How could anyone not love #hamradio? With just a few wires, a cheap USB adapter, and open source software, I was able to receive an image from space of....whatever this is.

Okay, so still stuff to learn and practice. But believe it or not, this is much better than my first attempt an hour ago.

Spent all of last weekend in a classroom course about maritime navigation at Seattle's Center for Wooden Boats. I learned a TON...but I think more than anything, I gained an appreciation of how easy it must be to get lost at sea, especially before electronics. No wonder they call it "dead reckoning."

#sailing