NO5IG / is on Nostr

Amateur radio, Nix. Licensed and inactive for 17 years and giving it another go. Berkshires (MA). I was AC1OF for about a month, and KI4VCD for like 17 years. Find my other masto account if you want to chat Nix.

I’ll probably unfollow folks that are talking a lot about software dev / infra / things I do at work. Nothing personal :) this is just for fun over here.

(He/Him)

Last Notes

2025-03-29 20:28:25

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@nprofile…20qw It was a fun, low stress afternoon build :). previous owners of this house left a huge stack of 8' long 1/4" square dowels. I've used it to make this, moxons, and others. Easy to cut, cover with metal tape, etc.

2025-03-29 20:11:48

Ready to try and hear some birds.
https://mastodon.radio/system/media_attachments/files/114/247/539/371/252/779/original/b19d333183b6277d.jpeg

2025-03-01 20:57:50

Handy chart of the phonetic alphabet.
https://mastodon.radio/system/media_attachments/files/114/089/175/063/546/526/original/78fb152dc3aca05e.png

2025-03-01 20:57:50

Handy chart of the phonetic alphabet.
https://mastodon.radio/system/media_attachments/files/114/089/175/063/546/526/original/78fb152dc3aca05e.png

2025-03-01 19:55:24

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@nprofile…20qw I submitted my request for a refund with a lot of details about the problems I was seeing, hoping it'd help them fix it. Then someone showed me they have a bit of ...history... of not taking feedback well: https://web.archive.org/web/20170106045450/https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/ham-radio-deluxe-support-hacked-my-computer.547962/ and https://www.theregister.com/2016/12/19/ham_radio_app_bad_review/

2025-03-01 19:47:44

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@nprofile…20qw I tried it out, optimistic it'd provide a cohesive way to operate the radio. What I found was a super NOT cohesive suite of programs + my only Windows laptop is too old for it + it doesn't handle high-DPI displays well at all, making it literally unusable.
I don't have a ton of time, and don't really want to use Windows... so I asked for a refund a few hours after I bought it.
They were super rude, so I just filed a dispute with my bank and ended it.

2025-03-01 19:38:00

Woohoo: my dispute with Ham Radio Deluxe is finalize!

2024-12-31 20:25:31

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@nprofile…20qw I ended up deleting :'). It's just one of those brain worms I have stuck in my head.

2023-10-12 12:50:04

If you thought mechanical keyboard people were wacky for paying $300+ for a keyboard with just 90 keys, amateur radio folks out here paying $460 for just one key.
https://mastodon.radio/system/media_attachments/files/111/222/127/838/328/870/original/5a83cada5749fe09.png

2023-08-21 01:52:33

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@npub1q4n…6fcd pick me up on your way next time and I’ll take half the driving.