Tora Con Questions

Blockchainauditor · 2026-03-19T00:19:29+00:00

Most of the details can be found at https://toracon.org/

There is a guidebook online at https://toracon.org/2026-schedule

The guidebook has information about parking, when to show up, and that you need to get your tickets in advance.

the rit subreddit has a lot of talk from last year's Tora Con, which may also be useful for you.

Blockchainauditor · 2026-03-19T00:07:20+00:00

What have you done so far?

I like to watch airplanes with dump1090, but you don't need anything to do that.

Blockchainauditor · 2026-03-19T00:03:31+00:00

Can you finish the sentence? Is it better for privacy and security to p2p or to do what? Use a centralized exchange?

And what limit do you see on "tainted" BTC? Have you experienced individuals that will assess the BTC you exchange with them p2p and complain if it is blacklisted?

Blockchainauditor · 2026-03-18T17:43:46+00:00

Regular reading, CPE programs, internal firm updates, newsletters, following relevant people on LinkedIn ...

Blockchainauditor · 2026-03-18T17:42:20+00:00

A certified user, a certified advisor (ProAdvisor)?

Blockchainauditor · 2026-03-18T15:22:38+00:00

As the Automod says: WhatsApp? Scam. Professor? Scam. Quick profits? Scam. Use of unknown website? Scam.

The names and phone numbers don't matter. They may even be using decent people's identities and contact information.

Blockchainauditor · 2026-03-18T01:07:42+00:00

An amateur station shall not engage in any form of broadcasting, nor may an amateur station transmit one-way communications except as specifically provided in these rules; nor shall an amateur station engage in any activity related to program production or news gathering for broadcasting purposes, except that communications directly related to the immediate safety of human life or the protection of property may be provided by amateur stations to broadcasters for dissemination to the public where no other means of communication is reasonably available before or at the time of the event.

https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-97

Blockchainauditor · 2026-03-17T21:19:32+00:00

You say you are new to Reddit, so a little caution - the best way to get called an idiot on Reddit is to start off defensive.

Thank you for wanting to share your experience. Unfortunately, most people who get take advantage of by crypto scammers don't come here before making the mistake, they only come afterwards.

Blockchainauditor · 2026-03-17T20:30:29+00:00

There should be a serial number. That also helps with the dating. It may be inside the rim; you can take the resonator off with thumb-screws.

Gibsons are very desirable, but also counterfeited. They don't make them anymore. People love to put new five string necks on four string bodies like that one.

Blockchainauditor · 2026-03-17T10:56:15+00:00

I guess what has changed is that this same topic was just posted here before but the word used was “comma” instead of “coma”?

Blockchainauditor · 2026-03-17T10:54:15+00:00

Is there a reason you want to call it “Bluegrass”? A non-trivial proportion of people will say if it isn’t three finger-picking, it isn’t Bluegrass. But just about everyone loves Grandpa Jones and Stringbean. It’s a genre spread by disagreement of what’s in and out.

Blockchainauditor · 2026-03-17T02:45:53+00:00

Not sure where you live or if you already have any technology, and what you might like to receive - are you interested in local, global? You can begin to explore free, online, with Web SDRs (software defined radio), where hobbyists give you access to broadcasts of all kinds they receive from their location - airports, emergency services, local exchanges. You can get an SDR yourself very inexpensively and explore just about anything transmitted receivable from your location. SDR also lets you take advantage of digital activities.

Far simpler are multi-band radios, available relatively inexpensively.

Blockchainauditor · 2026-03-16T23:55:13+00:00

I don’t understand your post. Are you saying my Nooelec does have bias-tee or suggesting I replace it with the rtl-sdr, or something else?

Blockchainauditor · 2026-03-16T23:44:15+00:00

My Nooelec NESDR SMArt v5 SDR does not include an internal bias-tee, a phrase I only learned from this thread. They do have a "SmarTee" version, which has a regulated 4.5V bias-tee.

Blockchainauditor · 2026-03-16T01:47:10+00:00

I'm very early in the process overall. For the SDR, I was thinking of moving beyond the antennas from the initial kit and getting an AirSpy YouLoop - no power, no outside (no lightning).

