Sunday, February 15, 2026

FreeDV Sunday net - 23 stations

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An excellent FreeDV RADE1 net here in South East Australia with 23 stations on frequency. Some for the first time. Stations: VK5KHZ, VK5KFG,...
Wednesday, February 11, 2026

C port of FreeDV RADE going well - transmit working today

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Today marked a milestone in my investigation into using Claude Code with a complex codebase. I had a FreeDV RADE contact with another statio...
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Tech talk on ABC Radio - Is OpenClaw the future?

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Have you heard of a tool called OpenClaw? Apparently, you install it on your computer and it acts like your personal assistant. it's gen...
Sunday, February 08, 2026

FreeDV Sunday net - excellent conditions

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An excellent Sunday FreeDV net this morning with VK2, VK3 and VK5 stations all with good SNRs.  Some interest was expressed in the C port of...
Saturday, February 07, 2026

Experimental C port of the FreeDV RADEV1

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One of the objectives of the work on RADEV2 is to replace the currently required Python runtime from the distributed FreeDV app. This would...
Friday, February 06, 2026

A well used laptop keyboard

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Many years ago I handed down a MacBook air to our youngest daughter. She used it until I handed down a later machine. Last week she returned...
Thursday, February 05, 2026

Xiegu X6200 review

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Keen to do more field operating (and overnight camping). My rig of choice has been the Elecraft KX3 with it's excellent antenna tuner an...
Wednesday, February 04, 2026

Received a rather lovely QSL Card

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This just in from an FT8 contact. Very retro. Thanks Jim.