After a month of my temperature sensor, for our dock, being down, I finally rebuilt it. New board and new circuit. After a couple of hours of debugging, I couldn't get the sensor to work. Replaces the sensor, traced for shorts, and still no go. Finally, I looked at a resistor under normal light. Apparently, the third stripe on the resistor appeared red instead of the orange it was. As many of you probably would have pointed out to me, 47k ohm is very different than the 4.7k ohm it should have been. Dolt! Time to replace my 20 year old fluorescent bench lamp with something with truer colors! #IOT #electronics #sensors #environment

After so many days of wind, it is nice to have such a beautiful morning. Ramp 43 is flooded, so rucked lighthouse beach at first jetty. Light west wind. Air temp in upper 40s and water temp in low 50s. Not much surf. #capehatteras #hatterasisland #obx #outerbanks #theouterbanks #sunrise #ocean

The wind storm we had here on Hatteras Island caused some minor sound side flooding. The west wind pushes against the back of the island and brings in water with it. We had water levels 2' above normal. second time in 2024. It has been a while since we had this. We have had it happen 4 times in the last 6 years. During Hurricane Dorian, then again during a January storm in 2020. And then 2 times this year in the last few weeks.

Spent this morning putting together a 4X8X2' raised garden. The thing had 138 bolts to hold it together. I bought 2 others, but they will have to effing wait untill next week, it took Kate and me a couple of hours to get one together. And no matter how much math you put into it, you never have enough soil because of settling, etc. Well, at least it is too high for the dog to get into it to dig. #gardening #homesteading

Just because it says it is biodegradable, doesn't mean it gives a license to throw it on the ground. Much warmer in the woods than out in the open. #pollution #forrest #hike #dontpollute #nature

Warm and foggy morning. North wind backed down for a bit. Surf choppy. #hatteras #hatterasisland #capehatteras #capehatterasnps

Another day, another rainstorm. Strongish winds out of the south. Surf choppy #obx #hatteras #capehatteras #weather

Looks like facebook is down. Reports of folks getting logged out and cant reset passwords or log back in. Perhaps the beginning of the end for #bigtech look at that big spike of outages reported for FB. #facebook #fbsucks #facebooksucks #techbros #fb

Here is a quick overview of what I did to create an iGate for APRS, using a Raspberry pi and Direwolf. I know others have done this. this is just what I did (along with having Direwolf automatically start on boot of the pi.

Create an APRS iGate on a Raspberry Pi | Catalina Technology Blog

#aprs #hamradio #ham #amateurradio

Cute little tubes breaking on the inside bar. Still a little bit of wind mostly coming out of South Southwest. Very comfortable temperature and very humid. #OBX #hatterasisland #capehatteras #obxlife #sunrise #outerbanks #theouterbanks

Been a bit wet since about 11pm last night. over 3.25 inches of rain in this event. The dog certainly doesn't like this one bit. #obx #outerbanks #theouterbanks #hatterasisland #capehatteras #weather

It seems as though the deer were having a beach party last night. Based on what I found nearby I wonder if they're plotting something and us humans need to watch out #OBX #hatterasisland #capehatteras #obxlife #wildlife #beach

Gonna have some wind the next couple of days. Too hard to listen to my books on tape when the wind is blowing on my headphones, so sheltering hikes in the woods it is. #OBX #hatterasisland #capehatteras #obxlife #hiking #rucking #ruck #buxton

Great morning for a stroll. I wanted to see a little different scenery today so I went up to Avon. Very warm temperatures with a south wind. Small swell but looks like it could be fun with a longboard. It seems as though winter is over and I have a feeling we're going to have a very warm summer. #OBX #hatterasisland #capehatteras #obxlife #sunrise #outerbanks #theouterbanks #hatteras #rucking #ruck

Has anyone used aspirin when growing tomatoes? If so, how did you apply it and what were the results? Thanks in advance! #gardening #tomatoes #homesteading #produce

A beautiful morning for a ruck and watch the sunrise. Light wind out of the South. Comfortable temperature. I can't wait for earlier mornings when the sun's up so I can have more time to either surf or go prone paddling. #OBX #hatterasisland #capehatteras #obxlife #sunrise #outerbanks #theouterbanks #hatteras

After a nice 3 mile hike with Kate Powell Wharton , it is time to rehydrate. #OBX #hatterasisland #capehatteras #obxlife #hiking #rucking #ruck #lighthousesportsbar

after the media scaring us with solar flares, "cyber" attacks, etc. It comes down to what I figured all along (incompetence). We also depend too much on the internet. Simple DNS problems, natural disasters, or even governments can bring down all communications.

MSN

#attoutage #cellularoutage

Angry ocean with two currents converging at the point. Overcast day with wind out of the Southwest. Air temperature is perfect for a hike on the beach #OBX #hatterasisland #capehatteras #obxlife #sunrise #outerbanks #theouterbanks #hatteras #capehatterasnps

While a good chunk of America can't communicate through their handheld devices, I am sending messages from mine that are reaching others from all over the world using ham radio and APRS for #aprsthursday. Sent out two different messages from 2 different radio setups. First was from a pc connected via bluetooth to a Mobilinkd TNC3 and Baofeng cheapo radio (radio on the right with bluetooth dongle). The other was straight from a Yaesu FT2D radio (no PC involved -- radio on the left). #hamradio #amateurradio #ham #yaesuusa #yaesu #baofengradio #baofeng #aprs #prepping