Victoria (K8VSY) (she/her)

Want to get your #HamRadio license?

W8LT VE team's next exam session is April 11 at 12 PM in the Founder's Room at The Ohio State University (1739 N High St)

you MUST pre-register!

w8ltve.team/exams/2026-0...

#OhioState #Ohio #AmateurRadio #hamr #Columbus #ColumbusOH #ColumbusOhio #OSU

Keep Android Open Advocating for Android as a free, open platform for everyone to build apps on.

Keep Android Open

"In August 2025, Google announced that as of September 2026, it will no longer be possible to develop apps for the Android platform without first registering centrally with Google."

keepandroidopen.org

#Android #FOSS #OpenSource #Android16 #Android17 #phone #phones #FDroid #OSS

YL POTA (Parks-on-the-Air) Party - International Women's Day March 8th 2026 Good afternoon ladies! KC1OHT / 2E0OHT here! I know a lot of people have been asking me about International Women's Day YL POTA Party coming up this March 8th 2026! We are on track to make this the biggest and best International Women's Day yet! I've partnered up with the guys over at Live Free and Ham Podcast once again! We'll be doing a show dedicated to Women in Ham Radio, likely in the beginning of February. In the meantime, I'm happy to announce, this year we will have OFFICIAL T-SHIRTS! They've just gone live on the Live Free and Ham shop so make sure you place your orders ASAP for delivery AND wear them with PRIDE! 33 to you all de KC1OHT/2E0OHT, Shannon Gibney, in Lynn Massachusetts USA . 23 Dec 2025

Looks like there will be another, "YL POTA (Parks-on-the-Air) Party" this year on International Women's Day, March 8th 2026!

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio #hamr #ParksOnTheAir #POTA #radio #YL #YLRL #InternationalWomensDay #WomensDay #March8 #March8th #YLPOTA #YLPOTAParty #YL_POTA_Party

Want to get your #HamRadio license?

W8LT VE team's next exam session is Jan 23 at 6:30 PM in the Ohio Staters Room at The Ohio State University (1739 N High St)

you must pre-register!

w8ltve.team/exams/2026-0...

#OhioState #Ohio #AmateurRadio #hamr #Columbus #ColumbusOH #ColumbusOhio #OSU

YL POTA (Parks-on-the-Air) Party - International Women's Day March 8th 2026 Good afternoon ladies! KC1OHT / 2E0OHT here! I know a lot of people have been asking me about International Women's Day YL POTA Party coming up this March 8th 2026! We are on track to make this the biggest and best International Women's Day yet! I've partnered up with the guys over at Live Free and Ham Podcast once again! We'll be doing a show dedicated to Women in Ham Radio, likely in the beginning of February. In the meantime, I'm happy to announce, this year we will have OFFICIAL T-SHIRTS! They've just gone live on the Live Free and Ham shop so make sure you place your orders ASAP for delivery AND wear them with PRIDE! 33 to you all de KC1OHT/2E0OHT, Shannon Gibney, in Lynn Massachusetts USA . 23 Dec 2025

Looks like there will be another, "YL POTA (Parks-on-the-Air) Party" this year on International Women's Day, March 8th 2026!

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio #hamr #ParksOnTheAir #POTA #radio #YL #YLRL #InternationalWomensDay #WomensDay #March8 #March8th #YLPOTA #YLPOTAParty #YL_POTA_Party

Happy New Year everyone!

#HappyNewYear #HappyNewYears #HNY #HNY2026

I just added a handful of more blogs that was shared with me via #Bluesky to

blogs.radio

If you would like to have your amateur/ham radio blog added, please let me know

#RSS #ATOM #blog #blogs #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #hamr #radio #feeds

A FREE, weekly, live, Amateur Radio Extra Class Licensing course on #Zoom will begin on 1/5 & will run thru 3/26

There will be 11 sessions

The 3-hour sessions will start at 6:30 PM ET

Those wishing to sign up should email roland.anders@comcast.net

#HamRadio #AmateurRadio #hamr #FREE #Virtual

The W8LT VE team's next exam session will be on Fri, Jan 23 at 6:30 PM in the Ohio Staters Room (2nd floor) at The Ohio State University (1739 N High St)

you must pre-register!

w8ltve.team/exams/2026-0...

#OhioState #Ohio #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #hamr #Columbus #ColumbusOH #ColumbusOhio #OSU

DMR Hotspot Upgrade A recent project I started on, was upgrading/replacing my DMR hotspot.

I finally got around to posting my DMR hospot upgrade story/notes on my blog:

k8vsy.radio/2025/11/dmr-...

