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Phil K4NE

@k4neradio.bsky.social

Mostly QRP CW, APRS, US county hunting, electronic homebrewing/tinkering, computing, open source.

81 Followers  |  78 Following  |  23 Posts  |  Joined: 15.11.2024  |  2.1419

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Very nice. Looks like 3 sets of guys?

17.09.2025 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for the info Greg. I wondered about guying. I'm still in the planning stages, so I'm at least a few months away from digging holes and pouring concrete. I may reference you again and see if you encountered any 'gotchas' or 'good-to-knows' along the way.

17.08.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Your project using a roof mounted tower is exactly what I have in mind to do. I have a 17.5' and 8' Glen Martin (Carlson) towers. I'd also like to put a K4KIO hex on the 17.5'. What are your concrete base dimensions? What type of push-up mast do you have and where did you purchase?

15.08.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
IC-746 display repairs

IC-746 display repairs

Breathed new life into my aging IC-746. The display went dark and used bit.ly/4lqIVfh for repair details. #amateurradio #icom #cw

15.08.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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E51KEE Callsign Page E51KEE personal biography

Pleased to work E51KEE on Rarotonga this morning with 100w and a vertical on 30m and no other takers to his CQ. #amateurradio #dx www.qrz.com/db/E51KEE

14.08.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
QRP ARCI - Spring QSO Party QRP ARCI - Spring QSO Party

Tomorrow evening in North America. www.qrparci.org/contest/spri... #qrp #cw #AmateurRadio

10.04.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The April NAQCC Newsletter is out! Spectrum displays, Flight of the Bumblebees Adventure II, State QSO Party Challenge, and more. #qrp #cw #AmateurRadio www.naqcc.info/newsletter_c...

10.04.2025 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I love mine. My dad gave it to me before he passed.

17.03.2025 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The write-up was from a year ago. I don't have details on what he has changed for today's launch.

17.03.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
High Altitude Balloon Launch Summary and TLDR My spouse works for a school division and was able to get a grant for launching a high altitude balloon. I’ve tried to compile some of the details. We successfully launched and the fl...

Here is the ham's write-up in a recent blog that gives some details. yso.blue/blog/posts/2...

17.03.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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aprs.fi – live APRS map

Local ham launched a balloon with #APRS tracking about an hour ago. aprs.fi#!z=10&call=a...

17.03.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Playing with this Quantum SDR pan adapter on loan. I can see it would be easy to get stuck on these. #AmateurRadio #qrp

01.03.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In the ham shack today troubleshooting a Corsair CX650M computer power supply for an intermittent power problem. #AmateurRadio #computer #electronics

16.02.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm guessing from this post. That's how I found you.

21.01.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NAQCC QRP CW Sprint tonight (in No. Amer.) 8:30pm-10:30pm Eastern. Details naqcc.info/scoreboard.p... #qrp #cw #AmateurRadio

15.01.2025 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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While chasing US counties on 40m CW this afternoon, I worked Kelly N4DXN in Portland TN. He had a great signal from his Viking Adventurer, a rockbound 50w transmitter that came out in the early 50's. #boatchanchor #AmateurRadio

12.01.2025 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice. My sound card and camera both appear to be working, although that's not important to me either. Looking for ways to incorporate this with a WSPR or APRS setup perhaps.

09.01.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yep, there's no end to troubleshooting finicky monitor problems. I just finished working on a Raspberry Pi3 that had no video. I reinstalled the OS and all is good.

09.01.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dell E172FPb LCD Monitor Fix Dell E172FPb LCD Monitor Fix: Problem: The monitor turns on for about 2 to 3 sec, is very dim and than goes blank but yet the power button is still green on the monitor. Solution: Examine, diagn...

Here is a better link www.instructables.com/Dell-E172FPb...

09.01.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dell E172FPb LCD Monitor Fix Dell E172FPb LCD Monitor Fix: Problem: The monitor turns on for about 2 to 3 sec, is very dim and than goes blank but yet the power button is still green on the monitor. Solution: Examine, diagn...

www.instructables.com/Dell-E172FPb...

09.01.2025 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Good know. I have an old RPi I need to get back in service, preferably put it back in use in the shack somewhere as well. Have been shopping for a new Pi 5 but haven't pulled the trigger yet.

09.01.2025 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

$5 fix. Repaired an aging Dell monitor with random black screen problem by replacing four C5707 NPN transistors. www.instructables.com/Dell-E172FPb.... This will make a nice, smallish 2nd monitor in my space-limited shack. #AmateurRadio

09.01.2025 09:46 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Repurposed two discarded Apple iMacs in the last week by installing Linux Mint. Looking for others out there who have integrated Apple hardware and Linux and used it in their hamshack. #AmateurRadio

09.01.2025 09:38 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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MIT engineers grow β€œhigh-rise” 3D chips MIT researchers fabricated 3D chips with alternating layers of semiconducting material grown directly on top of each other. The method eliminates thick silicon between layers, leading to better and fa...

news.mit.edu/2024/mit-eng...

25.12.2024 00:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join the monthly NAQCC QRP CW Sprint, Wed. Dec 11 0130-0330Z (tonight in No. Amer). Details naqcc.info/scoreboard.p... #qrp #cw #qrpradio #amateurradio

10.12.2024 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
ARRL - Home The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.

I think he means ARRL www.arrl.org

08.12.2024 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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