Also at @[email protected] on Mastodon.
What is the specific problem?
A dynamic IP address just requires dynamic DNS.
CGNAT and carrier firewalls, on the other hand, will require an alternative entry point. That is, you’ll need a different, externally accessible service that can route requests back to your first server.
They’re accepted, of course, but with the maximum power limit being only 20w, I don’t intend to introduce additional power classes or multipliers.
Another part of trying to make it more accessible is keeping the rules fairly simple. Addressing differences in band/mode limitations with multipliers seemed like a necessary evil, but I’m using the 20w limit to create a somewhat level playing field without adding any additional scoring complexity.
Unfortunately, this also ruled out satellites, which is a favorite of mine, but I think it’s worth it to keep the contest simple.
You can still give it shot!
There are significant multipliers for VHF and higher bands to account for the generally more limited range. It’s really intended to be something that every ham can participate in and enjoy.
There’s even an table at the bottom of the “About and Rules” page showing example scoring comparisons between several different band/mode combos.
Cool to hear you’re building a rig, though! Is it a kit? I built a bitx40 several years ago, but it sounds like you’re tackling something a bit more complex. lol
The computer itself isn’t the only element that makes up a centralized social media platform. Reddit, for example, isn’t just a random giant server in the middle of a desert; it requires tons of additional costs and inefficiencies to run that business, like entire buildings and hundreds or thousands of people.
When it comes to the electrical impact, concentration matters a lot, too. 100MWH consumed by a single data center stresses the infrastructure far more than the same total amount of power being consumed by 10,000 locations spread around the world.
Probably not Steam OS, specially, but I’d love an alternative Linux-based smartphone OS.
Meshtastic supports mqtt, so that would probably be the easiest way to send messages to/from Home Assistant. Everything is done through the GUI, no coding knowledge required.
I have the Heltec V3 personally, so I can vouch for that. I would imagine that any device would probably work, though, as long as it has Wi-Fi.
For tracking, I’d look into Airtags or Moto Tags. They have a battery life measured in years instead of hours, and they’re much smaller.
It would certainly make sense to stop producing an old model to save components for the manufacture of the new ones.
This seems likely.
Considering the chip shortages, it would make a lot of sense to stop producing the old products for a while in order to build up stock for the new products.
Nice write up.
And yes. They’re all just USB sound cards. The ones advertised for ham radio might have some better shielding or isolation, but none are conceptually different than just plugging the radio into the audio output of your PC/phone/steam deck/etc. I have a fancy signalink soundcard, myself, but more often just use a generic sound card dongle I bought on Amazon because it’s smaller and easier to use.
That’s where my mind went. M33, baby.
The config files should be in the volume you mounted in your NPM container. Probably /data/cong.d/. You can either edit them like normal nginx configuration files (NPM just runs normal nginx in the background), or you can copy them to a standard nginx instance.
Another vote for purelymail, here, @[email protected]. Easy to set up and I’ve got full dmarc/dkim/spf. You can pay the flat $10/yr, or you can pay- for-what-you-use. I don’t send a lot of attachments, personally, so my estimated bill is like $4.50.
I use the “mixed” library type for random Internet videos. It basically just lists whatever files you put in there. You can organize stuff into folders, or just toss everything together like you want to.
The question is kind of flawed, though. They list Linux, a kernel, in a list of OSes.
Either just list kernels, Linux, BSD, Windows NT, etc; or just list OSes, Debian, Fedora, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Trunas, Windows Server 2025, Windows XP, MacOS, etc.
Mixing the two together just creates weird results. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It’s Mastodon compatible, so the best way to follow is through a Mastodon client, like Tusky. Just search for the whole @gale@gts-googlewifi.k3can.us and you’ll see and be able to follow the feed.
Alternatively, you can view the feed online at gts-googlewifi.k3can.us/@gale but it’s not really the intended way to follow the account.
For sure.
I have several of the Google WiFi pucks, myself. Flashing them wasn’t too complicated, but it does involve disassembly. One of them was my primary router for a while, until it was eventually replaced by a banana pi. It handled the typical routing tasks, plus ad blocking, a VPN, etc. without issue.
Like I said, I believe there’s an nginx package for OpenWRT, serving static web pages should be trivial. If I recall correctly, it only has 8gb of sausage and a half gig of RAM, though. Plenty for a router or static web server, but not a lot of resources for anything too complex. I wonder if you could squeeze a GoToSocial instance in there… That might be fun, actually. I’ve been tinkering with Home Assistant lately, but maybe once that’s “finished”, GTS on a WiFi puck might be my next project. Hm…
Neither the Google WiFi nor an RPI make a good nas server, but either would certainly work. Some routers even have m.2 or USB connectors specifically for that reason.
For a simple web server, there’s even an nginx package for OpenWRT, so you have reverse proxying and basic web hosting on that Google puck with just a couple clicks.
Another interesting possibility is putting a tftp server on your router, and using it as a pxe server.
Plenty of options, if you don’t mind the performance.
I think they just meant as far as user popularity. More people are hearing about Linux thanks to the SD and other SteamOS handhelds. Maybe the SD 2 help show that ARM can play games beyond just emulators?