Daily Archives: 1/26/2010

40m spots on WSPR

I’ve got the RFSPACE SDR-IQ hooked up as a receiver again, and using it to feed WSPR. There is a ton of loud RTTY signals swamping the 40m band in the vicinity of the WSPR signals, but I’m still getting some signals. Here is the reports thusfar this evening:

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Addendum: Picked up CX2ABP in Uraguay:

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Addendum: Overnight, I picked up LA3JJ and VK4YEH among others:

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Addendum: Overnight, it appears that my monitoring PC decided to download some security updates and reboot. Hence, logging ceased about 3:15AM local time. I just fired it back up, and got 7L4IOU in Japan and VK6POP in Australia.

Hacking with Style: TrueType VT220 Font

I admit it: I’m an old timer. When I first was learning about Unix and C programming, I was sitting in front of a TVI 912 terminal (if I was lucky) or an ADM-3A (if I wasn’t lucky) that was connected to a VAX-750. I’m not overly nostalgic, but I do continue to work in much the same way, except with lots of terminals open on a much larger screen, usually with a decent fixed-width font. As a throw back to these older times, I often use green text on a dead black background.

A few months ago, I found a truly nifty font that enhances my sense of nostalgia. It’s a very cool True Type font, which is carefully designed to match the old VT220 font, complete with the “scanline” appearance that I remember. It’s actually a pretty nice legible font as well. Perhaps you’ll enjoy it.

Hacking with Style: TrueType VT220 Font.