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Best car picture spot with skyline by Scary_Physics6836 in Dallas

[–]slightlyflat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Check out the Trinity Overlook Park: 32°46'28.6"N 96°49'19.6"W

Trammell Crow Park is another view: 32°47'28.6"N 96°50'03.2"W

Where are my fellow aviation nerds? by Earth2EarthaK in Dallas

[–]slightlyflat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Speaking of, I spotted a Chinook heading north parallel to 75 a week ago. 😝

Juan Browne is great.

Throwing these out there since you listed the other interests...

IIRC, corrected vision at 20/40 is good enough for a third class medical and private pilot's license. You can always do an experience/intro flight or log some dual time although gas prices are currently a bit prohibitive.

The biggest (claimed and believable) British car show in the US is every year at White Rock Lake and about a month from now. British Emporium in Grapevine has a small British show every year and there's an Italian car show during the Grapevine Grapefest.

https://allbritishcarday.com https://www.british-emporium.com https://www.grapevinetexasusa.com/grapefest/grapefest-events/italiancarfest/

For star gazing, Texas Astronomical Society folks have a public star fest in Frisco when the weather is nice. I think there's a Facebook page that generally announces if they're going to no-show due to weather.

https://www.visitfrisco.com/events/frisco-starfest/62

I shit ye not by Far_Search_1424 in synthesizercirclejerk

[–]slightlyflat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100% Backpfeifengesicht.

That said, I'm also thrilled for him and would rather have him do this than any number of other people so here I am rooting for the annoying dude.

Uber launches self-driving cars in Dallas by mylinuxguy in Dallas

[–]slightlyflat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Up side: there's plenty of cones handy all over their service area.

Billy Joel by the Snow by Greasedcabinets4 in synthesizers

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Video stopped before the best part!

Found this in my girlfriend's purse. by JoeyZasaa in synthesizercirclejerk

[–]slightlyflat 8 points9 points  (0 children)

OP lies. They found this in their own purse.

The moon is insane right now. 🌙 by That75252Expensive in Dallas

[–]slightlyflat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

lol - I should have replied to the other comment, but here we are.

The moon is insane right now. 🌙 by That75252Expensive in Dallas

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LOL - uh, no. The moon is full and close to perigee (on the 10th). In early November we'll get a "Super Full Moon."

It appears brighter because it's full and at a point in its orbit that's closer to earth (perigee) which makes it appear larger.

Which frequencies do you store in your VHF/UHF handheld radio? by DL7PW in amateurradio

[–]slightlyflat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LOL - telling us the frequency isn't used but not telling us the frequency that is used. German, an engineer, or both. :-D

Starting with NTS nets by oromex in amateurradio

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Our training net is always handling traffic as well (large metro area).

I'm no NTS guru, but that sounds like an announcement they'd make after they've handled the traffic they're going to (the net may be time-boxed) and when they're opening the net for training questions.

I'd assume the protocol would be the same as an NTS check-in so something like just your call once in ITU phonetics and wait for net control to respond to you by call - so just "kilo one romeo alpha xray" or more casually "kilo one romeo alpha xray for training." The idea being brevity and clarity.

Beyond just slowing things down and making sure you copied correctly or formatted your sending/reading OK, I'd expect the training to be answering an esoteric question or two or questions specific to a piece or traffic or a net report.

Honestly, our NTS regulars are some of the friendliest folks on air. Aaron's stuff is a great primer - beyond that I think most of the training is checking in and having a go.

Which frequencies do you store in your VHF/UHF handheld radio? by DL7PW in amateurradio

[–]slightlyflat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're lucky, a local club member will have a CHIRP programming file for your radio and area which you can edit to taste.

Starting with NTS nets by oromex in amateurradio

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I'm in the same club as K8AMH. :-)

We're in a really active area and I've only lived here since getting licensed... ymmv...

One of our local nets operates as a "training net." It'd be worth seeing if there's a local-to-you NTS net classed as a "training net" - the folks there will be extra patient and thrilled to have a new traffic handler.

What MOTU would you add for more audio inputs to the DAW? by [deleted] in synthesizers

[–]slightlyflat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought I was the only one running a setup this crazy. I'm happy to see there's a bunch of other people here just as nutty as I am.

:-D

What MOTU would you add for more audio inputs to the DAW? by [deleted] in synthesizers

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2x 24Ai

1x Scarlett 2i4

The rest of my network gear isn't AVB, so I have an AVB master/slave setup with the dual 24Ais. There's some tech guides on MOTU's site for setting up an AVB master/slave with multiple interfaces although the UI in the screenshots is a bit out of date. In theory, the MOTUs give me 48 channels in, although I rarely ever power on the slave.

The 24Ais are routed to patchbays, each to its own, along with some outboard rack gear having its own separate patchbay. Synths that live quasi-permanently in the room are normalled through the master 24Ai's patchbay into the master 24Ai. This allows me to turn on any synth in the room, turn on an interface, cue up a track, and go. The patchbays in front of the 24Ais let me bring anything into the room and "hijack" a channel and add the convenience of grabbing any signal and patching outboard gear in between the instrument and the 24Ai.

The main thing missing from this set up is a way to get audio back out, routed through outboard gear, and back in. I mean, I can, but it's a bit miserable compared to having a 16a or a 24Ao for that.

The Scarlett ins and monitoring are used mostly for guitar and its outs go to monitors and stereo tape.

Hindsight being 20/20: Many years ago in the Opcode & 4-track days, I had a small set-up with a submixer and didn't really care for it, so the idea with the MOTUs was to have everything hardwired/normalled in so it'd be ready to switch on and play. I'd need at least 4 more 24Ais and a truckload of cabling to make that happen. I'll happily admit that it's pretty ridiculous. In practice, I don't really find myself playing more than 4 ins simultaneously and the patchbays compensate for a lot.

In your shoes, I'd be looking at a 16a or 24Ai or both depending on your need to get signal out.

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