Patrick W1PAC
@w1pac.pacmannion.net
Amateur radio operator from Massachusetts.
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This month's speaker will be Eastern Massachusetts ARES SEC Rob Macedo on a topic to be determined.
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
This month's speaker will be Eastern Massachusetts ARES SEC Rob Macedo on a topic to be determined.
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The next NSRA meeting will be on Monday, November 17th at The Peabody Municipal Light Plant at 201 Warren Street Ext. in Peabody. The Doors open at 7:00 and the Meeting Starts at 7:30 pm. It will also on be on Zoom.
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The next NSRA meeting will be on Monday, November 17th at The Peabody Municipal Light Plant at 201 Warren Street Ext. in Peabody. The Doors open at 7:00 and the Meeting Starts at 7:30 pm. It will also on be on Zoom.
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You can track the Pico Balloon here: aprs.fi/eossp-3
October 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
You can track the Pico Balloon here: aprs.fi/eossp-3
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Launch at HamCon Colorado in Grand Junction of an amateur radio Pico Balloon intended to float at ~45,000 feet and can be tracked on APRS-FI/EOSSP-3.
October 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Launch at HamCon Colorado in Grand Junction of an amateur radio Pico Balloon intended to float at ~45,000 feet and can be tracked on APRS-FI/EOSSP-3.
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To do something simple so wonderfully…is like a real gift,” says comic Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman.bsky.social).
The latest episode of The Curiosity Desk is an ode to the North Shore Beef, the iconic and truly local sandwich: youtu.be/OLFAoZp5Qo4?...
The latest episode of The Curiosity Desk is an ode to the North Shore Beef, the iconic and truly local sandwich: youtu.be/OLFAoZp5Qo4?...
Comedian Josh Gondelman’s tour of Boston’s “Roast Beef Riviera”
YouTube video by GBH News
youtu.be
October 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
To do something simple so wonderfully…is like a real gift,” says comic Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman.bsky.social).
The latest episode of The Curiosity Desk is an ode to the North Shore Beef, the iconic and truly local sandwich: youtu.be/OLFAoZp5Qo4?...
The latest episode of The Curiosity Desk is an ode to the North Shore Beef, the iconic and truly local sandwich: youtu.be/OLFAoZp5Qo4?...
Well another #HeadOfTheCharles comes to an end. It started slow and ended with a bang, nothing bad, but I enjoyed it. Till next year! #hamradio #amateurradio
October 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Well another #HeadOfTheCharles comes to an end. It started slow and ended with a bang, nothing bad, but I enjoyed it. Till next year! #hamradio #amateurradio
October 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
October 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Fewer than 12 hours until the first of 2 HamTV transmissions from the ISS Saturday.
The HamTV unit is scheduled to send "tone and bars" during the 08:15 UTC pass.
Live video from the ISS will be attempted during the 09:51 UTC pass for the STEM contact with the UK.
The HamTV unit is scheduled to send "tone and bars" during the 08:15 UTC pass.
Live video from the ISS will be attempted during the 09:51 UTC pass for the STEM contact with the UK.
October 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Fewer than 12 hours until the first of 2 HamTV transmissions from the ISS Saturday.
The HamTV unit is scheduled to send "tone and bars" during the 08:15 UTC pass.
Live video from the ISS will be attempted during the 09:51 UTC pass for the STEM contact with the UK.
The HamTV unit is scheduled to send "tone and bars" during the 08:15 UTC pass.
Live video from the ISS will be attempted during the 09:51 UTC pass for the STEM contact with the UK.
October 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Well I guess I won't be using the Motorola XPR 7550 at Head of the Charles since:
1. The ICS-205 changed.
2. The codeplug is a bitch to program.
2. I'm not really in the mood to hexedit the CPS so I can use 25khz...
Looks like I'll use the Yaesu FT-5D instead or maybe my Anytone 868.
1. The ICS-205 changed.
2. The codeplug is a bitch to program.
2. I'm not really in the mood to hexedit the CPS so I can use 25khz...
Looks like I'll use the Yaesu FT-5D instead or maybe my Anytone 868.
October 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Well I guess I won't be using the Motorola XPR 7550 at Head of the Charles since:
1. The ICS-205 changed.
2. The codeplug is a bitch to program.
2. I'm not really in the mood to hexedit the CPS so I can use 25khz...
Looks like I'll use the Yaesu FT-5D instead or maybe my Anytone 868.
1. The ICS-205 changed.
2. The codeplug is a bitch to program.
2. I'm not really in the mood to hexedit the CPS so I can use 25khz...
Looks like I'll use the Yaesu FT-5D instead or maybe my Anytone 868.
