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In 12 hours my radio beacon was heard directly by a few fairly long distance stations for the frequency I'm working:

95 miles x2

104 miles x3

156 miles x1

92 miles x2

Sweeet!

You can see for yourself here:

aprs.fi/info/a/WI2ARD-1

Just saw some minor VHF skip or something... my beacon just traveled 155 miles to virginia from my roof... thats unusually far for 2m VHF....

i am tempted to get a large rod of Ferrocerium and put several amps through it to get it white hot then hit it with a hammer.... my god that would look insane!

My beacon is routinely hitting over 50 miles from my roof right now. Seems my antenna is still doing a fine job!

@k2za@mastodon.hams.social im WI2ARD by the way, right next to you in philly

so i decided im putting back up my HF antenna, doing it all new! I'm excited.

@freemo @trinsec @jellycrystals Preach! All the more reason to buy both a bidet and ventilated seats in your car 😂

I cant express how excited i am to have my station back up and runni g again off my own custom software... seriously this is awesome! Been waiting 2 years to finish this project!

🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱  
Managed to bri g the software i was writinf for #APRS back online at my station. It is working perfectly again. Beacons are successfully being sent...

@freemo @ech @PBruce The "don't say gay" bill is very similar to the infamous British Section 28.

bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/cac You can read about it here.

Section 28 was enacted by the Conservative Party (the same people who came up with Brexit) and was repealed by Labour in 2003.

Managed to bri g the software i was writinf for back online at my station. It is working perfectly again. Beacons are successfully being sent and digipeating is working.

You can see the screenshot of the control terminal attached. You can watch the packets live here:

aprs.fi/info/a/WI2ARD-1

Oh shit APRS is on mastadon... I just saw a local station advertise @k2za@mastodon.hams.social which means they are probably within a short drive of me!

Man now I want to get back into coding my APRS platform... I really want to rewrite aprs.fi, quite the shame that it isnt open-source.... Hams really need to embrace more open-source.

Ow my stomach hurts... that 3 year old meatball I ate earlier might not have been the smartest idea....

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