QRP operator: when you care to send the very least… Nobody complains when I tune up… CoCoRaHaS station NY-CM-31https://bsky.app/profile/queencitynerd.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/queencitynerd.bsky.social/post/3mx5ndg6fzc2mSetting up a #meshcore repeater in Waverly NY that should cover the entire valley. https://static.klipy.com/ii/4e7bea9f7a3371424e6c16ebc93252fe/a5/dd/PWyB1POEo77vbUJHopJ.gif?hh=150&ww=244&mp4=uov1W1aJb8BCnUGUm&webm=EP57vy3mPPME05 Oct 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:4hfaex5jukj4ulh5ddceow3a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx5ndg6fzc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/queencitynerd.bsky.social/post/3mwz2huk4ek2zhttps://www.tumblr.com/n2qfd/829497433260261376/finally-a-true-blue-rose-exists?source=share @swradiogram.bsky.social 9455khz 2300z good copy tonight #hamradio03 Oct 2026 23:35 +0000at://did:plc:4hfaex5jukj4ulh5ddceow3a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwz2huk4ek2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/queencitynerd.bsky.social/post/3mwhh57ayp22qhttps://www.tumblr.com/n2qfd/828863131563458560/swradiogram-9455khz-2300z-little-wiggly-tonight?source=share @swradiogram.bsky.social 9455khz 2300z little wiggle in the images tonite but did copy #hamradio26 Sep 2026 23:34 +0000at://did:plc:4hfaex5jukj4ulh5ddceow3a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwhh57ayp22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/queencitynerd.bsky.social/post/3mwg7nogktc2m51 annual Elmira Hamfest today. Keep an ear out for NBEMS portable HF operations. 3583khz NY-NBEMS net 0800J #hamradio26 Sep 2026 11:47 +0000at://did:plc:4hfaex5jukj4ulh5ddceow3a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwg7nogktc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/queencitynerd.bsky.social/post/3mvvu37h3s22fhttps://www.tumblr.com/n2qfd/828229239287496704/shortwave-radiogram-swradiogrambskysocial?source=share @swradiogram.bsky.social 9455khz 2300z great copy tonite #hamradio19 Sep 2026 23:38 +0000at://did:plc:4hfaex5jukj4ulh5ddceow3a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvvu37h3s22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/queencitynerd.bsky.social/post/3mvs5ue4s3c2jEmComm exercise this weekend #ObsidianWave https://groups.io/g/obsidian-wave/topic/121118898 looks like a neat test of transcon connectivity. There's a lot of manual duplications of what packet does in digital radio these days, but learning how humans pass traffic is a good step to learning how computers do. #hamradio18 Sep 2026 12:22 +0000at://did:plc:4hfaex5jukj4ulh5ddceow3a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvs5ue4s3c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/queencitynerd.bsky.social/post/3mvqovtfur22kVARA FM on RPI5 with LinBPQ... Yep it works! Wish we had a native Linux build but wine made it happen after copious tinkering #hamradio17 Sep 2026 22:22 +0000at://did:plc:4hfaex5jukj4ulh5ddceow3a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqovtfur22khttps://bsky.app/profile/queencitynerd.bsky.social/post/3mvpg6tdz3k2xI couldn't keep a link with K7EK directly this morning on 80m but I could node hop WW6Q > K5DAT> K7EK and still leave my email. NY to KY didn't have a good path but NY to IL to WI to KY worked! https://groups.io/g/Packet-Radio-RF-Forwarding #hamradio17 Sep 2026 10:13 +0000at://did:plc:4hfaex5jukj4ulh5ddceow3a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpg6tdz3k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/queencitynerd.bsky.social/post/3mvpft4ijmk2xSo Packet networks, yep it's still a thing only now we have VARA which is more stable and much faster than 300bps AX25 was for me as a QRP operator and there's a VARA terminal that makes that work with BBS stations on HF https://downloads.winlink.org/VARA%20Products/VARA%20Terminal%20v1.2.2%20%20setup.zip #hamradio17 Sep 2026 10:07 +0000at://did:plc:4hfaex5jukj4ulh5ddceow3a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpft4ijmk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/queencitynerd.bsky.social/post/3mvn2oyiz3c2cProgress