W1KVM - Kevin

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General from New Hampshire, I enjoy home-brew antennas, portable operation and POTA. I prefer SSB but I am not above FT8. ;)
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I’m curious. How many of your Fedi mutuals have you actually met IRL?

Boost for Science.

None.
30.8%
A few (1-3)
35.7%
A bunch (4-10)
24.8%
Lots! All my friends are here (10+)
8.7%
Poll ended at .
@k8vsy Thanks for the recap, I'm going to try that soon with an Orange Pi Zero 3 I have kicking around.
I may have time and weather to get out and on HF tomorrow, hopefully tonight's CME event has dissipated by then.
@ai6yr which brings me back to......

Okay, I give up, who here in the Fediverse has a link to the 1970's "gas crisis" commercial featuring someone bicycling beer back from the store in the snow? I can't find it, need to just capture and save it.

UPDATE: found it among my old posts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLl5y9RZI7c

#BikeTooter

Miller High Life--Alternative Fuels

YouTube
I suspect I am going to get a lot of use out of this new sticker design.

Series: "Made in America, Watched Worldwide"

"Across the world, surveillance technology – often made by Silicon Valley and sold with the U.S. government’s blessing despite sanctions – is increasingly monitoring the moves of citizens who have done nothing wrong. The consequences of getting caught in this expanding digital cage can be dire..."
https://apnews.com/surveillance-digital-cage v @yaelwrites, et al.
#surveillance #DigitalSurveillance #tech #technology

Made in America, Watched Worldwide

AP News

The Guardian: Kash Patel admits under oath FBI is buying location data on Americans

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/18/kash-patel-fbi-location-data

#privacy #cybersecurity #BigBrother

Kash Patel admits under oath FBI is buying location data on Americans

Admission came during questioning at Senate intelligence committee worldwide threats hearing

The Guardian
Oooh, look at the forecast for Fryday... err.. Friday. Good luck Arizona and Nevada. Death Valley, too.

I feel like the #amateurRadio people on here will be good people to ask...

Has anyone got a handy band plan reference for the UK?
Ideally printable on one or two sides of a4 in greyscale.