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33 in the log today, 2m only activation, part of the #145alive activity day here on the British Isles.
Lots of Scotland covered and some English stations too, good conditions overall!
It was a foggy, windy and frigid day to do radio in the mountains! I got a timely reminder from nature on the descent that sometimes it's not the blue sky but simply a break in the cloud that is Scotland's Majesty!
And yes, that is the #EuroBSDCon2024 scarf getting a mountain outing too!
Following on from the above, I have written up my thoughts on last weekend's @EuroBSDCon trip.
https://www.foxk.it/blog/eurobsdcon-2024-report/
Long story short, I had a great time, really enjoyed speaking, listened to and learned a lot and met lots of interesting people.
By the time I left my brain was melted, but in the best way possible.
Best question I was asked all weekend: "You're Irish, can I take clotted cream home by air?" Sure buddy, go wild.
My slides for my #EuroBSDcon talk "Building a Modern Packet Radio Network using Open Software", an overview of what myself and others have been doing to support the UK Packet Radio Network, are available on the con system:
- Slide PDF: https://events.eurobsdcon.org/media/2024/submissions/VMBGCY/resources/EuroBSDCon_Packet_Radio_3vxgXs7.pdf
- event page https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2024/talk/VMBGCY/
The talk is available on the live stream feeds - I start at 3:21:50 or at the following direct link:
https://www.youtube.com/live/u_bdSqqHm58&t=12110
I hit most of my main talking points, but there is some stuff in my notes I missed. I had a blast and it was a great weekend of pragmatic, technical and interesting conversation! I'm open for chat and can talk about radios alllll day!
I was praised yesterday for my well informed and accessible writing in a regular email I send about ham radio in Debian so the email got transformed into a blog post.
tl;dr is:
* I’m pleased the uk packet network is growing
* I’m writing an accessible packet radio guide
* I’m accidentally starting a Linux distribution
* I’m speaking at #EuroBSDCon2024 about packet radio
* #wsjtx is making disappointing, user hostile changes.
https://www.foxk.it/blog/radio-activities-2024-07/
One of these activities is much more significant in terms of brain activity and time than the others but they’re all quite intense things to do in parallel I guess 😂
I think there’s demand so there’ll be a few more of these as I do more activity and also i forgot the pleasure of writing things and want to do it more.
#debian #hamradio #amateurradio #linux #packetradio #freebsd