Japan here. Finally got one! These are flying off store shelves, and they make the country of origin the selling point1mo ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/taiwan
Behold, the first live postseason game of my life in any sport: JAPAN SERIES GAME 1, Y'ALL!2yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/baseball
The scene at Dotonbori, Osaka as the Hanshin Tigers won it all. Colonel Sanders at upper right, holding a bucket of chicken, leads the crowd in cheers6mo ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/baseball
So I was watching the first episode of _The Falcon and the Winter Soldier_ and OH MY GOD3yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/maryland
Okay so I'm watching the *second* episode of _The Falcon and the Winter Soldier_ and OH MY GOD3yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/maryland
I embedded a Raspberry Pi into the back of an old monitor and now have a self-contained Ham Clock4yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
Announcing HAMCLOCK II: THE CLOCKENING, in which the old monitor died so I Amazoned a new one for US$95 and it looks even better now.11mo ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
In June, 1981, I flew unaccompanied for the first time at age 10 aboard Piedmont 201, KBWI-KMIA-KEYW, to visit my dad; I still have the boarding passes. Now, 41 years later, I am recreating the flight in MSFS, something I would have never imagined possible then...2yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/flightsim
Japanese TV tonight did 10 solid minutes on the Fujinami trade as top story. Will he become Mt. Fuji for the O's?10mo ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/orioles
FOR THE SAKE OF HUMANITY WE MUST ALL WORK TO END SLAVERY AROUND THE GLOBE. JUST LOOK AT THESE HORRIBLE WORKING CONDITIONS [DISTURBING CONTENT]8yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/totallynotrobots
You've been licensed for four days, and it's finally your turn at your first VHF roundtable net5yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
At my local pub, in the men's room, they have a toilet exclusively for puking into9yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
I present my cleanest METEOR-M2 result ever, 8/2/2018 23:47 UTC. Today here in Nagoya (central Japan) it reached 40.3°C, breaking a record that stood for 76 years6yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/RTLSDR
It was at this point I decided maybe it was time to shut the PC down for the night.12yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/skyrim
Here's me last Friday calling CQ on 146.52 about fifty times from the top of Diamond Head Crater and getting not a single peep in response. Dang. (I made some repeater contacts later instead)4yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
Here's MASN's Roch Kubatko on Japanese television last night talking up Fujinami: There aren't many pitchers in the league who can throw with such velocity9mo ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/orioles
A bit of fine-tuning of wxmap + Eckert 4 projection + close NOAA passes = composites!7yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/RTLSDR
Hey how about a new tradition of depicting the Oriole Bird facing to the left in times of crisis? I mean because pretty much nothing else has worked3yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/orioles
METEOR-M2 -> QFH -> LNA -> RTLSDR -> Raspberry Pi -> medet -> Smooth Meteor -> GIMP -> my best image to date, depicting the aftermath of a crippling blizzard in Hokkaido, Japan6yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/RTLSDR
The hell with Breezehome, Proudspire Manor, and the whole Hearthfire thing. All I ever needed was the Alchemist's Shack.12yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/skyrim
[Completed Build] This is not my first by any means, but it's the first time I paid real attention to aesthetics as well as function. I needed to brag about it somewhere...6yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/gamingpc
I gave up and went domestic. If you want to feel popular, work daytime 40m FT8 with one watt in Japan. I called CQ *once*. 25 QSOs later...3yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
Kikusui Electronics Sky Sister S-53 receiver at the Retro Museum in Takayama, Gifu, Japan2yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
My rPi/SDR's NOAA-15 image showing Typhoon Noru (briefly a category 5) churning in the Pacific, Aug. 1, 2017, 0811Z. Oh god we're all gonna die goodbye folks aieeeee.7yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/RTLSDR
Apparently METEOR-M2 was off-kilter and pointing at the horizon this morning while over China (0119 UTC October 18)6yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/RTLSDR
A minor milestone: Last night I transmitted a signal (40m FT8) from JA that was heard in grid FM19, the same grid as my hometown. I have never been able to do this before. Usually I never make it past the Rockies.4yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
The Dragonborn puts the skills he learned chopping all that firewood to good use.12yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/skyrim
Behold my first transatlantic SSTV QSO with F4CYH in France from grid FM19 operating as NI3B5yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
This is my first viable METEOR-M2 image from an automated receiver/decoder, Raspberry Pi based (details in comments)6yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/RTLSDR
