Everyone is going wild about Chinese NanaVNA clones. They’re tiny, pretty decent, cheap and computer controllable.

There’s a new groups.io group @ https://groups.io/g/nanovna-users and discussions on them almost everywhere.

Mine shipped with no battery, and someone on the users list recommends 602040 Li-Po. I could find something in an old gadget but it would need to be super thin, so I’ve ordered one.

NanoVNA-saver currently looks to be the best software: https://github.com/mihtjel/nanovna-saver

Cool!

#hamradio

Using “the most pointless Docker command ever” ( https://zwischenzugs.com/2015/06/24/the-most-pointless-docker-command-ever/) to look inside the VM Docker for macOS uses.

I’m not sure where the image comes from but it’s pretty small and slick, and I’m unsure how I’d get a shell on it without the hack!

(my next toot will be radio related….maybe)

I’ve just had the most amazing week at 44con and on the Mastering Container Secuirity Course.

The course was brilliant, and the quality of talks at 44con was awesome.

I even won a GQ electronics geiger counter!

Cheers to @stevelord + the crew for organising!

#44con #conference #infosec

Overheard at 44con/many hats club: I’m gonna drunkenly recompile my kernel…. (@stevelord)

Good to see the 2m proposals being withdrawn from the WRC agenda!

https://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/gb2rs/headlines/2019/08/30/good-news-for-the-two-metre-band/

#hamradio #amateurradio

Ohh, I think it’s my mastodoniversary!

I still follow people on the “other” site but I’ve basically not looked back and don’t post there more.

Thanks @M0YNG, and here’s to another year 🥂 🍰

These breadboard designs for SMD parts are so cool!

https://github.com/electroniceel/protoboard/

A bit like the MeSQUARES on http://qrpme.com/?p=product&id=MES but with an open license.

#electronics #breadboard

Another podcast I just devoured is 13 Minutes to the Moon. Definitely recommend it if you’ve not listened yet!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xttx2

Started reading about USB (unified S-Band this time!) as used by the Apollo program. It was pretty advanced and used the 2 GHz band. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_S-band

Every time I try to update my website my hacky Hugo theme develops new problems. I think I need to start using a third party (maintained) theme!

Just finished listening to the Bellingcat Podcast on MH17. Definitely recommend it: https://www.bellingcat.com/category/resources/podcasts/