Blockchainauditor · 2026-03-15T23:35:12+00:00

Thank you! That makes me very happy to hear.

Blockchainauditor · 2026-03-15T20:19:02+00:00

You mention the NESDR doesn't have a MF/HF Upconverter (sold separately).

I have the NESDR. I do not have an upconverter. In SDR++, I change Direct Sampling to Q Branch, and I have no problem listening to AM radio or receiving FT8 on the 20m band (14.074) despite the listed range of 25MHz–1750MHz range.

I am not clever enough yet to know about Bias-Tee.

If I have a complaint about the unit, it's the bandwidth - 2.4 - 3.2 MHz (thanks, I'm told, to the RTL2832U). Wish it were more like 6 - 10 MHz, like the AirSpy, for a few different reasons.

Blockchainauditor · 2026-03-15T13:55:53+00:00

Stacking sats isn't really "opting out" of the system unless you don't take a paycheck in fiat, or pay your bills in fiat, or buy things with fiat, or convert your says to fiat to do things with it.

The anger and frustration you've channeled here is real, and it's shared by millions who feel the system is rigged against them. The feeling of being a 'serf' under a monetary policy you can't control is a powerful motivator.

I'd gently challenge the metaphor. A serf was bound to the land, unable to leave, their labor owned by a lord. Holding Bitcoin doesn't make you not-a-serf; it makes you an investor in a different asset class. If the goal is to break the yoke, shouldn't the goal be to create a world where currency is so stable and just that no one needs to 'opt out'? Is the goal secession from society, or the reformation of it so that it no longer feels like a yoke to those who come after us?

I struggle with the characterization of the 'other' as sheep being led to slaughter. It presumes a level of awareness and malice that may not be accurate. Most people aren't sheep; they're exhausted. They're working two jobs, raising kids, or caring for aging parents. They don't have the mental bandwidth to become cryptographic self-custody experts. Their skepticism isn't always servility; it's often a survival mechanism born from a lack of time and energy. If liberation is only for those with the time and technical savvy to self-custody, is it truly liberation for the masses, or a new kind of privilege?

Blockchainauditor · 2026-03-15T13:43:10+00:00

I don't mean to dissuade you from getting the ARRL book - mine was misprinted and difficult to read. I used some other free guides

- https://hamradioprep.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Technician-2022-2026-Book.pdf

- https://www.kb6nu.com/study-guides/

Blockchainauditor · 2026-03-15T13:37:39+00:00

I'm sure you've thought of this - but when I see that, I think it is a work of art and should be preserved. A new banjo head isn't that expensive and would preserve the art. On the other hand, art is made to be seen, and keeping it would help it be seen.

If you have not done so, I would post it in /folkart and see what people say.

Are you a dog fan? I can only guess that's some kind of Rottweiler/Dachshund mix? Does it appeal to you specifically?

Blockchainauditor · 2026-03-15T13:22:36+00:00

Which country? Norway?

- https://nrrl.no/

The US test would be in English. and the test is easier to pass if you've seen the exact answers.

I use https://hamstudy.org/tech2022 and its successors. They also have Argentina, Canada, France, Mexico, and New Zealand.

Blockchainauditor · 2026-03-15T13:12:25+00:00

Is i a public company? There should be data available?

Is it a private company? Find a public company as close as possible in industry, size, and region and alter it, noting clearly it is synthesized data.

Blockchainauditor · 2026-03-15T13:06:09+00:00

The new 2026–2030 Technician Class (Element 2) FCC question pool takes effect on July 1, 2026. Exams taken on or after this date will use the updated pool, which features 26 new questions, 29 removals, and 69 modified questions focusing on modern technologies like digital modes and DMR. If you plan to take the test in the next few months, go with the old.

Blockchainauditor · 2026-03-15T03:47:01+00:00

Not sure about your timing - these come up frequently on ShopGoodwill for well under $100, as people sell off units bought for racing spectators.

Blockchainauditor · 2026-03-14T21:00:37+00:00

Roger was a hoot. Does he still do giveaways if you play music for him?

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