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I was just watching Titanic and spent 20 minutes looking up the effects of hypothermia and discovering that Jack may have been alive and in stage 3 hypothermia when Rose let go, and because he sank instead of floated, he was in fact alive. It was a fun little time sink. What rabbit holes have you done down recently?

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[โ€“] webjukebox@mujico.org 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Ham Radio.

It started with a pair of two-way walkies, talking with a friend in the backyard while sitting in my bed and then you're pointing to satellites and the ISS to download weather and old space images.

[โ€“] fruitywelsh@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love radio stuff, but I just haven't dove into Ham yet. That said there a local radio shack with their call signs posted on the window so I might just dig in.

Maybe find my excuse to actually use gnuradio for something.

[โ€“] webjukebox@mujico.org 2 points 1 year ago

Sure. Ham people are always open to share their knowledge.

With gnuradio you can download weather imagery with a RTL SDR dongle.