Mid 2023 I ran out of free time to commit to getting General and learning CW. I plateaued and lost interest :/ 2m nets didn’t bring any new info, ARRL newsline was the same reports of competitions of POTAs and of special events. FT8 chasing didn’t interest me. JS8 is really cool, but such limited bandwidth, that aside for Emcom end-of-the world scenarios, or chasing long contacts, didn’t captivate me.

#hamradio

A former pilot and his teenage grandson stood by the fence at Tracy Municipal while I got fuel. The grandfather asked if I could give his grandson an intro flight, to which I said sure! We flew around Tracy, over the kid’s house, flew over Jerusalem airport and back to Tracy Muni. He got his first taste of holding pitch and heading. It took all of 40min. What did you do to solve the pilot shortage? :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf65l8XBnx8

#aviation #c140 #masto2hugo

Vans Aircraft, the largest experimental kit manufacturer, is in financial trouble. I hope they recover and continue their successful manufacturing business. I’m looking forward to customer built examples of their RV-15 high wing backcountry aircraft. https://www.vansaircraft.com/2023/10/business-announcement-from-vans-founder-dick-vangrunsven

#eaa #aviation #masto2hugo

My last backcountry camping flyin of the year at Lone Pine, CA. Making it count (safely).

#cessna140 #aviation #flyin #masto2hugo

Honda Grom “track day” 🙂 stock power and what a blast! I learned so much riding this non-intimidating, cheap, simple mini-moto bike. (no cameras we destroyed during the filming, but the microphone is shot). Used a cheap action cam, Ram suction mount and a DIY external 18650 power for hours of record-time: Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcV0w9Jn_qQ

#motorcycles #masto2hugo

Dooley Vanyo, a well known aviator, STOL and helicopter pilot, had a fatal accident today. What a sad weekend. Condolences to families.

#aviation #masto2hugo

For safety, while flying in backcountry or in case of an emergency, I protect my head against Cessna A-pillar with a Team Wendy SAR Tactical helmet. Recently my old headset died and I upgraded to David Clarke One-X. I engineered a new 3d printed Peltor mount for ear cups. DC’s have great design, where I attached an adapter onto existing #4-40 post and bolted through it. PLA here works only in compression.

#3dprinting #motorcycles #aviation #diy #masto2hugo

Airport Day at Lincoln Regional at Lincoln, CA - LHM. Good turnout and interesting planes.

#aviation #c140 #flyin #masto2hugo

Nice Piper J3 Cub at Hollister Municipal KCVH, CA this weekend. Snapped a photo of the J3, bizjet and a Stearman landing :)

#aviation #c140 #masto2hugo

RPI4 killer, a Zimaboard 432. For $140 one gets an Intel single board computer with quad core celeron 2.2ghz with virtualization, Intel graphics, 4GiB ram, 32GB ssd, 2x native SATA, 2x USB3, 2x GbE, display port AND PCI-E 4x bus. Has integrated aluminium case which acts as heat sink and only 6W TDP. Comes with wall-wart PSU too. Throw in $10 usb wifi and $10 arduino mini for GPIO and never look back at rpi. This will be my replacement home backup server.

#linux #masto2hugo

Bad spark plug in cylinder #2 shows up as EGT temperature drop. This was during Right magneto check (top spark plug in my engine).

#cessna140 #aviation #masto2hugo

The full fingers brake lever on my Honda Grom wasn’t feeling correct. I was about to order an adjustable 2-finger lever, but first looked into my moto parts drawer. I found an unused 2-finger lever for Suzuki DRZ400. It fit perfectly, same dimensions and is more adjustable \o/ :) Q. Do all Japanese bikes use the same levers??

#motorcycles #cars #masto2hugo

Scott Perdue AT-6 Oshkosh crash analysis. https://youtu.be/-ktf6LwYG8k?si=q2SXbXH_gRlKz-7V

#aviation #masto2hugo

RemoteID is on the radar of Louis Rossmann!! RemoteID is a FAA equipment required of remote controlled toys >250g (model aircraft, quad, drone). It broadcasts your location and is collected by gov contractors for surveillance. While RemoteID is federally mandated, there is no real-time enforcement as local authorities are actually busy with real crime. All that remains is moar gov surveillance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAiQnq6h6ao

#rc #aviation #masto2hugo

In Dec 2022 Santa brought me Xiegu G90 and I got on the HF airwaves.

I’m learning CW hearing using lcwo.net, I’m practicing keying on Morserino-32 and single-paddle from CWmorse. For an antenna, I use QRPguys 20W EFHW with 40m element.

#hamradio #aprs

New bike to me. A 2020 Honda Grom ABS. Came with 700 miles, aftermarket exhaust, adjustable levers and underglow lights. So far removed the underglow, did tail tidy, LED signals, functional bar-end mirrors, quick-throttle tube, cushy grips, adjusted throttle play, adjusted clutch friction zone, sae plug + setup bar and lever angles for my height. Super nimble at 220lb and a great urban ride to unwind. Aftermarket project parts support is amazing!!

#motorcycles #masto2hugo

KMOD airport in Modesto, CA. Pancake breakfast hosted by Commemorative Air Force chapter in their museum. Great food, nicest people with attendance and scale that I havent see outside of midwest!!

