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W8TAU - Mike
@w8tau.mastodon.radio.ap.brid.gy
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Radio enthusiast (Amateur Extra)

QRV mostly QRP on FT8 right now
operating "home office portable"
FT-817 + MFJ-1899T (inside)

https://qrz.com/db/W8TAU […]

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w8tau.bsky.social
I really wish I had a go-to setup for battery + solar/wind + waterproof outdoor enclosure + mounting options for like... trees or something.
November 25, 2024 at 5:07 PM
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w8tau.bsky.social
Dipping my toes into LoRa / meshtastic with some very inexpensive hardware, but I'm not really sure what to do with it yet..
November 25, 2024 at 5:03 PM
w8tau.mastodon.radio.ap.brid.gy
ok, this is pretty neat.

look ma! no laptop!

#ft8 #Digirig #iftx
screenshot of pskreporter map showing a handful of recent 30M FT8 reception reports and a marker for my station in EN85
August 4, 2024 at 8:32 PM
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w8tau.bsky.social
Realized today that I have all the cables and adapters necessary to connect my radio directly to my phone for digimodes… 🤔
image of some cables and adapters strung together on a picnic table next to some rocks digirig mobile, a ferrite choke, USB-C to USB-A adapter, iPhone "camera" connector (USB-A) also visible: MH-36 hand mic, cheap tiny morse code key in a box
August 4, 2024 at 6:19 PM
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w8tau.bsky.social
We must have some kind of perfect path. K7BV spotted my <5W at at "12" a bit ago. 😳
July 31, 2024 at 4:58 PM
w8tau.mastodon.radio.ap.brid.gy
Having fun leaving my radio listening to the static at 50.313 in the background until it springs to life and I hop on the radio to make some quick #6m #ft8 QSOs. Today seems to be mostly North Carolina so far.
July 31, 2024 at 4:46 PM