Cat Daddy Tom

Amazingly fast after using FT8 and FT4. Happy with the DX capabilities too. Fun to have another way to send RF around the planet. I just ignore the 'sad hams' who complain! 😀

#ft2 #digitalradio #hamradio #wsjtx
I got the newly updated WSJTX 3.1.0 working with FT2. Sure is fast and so far has been working pretty well. Even with the weaker signals, I get across to Europe pretty well. Shows up as MFSK in QRZ log but FT2 in HamClock.

If the UK can bust 2 pedos, it's really a shame that the US refuses to do the right thing. Trump must have raped many if he's covering this up so much.
Vote BLUE in November!

Got it installed. I've been able to receive but transmit not working yet. WSJTX works fine, but the FT2 version not transmitting with my 7300. Still tinkering to get it working!

#ebay #smallbusiness #selfemployed #notariffs
Photo from 9 years ago showed up. A typical Monday shipment of Ebay sales. Hoping to get back to success like this when back in WA later this year. Times have changed as we all know.

I'd be awake until after midnight. 😀

#starlink #musk #satellites #spacejunk
Seriously worried if I should give up and sell my telescopes and cameras. This is unacceptable, and tragic. 🙁

2026 Is Going to Suck for PC Gaming - IGN PC gaming seems like it'll be extra expensive this year.

#AI #computers #memoryprice #datacenter
I miss building my own custom computers. I'd like to build a good one for graphics processing and maybe some games. Sadly that won't happen with price of memory.
Thanks to Bezos and Musk hoarding memory for AI data centers. 🙁

www.ign.com/articles/202...

I know the feeling. 🙁

Nice job Scott! We are counting the days until mid-May when we escape from the frozen hell of Wisconsin back 'home' to WA. The major stress of this will be minimized a bit once we turn in the U-Haul truck in Western WA.

#starlink #kesslersyndrome #spacejunk #astronomy #elonmusk
The future of amateur and ground based astronomy.

#wintersucks
Snow was almost all gone 2 days ago. It's back again, and about 3 inches on the ground. It was fun for a while, but done with this Wisconsin winter crap. I've been cold since about November - inside the house! 😣

A mess to clean up in the oval office.

#trump #maga #tariffs #scotus
Live from the oval office. Trump reacts to the bad news involving his favorite old fashioned word "Tariffs".

Someday I just hope he goes face down asleep and just stays that way.

Somebody with an old tube radio started transmitting before it was warmed up! 😀

Should see a lot of this snow vanish over the next few days. I've been cold (even indoors) for what feels like months now. Midwest winter was fun at first, but it's lost it's appeal and amusement.
Same thing every year - repeat. 🙁

#varac #hf #varacwednesday #hamradio
VarAC Wednesday results from my station.
I finally skipped overseas and was able to send a couple successful check in emails from a couple stations in Germany.

Elon is horrible. I've commented on him many times and just about always get attacked by his 'fanboys' who think he's the greatest person ever. Ugh! 😦

Satellite proposals threaten the night sky In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency responsible for authorizing satellite launches and operations…

#nightsky #satellites #lightpollution #starlink #astronomy
The FCC site is a big pain the ass, but here are instructions to write and complain about the destruction of the sky due to satellites.

darksky.org/news/two-sat...

...and another email sent through station in Germany.

#varac #varacwednesday #hamradio
Cool. Finally did a DX check in to Varac Wednesday. Sent email from a station in Germany. Most of the time I'm only reaching less than 1,000 miles a couple states away.

#FT8 #hamradio #digitalham #hamclock #openhamclock
Sometimes it's hard to skip out of the country. West coast really strong. Here are the 2 Hamclocks. The new one and the older classic.

Bring it on....ground based astronomy is already so messed up, might as well end it completely. Can't see the Milky Way anymore, and there was a time when "stars" didn't move.

Blue Origin Is Coming For SpaceX With Over 5,000 Satellites Launching Sooner Than You'd Think - BGR Blue Origin's plans to launch its 5,000-strong TeraWave satellite constellation by the end of 2027 in order to compete with SpaceX's Starlink internet provider.

#spacejunk #starlink #musksucks #lightpollution #kesslersyndrome
I had 4 telescopes, sold one recently. Not sure if I just give up and sell the rest. The night skies are just getting ruined. Astronomy was really cool while it lasted.
www.bgr.com/2092238/blue...

#earth #palebluedot #goes19 #peace
Just a photo taken from my satellite station just now. Zoomed out for effect.
"All these worlds are yours except Earth. Attempt no landings there".

Thailand and Indonesia areas are hard for me to get.

Hard to get across the ocean the last few days. South America has been easy these days with the solar activity.

We can't move on until the TRUTH comes out. If it involves hurt feelings, impeachment, stepping down, or the blood clot. Just get it over with.

We've noticed that there has been an unusual amount of military traffic all over the US these days.