with the Mercury HF modem! It's the open source alternative to VARA. https://github.com/Rhizomatica/mercury WL2K connect to K7EK-10 #hamradio16 Sep 2026 11:42 +0000at://did:plc:4hfaex5jukj4ulh5ddceow3a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvn2oyiz3c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/queencitynerd.bsky.social/post/3mvebbjgujk2qhttps://www.tumblr.com/n2qfd/827595530796417024/german-company-successfully-launches-rocket-to?source=share 9455khz 2300z "field set up" amazing field test of a radiogram copy for thunderstorms in the area. The pocket sized receiver and whip antenna did great into STNY.12 Sep 2026 23:46 +0000at://did:plc:4hfaex5jukj4ulh5ddceow3a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvebbjgujk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/queencitynerd.bsky.social/post/3mve77zwnp22q@swradiogram.bsky.social I'm just holding the receiver like an HT and decode of MFSK64 not bad!12 Sep 2026 23:09 +0000at://did:plc:4hfaex5jukj4ulh5ddceow3a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mve77zwnp22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/queencitynerd.bsky.social/post/3mve6xuor3s2q@swradiogram.bsky.social we have a storm cells closing in on us so going low tech for the experiment. 9455khz 2300z MFSK32 giving good text on a 16" telescopic whip so far. #hamradio12 Sep 2026 23:05 +0000at://did:plc:4hfaex5jukj4ulh5ddceow3a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mve6xuor3s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/queencitynerd.bsky.social/post/3muwnijyvvs2fhttps://aprsota.org/9W3FAB/ops/138/qsos/N2QFD #aprs #aprsota nice connect for a walk on the trail here. It's internet facilitated but real time QSO07 Sep 2026 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:4hfaex5jukj4ulh5ddceow3a/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwnijyvvs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/queencitynerd.bsky.social/post/3muurdieomk2cTesting out #WoAD this weekend on a road trip. Connected to an RMS 13 miles away with an HT interfacing with #digirig to Motorola phone. WL2K portable! #hamradio #wl2k My thanks to the PKT1200 sysops out there. VARA is nice but packet is on my phone.06 Sep 2026 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:4hfaex5jukj4ulh5ddceow3a/app.bsky.feed.post/3muurdieomk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/queencitynerd.bsky.social/post/3musndwdhjk2ahttps://www.tumblr.com/n2qfd/826960656743956480/whats-in-a-name-tampere-bus-sparks-language-row?source=share @swradiogram.bsky.social 9455khz 2300z fair copy into STNY tonite. #hamradio05 Sep 2026 23:34 +0000at://did:plc:4hfaex5jukj4ulh5ddceow3a/app.bsky.feed.post/3musndwdhjk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/queencitynerd.bsky.social/post/3mub23ozilc2yhttps://www.tumblr.com/n2qfd/826326523147599872/better-timetables-could-greatly-shorten-train?source=share @swradiogram.bsky.social 9544khz 2300z some image shift but great saturation and clarity tonight in STNY. #hamradio29 Aug 2026 23:34 +0000at://did:plc:4hfaex5jukj4ulh5ddceow3a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mub23ozilc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/queencitynerd.bsky.social/post/3mua7t2ysj225☢️ morning field testing portable then grabbed a FeldHell contact too #hamradio29 Aug 2026 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:4hfaex5jukj4ulh5ddceow3a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mua7t2ysj225https://bsky.app/profile/queencitynerd.bsky.social/post/3mtt6wj6yyk27https://aprsota.org/KE4PIC/ops/23/qsos/N2QFD #aprsota #aprshf #aprsvara24 Aug 2026 11:23 +0000at://did:plc:4hfaex5jukj4ulh5ddceow3a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtt6wj6yyk27https://bsky.app/profile/queencitynerd.bsky.social/post/3mtrcy4b6fc26https://aprsota.org/SQ2RBY/ops/9/qsos/N2QFD #aprsota #hamradio23 Aug 2026 