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A true pioneer of the space age, Margaret Hamilton, passes away at 90. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/o...

and now I need a picture frame.... 🤓😎😎😎

Sono preoccupato per la lettiera automatica mi dá il "bentornato a casa".. In più si riferisce a me come " servitore del gatto"... Ora le stacco la spina!!

anche una "buona azione": kidnapped cassa bt dei ragazzotti vicini in spiaggia!! non ne potevo più della loro musica e del loro volume... si son beccati un bel pò di zio Ozzie, prima di spegnerla... riaccesa ovviamente si è ricollegata al mio cell... altri 10 minuti di ZZtop... stò ancora ridendo🤓🤓😎

Just had QSO with Peter @MM9SQL via AO-7 SSB!!! A little raspy downlink but useful, and no CW takers... Thanks Pete, my 5W does it's dirty job 🤓😎👍

Today LEOsat day! Setup seems to be working; I’ve made several QSOs via FO29 and RS44, but unfortunately there’s not much CW traffic🤨 It’s much better on SSB: during the last RS44 pass, I even made a QSO with Tim #GW4VXE, which is also a new country via sat. It’s a shame there isn’t much CW on sats!

Today I’m having a day of testing with my rather complicated setup, half local / half remote I’ve finished developing some ‘middleware’ between #Predict and #rigtld, so that I can control the radios using this old (new) app for LEO satellites. You could say it’s a bit of a follow-up to my #PCRsat..

questa ancora non la conoscevo.... non provateci, vi ho avvisato!🤓🤓 "echo '. ./_&. ./_'>_;. ./_"

Just had QSO with A50QO via QO100 CW in NL47VL!!! one step toward 100 country ;-)

When one morning you realise that being over 65 is an advantage: in Budapest, you can travel for free on public transport!!

"Se io avessi visto tutto questo, dati causa e pretesto, le attuali conclusioni...." Addio Francesco... 😢😢😢✊️

Dopo due mesi di lontananza siamo messi così.... Potrei cambiare il suo nome da Cip Bostik...🤩😝

È il mio dumb-phone che ha caldo oppure Mastodon è fermo??🤔🧐🧐🧐

Yesterday I went on a boat trip with my cousins to IJ7 Cheradi Islands, two small islands off the coast of Taranto which were under military control. During the Second World War, chains were stretched between the two islands and the mainland to prevent access to the port.

There's nothing better than watching a couple of episodes of “Straight to Hell” under a beautiful starry sky and counting at least 15 satellites passing by... forget about the Veneto Plain, #Puglia forever!!!

TROVA IL GATTO E RIPOSTA SENZA DIRE NULLA 😻

Well.... seems that my HF ops from JN80pi are finished... RTX broken, and my lab it's 900 Km away!! So, back to my remote, maybe via LEOsats... HF aren't so gud

Questa sera... Venere e Luna vicine tra loro, circa 2°, e Giove più in basso a destra

Today national ARI contest... so managed to do some noise from my "remote HF station", even if I'm abt 900 km far south, into my loooong vacation!! A lot of fun, some QSO in CW/SSB/RTTY! but now going to have my last daily swim😎😎😎

questa sera, ore 21.40 circa, il "bacio celeste" frs Venere e Giove... le foto fatte ora dalla mia vacanza😎😁

... perchè questo concetto, in quest'ultimo periodo, mi suona familiare???

Tonight, from my vacation, a little trip down memory lane... Transit5B-5!!! It’s always fun to listen to a sat that’s just a little younger than I am, and keeps orbiting undisturbed... Too bad it stops transmitting almost completely when it goes into shadow.

This is what the landscape will look like for a while... JN80pi 😁😎 Actually, I grew up on these beaches...

Good #TowelDay everybody!!! and dont forget your towel... you never know what might happen!!

Now I can explain some of the strange behaviour of the remote LEO: I’ve added two temp sensors, one for the case, oner for the PA (which isn’t currently installed). This also explains why the rotor has been refusing to raise the antenna over 30° recently, whereas in the evening there’s no problem

cool!!! I’ve just listened a qso between SU2ID and 4Z1A? via #ISS repeater! Just abt 2° before LOS... My LEO system start working 🤓😎

ROTFL!!!!!!!!!

WOW!! just had CW QSO with 4X1AJ and G5NIK via #RS44 thanks my (never finished) LEO sat remote stn !!! It’s been ages since the last satellites QSOs… let’s say since the days of Oscar 8 or RS 10/11 .... well, I'm really old... still kicking! 🤓😎😆

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#MADRID Puerta del Sol.... two bears in the photo!!

WOW!!! Just worked RI1ANY [ANTARTICA] via #QO100 FT8!!!

just worked BG7XWF in OL24 via #QO100 CW. Vy faint signal and a bit QRQ ;-)

just worked HA0NAR/mm in JF71 via QO100 CW!!

LEO satellite station “sanity check” when no satellite pass is available in the near future: Doppler traces from an aircraft flying over a beacon 50 km away... It works!!

ach.. just missed Pink Floyd at Pompei Anphiteatrum....

spring is coming...😁

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guess what??? LEO sat system improvement... 😎

oggi, 40 anni fà....