Fully automated Raspberry Pi NOAA satellite receiver completed. Shell script predicts passes every 12 hours. Second script records signal, creates map overlay, decodes image, and uploads to internet. Next step is better antenna.8yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/RTLSDR
The Yaesu FT-857D install (right) completes my Land Cruiser 200 mobile shack nerdmobile. The OBD2 gauge, custom digital instrument cluster, 10 console display, and rear view mirror dashcam has turned the cabin into the bridge of the goddamn starship Enterprise.3yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
Continuing the Weather is Out to Kill Me Series: Typhoon Talim, sustained winds 111 mph, the third this season I've captured via NOAA-19/RTLSDR7yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/RTLSDR
TIL Ty Cobb appeared with an 80-year-old Thomas Edison during a spring training event in 1927. A Sarasota (FL) Herald article describes the lefty Edison nailing Cobb with a line drive, prompting the crowd to yell sign him!6yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/baseball
It's taken me 445 hours to finally get around to doing this for the first time12yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/skyrim
Just to show how improved my antenna system is, I tried 1/2 hour of WSPR on 40m last night -- made it clear across the Pacific and into southern Australia on one watt.7yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
[crosspost from /r/pics] Holy crap someone found the White Stag in real life!8yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/skyrim
I've done it. Behold my first non-wire HF antenna, a rigid V dipole for 40/20/15/10m. The culmination of over a month's planning, this is my proudest ham achievement to date.7yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
Thalmor Justicar, in his best pose for the camera. Say cheese! Wait... you can't.13yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/skyrim
METEOR-M2 LRPT image over Japan today 2359 UTC. Note polar vortex at upper right5yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/RTLSDR
McLaren F1-GTR on display at the Japan International Machine Tool Fair, Tokyo [2682x1779][OC]12yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/carporn
Domestic 40m JA FT8 (7.041) Sunday morning. Pretty amazing what you can do with 1 watt.4yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
This beer can was found inside the wall at the house where I grew up; placed there during construction, it had sat there for nearly 50 years7yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
7L3EEJ is my new favorite QSL card ever. Drawn by his own hand, it depicts his house, antenna system, and him cheerfully in the shack on the air at 2am while his angry wife looks on8yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
NOAA-19 image (eckert4 projection) from this afternoon, showing blizzard conditions hammering Japan; Tokyo is under its worst cold snap in 48 years. Sure looks pretty from upstairs though [RTLSDR.COM/QFH/rPi]6yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/RTLSDR
Today I managed to decode faint radiofax signals from weather station NOJ, Kodiak, Alaska, from central Japan (3,500 miles)8yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/RTLSDR
My automated Raspberry Pi receiver got messed up after the recent METEOR-M2 downtime, but it's back now. Much better. (2018/11/4 0041 UTC)5yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/RTLSDR
[look-who-I-worked post] OMG GUYS I WORKED K1JT HIMSELF I CAN DIE HAPPY NOW7yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
Facebook group contributor reports insane 6 meter opening producing multi-hop Es contacts clear across the Pacific, including a JT65 contact from the continental US to *China*7yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
Attention /u/Chucklz: As per advice I got a buck converter and got it charging my ID-51a off the linear PSU now. No RFI. I will be expanding on this, thanks.6yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
[Rigporn] Vintage Yaesu FT-301s, FC-301 antenna tuner, and speaker, seen at a little amateur shop in the city of Kochi. In excellent condition.7yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
Welp, I found one of my noise sources: Dude very close to me conversing for 45 minutes at a bazillion watts. My entire 2 meter spectrum is a sea of harmonics. Full copy without any antenna at all.8yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
Today on 6m, a station 1200 km away gave me a 59+40 report, likely the best I've ever received. Beam antennas are awesome. I felt powerful, like someone had handed me a rifle7yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
ISS SSTV image hot off the press (recorded live during the pass)! Now to go back and try to get a better decode out of the recording...8yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
12 hours of 40m WSPR at 1 watt last night. PU3WSF, 19,000 km distant, decoded at -27.6yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
THIS SUMMER I GO HIKING. POPULAR ACTIVITY AMONGST US HUMANS. I INTERFACE WITH NATURE. LOOK AT MAJESTIC FOREST.8yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/totallynotrobots
After a months-long absence, I returned to Skyrim tonight, after installing some scenery mods that had been developed in the interim. I stared at my monitor for a few minutes just whispering holy shit to myself11yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/skyrim
NOAA-19, 4/13/2017 0531 UTC. This is my favorite time of year for daytime NOAA passes, because you can see the reflection of the sun in the Pacific7yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/RTLSDR
