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Backend magic from @garius.bsky.social with the @ghost.org and @transistor.fm integration. Cuts out several layers of pod feed pipework to make it much easier for our subscribers — and us!

Only radio operators can gather in a field, stare up at the sky, and be completely mesmerized—not by the stars, but by the antennas! ⭐📡
The radio club #OZ7SKB visited #OZ5E to admire the impressive antenna farm and the well-equipped operations house.
#HamRadio
#AntennaGoals

Our new album is out today! A sincere request to help spread the word!

Today, out of La Paz, CP-3243. Hypoxia?

The moon and Earth from Artemis II. This is not AI.

The moon and Earth from Artemis II. This is not AI.

V5/N7XOB - Namibia

www.hamradioworld.org/post/v5-n7xo...

Your reminder that even if the war truly ended tonight, and Iran let every tanker sail through the Strait tomorrow, oil does not teleport, wells have been shut down and will take weeks or months to reopen, storage facilities have been destroyed, and refining capacity has been significantly damaged.

The Supreme Court ruled that nobody is a U.S. citizen

Chief Justice Roberts stated “No person can be in this country. We all have to leave. Now.” The judges packed up their robes and are getting on a boat

Storm coming, central Iowans #iawx

To quote Ian Danskin: "If you're explaining, you're losing."

A recent sunset in Taos, New Mexico.

Alright y’all this is a small thing but an easy one

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Recorders recovered from CRJ900 but collision debris keeps LaGuardia runway shut US investigators hope to obtain information shortly from the cockpit-voice and flight-data recorders retrieved from the regional jet which fatally collided with a firefighting vehicle at New York’s La...

Runway 4 at LaGuardia likely to remain closed for days as investigators pick through an extensive debris field following the Sunday collision between an Air Canada Express CRJ900 and airport fire truck.

The Plains of San Agustin | A vast, flat, high-altitude desert basin, approx. 55 miles long and up to 15 miles wide. Home to the Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescopes and surrounded by mountains, this area was a lake during the Pleistocene era.

#roadtrip #geology #openroad #NewMexico

#43: What happened at LaGuardia last night There was a horrific ground collision at LGA last night and everyone wants immediate answers.

I've been up since 5AM working on this - I hope it provides a few answers on ATC staffing and why it's such a historic problem. (With the caveat that we do not know what happened at LGA & must pay attention to the ongoing NTSB investigation.) colleenmondor.substack.com/p/43-what-ha...

Rainbow pointing down towards a sailboat in the Caribbean

POTA CW and SSB contacts map. Includes USA, Canada, Spain, France, Sweden and Chile.

Had an awesome QRP POTA activation yesterday!

Anguilla AI-0005 - Prickly Pear Marine Park

10 SSB contacts, including Canada, France, Spain and Sweden

12 CW contacts, including Canada, Spain and Chile!

Thanks VP2EIH, VP2EKG and VP2EML!!

clean your dryer vents people

The collision avoidance tool that could help prevent the next midair disaster Breaking down ACAS X as Congress considers competing ROTOR and ALERT bills

A next-gen collision avoidance tool known as ACAS X could help prevent a future midair collision, but will have to make its way through Congress first.

The collision avoidance tool that could help prevent the next midair disaster (via @theaircurrent.com): theaircurrent.com/aviation-saf...

Worked 3Y0K over the satellite, hurray #hamradio

Ham Radio Workbench Podcast: HRWB 257 - Origins of Silicon Valley with Paul Wesling KM6LH In this episode we meet Paul Wesling, KM6LH, a Silicon Valley veteran and a chronicler of it's history and the ham radio operators who shaped it. Paul tells us about some of the key figures from William Eitel and Jack McCullough (EiMac) to Charles Litton (Litton Industries), Steve Wozniak (Apple). The valley has been a fertile ground for invention and engineering for over 100 years. Paul walks us through some of the most significant people and inventions that impact our world today.

Ham Radio Workbench Podcast: HRWB 257 - Origins of Silicon Valley with Paul Wesling KM6LH workbench.libsyn.com/hrwb-257-origi… #hamradio

"The United States under Donald Trump is still somewhere between highly unreliable ally and de facto adversary." Yet Ukraine - with an assist from Elon Musk (!) is not only hanging in there but possibly turning the tide. ICYMI @cathyyoung63.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3MgZKOt

And this is why you employ photojournalists

✈️ On this day in 1982, the Boeing 757 made its first flight, marking the beginning of one of the most versatile and reliable narrow-body aircraft ever built.

📡 Track Boeing 757s worldwide: airnavradar.go.link/qErFH

📸 Photo: 4300streetcar, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

How clashes between Sean Duffy and Bryan Bedford intensified FAA's year of turmoil ATC modernization and internal restructurings occurring amid tension between FAA and DOT chiefs

“The decision to give just 48 hours’ notice to the industry was made by Duffy and caught Bedford and the FAA team off guard.”

Clashes between Sec Duffy and FAA Administrator Bedford have intensified a year of turmoil for the aviation regulator, reports @willguisbond.com.

She fell off a bridge after being scared by a truck.

The last 2 months have been hard with her confidence shot. But things have changed a lot. Her tail is wagging, she is coming alive again and she has even found love.

Bridget

Cuba Is Running Out of Jet Fuel Over the weekend, a NOTAM (Notice to Air Missions) quietly appeared that carries very loud implications for aviation in the Caribbean: Cuba is projected to exhaust its aviation fuel supply sometime around February 10, with shortages expected to last at least a month, potentially longer depending on when a reliable shipment of fuel can arrive. For those who may not follow NOTAMs closely, these notices are how aviation authorities communicate operational hazards or changes to pilots and airlines.

Cuba Is Running Out of Jet Fuel

Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture repainted, every statue and street building renamed, every date altered. Nothing exists except the endless present in which the party is always right.
- George Orwell 1984

#36: 55 years ago, a former FAA staffer decided to burn it all down When Philip Ryther was forced out of the FAA in 1970, he set out to let everyone know what he thought about how the agency worked.

Go back to Phil Ryther and his report on aviation safety & the FAA in 1970. While regulations have changed, (after crashes), much of what he addressed back then, the fundamental assertion that the FAA needed to oversee itself remains an issue. /4 colleenmondor.substack.com/p/36-55-year...

Screenshot of headlines from NY Times about NTSB hearing on DCA midair.

Something else about blaming the FAA for an accident - it's a dead end. There will be a flurry of safety-like activity within the agency. There will be plenty of finger-pointing at previous admins. But as far as preventing the situation that caused the accident? That's not so easy. /1

Who turned up the difficulty setting to EXTREME on the AFC Championship game man