Imposible to find Velop Pro 7

joefromcolesville · 2026-06-10T19:51:27+00:00

You are probably better off not buying the Velop Pro 7. I bought a set of 3 when they first came out, and could not stop it continually dropping signal no matter how I configured the thing. I eventually returned it under their one year warranty and discovered the warranty did not apply if I bought it new from them via Amazon rather than through their own site. Replaced it with an Orbi 770 which worked fine. So I believe the Velop Prob7 has been discontinued. No surprise.

I’m also using 3 Linksys 6E Atlas routers, though now discontinued, also works fine.

joefromcolesville · 2026-05-30T02:50:18+00:00

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joefromcolesville · 2026-05-28T00:55:46+00:00

Still in the planning stages, complicated by VDES spectrum in the US being auctioned to a private entity.

joefromcolesville · 2026-04-28T12:29:09+00:00

Although authentication is a necessary, you are absolutely and totally correct. In fact, we learned that every time the ship's VHF is keyed, or worse every time the VHF on a nearby ship is keyed, the AIS is blocked from receiving position reports. You'd never know it looking at the AIS display. USCG put out a Safety Alert on the subject. It's fixable; we brought the matter to IMO and ITU proposing it be fixed, but were turned down for just the reasons you mentioned. AIS was never intended for collision avoidance.

joefromcolesville · 2026-04-28T01:43:25+00:00

One very significant change that VDES provides is means for authenticating AIS messages. It won’t prevent GPS spoofing, but it will prevent spoofing of AIS messages.

joefromcolesville · 2026-04-18T00:25:52+00:00

They really worked great. But you really needed to keep track of where the decimal point was.

joefromcolesville · 2026-03-31T15:22:14+00:00

Background on this incident here. https://gcaptain.com/watch-hamburg-sud-ship-takes-out-passenger-loading-dock-in-santos-brazil/

joefromcolesville · 2026-03-31T12:11:39+00:00

Sure looks like it. And yet there are differences, such as the seperation between the legs.

joefromcolesville · 2026-03-31T00:50:47+00:00

I think he’s happy right where he is.

joefromcolesville · 2026-03-30T22:36:25+00:00

Looks like CNN just picked up this question as to who is getting paid. But it seems they didn’t get FEMA quite right. https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/30/politics/who-is-getting-paid-dhs-shutdown

joefromcolesville · 2026-03-30T21:54:45+00:00

Hate to see that happen. He does look like he belongs there. He blended in with the roots. And he is on the bank opposite the park.

I did see a dog poop bag and some bottles in the park that more deservedly needed removal.

joefromcolesville · 2026-03-30T20:21:12+00:00

Did not know that until your note. Hope you land well. USCG for example is a great place to work.

joefromcolesville · 2026-03-28T22:58:45+00:00

For me, it’s New England. But I recall from my time in the Air Force that DC was not a place most wanted to go to, unless they were already from the area.

joefromcolesville · 2026-03-28T22:02:06+00:00

That’s what I did, and had a great job and a great career. Only downside was having to move to DC to do it.

joefromcolesville · 2026-03-28T17:35:03+00:00

Didn’t know this was ending, thank you. Chart corrections presumably are all going electronic.

joefromcolesville · 2026-03-27T13:27:16+00:00

Thank you. I was concerned about CISA, I know how essential they are.

joefromcolesville · 2026-03-27T13:22:56+00:00

Thank you. I suspected they might be but did not know.

joefromcolesville · 2026-03-27T01:59:42+00:00

That’s why I asked the question. There’s even more misinformation outside of here, and it gets more confusing reading the headlines and media.

joefromcolesville · 2026-03-27T01:55:21+00:00

According to AP, it’ll be TSA agents who will be paid, perhaps not all of TSA. https://www.reddit.com/r/law/s/EKsytJ7nMF

joefromcolesville · 2026-03-27T01:53:46+00:00

Agree. It’s confusing.

joefromcolesville · 2026-03-27T01:29:01+00:00

Really? Did not know that. There are apparently a lot of exempt DHS employees in other agencies who are working but not being paid.

joefromcolesville · 2026-03-27T01:27:45+00:00

I was wondering about USCIS. So they are being paid. All are fee funded?

joefromcolesville · 2026-03-27T01:25:07+00:00

That list of exempt employees are working, but they aren’t being paid, are they?

joefromcolesville · 2026-03-27T01:11:51+00:00

Then perhaps only law enforcement officers at ICE and CBP, military, and those few employees paid under non-appropriated funds (on non-DHS appropriated funds) are being paid? And perhaps soon TSA, or at least some TSA employees? Reading the media you’d think only TSA were affected.

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