#garfield Logs

Mar 31 2023

10:04 AM aandrew: it seems there must be a simpler way to auto-adjust trim on an antenna based on SWR... why would you go with that specific three phase omtor?
10:14 AM aandrew: PCI is "easily" done in even old FPGAs. I quoted the word because the PCI specification is *notoriously* bad and I've worked with several companies which had products which passed spec, connected to motherboards which also passed spec, yet couldn't reliably communicate.
05:30 PM WormFood: aandrew, do you know about Software Defined Antennas yet?
05:30 PM WormFood: That's not a joke, it's a real thing.
05:55 PM polprog: never heard but i can imagine
06:15 PM WormFood: Go look it up, and tell me if your your imagination matches reality.
06:15 PM WormFood: Because when I heard "Software Defined Antenna", I couldn't imagine how they'd be able to do that.
06:47 PM rue_mohr: ok its the weekend!
06:50 PM WormFood: Ham radio contests on the weekend, nearly every week. But I didn't see anything this week.
06:51 PM rue_mohr: sus
06:51 PM WormFood: I can't do shit. My computer died. It starts to boot Windows, then screen goes blank, and CPU fan quickly ramps up to 100% speed
06:51 PM WormFood: And without that computer, I can't use my radio
06:51 PM rue_mohr: too bad its not linux
06:52 PM WormFood: That's the biggest problem with a SDR
06:52 PM WormFood: In theory, it should be capable of working with Linux (I mean, easily), since I should be able to access the raw I/Q signals.
06:52 PM rue_mohr: if you move the current drive to a slave, maybe you can install a primary with linux and fix windows
06:53 PM WormFood: I have Linux installed on another hard drive (in that machine), and I can boot it into Linux, over the network.
06:53 PM rue_mohr: ok, what did the log file for windows look like?
06:53 PM rue_mohr: did you rename explorer to disable it?
06:53 PM rue_mohr: did you pull everything out of the startup folder?
06:54 PM rue_mohr: did you delete the temp files?
06:54 PM rue_mohr: did you hack the registry?
06:54 PM WormFood: I haven't investigated it yet. I just confirmed it's really a problem, and set it aside.
06:54 PM rue_mohr: ah
06:54 PM rue_mohr: https://twitter.com/RueNahcMohr/status/1641950958707159040/photo/1
06:54 PM WormFood: Nothing weird was being done with the computer. Just standard Windows, so I can use this hardware.
06:55 PM rue_mohr: a fellow in japan says he thinks I made my skeletonics hand too big
06:55 PM rue_mohr: he could be right
06:56 PM WormFood: Is the hand supposed to fit in the glove?
06:57 PM rue_mohr: no
06:57 PM rue_mohr: the glove is for real scale
06:57 PM WormFood: The hand looks pretty big
06:58 PM rue_mohr: have you seen the skeletonics suits?
06:58 PM WormFood: I don't believe so.
06:58 PM rue_mohr: google it!!!
07:11 PM WormFood: Awesome halloween costume! Very cool! :P
07:35 PM rue_mohr: heh
10:49 PM rue_mohr: hey, anyone wanna hack?