#wildfires #sdr #hamradio The black spots in the image are heat from the wildfires in the IR image. The new fire that just popped up this afternoon north of Mt Rainier can just be seen.

#hamradio #apt #goes Got my GOES dish set up on the roof. Swapped a DirecTV dish and was able to use the same RG6 cable. Live full Earth images from space 24/7 again. Easy to watch the fires from 22,343 miles up.

#wildfires #washington #climatechange Here it comes....looks like the smoke is knocking on our back door now. 3 days of 90+ degrees and heavy smoke. Get used to it I guess, happens every year now. ☹️

Our neighbor friends in the backyard eating blackberries. I was able to step out on the back deck and say hello. I hope the 3rd kid is just in the bushes, she has 3 little ones.

#hamradio I was getting a little concerned that my antenna wasn't working right, but probably just conditions. Bounced a signal to both sides of the planet just now. Confirmed it's working!

Menasha, WI. Only an hour and 20 minutes from where we used to live. Nope! I don’t miss being so close to that tornado crap. We had one while we were there, but fairly small and north of us.

#climatechange #wildfires Smoke season is here. I just hope we don't get a wind shift that blows that stuff toward Puget Sound. Canada should tariff the US for this, like Trump did with Canada?

#wildfires #washington #smokeseason ....and it appears the smoke season is almost here. Too hot outside to do much also. 😣

#jimothy #seattle You know you are a famous animal when you get made out Lego...and a T-shirt.

#hamradio First test of the new station. The antenna is working well, but 40m is pretty bad on the lower CW end, so I'll have to fiddle with tuning to get the SWR below at least 2:1.

#hamradio The Titan stands! Got the GAP Titan DX set up at the new QTH in Olympia. All bands tune up really well, but 40m is giving me a challenge with high SWR on the lower end of the band so that needs some tweaking.

#olympia Mom and the kids visiting the yard today.

#darkskies #satellitepollution #starlink #astronomy #astrophotography Soon.....just a few more years.

#hamradio #amateurradio Taking a break from unpacking from the move. Started putting up my big HF antenna. Will be in corner of yard and I’ll guy it to some trees and maybe a stake in the ground. Basement room will be the station

#smoke #wildfire #PNW So glad to be back in the PNW. Another reminder of how nice it is here, we don't have smoke like Wisconsin. I'm sure we'll get ours soon enough, but for now it's nice and clear. 3 weeks in the new house now.

#iranwar #trumpsucks You know you made it when an unfortunate incident caught on camera becomes a meme.

#lightpollution #satellites #spacejunk Since Brendan Carr the FCC dork who has his head up Trump's ass approved this (I did send 2 of the 12,000+ letters), maybe we need to go direct to the company? Write directly to www.reflectorbital.com and tell them what we think of their stupid plan.

Reflect Orbital

Sunlight after dark

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Stay away from the news for a while, turn it on and always a new WTF surprise!

#lightpollution #spacejunk #darkskies #astronomy #astrophotography This is so disgusting. Does the FCC decide what happens to EVERYONE's skies? Hmm...which of my 3 telescopes do I sell first? 😡 www.pcmag.com/news/fcc-app...

FCC Approves Reflect Orbital's Space Mirror Satellite That Astronomers Hate

The FCC says the most controversial aspect of Reflect Orbital's Earendil-1 satellite, its giant mirror, falls outside its authority since the regulator mainly focuses on radio spectrum.

pcmag.com

#greenland #trumpsucks

#AIsucks Rant: I've been back and forth trying to figure out a billing issue with Xfinity. I've spent probably close to an hour now with a few simple questions, but hate this AI chat shit, and chatting online when I find and agent is so slow. Can anyone use email anymore?? Please?

#maga #trumpsucks Ha! He's been found.

#olympia Nice sunny evening in our new home city and WA capital of Olympia. Mt rainier is just out of view to the left. So much less stressful than Wisconsin. Glad to be back in the PNW.

#darkskyinternational #lightpollution #satellitepollution Nothing new, but just disappointing to keep reading how the skies are getting slowly (or quickly?) ruined. www.eso.org/public/news/...

"Beyond the limit": one million satellites and mirrors in space pose grave threat to the night sky

A new European Southern Observatory (ESO) study has found that current proposals to launch over 1.7 million satellites into orbit, including extremely bright ones, would have “devastating consequences...

eso.org

#trumpsucks #magasucks I thought that looked familiar. At least it seems this is AI and not real - yet.

#airshow #bremertonairshow WTF? We were kind of interested in going to our first airshow in the area. Then saw the prices. Uh....nope. Not that we have access to a plane these days, but they don't even allow flying in either. So much or promoting aviation.

#arduino Usually I don't fall for email ads, but I did buy one of these Arduino UNO Q 4Gig units. I've been curious about trying one, but the threat of increasing cost thanks do data center memory hoarding, it was time to jump in! store-usa.arduino.cc/products/uno...

Arduino® UNO™ Q 4GB

Arduino UNO Q 4GB combines Linux SBC power with real-time MCU for AI, IoT, and robotics. 32GB storage, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Arduino ecosystem support. Buy now!

store-usa.arduino.cc

The first neighbor to greet us at the new house. Heard coyotes, owls, and others that probably live past the blackberries.

Moving day is done. A couple guys hired to move the rest from storage. Just have to unpack the stuff. Completion of a 2 year, 2,000 mile, sell, buy, a few days in a horrible hotel, and month in apartment. I’m damn sore right now!

One more hot night in the tiny studio apartment for Greta. We get the new home tomorrow!