Larry Wright
@larrywright.bsky.social
Curious person; maker of things. I like robots, 3d printing, coffee, and jazz.
That place is so cool! I took my musician son there a few years ago.
November 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
That place is so cool! I took my musician son there a few years ago.
How much of your yard do they have to dig up to install that? I remember looking into it when we replaced our HVAC several years back and it seemed like something best done on new construction.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
How much of your yard do they have to dig up to install that? I remember looking into it when we replaced our HVAC several years back and it seemed like something best done on new construction.
It’s hard to imagine even the most seasoned professional being that composed and smiling just seconds after that.
October 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It’s hard to imagine even the most seasoned professional being that composed and smiling just seconds after that.
Reminds me of one of one of my favorite Kodak stories: they accidentally uncovered the existence of the manhattan project because the fallout from the atomic bomb tests contaminated the packaging of their x ray films, making the resulting images appear foggy.
October 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Reminds me of one of one of my favorite Kodak stories: they accidentally uncovered the existence of the manhattan project because the fallout from the atomic bomb tests contaminated the packaging of their x ray films, making the resulting images appear foggy.
I’m switching it from narrow fm to wide fm to see if that helps.
October 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I’m switching it from narrow fm to wide fm to see if that helps.
Recent pass was marginally better. You can see the signal fading out a bit on the waterfall. May look to see if there’s something I can tweak to get a better signal before tomorrow.
October 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Recent pass was marginally better. You can see the signal fading out a bit on the waterfall. May look to see if there’s something I can tweak to get a better signal before tomorrow.
It’s got a learning curve but I really like it. I have the Pis mounted in that enclosure in my garage, and then the antennas are in the attic space above, with coax running down some conduit into the enclosure. With a browser I can access the SDRs from anywhere on my network.
October 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It’s got a learning curve but I really like it. I have the Pis mounted in that enclosure in my garage, and then the antennas are in the attic space above, with coax running down some conduit into the enclosure. With a browser I can access the SDRs from anywhere on my network.
fms.komkon.org/OWRX/
Kind of an all-in one SDR application. Has built in decoders for all kinds of things, support for multiple SDRs, and also lets you schedule your SDRs to listen to specific bands at specific times.
Kind of an all-in one SDR application. Has built in decoders for all kinds of things, support for multiple SDRs, and also lets you schedule your SDRs to listen to specific bands at specific times.
OpenWebRX+ Home Page
fms.komkon.org
October 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
fms.komkon.org/OWRX/
Kind of an all-in one SDR application. Has built in decoders for all kinds of things, support for multiple SDRs, and also lets you schedule your SDRs to listen to specific bands at specific times.
Kind of an all-in one SDR application. Has built in decoders for all kinds of things, support for multiple SDRs, and also lets you schedule your SDRs to listen to specific bands at specific times.
An ADSB exchange SDR on a Pi4 running their Pi image. Then a Pi5 running openwebrx+ connected to v3 and v4 Rtl SDR blog dongles. Both pis are powered by POE. This photo was before I connected them to their antennas.
October 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
An ADSB exchange SDR on a Pi4 running their Pi image. Then a Pi5 running openwebrx+ connected to v3 and v4 Rtl SDR blog dongles. Both pis are powered by POE. This photo was before I connected them to their antennas.
It's an attic-mounted Tram 1411 Discone hooked up to a RTL-SDR Blog v3. Not really tuned for 2m satellite, but it works well for everything else. I think the problem with this pass was the timing - during this pass I caught the tail end of the previous image and the beginning of this one.
October 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It's an attic-mounted Tram 1411 Discone hooked up to a RTL-SDR Blog v3. Not really tuned for 2m satellite, but it works well for everything else. I think the problem with this pass was the timing - during this pass I caught the tail end of the previous image and the beginning of this one.
This is my best result from a nearly direct overhead pass just about 10 minutes ago.
October 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This is my best result from a nearly direct overhead pass just about 10 minutes ago.
Also the fact that the cowbell video doesn’t sync up with the music drives me nuts.
October 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Also the fact that the cowbell video doesn’t sync up with the music drives me nuts.
Can you imagine Hillary or Obama sharing something like that? Right wing media would be wall to wall coverage of how they’re demonic satan worshippers for weeeeeeeeks.
October 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Can you imagine Hillary or Obama sharing something like that? Right wing media would be wall to wall coverage of how they’re demonic satan worshippers for weeeeeeeeks.
Got it, so I just confused UVU/USU.
September 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Got it, so I just confused UVU/USU.
He was at UVU, not BYU. Still probably more conservative than your typical school but not quite the same experience as BYU I’d imagine.
September 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
He was at UVU, not BYU. Still probably more conservative than your typical school but not quite the same experience as BYU I’d imagine.
Kind of wonder if it was to read during his meal or during the aftermath.
August 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Kind of wonder if it was to read during his meal or during the aftermath.
I have an MLA-30+, I need to find a place to mount it. Do you find that you have to rotate it often? Trying to figure out if I need a rotator or not. I currently have two SDRs (v3 and 4 of the RTL-SDR Blog ones), and I have a Tram Discone connected to one, and the long wire connected to the other.
August 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I have an MLA-30+, I need to find a place to mount it. Do you find that you have to rotate it often? Trying to figure out if I need a rotator or not. I currently have two SDRs (v3 and 4 of the RTL-SDR Blog ones), and I have a Tram Discone connected to one, and the long wire connected to the other.
It also can report to wspr, pskreporter, and others. You can schedule when it tunes to certain bands, and it will background decode whatever you've set it to. So I have one SDR set to listen to 20m/40m/80m throughout the day. And then the other SDR listens to 2m all day. Third pic shows that.
August 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
It also can report to wspr, pskreporter, and others. You can schedule when it tunes to certain bands, and it will background decode whatever you've set it to. So I have one SDR set to listen to 20m/40m/80m throughout the day. And then the other SDR listens to 2m all day. Third pic shows that.
It's a web based SDR. It can be multi-user (and exposed to the internet, if you'd like). I'm using the OpenWebRX+ variant: fms.komkon.org/OWRX/. It has the basic SDR tuner capabilities including bookmarks and such. It also has built in decoders for FT4/8/WSPR/APRS/Pagers/ISM/etc. (cont)
OpenWebRX+ Home Page
fms.komkon.org
August 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
It's a web based SDR. It can be multi-user (and exposed to the internet, if you'd like). I'm using the OpenWebRX+ variant: fms.komkon.org/OWRX/. It has the basic SDR tuner capabilities including bookmarks and such. It also has built in decoders for FT4/8/WSPR/APRS/Pagers/ISM/etc. (cont)
I’m going to do a permanent long wire that will be 14ft or so in a few months (when it’s not 120+ degrees in my attic). Openwebrx does background decoding so it’s actually decoding ft4/ft8/wspr at once. I don’t see much ft4 or WSPR.
How are you monitoring so many different bands at once?
How are you monitoring so many different bands at once?
August 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I’m going to do a permanent long wire that will be 14ft or so in a few months (when it’s not 120+ degrees in my attic). Openwebrx does background decoding so it’s actually decoding ft4/ft8/wspr at once. I don’t see much ft4 or WSPR.
How are you monitoring so many different bands at once?
How are you monitoring so many different bands at once?
Doing a little bit better than me.
August 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Doing a little bit better than me.
