It feels like the imperial system is in over its head when we start talking about thousandths of inches.

#HamRadio #Coax #ImperialUnits #MetricSystem

Bye bye, #WiFi: This low-cost adapter lets you set up a wired #network without running #ethernet. Running #ethernet wiring can be messy and expensive. If you have #cable outlets, you can use a Trendnet Ethernet over #Coax adapter to set up a #highspeed wired #connection with minimal effort.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/bye-bye-wi-fi-this-low-cost-adapter-lets-you-set-up-a-wired-network-without-running-ethernet/

AND TO SHIELD GROUND

WHY

where I can get to it, the conformal coating itself does not appear to have become conductive, that was my first idea because it's pretty crusty BUT that's not it

#electronics #coax #switch #WHY

"antenna," "aux 1," "aux 2," and "cable" are all just... connected together. "vcr" is actually wired separately and as far as I can tell actually gets switched on the signal line, though the shield line is common across everything.

but all the switches are there. and i think they're all real. why would you do this. why.

the amount of resistance from desired source to output seems to change some but it also seems kinda random. selecting the source you're testing sometimes seems to make the resistance go _up_?

this is an archer-branded switch so I think it came from radio shack originally. and every time i say "you have failed me for the last time, Admiral SHACK" i am again proven wrong.

#electronics #diy #coax #wtf #why

NOPE THEY'RE 100% CONNECTED ON THE SIGNAL LINES 100% OF THE TIME

WHAT THE FUCK

#electronics #coax #diy

okay this just got super weird

all four inputs on the left appear to be hardwired together? can that possibly right? antenna, aux 1, aux 2, cable.

wtf actual

input 5 (vcr) is not so connected and is the only one acting kinda like i’d expect

what is going on

this has to be wrong clearly i must be fucking something up. maybe the board connections are extremely counter-intuitive.

#electronics #coax #diy

yeah that is not a number you want to see on a closed switch. that’s not a good number at all.

#diy #rf #coax #electronics

@bolderbekah @elmiller0330 @ai6yr
Traveling with my #yaesu #ht #FT5 #HamRadio. bag was pulled off security conveyor belt and opened.
#TSA agent pulls out my #magnetic mount, 1/4 wave, dual band #2m / #70cm #antenna with the #coax wound around the base.
TSA agent: “what’s this?”
Me: “an antenna”
TSA agent to the agent running the X-ray: “it’s an antenna!”
I stuff it back in my bag and head to my gate. This is the first and only time this has happened.

RE: https://retro.social/users/ieure/statuses/113618960823236063

Wenn ich mir das mal übern Tag betrachte, da würde mir auch ganz locker ein VDSL50 von der Telekom hier reichen.
...wenn es ihn denn gäbe.

So bin ich via Coax bei O2, die wiederum Reseller von Vodafone hier sind.
Funfact: Vodafone konnte mir keinen Vertrag anbieten, da alle Anschlüsse belegt waren.

#Bandbreite #VDSL #Coax

Any guesses? #coax #cable. Given to me by a mature Comp Sci student who had previously worked on cable ships, when I expressed interest in #submarinecables. For scale, the gingham squares are about 8-9mm.

Never buy coax on Amazon. (I knew that, and bitten again!) #hamradio #coax

Seriously, that #WiFi antenna #hack actually works.

• You'll only need like a 12,25cm = 1λ of seperated wire on a coax for it...

In fact, I built #LTE and #DVBT antennas just with #coax cables and coat hangers...

Get it while it's hot 🥵 https://n7komportableradio.etsy.com/listing/1698648202

#HamRadio #Coax

I couldn't help myself 😆
New sticker in the shop.

https://n7komportableradio.etsy.com/listing/1698648202

#HamRadio #Coax #QRO

@jason I think inhouse #coax is more weird than #fiber because #fiber works if you need to comply with the hardest electromagnetic regulations there exist...

And yes, I've had that in real life in some projects, because fire safety and getting a sub-cm hole for a fiber through a literal fire-wall is easier than an electrical cable of any kind...

@vees @astrid the problem is when #greedy #ISP|s fail to follow their own #contracts and their own #terms and that makes it fall apart.

Also #DOCSIS and #Coax in general are not a valid replacement for real #FTTB & #FTTH in the form of dedicaded #Ethernet Fibers of the #OS2 standard...

POV: Your M&P order escalated thanks to the coupon code "K8MRD".

Thanks, Mike! @k8mrd

#hamradio #amateurradio #coax

Have you tried taking it off the wall and turning it upside down?

(Whoever designed the Virgin Media access point clearly lived on a planet without gravity. It’s left an unsightly bit of unpainted wall showing for the moment but otherwise should be far more robust now.)

#VirginMedia #coax #cable #broadband #gravity

We already had Fiber-To-The-Home back when we lived in Sweden, even in our summerhouse in the middle of nowhere (at least from a Dutch perspective middle of nowhere). But now, about 7 years later we got #FTTH installed in our apartment in the center of #Haarlem. Very happy to be on #KPN fiber now. :)

To get an idea on how much better KPN FTTH is compared to my old #coax based #Ziggo connection, below you see the measured latency between Ziggo cable 1gbps and KPN 1gbps towards our #sase edge.