Victoria (K8VSY) (she/her)

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#AmateurRadio / #HamRadio Enthusiast

https://k8vsy.radio/

I am:

* #LGBTQ
* #polyam
* #UnitarianUniversalist / #UU

I also enjoy #music

Websitehttps://k8vsy.radio/
QTHEM89 (Columbus, OH, USA)
EmailK8VSY@pm.me
BlueSkyhttps://bsky.app/profile/k8vsy.radio
Victoria (K8VSY) (she/her)14h ago

I'm excited, I'm getting the Icom 2730A installed on May 29th in my car.

woot!

I just had the consultation during lunch today, and the price isn't too bad, but also isn't as cheap as I hoping. But, at least they are taking care of it all 🙂

Victoria (K8VSY) (she/her)20h ago
Victoria (K8VSY) (she/her)Sep 10, 2024

in case you may have not known, if you have a #yubikey or an #onlykey or something similar you can generate SSH keys that require them, for example:

`ssh-keygen -t ed25519-sk`

more info:

https://security.stackexchange.com/a/240992

#SSH #security #ed25519 #sshkeys #linux #openssh

What is the -sk ending for ssh key types?

ssh-keygen has the following options for a key type (-t): dsa | ecdsa | ecdsa-sk | ed25519 | ed25519-sk | rsa I am not familiar with the -sk notation and it's not explained in the man page. What do...

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Victoria (K8VSY) (she/her)2d ago

I know DX Engineering is also in Ohio, but damn they ship fast!

(at least for things bought at Hamvention!)

I ordered some parts over the weekend at Hamvention on Saturday.

The four parts all arrived TODAY by 12 PM! 🤯

freaky fast!

#Hamvention #Hamvention2025 #DXEngineering #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #hamr

Victoria (K8VSY) (she/her)2d ago
John Landry2d ago
Attention all amateur radio operators interested in transmitting WSPR beacons using a Raspberry Pi: A new, very much improved, version of WsprryPi software has just been released by AA0NT. WsprryPi features a web GUI as well as command line control options. #wspr #amateurradio https://github.com/lbussy/WsprryPi
GitHub - lbussy/WsprryPi: A QRP WSPR transmitter leveraging a Raspberry Pi

A QRP WSPR transmitter leveraging a Raspberry Pi. Contribute to lbussy/WsprryPi development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Victoria (K8VSY) (she/her)3d ago

Looks like there is a new release of Wavelog!

https://github.com/wavelog/wavelog/releases/tag/2.0.4

#Wavelog #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #hamr #logging #HamLogging #releases

Release 2.0.4 · wavelog/wavelog

Version 2.0.4 This is a maintenance release fixing a number of (minor) bugs. Fixed displayed cache folder path in debug view (by @uiolee) Fixed SOTA API URL (by @vk3arr) Fixed dead links in awards...

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Victoria (K8VSY) (she/her)3d ago

I made it home safely from Hamvention

#Hamvention #Hamvention2025

Victoria (K8VSY) (she/her)3d ago

I was feeling lucky, but not enough, 😂

I didn't win any of the prizes, but as I was saying, it was better odds than the lottery 🤣

#Hamvention #Hamvention2025

Victoria (K8VSY) (she/her)3d ago

Anyone work W8BI, the Hamvention special event station the past few days?

#Hamvention #Hamvention2025 #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #hamr #W8BI #Ohio #HamOhio #DaytonOhio #XeniaOhio

Victoria (K8VSY) (she/her)3d ago

there are a lot less people here today at Hamvention but that means better odds for the hourly prize drawings that aren't claimed!

Meshtastic is pretty slow today too

I bumped into a few more friends today!

#Hamvention #Hamvention2025 #Meshtastic

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and I just got the antenna and mount for the antenna today, well, I ordered them

I'm going to do a magnet mount, as I really don't want to drill any holes in my car

next up, finding a local shop that does custom speaker installations to see if they can install the power for the radio for me 🙂