General
A Day of Remembrance
The Ode of Remembrance They went with songs to the battle, they were young. Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow. They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted, They fell with their faces to Read more…
General
Facebook – I Quit
Well after some thought, I shutdown my Facebook page. There were a few reasons why I did, but the main reason was the invasion of privacy. It wasn’t the increased BS, the fake news and Read more…
Amateur Radio
UKube-1 falls silent
UKube-1, the UK Space Agency’s first CubeSat, was launched into space in July 2014. It completed its successful nominal mission fourteen month later in September 2015 Since that date, for the past three years, the Read more…
Scanner Radio
OP25 APCO P25 Software for Linux
I have been playing with OP25 on my Linux system, monitoring my local P25 systems. I have found a link that explains the download and installation of OP25 and I have provided the link on Read more…
Astronomy/Space
Astronaut, Cosmonaut Safe in Wake of Soyuz Launch Failure
ARRL – A Russian Soyuz spacecraft crew launch to the International Space Station (ISS) suffered an emergency booster failure shortly after lift-off from Kazakhstan on October 11, but the crew is safe. On board the Soyuz MS-10 were US Read more…
Police
Ontario Taking Immediate Action to Replace the Province’s Crumbling Public Safety Radio Network
RELEASE – Ontario’s Government for the People is taking immediate action to keep Ontarians safe and protect communities by replacing the province’s crumbling Public Safety Radio Network, which frontline and emergency responders rely on during Read more…