Last week I made my very first QSO (radio contact between two amateur radio operators). It was on 40-meter HF band with another amateur in France. 😃 📻
Les antivax ne sont pas juste des doux dingues un peu demeurés. Ils tuent des gens. https://twitter.com/fraslin/status/1017004568360742912
Un bon et nécessaire rappel des maladies contre lesquelles les vaccins nous protègent : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CifyVPCZ10
#PeerTube is free/libre software alternative to YouTube
-- federated (uses ActivityPub)
-- peer2peer streaming
-- currently in beta
non-profit @Framasoft is crowdfunding its development
https://www.kisskissbankbank.com/en/projects/peertube-a-free-and-federated-video-platform
this project is already usable (more than 50 instances)
and can be a game-changer.
Boost its development and give it more visibility.
@DC7IA The 60-meter band (5 MHz) is not yet authorized in France (there is still one last administrative decision missing; it should be done before the end of 2018). As usual, everything is long and complicated in France...
@DC7IA Actually, I have just seen that Yaesu has just released the FT-818ND which is based on the 817ND with small improvements (TXCO, 6W, larger NiMH battery, 60m band (not yet authorized in France))
@DC7IA Hi! Is it a Yaesu FT817(ND)? I am still hesitating between FT817 and an Elecraft KX2 for my first HF transceiver. Not the same price but not the same performances...
@DC7IA I don't know the exact reason (which is probably historical) but I find it more readable and beautiful.
And to be precise, it is recommanded to use, instead of a normal space, a slightly shorter one ("espace fine insécable", Unicode U+202F).
@DC7IA Juste pour que ce soit parfait : "Je fais un peu de conjugaison des verbes". :-)
@DC7IA Félicitation, c'est très bien ! :-)
I have just received The ARRL Handbook for Radio Communications. It is a huge reference book covering all the aspects of radio communications. At first glance, it contains more information than what I have learnt during my engineering studies. 😃
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-W0NX97DB0 Je viens de découvrir que le jeu de la vie de Conway est Turing-complet, c'est juste bluffant.
@DC7IA Not that long, it is the french administration ;-) One week after the exam to receive the HAREC certificate and the form to ask for the callsign and two weeks to receive the official notification of the call sign...