpism is Third Worldism.

I worked in Trump’s first administration. Here’s why his team is using Signal | Kevin Carroll

apnews.com/article/trum... Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with 'improper ideology'

Trump wants to set rules for the way states run their elections and wants DOGE to audit voter databases. DOGE. Not an independent entity - his cronies. Mike Johnson is talking about eliminating district courts. These are not actions you see in a Democratic Republic.

More favorite rhythmic lyrics But if you study the logistics And heuristics of the mystics You will find that their minds rarely move in a line So it's much more realistic To abandon such ballistics And resign to be trapped on a leaf in the vine Do you know?