Median QSO distances in #arrldxcw, 2018 -- 2025:
http://drevans.blog.enginehousebooks.com/2026/05/median-distances-in-arrl-dx-cw-2018-2025.html
Median QSO distances in #arrldxcw, 2018 -- 2025:
http://drevans.blog.enginehousebooks.com/2026/05/median-distances-in-arrl-dx-cw-2018-2025.html
Morse Buddy released!
iOS app for iPhone and iPad that decodes CW in realtime with four (different) decoders.
100% free, no telemetry. Please share!
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/morse-buddy/id6769319230
#morsebuddy #cw #ios #apple #morse #hamradio #amateurradio #radioamateur
I've been learning Morse code for just over a year and it is hard, but I've been getting better at decoding in my head.
There are some great tools out there. On my phone I use MorseMania (https://dong.digital/morsemania/) and when walking around I listen to audio files from https://morsecode.ninja.
I love that it is a "data" mode that humans can do. It also means I can minimize my gear to a very small, low-power radio with a small wire antenna and talk globally
#CW: #USPOL, interesting article from blog site with a fash problem (but not a fash article or writer AFAICT)
Raw text here, original source linked in text:
https://pastebin.com/raw/UpaVPHVp
Title: The Fall of the American Empire â Charlie Angus â The Resistance
CONTENT WARNING:
A dog is killed within the first couple of scenes. That's important to some of us.
https://mastodon.social/@TheManyVoices/116593861862691346
#ThePunisherOneLastKill #ContentWarning #CW #DoesTheDogDie @shainethomas
CONTENT WARNING:
A dog is killed within the first couple of scenes. That's important to some of us.
https://mastodon.social/@TheManyVoices/116593861862691346
@theomenmedia #ThePunisherOneLastKill #ContentWarning #CW #DoesTheDogDie
The hierarchisation of triggers - The taxonomic classification of harm to bodies and the normalisation of violence
A mainstream media case:
When violence against pets takes place there is usually a strong trigger warning (TW) or content warnings (CW) before the act is shown/described on the mainstream media.
These warnings are supposed to avoid distress or trigger flashbacks in information consumers. It is giving them time to brace themselves in a hostile world or curl up in their inner bunker.
* When it comes to animals, such as pet abuse or injured wildlife there is often a warning by the ABCNEWSâ >
https://www.abc.net.au/news/search?query=animal%20cruelty
"Warning: This story contains descriptions and video of alleged animal abuse."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-12/no-conviction-for-queensland-health-employee-who-beat-puppy/106660238
"WARNING: Readers are advised that this article contains a graphic image of an injured animal."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-26/koala-killed-after-being-dragged-behind-vehicle/106497782
* The ubiquitous sexualised violence also gets a CW.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-13/hamas-systematically-used-rape-october-7-report-says/106672368
* Livestock abuse often is without any warnings.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/search?query=cattle%20animal%20abuse
* Attacks on workers, or workplace injuries or death 'news' also seems to go without warnings.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/search?query=work%20accident
* The mass violence of warfare depicted on mainstream media and platform screens running 24/7 is mostly without warnings
https://www.abc.net.au/news/search?query=gaza
#violence #visibility #ContentWarning #TW #CW #newsworthiness #MSM #MediaLandscape #AustralianBroadcastingCorporation #ABCNEWSâ #EditorialGatekeeping #platforms #algorithms #regulation #SocialMedia #harm #HierarchicalSystem #bodies ##workers #pets #dogs #cats #livestock #meat #framing #EmotionalValence #OHS #NormalisationOfViolence #genocide
I'm getting to the point with my #CW practice that I copy much better if I think less. I'm a long way from copying actual QSOs with noise, etc but I am definitely starting to flow at times. Which feels pretty cool.
Full head copy is a ways off.

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