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The next NSRA meeting will be on Monday, October 20th at the Peabody Municipal Light Plant at 201 Warren Street Ext. in Peabody. The doors open at 7:00 and the meeting Starts at 7:30 pm. It may also be on Zoom.
This month's presentation will be a video on Youth on the Air.
This month's presentation will be a video on Youth on the Air.
October 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The next NSRA meeting will be on Monday, October 20th at the Peabody Municipal Light Plant at 201 Warren Street Ext. in Peabody. The doors open at 7:00 and the meeting Starts at 7:30 pm. It may also be on Zoom.
This month's presentation will be a video on Youth on the Air.
This month's presentation will be a video on Youth on the Air.
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VOICE OF MONGOLIA ANTENNAS
A YouTube View
I have updated an earlier post on this great DX catch! Video by Mark Fahey.
medxr.blogspot.com/2014/02/voic...
A YouTube View
I have updated an earlier post on this great DX catch! Video by Mark Fahey.
medxr.blogspot.com/2014/02/voic...
VOICE OF MONGOLIA ANTENNAS - YouTube View
Rob VK3BVW blogs his latest DX and shortwave radio (SWL) tips and listening logs from Mount Evelyn, Australia
medxr.blogspot.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:56 AM
VOICE OF MONGOLIA ANTENNAS
A YouTube View
I have updated an earlier post on this great DX catch! Video by Mark Fahey.
medxr.blogspot.com/2014/02/voic...
A YouTube View
I have updated an earlier post on this great DX catch! Video by Mark Fahey.
medxr.blogspot.com/2014/02/voic...
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Today's "blue marble" shot from GOES-18 of the eastern Pacific. Taken at 2030 UTC / 1:30 PM PDT, close to solar noon on this #equinox day. That's solar noon at the 137 deg W longitude of the satellite. Received and processed here in Vancouver with my own @Nooelec ground station.
September 23, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Today's "blue marble" shot from GOES-18 of the eastern Pacific. Taken at 2030 UTC / 1:30 PM PDT, close to solar noon on this #equinox day. That's solar noon at the 137 deg W longitude of the satellite. Received and processed here in Vancouver with my own @Nooelec ground station.
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This map is generated internally (TAR1090). VRS used in earlier post mainly because it lists routes better.
The ADSB-Feeder image uses Docker containers for each major function.
The ADSB-Feeder image uses Docker containers for each major function.
September 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
This map is generated internally (TAR1090). VRS used in earlier post mainly because it lists routes better.
The ADSB-Feeder image uses Docker containers for each major function.
The ADSB-Feeder image uses Docker containers for each major function.
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A Virtual Radar Server view of aircraft HDFL traffic received in northern Florida, USA over shortwave frequencies.
Built using ADSB-feeder, adsb.im/home software configured to monitor HDFL only. Lots of options with this image designed to run on Raspberry Pi variants.
SDRplay & MLA loop antenna.
Built using ADSB-feeder, adsb.im/home software configured to monitor HDFL only. Lots of options with this image designed to run on Raspberry Pi variants.
SDRplay & MLA loop antenna.
September 23, 2025 at 1:36 AM
A Virtual Radar Server view of aircraft HDFL traffic received in northern Florida, USA over shortwave frequencies.
Built using ADSB-feeder, adsb.im/home software configured to monitor HDFL only. Lots of options with this image designed to run on Raspberry Pi variants.
SDRplay & MLA loop antenna.
Built using ADSB-feeder, adsb.im/home software configured to monitor HDFL only. Lots of options with this image designed to run on Raspberry Pi variants.
SDRplay & MLA loop antenna.
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WMUR - One person is dead after a shooting at Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua, New Hampshire. www.wmur.com/article/sky-mead...
One dead after shooting at Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua; suspect detained, sources say
One person with a gunshot wound was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after a shooting at Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua, sources tell News 9 Investigates.
www.wmur.com
September 21, 2025 at 2:27 AM
WMUR - One person is dead after a shooting at Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua, New Hampshire. www.wmur.com/article/sky-mead...
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UPDATE: A suspect is in custody in connection with a deadly shooting at a country club in New Hampshire. Follow updates: https://www.wcvb.com/article/sky-meadow-nashua-nh-country-club-shooting/67982602
September 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
UPDATE: A suspect is in custody in connection with a deadly shooting at a country club in New Hampshire. Follow updates: https://www.wcvb.com/article/sky-meadow-nashua-nh-country-club-shooting/67982602
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Police in Nashua, N.H. say multiple people were shot at Sky Meadow Country Club on Saturday. The suspect has been taken into custody.