#cessna140 #aviation #flyin #masto2hugo

Cinder Cone Flyin last weekend. video link: https://rumble.com/v2kh34c-c140-cinder-cone-flyin.html

#cessna140 #aviation #video #flyin #masto2hugo

Innyokern Airport Pancake Breakfast and Cinder Cone dry lake bed camping flyin.

#cessna140 #aviation #flyin #masto2hugo

#Trentpalmer lost his NTSB’s FAA certificate 120 day suspension appeal. #pilot #aviation #flying #avgeek #pilotlife #article https://www.avweb.com/flight-safety/faa-regs/ntsb-denies-trent-palmer-certificate-suspension-appeal/?fbclid=IwAR3jsIfixYzpQbWDxAV5IfEe0FaOADSv7XDrNZQaHFcVShSID2JmjSwss6k

#aviation #masto2hugo

Calavares County Airport Day Flyin @ #KCPU - short video of arrival and return to home airport. https://rumble.com/v2iovyq-c140-two-landings-kcpu-and-krhv.html

#cessna140 #aviation #video #flyin #masto2hugo

Calavares County Airport appreciation day flyin @ #KCPU , California, USA. Lots of people in attendance, lots of aircraft flew in, delish food trucks and good safe operations on the ground by organizers.

#cessna140 #aviation #flyin #masto2hugo

Happy #Easter , may this year be filled with goodness.

#family #masto2hugo

EAA New Parts Program Big Win for Vintage Fleet https://www.eaa.org/eaa/news-and-publications/eaa-news-and-aviation-news/news/new-parts-program-big-win-for-vintage-fleet

#eaa #aviation #mechanic #masto2hugo

Flight to Kern Valley Airport (L05) for lunch and back. #photos #pilot #aviation #flying #miniwagon #cessna #cessna140 #avgeek #gallery #pilotlife .

#cessna140 #aviation #masto2hugo

#Introduction #cq for #amateurradio and #hamradio . I’m Technician into #aprs , #cw and #emcomm on #hf . My equipment is Kenwood TH20A 2M in my car with magmount and #xiegu #g90 with #efhw on #battery #solar #power (the emcomm bit). I also have a 1W tracker in my #aircraft . The furthest I made SSB contacts from #california is #mississippi . On #js8 #js8call I easily make contacts into eastern seaboard. Current projects are learning #cw setting up a permanent #antenna and getting my #general .

#aviation #solar #aprs #hamradio #js8 #cw #masto2hugo

Fediverse ActivityPub notes 3 - by default Mastodon search allows only a single keyword match :/ - by enabling advanced web interface (works only on desktop), one can use multiple hashtags!! - howto overview: - search for first hashtag - pin results - from options of pinned results select ‘additional tags’ - use any/all/none conditionals with up to three hashtags each - related bug/feature_request: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/6287

#howtoactivitypub #socialmedia #masto2hugo

Q. Are these rims safe to use if i dress up and smooth out the damage? Dont care about looks too much - just safety.

followup:

After discussing with engineer friends, gear heads and car nuts, I determined these are salvageable. A determined #diy hour later with 6" grinder and a heavy duty scotch brite wheel removed all stress risers. Now on to iso, alodyne, distilled water, wipe and paint.

#miata #diy #cars #masto2hugo

Cheap Avgas at Marina for $5.30/gal, stopped by their pilot lounge which is first class and then BLT for me at Watsonville. Seems everyone is in the air between the rain storms :)

#cessna140 #aviation #masto2hugo

Short Final on approach to a 30ft wide runway.

#cessna140 #aviation #masto2hugo

Skyward minds think alike! :)

#cessna140 #aviation #masto2hugo

Fediverse ActivityPub notes 2/2 - following is as much a sign of shared interest, as a mechanism to enable flow of posts between instances for benefit of all FOO users - boosting allows posts from FOO unknown user to propagate to FOO via another user who is already in X - mastodon RSS feed for each user is https://instance/@user.rss - searching hint: visit http://mastodon.social mastodon.social , search for posts with similar interest and follow users on your instance

#howtoactivitypub #socialmedia #masto2hugo

Fediverse ActivityPub notes 1/2 - Fediverse are federated servers exchanging data using ActivityPub protocol - think email or web+rss - a server instance FOO can have N local users following X users on other instances - server FOO will index all posts from both N and X users - all indexed posts are hashtag searchable - to gain access to more content, any of N users can follow new X users

#howtoactivitypub #socialmedia #masto2hugo

Last week’s West Coast Cessna 140 Flyin at Harris Ranch 3O8.

#cessna140 #aviation #flyin #masto2hugo

https://hackaday.io/project/190258-lm317-radiator-case 12V to 36V input, 9V output regulator for ham radio use with handheld Kenwood TH20A in a car.

#diy #3dprinting #hamradio #masto2hugo

I’ve long been critical of social media, corporate heavy handed oversight and centralized power and influence. With FB and Instagram randomly blocking and unblocking my access due to their ineptitude (as I don’t post anything there so shouldn’t get blocked), I decided I can’t rely on their convenient services even for keeping in touch. Back to email (+PGP), phone calls, open web and federated services (ie. all of the above).

#computers #socialmedia #masto2hugo

Pilot Ham. I was initially interested in APRS to replace Spot Tracker to let my family know where I am when flying. When taking my Technical exam the proctor asked if I want to try taking the General since I did well… I said no, “All I need is Technical for APRS”. Three years later I’m attending 2m nets, learning CW, exploring Packet and thinking of using Winlink over HF.

#hamradio #aprs #winlink