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Ryan K1TLN

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Engineer, musician, CW amateur radio operator. Anti-fascist. Nerd things enjoyer/yapper. ✶✶ Chicago ✶✶ | He/Him

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This rules, congrats!

10.03.2026 18:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Morsle - the daily Morse code challenge

I copied today's #Morsle at 35 WPM on hard mode! morsle.fun

07.03.2026 16:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Morsle - the daily Morse code challenge

I copied today's #Morsle at 35 WPM on hard mode! morsle.fun

05.03.2026 20:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A digital drawing of Suletta from Gundam Witch from Mercury, at a desk where she's been building gunpla, shooting up from the desk mouth gaping at Miorine walking in with a PGU Nu Gundam for her.

A digital drawing of Suletta from Gundam Witch from Mercury, at a desk where she's been building gunpla, shooting up from the desk mouth gaping at Miorine walking in with a PGU Nu Gundam for her.

i drew sulemio i think #gundam

abstractcactus.art

03.03.2026 21:30 👍 1002 🔁 464 💬 3 📌 0
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Tasker-Morris Station, by The Menzingers from the album Chamberlain Waits

March 2026: Chamberlain Waits - The Menzingers

03.03.2026 18:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The latest update for MORSE that features support for the VBand adapter is great. Gave it a spin on my Steam Deck and it was trouble free. Kind of want to get a single button macro pad for a comically, unnecessarily large FIRE button now.

28.02.2026 18:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That every single friend I know that knows and cares about this has had the EXACT same reaction is hilarious lmao

27.02.2026 15:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Pipe Dream/Mania is from 1989.
Bioshock is from 2007.

Bioshock is now older than Pipe Dream was when Bioshock was released lol

26.02.2026 13:50 👍 408 🔁 50 💬 18 📌 12

The Flock stuff is truly wild. Glad to see people making their representatives aware of how they feel.

26.02.2026 17:34 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Yooo this rules! I have been meaning to grab a copy of Salty Walt's book. Heard good things about the Rybakovs. Your write-up on it here is nice, dude. If I make one for myself, I'll have to revisit this! Thanks for sharing.

26.02.2026 14:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
EFHW Bugout Antenna - Reliance Antennas The EFHW Bugout is designed and built for portable operations; such as POTA, SOTA, EMCOMM, etc. It’s compact yet durable design is perfect for your comms bag, bug out bag or even just your pocket! Eac...

I have two that I use for HF - typically I use an EFHW (specifically the Reliance Bugout), but I also have an elevated telescopic quarterwave that I'm putting together myself for fun and practice.

26.02.2026 04:32 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Got my hands on a full HF transceiver. I’m officially Team Xiegu. Can’t wait to get outside with it.

26.02.2026 01:15 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Genuinely surprised at the performance. The repeater we’re on tonight usually gives me so much trouble - but this little dude on a pizza pan in my living room is crushing it

25.02.2026 01:32 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Make a way out of no way. Tech net check innnnn

25.02.2026 01:03 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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‘Abolish ICE’, ‘Caleb Chilliams’ Among Winners of Annual Snowplow Naming Contest The other winners of the fourth annual contest were Stephen Coldbert, Pope Frío XIV, The Blizzard of Oz, Svencoolie and Caleb Chilliams, Chicago officials announced.

BREAKING: A push to name one of Chicago’s snowplows “Abolish ICE,” clearly linking the humorous pun to efforts to oppose President Donald Trump’s mass deportation effort, won the city’s annual snowplow naming contest, officials announced. @wttw.bsky.social

23.02.2026 16:58 👍 4802 🔁 1134 💬 37 📌 144
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Hypercharge weekend was very very good

23.02.2026 00:35 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Palmer Squares ft. Street Light - It's Cold (Official Music Video)
The Palmer Squares ft. Street Light - It's Cold (Official Music Video) YouTube video by The Palmer Squares
22.02.2026 18:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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and we’re back (to freezing)

22.02.2026 18:44 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

I’m a simple man. I see a Last Starfighter reference, I click the good button

22.02.2026 18:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I love when a game like Ys 9 just
GOES
it starts fast and exciting and interesting you're immediately thrown into the action it rules

22.02.2026 04:43 👍 27 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0

Here's what that outreach mode looks like in practice: MORSE is currently on display in Strasbourg, so I tracked down the name of the local (REF67) and national (REF) amateur radio clubs and added them to MORSE to give players a direct local connection to engaging with the hobby.

20.02.2026 17:10 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A Tribune push alert about the Bears stadium possibly relocating to Hammond, Indiana, which is laughably described as a 20-minute drive from Solider Field.

A Tribune push alert about the Bears stadium possibly relocating to Hammond, Indiana, which is laughably described as a 20-minute drive from Solider Field.

Sure, in a space ship maybe.

20.02.2026 17:02 👍 17 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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False spring sunset at the flying field tonight and I (mostly) had the place all to myself.

19.02.2026 01:36 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
tricot『爆裂パニエさん』MV
tricot『爆裂パニエさん』MV YouTube video by tricot Official Channel

They are awesome - stoked to see them get love!
I try not to throw too many recs around - but if you want similar math rock vibes but with a little more punk energy, check out tricot.

18.02.2026 16:18 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
カルマの犬 (official audio) / paranoid void
カルマの犬 (official audio) / paranoid void YouTube video by paranoid void

Literary Math (2017) was on repeat for a loooong time over here and is totally worth a listen

18.02.2026 16:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Love myself some paranoid void. Def spinning this today.

18.02.2026 16:04 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Five thumbnail sketches with simplified pose and color tests for a Silmarillion inspired illustration. Morgoth is visible as a dark shadow, Luthien and Beren framed by blue and white textiles. Colored pencil.
Two extra sketches in the corner are more detailed, testing expressions and poses for the characters in pencil. A stickfigure meant to be Luthien shows how her leg pose doesn't make sense, and "Knees??" is written next to it.

Five thumbnail sketches with simplified pose and color tests for a Silmarillion inspired illustration. Morgoth is visible as a dark shadow, Luthien and Beren framed by blue and white textiles. Colored pencil. Two extra sketches in the corner are more detailed, testing expressions and poses for the characters in pencil. A stickfigure meant to be Luthien shows how her leg pose doesn't make sense, and "Knees??" is written next to it.

My sketches for 'Stealing a Silmaril' - from where to place Morgoth in this composition, to poses for Beren and Luthien...

... and then: so many textile options. Guess who spent an evening tossing cloth around in front of a lamp to then shoot references.

18.02.2026 15:50 👍 53 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 0
Morse Walker Morse Walker is a CW pileup trainer with modes such as POTA, SST, and CWT, plus beginner-friendly features, including adjustable speeds and Farnsworth spacing.

I've probably shared this one before but if I find myself having more than 5 free mins at a time, I like playing Morse Walker. Lots of config settings and, while it kind of is just callsign practice, it simulates variance in pitch and speed, and gives a steady stream of contacts til you hit stop.

17.02.2026 15:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I feel this. Too many things to do in a day to really give it hours, but even dabbling in the CW games on my phone for a few mins every day keeps my ears tuned up. I have for sure noticed it helping.

17.02.2026 15:40 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
KO4FZG File Archive

Introducing the new ko4fzg.com, where I've uploaded all my manuals and ham radio manuals. It's just the basic easy to find ones for now so the utility is limited but I'm adding more interesting ones.

ko4fzg.com

#amateurradio #hamradio

16.02.2026 20:19 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0