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio #hamr #DMR #pistar #WPSD #hotspot #Debian #Debian13 #NXDN #blog #blogs

Daylight Saving Time A guide to Daylight Saving Time on timeanddate.com—including which countries use DST, upcoming DST changes, and history.

Reminder to most* of those in the U.S., we just "gained" an hour this past night:

www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/

and, as always, the current time in the U.S. can be found here,

time.gov

#Time #Date #DateTime #DST #DaylightSavingTime #DaylightSavingsTime #DaylightSavings

sweet! thank you! I'll get those added, I appreciate it 🙂

I got it added, thank you!

so, I recently picked up blogs.radio, and I've begun reviving it

if anyone would like their blog listed, feel free to message me with your RSS/ATOM feed link

blogs.radio

if you have any suggestions, please feel free to let me know!

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio #hamr #blogs #blog #radio #RSS #ATOM

Attention #OSU students!

The next meeting of the Amateur Radio & RF Club at OSU (W8LT) will be on Weds, 9/24 @ 7 PM in Bolz Hall

You don't need to bring anything! and you do NOT need an amateur radio license to participate

#HamRadio #AmateurRadio #hamr #Ohio #Columbus #OhioState #radio #Columbus

Attention #OSU students!

The first meeting of the Amateur Radio & RF Club at OSU (W8LT) for the semester will be on Weds, Sept 17th at 7 PM in Scott E525.

We'll be discussing what amateur radio is. There will also be pizza and drinks.

We hope to see you there!

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio #OhioState

We'll be at the OSU Involvement Fair on Sunday, August 24th from 4 PM to 7 PM!

Come join us on The Oval!

Learn more about W8LT here, u.osu.edu/w8lt/

#Ohio #OhioState #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #hamr #radio #OhioStateBuckeyes #W8LT #OSU

Hamvention 2025 I know this is a few months late, but I wanted to put something up of my adventures at Hamvention 2025!

I have a new blog post about my time at #Hamvention

k8vsy.radio/2025/08/hamv...

#HamRadio #AmateurRadio #hamr

ARRL® Logbook of The World® Return to Service The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.

Logbook of the World, #LOTW has been returned to service today!

www.arrl.org/news/arrl-lo...

#HamRadio #AmateurRadio #hamr #ARRL #LogbookOfTheWorld #ARRLLOTW

Classes - Young Ladies Radio League Amateur Radio Classes Women’s Ham Radio ‘Technician’ (beginner) Class This class is taught by women, for women! The Fall 2025

Amateur Radio Classes, Women’s Ham Radio ‘Technician’ (beginner) Class

This class is taught by women, for women!

The Fall 2025 class will be offered online via Zoom

ylrl.net/classes/

#YLRL #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #hamr

mostly, lol 😂

I made it home safely from Hamvention

#Hamvention #Hamvention2025

Anyone work W8BI, the Hamvention special event station the past few days?

#Hamvention #Hamvention2025 #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #hamr #W8BI #Ohio #HamOhio #DaytonOhio #XeniaOhio

Great to see awesome small businesses like this represented and busy at Hamvention 🙂

#Hamvention #Hamvention2025

I love listening to 1620 AM on my way into #Hamvention

they say the weather, something like "high of 78, low of 65"

but they finish with, "and at Hamvention it's all 73s"

😂😂 cracks me up every time, lol

#Hamvention2025

A few pictures from Hamvention

#Hamvention #Hamvention2025 #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #hamr

I recently discovered there is a local Meshtastic group!

They have a website, subreddit, and even a Discord:

meshcolumb.us

#Meshtastic #Columbus #ColumbusOH #CentralOhio #Ohio

spreading for awareness for those in the U.S.:

the last day to file comments with the #FCC about "Delete Delete Delete" is April 11th, 2025:

hamadvocate.org

#HamRadio #AmateurRadio #hamr #radio #Regulations #ham_radio #amateur_radio #Advocacy

World Amateur Radio Day The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.

World Amateur Radio Day is coming up on April 18th, 2025!

www.arrl.org/world-amateu...

#HamRadio #AmateurRadio #hamr #radio #April18 #WorldAmateurRadioDay

POTA Activation for International Women's Day! I activated Alum Creek State Park (US-1933) via “Parks on the Air” (aka: POTA), on Saturday, March 8th, 2025 for International Women’s Day and the “YL POTA Party” advertised by the Young Ladies Radio ...

I posted about my POTA activation for the #YL_POTA_Party on my blog.

Bonus! I've included some pictures too!

Next time I hope to take more pictures.

k8vsy.radio/2025/03/pota...

#YLRL #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #hamr #ParksOnTheAir #POTA #YL #blog #blogging #OhioStateParks #InternationalWomensDay