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Getting Started on Meshtastic with T-Deck

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If you just unboxed a LILYGO T-Deck (or T-Deck Plus) and want to join the Meshtastic off‑grid messaging network, this guide walks you through the essentials: flashing firmware, entering Bluetooth pairing mode, locking down privacy......

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Django on AWS with NGINX and Gunicorn

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I spent this week moving one of my projects to AWS hosting and since I didn’t find great documentation on how to do that, I wanted to share what I put together for those to......

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Adding LetsEncrypt.ORG SSL to your Synology NAS (and hosted applications)

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LetsEncrypt.org is a free Certificate Authority for SSL certificates. The system is designed to allow you to automate requesting SSL certificates and installing them into your web server. As the solution is quite new, it......

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Failed SOTA - Mt Fremont W7W/RS-005

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Hike was easy in and weather was good although 10-15 degrees cooler than we had hoped....

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Road Trip & APRS

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Yesterday we got bored and it was too hot on CapHill so we jumped in the car and went for a drive. We do this trip to nowhere quite often. Usually I declare a road......

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Hello Circuit

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My very first circuit design. Not 100% done but enough to put it on the ‘fridge. ;-)...

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First SOTA - Elk Rock W7W/LC-060

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This was my first attempt to activate a summit and all of this is a first attempt in terms of planning, tools used, the template I used to write this, etc. Let me know if......

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Baofeng Battery Eliminator Teardown

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I wanted to see what was inside the Baofeng BL-5 Battery Eliminator, so I took it apart. Here are the pictures....

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APRS Test Setup

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You may remember the APRS setup I had in the RV a couple of summers ago. I am looking to do more mobile\backpack\motorcycle operating and eventually get into Summits On The Air (SOTA) so I’m......

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Remote Control for W7PEA

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I’m going to be adding some new posts about getting started in remote control flight, specifically multicopters. Here’s a quick kick off....

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