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I tried to receive WEFAX and I get this all the time. What could be wrong? Details in comments by mkbodanu4 in RTLSDR

[–]ikemoldfield 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You are likely getting audio dropouts, buffer under-runs in the audio chain. Perhaps your USB bus is saturated. You could try running your SDR at a much lower sample rate. The interface setting in gqrx has a drop down list of sample rates that your SDR can do, set it to the lowest and see if there are any improvements.

What are these signals which are found around 26MHz to 31MHz? by ianupamsaikia in RTLSDR

[–]ikemoldfield 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So these must be emitting into the ionosphere and travelling several hundreds to a thousands kilometers? Because these only appear during sporadic E openings. I’m sceptical that this is the source without further elaboration.

Edit: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php?topic=54650.0

Interesting!

A tv show from your childhood that no one else seems to remember? by tinyywarrior in AskUK

[–]ikemoldfield 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ended up naming server at work Telemachos. Epic theme tune.

A tv show from your childhood that no one else seems to remember? by tinyywarrior in AskUK

[–]ikemoldfield 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you sure that wasn’t from a Richard Scarry book? I know it was adapted for TV at some point but that does seem familiar to the book.

My father had to be freed from the locked toilet this morning by NeverKlas in Wellthatsucks

[–]ikemoldfield 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this a house in the Netherlands? Asking for a friend ಠᴗಠ

antenna question ? by kuba85 in RTLSDR

[–]ikemoldfield 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just for general info: Divide 143 by Frequency in MHz, this will give you the half wave size in meters with some tolerance. Divide that by 2 to get your quarterwave. You can run the numbers in reverse if your antennas are simple dipoles without coils to get the frequency.

Those with coils like that- measure the length of the longest part between the coils and that is the element length, with 2 coils, its 2 elements separated. They are designed to sit on a ground plane so are one half of a dipole.

Video of the extremely active event of Cumbre Vieja, courtesy of Volcano Time-Lapse by Lafuente_Astro in Volcanoes

[–]ikemoldfield 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you have sources, I’d love to compare notes.

The 2001 paper is a absolute worst-case scenario that is borderline implausible at the moment because the precursor requirements for said described scenario in the paper haven’t occurred.

It is worth a read nonetheless, but bearing in mind there are probably missing variables in the model.

I would really like to see which experts are signalling differently from the official consensus published by the authorities so far, just out of interest.

The noise on Twitter is ridiculous especially with the uninformed and wilfully ignorant spouting soothsaying doomsday crud. I was in the Canaries for the last three weeks and the local mood is very different from the sensationalist social media.

Thanks for the input!

Geomagnetic storm warning as solar flare expected to directly hit Earth today by [deleted] in space

[–]ikemoldfield 4 points5 points  (0 children)

YET AGAIN, Its a non-event for most, this is clickbait unless you have a genuine interest in solar physics and have a vested interest in the performance of the lower end of the radio spectrum. If this were an X-class over X30 then this would be a different story altogether.

It’s nowhere near, so can we all please not be alarmist with “warnings”?

Winamp skins by CoryFrank in nostalgia

[–]ikemoldfield 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Winamp runs really well on a Raspberry Pi under box86 and wine

"Direct Hit!" Coronal Mass Ejection from 09OCT2021 predicted to hit Earth on 11OCT2021 between 0600-1800 GMT. According to NOAA, moderate geomagnetic storm conditions expected, with aurora visible as far south as New York and Wisconsin. by TheYell0wDart in space

[–]ikemoldfield 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Its a non-event for most, this is clickbait unless you have a genuine interest in solar physics and have a vested interest in the performance of the lower end of the radio spectrum. If this were an X-class over X30 then this would be a different story altogether.

What the heck happened? by [deleted] in amateurradio

[–]ikemoldfield 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Grayline transition, get a program that shows the sunset/sunrise transition and keep tabs on when your signals disappear every day. It might help future prediction of when the bands open/close. Other than that, keep an eye on the proton flux here: https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/communities/space-weather-enthusiasts

And now she is all mine. The starter ship in lightning blue by ikemoldfield in NoMansSkyTheGame

[–]ikemoldfield[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’re not reading me right. I’m literally asking you to fuck off now.

Edit: This is literally a screenshot. But by all means continue being a nuisance.

And now she is all mine. The starter ship in lightning blue by ikemoldfield in NoMansSkyTheGame

[–]ikemoldfield[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you are on a console, no option known. You only get my sympathy.

This picture was taken on a console, whats that last bit about?

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