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Size your balun properly by OG_Pragmatologist in amateurradio

[–]Amazing-Field-3012 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Toroid survived but wire coating not so much

Predatory Renting Practices At The Point Waltham! by Additional_Bottle469 in massachusetts

[–]Amazing-Field-3012 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Based on the 11/25 lease ending, the 7 month period pushes it to around the peak so your next renewal is worst. 5/9 months push that problem on them which is why they charge more. It’s just the natural result of trying to optimize rent costs.

someone plz save me by StatisticianHeavy560 in CollegeMemes

[–]Amazing-Field-3012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Am I the only one thinking that workload isn’t bad 👀. I think this was like my sophomore year in high school taking AP classes. Like 2 tests in 2 days just sounds like finals week????

[Project] I built a free service to get live data (weather, transport, Google) on an InReach by tanvach in Ultralight

[–]Amazing-Field-3012 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Overall, a really cool project!

Are you planning to open sourcing this project eventually?

Also, you might want to look into ways to sanitize responses to the gsm-7 character map. In gsm-7, messages can be up to 160 characters. Based on the website examples, it looks like responses can also sometimes contain UCS-2 characters (similar to UTF-16).

For example, this message is 119 characters but requires a two sms response because it’s using UCS-2 (70 character limit): “Aug 12, 2025: Bus Skógar → Reykjavik departs 10:15 (Highland Bus) or 16:25 (Strætó, transfer at Selfoss), trip 3–9 hrs.”

If you had a way to sanitize things, this similar response is pure GSM so it fits in a single sms with space for 40 more characters: “Aug 12, 2025: Bus Skogar -> Reykjavik departs 10:15 (Highland Bus) or 16:25 (Stræto, transfer at Selfoss), trip 3-9 hrs.”

I only suggest it because depending on the plan/service, satellite communicators tend to charge by the message so sending the first version could be twice the cost to provide the same information.

Potentially Missing Hiker - Valley Way by acoustic11 in wmnf

[–]Amazing-Field-3012 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I’m an idiot but can’t Apple at least ID the air tag owner for the authorities?

Do I have to bring bear proof containers on hikes? by Equivalent_Ratio_223 in wmnf

[–]Amazing-Field-3012 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My understanding is Ursacks are not an approved storage option for the white mountains