π I can assure you I am the opposite of a supporter of the orange felon, but I know how sensitive the pseudo macho tough guys get if I say anything bad about their cult leader.
05.01.2026 01:03 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0@n8odv.bsky.social
I've been a licensed "No-Code" Tech since 1991 and that has suited me fine since my main interest is VHF & UHF. For a little over 10 years I have been mostly tied to Digital modes D*Star, C4FM, DMR, and most recently M-17. DMR ID# 3126533
π I can assure you I am the opposite of a supporter of the orange felon, but I know how sensitive the pseudo macho tough guys get if I say anything bad about their cult leader.
05.01.2026 01:03 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I mostly just wanted to avoid any conflict if someone I followed, followed me back, and didn't like my stuff showing up. That did happen to me on FB.
I should have just put this at the top, but if you wanna look, my main account is @brucesommer.bsky.social
Well, I'm gonna give it a try. I just found a 100+ list of Ham Radio related accounts on a "starter pack" and followed the list. You were on it. Looks like a few people on it also post politics/news. It's OK, I don't mind that stuff, that's what I mostly do here anyway, and why I signed up.
04.01.2026 22:04 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I should have also mentioned that I'm frequently connected and listening to the M17-M17c Reflector.
m17.openquad.net
If you just got a random follow from me, and then find this account with very little activity, I just created this account. I'm trying to build this as a Ham Radio only profile, away from my main account I created about a year ago. Sometimes I need a break from the news/politics stuff on that one.
04.01.2026 20:30 β π 14 π 0 π¬ 3 π 0Image of a Connect Systems CS7000-M17 PLUS handheld radio. It is the first commercially available radio that supports the M17 protocol and is also the first dual boot radio, that can be turned on as either a M17 radio, or a DMR radio.
Just curious if anyone else here is using M17?
For anyone that just read that and said "Huh? What's he talking about?" Check this link...
m17project.org/about/
The image is a screen capture so I can leave a pinned message with more characters than are available in a normal post. It reads as follows: This account is a secondary account that I created to keep my Ham Radio related content separate from my main account, where I post a lot of stuff not related to Ham Radio, especially political content that obviously can be very polarizing and sometimes controversial in today's current state of affairs. I point this out just in case anyone notices I have more than one account. I'm not trying to hide it, just trying to avoid conflicts in areas it doesn't need to be.
03.01.2026 12:11 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0