I am coming to agree with the view that men are too emotional to be in leadership positions 😬

This is not wrong.
https://mastodon.sdf.org/@Ultraverified/114724363668105606

The perfect QRZ page doesn't exis…
https://www.qrz.com/db/VB2CATGIRL

Also, Canada's ISED is now the coolest radio regulatory body in the world, at least in my book.

H/T @K0UWU #HamRadio #MemeAppreciationMonth

...except it seems to be putting the downlink on the B transceiver, which I can't hear because I connect my CI-V adapter into the B transceiver's speaker output.

Turns out MacDoppler supports tracking satellite frequencies with doppler for both bands on the IC-2730. Just have to configure it as an IC-9100, set the CI-V address, and it works a treat.

Yeah brief break for life there... NI6IW USS Midway CV-41 is LOUD on 7.036 and in the log.

#HamRadio #MuseumShipsWeekend

Let’s be very clear: Los Angeles is the perfect place for this to play out for the Trumpists. The Trumpists hate California and hate Los Angeles and a vast amount of their base feels the same — even the Trumpists here, who wallow in hating the place they live. /1

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:s6j27rxb3ic2rxw73ixgqv2p/post/3lr2i4bigwk26

The FBI has some answering to do. We’ve seen a close up picture of Trump’s right ear that was posted by Pete Souza and presumably taken by the Associated Press.

The maga rally shooter was just 14 days ago. Trump is 78 years old. 78 year old human beings heal far more slowly. You know what appears to have “struck” his ear? Not a fucking thing.

Below is a zoomed in photo of the professional picture Pete Souza posted. Pete’s account disappeared moments after he posted the photo that was time stamped “July 27th, 2024.”

"As a one time head nurse at an assisted living center in San Diego, California, I have observed hundreds of facial, head, arm/hand, leg/foot wounds on men and women 75 years of age and up.

I believe we are being lied to. I believe those lies could be lies of omission; they could be more direct. However, I don’t believe we are getting the whole truth on what happened, how it was treated, who all was involved in treating it."

-Jack Hopkins

#election2024 #vote #2024election

Satellites capture wildfire smoke as Toronto records the worst air quality in the world, Canada

Toronto recorded the worst air quality in the world on Friday, June 6, 2025, as wildfire smoke blanketed the city, prompting health warnings and disrupting daily life. #Canada #wildfire #smoke #airquality
https://watchers.news/2025/06/07/wildfire-smoke-satellites-toronto-worst-air-quality-canada/

I have my equipment split between a stationary and a standing desk. During longer operating sessions, like contests, I like to be able to stand.

The equipment on the standing desk is connected through a thick umbilical to the equipment on the stationary desk.

Another view of this setup:

https://youtu.be/kwxf7kzoKpg

#shackturday #hamradio #AmateurRadio

Radio Propagation

Ma-hoossive trans-Atlantic sporadic-E opening in progress this evening.

My guess is that HF has been so poor everyone is out on 6m. Can anyone confirm? 😆

https://www.tvcomm.co.uk/g7izu/western-hemisphere-es/

#radiopropagtion
#amateurradio

@kr1st Alex, QRV on 6m? Big opening to Europe !

If you're wondering about the haze in Illinois, Michigan, and so on... that's Manitoba and Saskatchewan's forest vaporized into ash.

https://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/

#smoke #wildfires

Zero Retries 0203 -
https://www.zeroretries.org/p/zero-retries-0203

* Hamvention 2025 - Zero Retries Impressions
* FlexRadio Aurora
* FreeDV Radio Autoencoder (RADE)
* Rhizomatica Mercury Radio Modem Software
* Kenwood TM-D750A Mobile “Data” Radio
* HF Signals zBitx
* Timebot (aka, Virtual Time Nut)
* Takeaways / Bigger Picture
* In Person Debut of IP400 Network Project at Hamvention 2025

Zero Retries is an independent Amateur Radio newsletter.
#hamradio

@k8vsy RTSystems sells their cables without software.

looks like I need a "USB-29A" cable, hmm, they don't run too much, but it seems hard to find it paired without some software, hmm

"Leo, who played a key role in working with Trump to shape the conservative Supreme Court." I agree with Donald Trump about this: Trump "slammed Leonard Leo, the former chair of the Federalist Society, calling him a sleazebag who probably hates America ... I am so disappointed in The Federalist Society because of the bad advice they gave me on numerous Judicial Nominations”:
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/29/trump-goes-after-leonard-leo-and-the-federalist-society-in-fury-over-court-ruling-00375813 #lawfare #tariffs #politics

There is an actual coverup of an incompetent POTUS going on now btw.

Crime is Now Legal (At Least for Trump’s Friends)

https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/crime-is-now-legal-at-least-for-trump-s-friends-6805a3545d58382f

From @pluralistic :

"Just a QR Code" is a new site that generates QR codes, operating entirely in your browser, without transmitting any data to a server or trying to cram ads into your eyeballs. The fact that it runs entirely in-browser means you can save this webpage and work with an offline copy to generate QR codes forever – even if the site goes down:

https://justaqrcode.com/

QR code generators are mostly bad news, so this is great news.