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I am a husband, electrical engineer, IT worker, and ham radio operator just trying to live a quiet life on my own terms. Former Coloradan, now living in #NewMexico since April 2025.

I post mostly about
#HamRadio #AmateurRadio and related topics, but any random thing that enters my mind may end up here. I do very occasionally post #USpol but I do not CW them. I do use the hashtag though, so you can filter those out if you don't want to see them.

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New part coming soon for my #HamRadio Single-paddle #MorseCode key system. This is a base that you can glue magnets into, for using the key on a steel block like the commonly-used jeweler's blocks. Like the rest of my system, it is parametric, designed to be easily modified in FreeCAD. The screen shot is an example for using a dozen ¼" magnets. However, the size of the hole for the magnet (6.55mm for 6.35mm ¼" magnets), depth of the hole, thickness of the block, and number of magnets in each direction are all parameters that you can tweak.

Please respond with a size of magnet that you have that you would want to use with this system! I'll use your responses to create some variations on this part to include in the next release. Sizes can be in metric or US customary units.

Heh. I can bring it up on 5 watts. Nice. Nobody to talk to at this time of night though.
Hearing the WB5BRY repeater in Lubbock, TX here tonight. That's just over a hundred miles away. First time I've heard that.

#AmateurRadio
#HamRadio

[Almost a disaster] Caught on Camera: Waymo Robotaxi Runs a Red Light in Dallas, and the Footage Is Hard to Ignore

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/caught-camera-waymo-robotaxi-runs-123005660.html

...and while I was hooking up the charger to the car, I happened to glance down and find another chunk of that glass insulator. A piece of thick clear glass was right next to it, so I grabbed that too.

#yardglass

You can give Jared Polis a piece of your mind. Let him know how you feel about him releasing MAGA county clerk Tina Peters at Trump's behest.

It doesn't matter where you live!

https://www.colorado.gov/governor/share-comments

#JaredPolis #TinaPeters #Colorado #USPol

Well I ran the battery dry in my car. Again. The last time I factory reset my mobile radio, I didn't bother to set the power off timer like I usually do. "I'll remember to turn it off. I know I will." Now this is the second time in a year I forgot to turn off the radio and drained the battery.

Now the car is on a charger, and I'm going to have to get that timer set up to turn my radio off for when (not if) I forget again.

#AmateurRadio
#HamRadio