Nashua Police: Multiple People Shot At N.H. Country Club | WBZ NewsRadio 1030
Police in Nashua, N.H. say multiple people were shot at Sky Meadow Country Club. The suspect has been taken into custody.
wbznewsradio.iheart.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Police in Nashua, N.H. say multiple people were shot at Sky Meadow Country Club on Saturday. The suspect has been taken into custody.
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The crew has been quiet on the ham radio repeater the past few days, but you never know when that will change. Here's how to listen for your chance at an astronaut QSO.
Remember the @Space_Station crew keeps a UTC based schedule.
Remember the @Space_Station crew keeps a UTC based schedule.
September 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The crew has been quiet on the ham radio repeater the past few days, but you never know when that will change. Here's how to listen for your chance at an astronaut QSO.
Remember the @Space_Station crew keeps a UTC based schedule.
Remember the @Space_Station crew keeps a UTC based schedule.
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Wanna understand the current media consolidation moment we’re in?
Now is an excellent time to go back and listen to season one of The Divided Dial. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Now is an excellent time to go back and listen to season one of The Divided Dial. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Divided Dial
News Commentary Podcast · The Divided Dial is a show about the untold history of broadcast radio, reported and hosted by award-winning journalist Katie Thornton and edited by On the Media's Executive ...
podcasts.apple.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Wanna understand the current media consolidation moment we’re in?
Now is an excellent time to go back and listen to season one of The Divided Dial. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Now is an excellent time to go back and listen to season one of The Divided Dial. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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The most difficult moment of my 41 year career happened eight years ago today (9/19), warning my compatriots on a livestream that the worst was about to happen.
This 23-hour radar loop shows Category 5 Hurricane Maria approaching Puerto Rico on September 19-20, 2017. It made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane ~6am on the 20th, but right around that time, the winds in the outer eyewall obliterated the radar and the loop ends. Maria devasted the entire island
September 19, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The most difficult moment of my 41 year career happened eight years ago today (9/19), warning my compatriots on a livestream that the worst was about to happen.
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Not a single named storm has formed in the Atlantic Ocean in nearly three weeks, even though it’s the peak of hurricane season. https://to.pbs.org/4n33IXT
The Atlantic hurricane season has been quiet -- but we're not in the clear
Not a single named storm has formed in the Atlantic Ocean in nearly three weeks, even though it’s the peak of hurricane season.
www.pbs.org
September 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Not a single named storm has formed in the Atlantic Ocean in nearly three weeks, even though it’s the peak of hurricane season. https://to.pbs.org/4n33IXT
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REMINDER: The next NSRA meeting will be TOMORROW Monday, September 15th at the Peabody Municipal Light Plant at 201 Warren Street Ext. in Peabody. The doors open at 7:00 and the meeting Starts at 7:30 pm. It might be on Zoom also, still working the logistics on that.
September 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
REMINDER: The next NSRA meeting will be TOMORROW Monday, September 15th at the Peabody Municipal Light Plant at 201 Warren Street Ext. in Peabody. The doors open at 7:00 and the meeting Starts at 7:30 pm. It might be on Zoom also, still working the logistics on that.
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The ARISS cross band voice repeater and packet (APRS) radios are back online after the recent outage for Progress operations.
HamTV trackers, note that there is an outage planned for Wednesday due to spacecraft operations.
HamTV trackers, note that there is an outage planned for Wednesday due to spacecraft operations.
![The ISS Ham Radio Status as of Sunday, 14-September-2025 is:
- **Columbus Module Radio**: Configured as crossband repeater, Downlink: 437.800 MHz, Uplink: 145.990 MHz - PL 67 Hz.
- **Service Module Radio**: Configured for Packet (APRS), Up & Downlink: 145.825 MHz.
- **HamTV**: Active, transmitting blank AV signal, Downlink: 2395 MHz (2.395 GHz).
- **SSTV Outlook**: Two events planned:
- 03-06 October: Celebrating the 1957 launch of the first artificial Earth satellite.
- 17-20 October: Scouting themed images for International Scouting Jamboree.
- **HamTV Outage Planned**: Outage for Cygnus operations on Wednesday, 17-September, around 10:03 UTC [6:03 AM ET] to 18:40 UTC [2:40 PM ET]. Event timing subject to change.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lttqxw77zybfjc3pxraz7xov/bafkreiaeim7g4wdqirmyc55ef4w6s4woulr7vzorbrauyswvsyf65wqfwi@jpeg)
September 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The ARISS cross band voice repeater and packet (APRS) radios are back online after the recent outage for Progress operations.
HamTV trackers, note that there is an outage planned for Wednesday due to spacecraft operations.
HamTV trackers, note that there is an outage planned for Wednesday due to spacecraft operations.