Anthony Mendina NT5TM @nt5tm@qoto.org

@Nick2E0LUN How was the space weather one? The ICS courses aren't terribly exciting, as I recall them.

@admin @va3db I have a similar situation; I use a 100' "dipole" fed in the middle with window line. I use as much window line as needed to get to the wall of the house just outside the shack, and then a 1:1 choke balun. Next comes about 5 feet of coax to get to the tuner/matching unit. Keep the lossy coax as short as you can!

@MichaelPorter OK! Thank you very much!

@bonifartius I am not sure about the climate impact of butter, but you have encouraged me to learn more.

@MichaelPorter Wayyyy off topic, but I'm a bird lover. What kind of bird is that in your profile picture? Is that in natural color, or processed to emphasize what birds see in UV?

@agterrane And many thanks for citing XKCD, home of the Up-Goer 5.

@_foxaru And to follow up on that, if you have a favorite library book or intro website, let me know. I can't go out and buy a book on something I'll never do, but still, reading is fun.

@_foxaru Thank you! I am prone to falling down all sorts of rabbit holes on the internet, I'll have to add this to my list.

And the last two images I received this week, including the painting of the week, "Twilight Shadows" (2020) by Andrew
King.

Still more of the received images. Check the alt text for more information and links!

Every week I try to catch one or more transmissions of the Shortwave Radiogram, https://swradiogram.net/. There will be some voice, lots of digital text and images, and sometimes some strange music. Here are the images I received on 9265 kHz, 23:30 hours, 11/17/2022. If you ever need help receiving the radiogram using FLDIGI, let me know! #radio #hamradio #swling

@_foxaru OK, thank you! It's not something I know anything about, just something I've heard of.

@_foxaru I'm curious. Does #ndt in this case refer to non-destructive testing?

@santiago@mastodon.uy @santiago@muro.undernet.uy Thank you, I'll follow that account, too.

@santiago Maybe I will never be that cool, but I'm trying hard! #radio #hamradio

Every week I try to listen to the Shortwave Radiogram...my last reception was on Thursday, 11/3. https://twitter.com/nt5tm/status/1590158974460264449?s=20&t=vxEfIsw9IUCRdX_ZdK7OoA

@ambulocetus thank you for the encouragement!