Before measuring and cutting, my 2m satellite cross yagi -- my first totally homemade antenna -- is about to take shape.8yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
Guys, SCORE. Behold: a *very* early bilateral phase interpolator head, with the original ferrophosphate injectors! Found at local VXer's estate sale. And it still produces stable trans-ions!7yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/VXJunkies
My wife looks out over a mountain range at the Tengu Highlands, Shikoku, 1450 meters elevation. From here I worked my first VK5 station ever8yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
Taiwan WBC team forms circle on pitcher's mound after loss to Japan, bows deeply in thanks to Japanese fans who were holding up hundreds of placards reading Thank You Taiwan! for post 3/11 goodwill12yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/japan
Cleaning out my late grandparents' attic, I found these two 1970 vintage ARRL publications. Nobody in my family ever became hams, but here's proof that somebody was at least interested.8yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
My wife looks at a 15-foot-tall root system ripped up by Hurricane Sandy in a Maryland forest.12yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
Hey, I've seen that callsign somewhere before... Congratulations to /u/ItsBail!7yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
When your most favorite team in the world gets no-hit, and things look bleak, this is what I think is a logical, level-headed response9yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/orioles
Here's something depressing: when there's a huge 6m opening for everybody but you. Other JA stations are working Europe, but I can't hear a single one of them7yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
[ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED] Successful reception of WX satellite NOAA-19 downlink.8yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
A pleasant surprise: 15m FT8 was wiiiiiiiiiiide open to EU this afternoon. Grabbed Dodecanese (Greece), EU Russia, and a bunch of Italians; heard as far as France.7yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
TIL: In a scene in _Die Hard 2: Die Harder_, one of the army guys is working a Kenwood base station amateur rig, a SM-220 Station Monitor, and a desktop mic. CQ DX, motherf$%&er.7yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
Test drove an Icom IC-7851 (right) this afternoon. It's basically a high-end PC/transciever hybrid, complete with keyboard & mouse. The filtering is mind-boggling9yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
[@Orioles] Manny Machado comments on win: YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH”7yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/orioles
Just needed to brag: A QB50P1 (EO-79) pass just now. I had struggled with this bird for weeks but suddenly, the packets came booming in8yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
I walked into my local Ford dealership in Gifu and saw this -- a 1928 Ford Model A ragtop, original, unrestored. One of only 3 surviving specimens in the country.12yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/japan
NOAA-19 image captured this morning -- check out the cyclonic low. Heavy snow fell on the coast all day7yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/RTLSDR
He was flabbergasted that such a thing was even happening. He was expecting half-naked bandits. Nobody said a damn thing about fully-armored demi-gods with incindiary weapons in Troll School.12yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/skyrim
A balloon popped and left its ice shell during Winter Storm Nika (xpost from /r/pics)11yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
TIL you can tell when the aerial photo of OPACY in Google Maps was taken. #AlwaysOctober9yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/orioles
There came a point where I started to prefer the imaginary outside to the real outside.12yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/skyrim
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: First 6m MSK144 meteor scatter contacts. Here I worked W4IMD in GA from MD, 523 miles, on the third attempt. 100W and a dipole only.7yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
The Hilberling PT-8000A. An exclusive, ultra-high-end, $14,000 transceiver for the super-rich operator. So naturally, to represent their stellar reputation in their ads, they tune it to...9yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
General Tullius: All right, men, we're going in for Ulfric Stormcloak... *sunglasses*... and dragon him out of there.13yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/skyrim
Behold, I have done it, my first SSTV QSO! ... WHAT IN THE HELL IS THAT.8yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
Did you notice that the solar image on N0NBH's site is partially eclipsed?8yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
Tango Two Bravo reporting from Sector 81-58. Squad has secured the radio room. Appears equipped for digital transmissions. Will broadcast news of victory forthwith. Over.10yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/GreenDawn
My first successful SSTV decode on 14.230 MHz this afternoon was simultaneously exciting and, frankly, rather creepballs10yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
I heard that propagation was good today, so I left WSPR listening to 20m while I was out all afternoon8yr ⋅ the2belo ⋅ r/amateurradio
