Beautiful morning here on Hatteras Island

Ham Radio Field Day is coming up on June 28th. If you are going to be on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, and you are wondering what Ham Radio is, want to participate in connecting to folks around the world, interested in emergency communications, etc. think about stopping by Saturday, June 28th at the Salvo Volunteer Fire Department, starting at noon! #ARRLFieldDay #HamRadio #RadioConnects #FessendenAmateurRadio #RadioHatteras #EmergencyPreparedness #OuterBanksEvents #STEM

I love seeing the new seedlings in the hydroponics just waiting for the high nutrient slurping. #hydroponics #gardening

I recall @Jack Spirko discussing this years ago on the Survival Podcast

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While traveling over the weekend, I was asked what Ham Radio was. It is a good question, and I didn't have a simple answer. I asked ChatGPT to give me a summary. This is pretty good: NOTE: My main reason for being a "ham" is primarily for emergency communication. First when we lived in California for earthquakes and all the other hellfire that happens in CA. Now, living in Hatteras, it is for Hurricanes and flooding. It is also nice to be able to communicate with others for information, etc. #hamradio #amateurradio #ham #radio

Just transferred 40 pepper plants to grow bags, put down mulch in the backyard, got the wicking gardens operational, and planted some herbs in the raised gardens. We are going to be sore tomorrow after hauling soil, rocks, and mulch. #gardening #homestead

I wear my Storm Pooper shirt once a year. May the Fourth be With You #maythefourth #maythefourthbewithyou #starwars

Made a new batch or hot sauce to get me through the next week or two 🤣 Home grown and smoked ghost peppers, red bell pepper, carrots, cranberries, and blue agave.

I like combining things I love. Electronics, ham radio, software development, and water sports (like surfing and prone paddling). In this case, I am using ham radio's APRS for tracking me while out doing long distance prone paddling. It is good for my wife to know where to send the Coast Guard to pull out my body if I drown 🤣. The BTECH - BaoFeng UV-PRO is a great radio since it has KISS mode to interface for APRS. I used APRSDroid on my phone for the software to drive it all. #aprs #hamradio #amateurradio

Crappy cellphone video since I was keeping my distance. This was from about 6:30am this morning just over the dunes from Billy Mitchell. Tourists scared the deer away. But before they took off, they were frolicking in the ocean. I thought that they were dogs hopping around and playing. I finally took my phone out as they were leaving. Was fun to watch #nature #obx #outerbanks #photography

The changing barrier islands are always a wonder. GM all! #photography #obx #ourerbanks #gm

Anyone have a recommendation for a whole disk encryption method for an existing linux laptop? #linux #encryption #security

GM all. Beautiful morning here on Hatteras Island. #gm #outerbanks #obx

Anybody have a recommendation for a hotspot "appliance" I can use to give people free access to internet? This is for emergency preparedness, when terrestrial inrernet is down, our community radio station wants people to allow people to park in our parking lot to be able to hit internet, do calling over WiFi, etc. We have starlink, but on our island, cable providers are often down because of cable cuts, etc. We need to have logging and to have terms and conditions accepting to allow access. #emergencepreparedness #prepping

A big GM. One of my surf buddies snapped a few shots of me on my prone paddle board. Beautiful morning. #gm #pronepaddling #obx #outerbanks

I found this sitting in my toolbox. I bought it when the #RadioShack in Redondo Beach, CA shut down. I don't think I have even tried it. I don't have high hopes. I am upgrading some of my sensors with new power supplies and other components this weekend. I think I will give it a go 🤣 #electronics #esp32 #arduino

Our fig tree is greening out of the sticks it was just a month ago. Very green leaves and starting to form actual fruit. I think that if the deer don't eat everything, I will have enough figs to make a single fig newton. #gardening #outerbanks #obx

Finished the dog pen on the bottom deck so Kenzie can hang out with us. Cool that she is only a few inches tall. I only needed to build a 2 foot high fence. Saves on materials 🤣 #building #woodwork #dogs #dachshund

If you make your own yogurt or kefir, try using a sous vide to regulate temperature while things ferment. Makes for an easy time.

What a great update for the BTech radio. Just the UI changes alone make it so much easier to use and read (especially out in bright sunlight). What a difference a font change makes. Now to figure out all the radio changes and to turn off the Rodger beep so others don't complain 🤣 #hamradio #amateurradio #btech #uvpro #aprs