Cale K4HCK

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Tennessee Ham. Publisher of Amateur Radio Weekly.

Product Manager in the tech industry by day.

Amateur Radio Weeklyhttps://hamweekly.com
Amateur Radio Dailyhttps://daily.hamweekly.com
NetFinderhttps://netfinder.radio
Hams Over IP101248
Cale K4HCK1d ago

An album comprised of unknown artists, titled in Morse Code

https://www.erasedtapes.com/releases/eratp130-various-artists-erased-tapes-20-0

Erased Tapes 20･･－－－0 by Various Artists · Releases · Erased Tapes

･ ･－･ ･－ ･･･ ･ －･･ － ･－ ･－－･ ･ ･･･ ･･－－－ －－－－－ ･･－－－ －－－－－

Erased Tapes
Cale K4HCK5d ago
Blake Watson 5d ago

This is a great essay full of nostalgia and I can’t help but think about my own adventures in computing when I read it.

https://samhenri.gold/blog/20260312-this-is-not-the-computer-for-you/

“This Is Not The Computer For You” · Sam Henri Gold

Sam Henri Gold is a product design engineer building playful, useful software.

Cale K4HCKMar 6
With the Indiana HOA bill passing, it's worth asking why ARRL doesn't lobby state legislators. Even just a handful of states could cover a broad group of hams. CA, AZ, FL alone would get a lot of retirement communities.
Cale K4HCKMar 3

Nightmare fuel

https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/headlines/watch-drone-video-captures-east-texas-hot-air-balloon-rescue-at-1100-feet

Watch: Drone Video Captures East Texas Hot Air Balloon Rescue at 1,100 Feet

Saturday morning brought a heroic rescue in east Texas of two hot air balloonists who struck the radio tower for 105.7 KYKX(FM).

Radio World
Cale K4HCKMar 1
I don't always contribute to open source projects, but when I do...
Cale K4HCKFeb 24

Looks like the first widely available public backend replacement for HamClock is up and running.

https://hamclock.com/

hamclock.com — Keeping HamClock Alive

Free community backend server for HamClock. All 40+ data feeds live and independent. Your HamClock keeps working past the June 2026 shutdown — just point it here.

hamclock.com
Cale K4HCKFeb 23

My fear of heights has gotten real.

10 years ago I had no trouble climbing up on the roof to get my 2m/70cm antenna set up. Today I attempted to get up there to move the antenna for the new roof being installed later this week and just couldn't do it.

Thankfully the roofers are willing to move it, but what a bummer.

Cale K4HCKFeb 10
There will be dozens of these ordered! https://inarrl.org/news/indiana-amateur-radio-license-plate
Cale K4HCKFeb 1
Victoria (K8VSY) (she/her)Feb 1

TIL about Open Ham Clock

https://openhamclock.com/

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio #hamr #HamRadioClock #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #Open_Source #FreeAndOpendOpenSourceSoftware #Software #OSS

OpenHamClock - Free Amateur Radio Dashboard

Live DX cluster spots, PSK Reporter, RBN skimmer data, POTA/SOTA tracking, propagation predictions, solar indices, band conditions, satellite passes, and an interactive world map — all in one free browser-based dashboard. No login, no ads.

OpenHamClock
Show threadCale K4HCKFeb 1
It appears HamClock already has a built-in option to point the app at a different backend server. https://github.com/BrianWilkinsFL/open-hamclock-backend/discussions/7
DNS Sinkhole setup · BrianWilkinsFL open-hamclock-backend · Discussion #7

Hi Folks, This is great! I see a lot of alternatives to hamclock. However keeping the original hamclock going is my preference. There's a reference to a DNS sinkhole. What have you set up? While I ...

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