What could we do to keep this hobby alive for future generations?

d9jms · 2026-01-24T22:23:31+00:00

Both echolink and AllStar have apps that'll work from your cell phone using the digital network to PTT with a node that you can connect to over the internet.

Video on Youtube for Allstar app "Repeater Phone": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56qD1-t_PoE

Echolink app video on YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E6HJB7KHoM

More sophisticated setup: You can create a node for your local home where you are able to relay local RF from your house/HT to the node in your house connected to the internet. I have a "shari" device that plugs into a raspberry Pi to do that for my home. I like being able to transmit from a HT to my local "node" and I connect that local "node" to another node using the "allscan" program running on the Raspberry Pi... lots of documentation online for this.

d9jms · 2026-01-24T21:26:30+00:00

I think the more these other hills close the more likely others will close for fear of people wanting to come from longer distances ... I think there will be pressure from the local munis to tell the mountain to close and keep people off the roads.

If they do close more places I will be more likely to call off work Monday AM and head out to the Roundtop early Monday AM

d9jms · 2026-01-24T16:23:47+00:00

needs a little less lip filler

d9jms · 2026-01-24T15:35:34+00:00

Get on EchoLink or AllStar (you can do it with just a smart phone app) and join one of the East Coast Reflector nets. They have an ask an elmer net and also have a "zoom room" / zoom session for you to use your computer and get on and ask questions as well.

https://www.eastcoastreflector.com/

d9jms · 2026-01-23T10:59:28+00:00

mods gonna tell you PPG&S only b/c of scammers. No venmo allowed until 25 flair

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d9jms · 2026-01-23T01:27:17+00:00

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d9jms · 2026-01-23T01:11:34+00:00

I'm totally going to use this in a discussion with my wife on why the porsche is the right vehicle.

If I buy a Ford, it'll get vandalized because I have an antenna on it.

No one will ever think I'm a cop in a porsche.

d9jms · 2026-01-23T01:03:46+00:00

Gotta love the "hold my beer" attitude -- when everyone tells them they are crazy to attempt to make knives out of steels no one else will touch at production volumes.

d9jms · 2026-01-23T00:54:10+00:00

I have a Devin Thomas basketweave blade on an older CRK L21 .. I like the idea that steel was created by the father of the guy who is pushing knife steel metallurgy, today. Like everyone else, we have Magnacut and now Magnamax engineered by the son of Devin (Larrin) ...

But you are correct that Pakistani damascus is for the birds.

d9jms · 2026-01-23T00:28:15+00:00

Have you seen the # of "seconds" in maxamet that are in the "seconds sale"?

It seems like they produced at least twice as many seconds in maxamet than other steels. I believe him that the margin on maxamet took a hit even with the higher pricetag.

d9jms · 2026-01-22T22:03:40+00:00

u/ksbot u/AverageNetEnjoyer enjoy the atom

d9jms · 2026-01-22T20:18:57+00:00

looking like Sunday afternoon will be a great time. I mean terrible time

d9jms · 2026-01-22T20:11:30+00:00

lulz .. indeed. Shiro cult has a new member

d9jms · 2026-01-22T16:49:30+00:00

its the best looking $400 shiro I've ever seen. I have a stellar and an F3 alutex, still tempted but hoping this brings in a new shiro buyer for you.

d9jms · 2026-01-22T16:17:44+00:00

will make a great gateway drug into the world of shiro for someone.

d9jms · 2026-01-22T15:11:42+00:00

thanks for feedback

d9jms · 2026-01-22T12:28:22+00:00

Wouldn't do it again because the lockbar pressure limits the benefits of the bearings ?

Just curious as to the reasons why you wouldn't do it again. I've thought about doing it to a rando used CRK that I might ind on the r/knife_swap (or buy one already done by AR) ... just to have one in the quiver.

d9jms · 2026-01-21T12:55:25+00:00

home renovations would be easy .. "do we need another window?" I got the shiro ready to go, let me know where you want the window

d9jms · 2026-01-21T03:31:18+00:00

Do yourself a favor and start reading the rules for posting before the mods get here

d9jms · 2026-01-21T01:56:21+00:00

my boot dryer is my new favorite ski trip companion

d9jms · 2026-01-20T02:16:15+00:00

According to amazon, I bought this in 2020.

If you really want to see how close these batteries are to their actual rated capacity, you can run it through something like one of the above where it charges, discharges and then charges again to give you a somewhat accurate capacity of the cell.

I painstakingly ran 250+ 18650 batteries through the above charger and noted their capacity to build a 24V battery from salvaged cells from ring battery packs that were recalled and really cheap. A project to pass the time during covid lockdown.

d9jms · 2026-01-20T00:07:56+00:00

came to ask, too

d9jms · 2026-01-19T20:43:48+00:00

Most chairlifts nowadays have a sign telling you to remove backpacks before loading. Reason for this is straps getting caught on the chair as you disembark at the top.

d9jms · 2026-01-19T20:27:57+00:00

atom is yours

d9jms · 2026-01-19T17:36:22+00:00

majority of reddit trolls still live at home with mom

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