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:4hfaex5jukj4ulh5ddceow3a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrcy4b6fc26https://bsky.app/profile/queencitynerd.bsky.social/post/3mtpgxscwas2yhttps://www.tumblr.com/n2qfd/825692496111812608/worlds-largest-all-electric-plane-completes?source=share @swradiogram.bsky.social 9455khz 2300z into STNY didn't get a decode on the fencepost. #hamradio22 Aug 2026 23:37 +0000at://did:plc:4hfaex5jukj4ulh5ddceow3a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpgxscwas2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/queencitynerd.bsky.social/post/3mtpeqlgp2k2y@swradiogram.bsky.social found that old QSL from radio Prague22 Aug 2026 22:57 +0000at://did:plc:4hfaex5jukj4ulh5ddceow3a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpeqlgp2k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/queencitynerd.bsky.social/post/3mt5tpvojxs2rhttps://www.tumblr.com/n2qfd/825058297408258048/can-wind-be-harnessed-to-capture-and-convert?source=share @swradiogram.bsky.social 9455khz 2300z good copy tonight in STNY #hamradio15 Aug 2026 23:37 +0000at://did:plc:4hfaex5jukj4ulh5ddceow3a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt5tpvojxs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/queencitynerd.bsky.social/post/3msmagj44t22whttps://www.tumblr.com/n2qfd/824424005940412416/airbus-completes-record-24-hour-flight-with-plane?source=share moon spells @swradiogram.bsky.social ! 9455khz 2300z some skewing of images, didn't trigger for the deer. Good copy all the same. #hamradio08 Aug 2026 23:36 +0000at://did:plc:4hfaex5jukj4ulh5ddceow3a/app.bsky.feed.post/3msmagj44t22whttps://bsky.app/profile/queencitynerd.bsky.social/post/3ms2ndk7qoc2jhttps://www.tumblr.com/n2qfd/823790035286540288/swradiogram-9455khz-2300z-rough-copy-on-the?source=share @swradiogram.bsky.social 9455khz 2300z great text but shaky images tonite, I turned off the preamp it was hitting so hard. #hamradio01 Aug 2026 23:40 +0000at://did:plc:4hfaex5jukj4ulh5ddceow3a/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms2ndk7qoc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/queencitynerd.bsky.social/post/3ms2iqmdvtc2jGetting back to #cocorahas after being an old NWS COOP station years ago. Feels nice setting up my rain gauge again.01 Aug 2026 22:17 +0000at://did:plc:4hfaex5jukj4ulh5ddceow3a/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms2iqmdvtc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/queencitynerd.bsky.social/post/3mrizsz5vpc2bhttps://www.tumblr.com/n2qfd/823155637363081216/when-a-spacex-rocket-crashes-into-the-moon?source=share @swradiogram.bsky.social 9455khz 2300z good copy into STNY. #hamradio25 Jul 2026 23:35 +0000at://did:plc:4hfaex5jukj4ulh5ddceow3a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrizsz5vpc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/queencitynerd.bsky.social/post/3mqxgh5geyc2rhttps://www.tumblr.com/n2qfd/822521375481806848/heres-what-happens-when-you-put-politicians-in?source=share @swradiogram.bsky.social 9455khz 2300z into STNY good copy between the thunderstorms! #hamradio18 Jul 2026 23:33 +0000at://did:plc:4hfaex5jukj4ulh5ddceow3a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqxgh5geyc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/queencitynerd.bsky.social/post/3mqftclev5c2chttps://www.tumblr.com/n2qfd/821887266922381312/end-of-the-line-for-finlands-analog-phone-network?source=share @swradiogram.bsky.social 9455khz 2300z pretty good copy, typical for STNY tonite #hamradio11 Jul 2026 23:35 +0000at://did:plc:4hfaex5jukj4ulh5ddceow3a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqftclev5c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/queencitynerd.bsky.social/post/3mpu7zqdyqk24https://www.tumblr.com/n2qfd/821253115106017280/shortwave-radiogram-swradiogrambskysocial?source=share @swradiogram.bsky.social 9455khz 2300z good copy, maybe the solar storm helped? #hamradio04 Jul 2026 23:35 +0000at://did:plc:4hfaex5jukj4ulh5ddceow3a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpu7zqdyqk24