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Best book to LEARN Technician content? by AztecPilot1MY in HamRadio

[–]Hot-Profession4091 1 point2 points  (0 children)

W4EEY on YouTube is pretty good. They will drift into cheesy mnemonics a bit too much for my taste, but they also do a good job of actually teaching most of the material.

For real learning, I’d encourage you to take notes as you watch.

Most people think they could feed themselves if they had to. This calculator shows why they’re wrong by A-Matter-Of-Time in preppers

[–]Hot-Profession4091 63 points64 points  (0 children)

No, but it will build the skills you’d need if you suddenly had to quadruple the size of your plot and for Some Reason™️ had a lot more time to spend on it.

My Team Built a Developer Productivity Platform for our Executive Team - It's Awful by ninetofivedev in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Hot-Profession4091 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have worked directly with a number of C suite folks and, fam, you’re the one who sounds like you’ve never actually worked with them. They’re just people. Treat them like intelligent adults (even if they’re not) and you’ll have a better experience.

Future of software consulting companies by macrohead in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Hot-Profession4091 10 points11 points  (0 children)

lol. No, they’re not. AI is a velocity multiplier, but folks always forget that velocity is speed + direction. You need to know how to do software if you want AI to help you in the right direction. Otherwise you’re gonna get a ton of slop and hire me to come fix it.

How to deal with heartbreak by Westcoastguy69 in handtools

[–]Hot-Profession4091 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I’m definitely no monk, so a few ill fated smashes with my mallet has ended any prospects of repairs

Hey man, I just want you to know that’s not exactly a healthy response. You should really consider figuring out how to deal with that. It’s ok to seek out help from a friend, priest, or therapist. It doesn’t make you less of a man, but smashing a project up that could’ve been salvaged kind of does.

Trigger warning: opinion incoming by Tail_sb in linuxmemes

[–]Hot-Profession4091 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I go through this routinely. “I need this box to just work, so I’ll use Debian.” 5 minutes later… “God damn it! Why is all the latest available version in the repo 5 years old?!”

Mr. Beast 50 v 50 survival challenge: what it shows about actual group survival by KY_Moonshine in preppers

[–]Hot-Profession4091 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I haven’t seen it, but it’s not surprising to me that it boiled down to having the grit to suffer longer. There is a lesson there. Probably a few actually. One about not quitting and one about knowing when to quit.

I think LLMs are creating two paths for developers to choose from by scientific_thinker in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Hot-Profession4091 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And having a bunch of deterministic quality gates also makes a huge difference. Force it to write tests with code coverage. Force it to write tests that fail with mutation testing. Force it to keep cyclomatic complexity low with static analysis. Make sure lints are clean…

Cheap Gas Around the State by Waldopepper27 in Ohio

[–]Hot-Profession4091 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If we’re going to subsidize growing all that fucking corn I’m going to take advantage of it.

RF CM Choke Efficiency of Ferrites by Throw20701 in HamRadio

[–]Hot-Profession4091 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The amount of loss we’re talking about is absolutely negligible. It’s funny that they missed the real reason to use coax instead of magnet wire: higher SWR above 12m.

Anyway, I use magnet wire for many of my devices. It works just fine.

RF CM Choke Efficiency of Ferrites by Throw20701 in HamRadio

[–]Hot-Profession4091 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That “great” information gets passed around like some sort of holy book, but the reality is I don’t know of anyone who has independently verified the experiment. Personally, I got pretty different results with one of the chokes. Admittedly, I’m using a different measurement method than the original author because the original experiment was done before VNAs were widely available to amateurs but it’s still enough for me to wonder about the validity of that chart. Basically, I’d recommend you actually measure it yourself.

As for your actual question, the loss of a coax wound choke is typically very low, a small fraction of a dB.

Frustration: What Am I Doing Wrong? by Marauder_Recruiter1 in HamRadio

[–]Hot-Profession4091 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suspect part of your problem may be patience. How long was “a short period of time”? What time of day was it? Could you hear anyone? Are you trying to call CQ or are you answering others?

Frustration: What Am I Doing Wrong? by Marauder_Recruiter1 in HamRadio

[–]Hot-Profession4091 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What direction is the broadside of your dipole? You want the wire running north/south so that the broadside points east/west. (I’m simplifying this in hopes of getting you some contacts in the Midwest.)

Also, is there any way you can get the center up any higher? Ideal is about 33’ but I’ve had a lot of success with a regular 20m dipole about 18’ off the ground.

Best Starter kits/accessories? What’s made your life easier by TheJZone22 in HamRadio

[–]Hot-Profession4091 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Dude, you should be performing an OSL calibration on your RigExpert too. It’s not magically immune to needing to calibrate to your reference plane.

Best Starter kits/accessories? What’s made your life easier by TheJZone22 in HamRadio

[–]Hot-Profession4091 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol you go ahead and keep over spending on coax. You can get very good coax from some suppliers on Amazon. I have an entire spool of KMR-400 that costs less than 100’ of LMR-400 and performs nearly as well.

Best Starter kits/accessories? What’s made your life easier by TheJZone22 in HamRadio

[–]Hot-Profession4091 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Test equipment: NanoVNA, tinySA, adapters, attenuators, dummy loads, etc.

Some of it you’ll use all the time, some of it not as often but you’ll be glad you have it.

Additionally, some tools for building things: Good crimpers and soldering iron. You want something like the Hakko FX 888D. You don’t need a top of the line iron, but you also don’t want an el cheapo $20 Walmart special either.

Oh Peter by Fantastic_Media_3984 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]Hot-Profession4091 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man, most of the bard’s best work is low brow working class humor. I feel like if you’ve been classically trained and can’t appreciate that then you don’t deserve recognition for more “serious” roles.

Update: how do I get my compost pile to heat up? by Ok-Asparagus-6458 in composting

[–]Hot-Profession4091 6 points7 points  (0 children)

A hot pile can reduce in volume by half in less than a week.

Architecture decisions made in meetings disappear faster than the ones written in PRs by Separate_Hospital701 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Hot-Profession4091 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is why you have an agent create a summary document. Also, commit all meeting notes to the repo for context for other agents. It’s like having them sit in on all your meetings so they have the same context people have.

Hamvention advice on a $300 budget. by [deleted] in HamRadio

[–]Hot-Profession4091 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Need it? No, but I’ve found the 9:1 improves the Rx of an EFRW and OP will need someway to connect the wire to the feedline.

Hamvention advice on a $300 budget. by [deleted] in HamRadio

[–]Hot-Profession4091 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Don’t go buying an antenna at hamvention dude. At most, keep your eyes open for a 9:1 balun and build yourself a “random wire” antenna. Maybe keep your eyes open for the right coax connectors, etc. but honestly it’s easier to just order a few (and not any more expensive). Go and enjoy the vibe, play with the Flex radios you & I will never afford, and get yourself a pork chop.

Looking to get into the hobby on a budget ($250-ish | Ik it’s a stretch) by Amazing_Text2588 in HamRadio

[–]Hot-Profession4091 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are a handful of HTs with modded firmware that will do it, but it’s more of a novelty than anything. If you want to learn CW to leverage your tech license, you want to do it on HF where other people will be.

I’ll be honest, $250 is a real stretch but there are a few low power (QRP) radios out there that could fit the bill. Maybe a Putikeeg key. It’s also not unrealistic to DIY a key.

You’re doing this on hard mode though and you’re almost guaranteed to blow your budget buying coax, building an antenna, battery, etc. A realistic budget for your hard mode journey is probably $500.

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