Gary Myers 📡📻🇬🇧
@M0PLT
Licensed Radio Amateur; Electronics Engineer; CITP MBCS; EMC and Radio Interference campaigner; Space Cowboy; East Anglian Mountain Rescue.
Weird QRM keeps popping up on 6 metres. Some kind of radar? #AmateurRadio #FT8 #6metres
A DIY GPS receiver for use with the #Yaesu FTM-400 or FT-991(A) for #HamRadio m0plt.me.uk/gps-receiver.p…
Now live: new #Meshtastic node ("BIW") on a @lilygo9 T-Beam with larger GPS Rx, two 18650 batteries (for back-up) and external Wi-Fi (MQTT upload); plus external temp/humidity/pressure sensor in white tube (not calibrated - sealed with Blu Tack). #Biggleswade
Updates to my Linux page on how to set-up unique /dev references when running more than one Yaesu radio with the same model of UART. m0plt.me.uk/linux.php #Yaesu #FT-991A #FT-710 #WSJTX #Linux #AmateurRadio
The recent European heatwave had no impact on global temperatures, but a huge one on alarmist news media. The severe cold spell in South America has caused global temperatures to plummet to 0.5°C cooler than in January, though this is not as newsworthy. pulse.climate.copernicus.eu
Experimenting with #LoRa #APRS in my shed. Weather data from a BME-280. aprs.fi/weather/a/MB7U… Possibly more accurate than the MetOffice! 😂
Thread on @BBCNews articles, before it pushed the man-made climate change and Net Zero agenda. March 2003: Greenland is significantly cooler now than it was 40 years ago, due to natural cycles. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/…
🚨 Here's a thread about ALUMINIUM. Why this commonplace metal is actually pretty extraordinary. How the process of making it is a modern miracle... ... which also teaches you some profound lessons about the trade war being waged by Donald Trump. And why it might be doomed. 🧵
This confirms the suspicion that banning TikTok is mainly about preserving the digital advertising cartel. Big business hates competition!