Carlo IU1KGS 📻

@IU1KGS@mastodon.radio
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Amateur radio operator, #MorseCode dilettante.

Interested in #SOTA, #POTA and #QRP.

locationNorthern Italy 🇮🇹
station10W and a wire
backup accounthttps://mastodon.social/@IU1KGS
Carlo IU1KGS 📻1d ago
hackaday1d ago

Crowdsourcing SIGINT: Ham Radio at War

https://hackaday.com/2025/06/12/crowdsourcing-sigint-ham-radio-at-war/

Crowdsourcing SIGINT: Ham Radio At War

I often ask people: What’s the most important thing you need to have a successful fishing trip? I get a lot of different answers about bait, equipment, and boats. Some people tell me beer. Bu…

Hackaday
Show threadCarlo IU1KGS 📻1d ago
And now they are, 3A for the QRP rigs and 500 mA for the PX3.
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@EA5JMW if you wind it between your little finger and your thumb in a figure of 8 pattern it stays together with a short piece of cord and it’s easier to unwind before use.
Show threadCarlo IU1KGS 📻1d ago
@hb9dqm yep, similar experience with Mouser from TX.
Show threadCarlo IU1KGS 📻1d ago
Plus fancy inline stackable fuse holders, since my portable radios are not fused right now.
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I didn’t realise that these cables were cloth covered. I plan to use them as a replacement for the brittle PX3CBL, something that Elecraft strongly advises against.
Carlo IU1KGS 📻1d ago

Digikey order, delivered in 72 hours from Thief River Falls, MN.

They were the supplier of last resort, to avoid customs annoyances, but there weren't any.

Show threadCarlo IU1KGS 📻1d ago
@oe1omk can you make it 14303 kHz?
Carlo IU1KGS 📻2d ago

Got Namibia 🇳🇦 and Saint Kitts & Nevis 🇰🇳 confirmed on LoTW.

Four new DXCC entities from the last CQ WW WPX CW, together with Chatham Island 🇳🇿 and Kuwait 🇰🇼

Show threadCarlo IU1KGS 📻2d ago
@jamesb 👀 https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/11/microsoft_slows_windows_11_24h2/
Microsoft slows Windows 11 24H2 Patch Tuesday due to a 'compatibility issue'

: On your marks, get set... bork!

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Show threadCarlo IU1KGS 📻1d ago
I didn’t realise that these cables were cloth covered. I plan to use them as a replacement for the brittle PX3CBL, something that Elecraft strongly advises against.
Show threadCarlo IU1KGS 📻1d ago
Plus fancy inline stackable fuse holders, since my portable radios are not fused right now.
Show threadCarlo IU1KGS 📻1d ago
And now they are, 3A for the QRP rigs and 500 mA for the PX3.
Show threadTom - KB9ENS1d ago
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