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Peter Vogel
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Teacher ICT/Physics (ret.). Tech journalist. Meteorology/Ham Radio/Astronomy/Cybersecurity/ADS-B/AI/ Prime Minister's/Premier's SciTech awards. CERN/HST. VE7AFV #OSINT
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · Dec 1
Two pairs of stunning shots from $35 home satellite ground station (Raspberry Pi, TV rabbit ears antenna) this morning. From passes by NOAAs 18 and 19, east of Vancouver.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 2h
Terrific to interview @kc3cdu.bsky.social Timothy Clark on his use of AI tools for photography by a blind person. Yes, you read that correctly.

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A blind photographer's vision through faith and technology
Read news, stories, & coverage of the people and communities in the Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 2h
Tim @kc3cdu.bsky.social, the e-version of the column / interview has appeared and it will be in the physical paper for the Monday issue.

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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 6h
Ten utilities to enhance your Windows 10/11 experience.
www.makeuseof.com/windows-util...
These Windows utilities go on every machine I set up
Windows feels incomplete without these tools.
www.makeuseof.com
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 6h
Using WinGet to batch install applications.
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
Use WinGet to install and manage applications
The WinGet command line tool enables developers to discover, install, upgrade, remove and configure applications on Windows computers.
learn.microsoft.com
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 6h
Atmospheric river conditions expected for Metro Vancouver later today.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 13h
Bands of rain coming ashore for northern Vancouver Island and the Central Coast overnight.

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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 14h
Well said!
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 15h
Yes, there are still parts of North America with wildfire activity and smoky skies. Here's the projection for Thursday morning, October 23.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 15h
Amazing to see this view from another world. Gale Crater on Mars. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.
View from Mars showing windswept terrain and water-eroded rock formations.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 16h
Working on time sync for the Raspberry Pi.

Think this works.

sudo apt install systemd-timesyncd
sudo systemctl restart systemd-timesyncd

and test with this:

timedatectl

Not sure if this survives reboots.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 20h
Today's "blue marble" shot from GOES-18. As received and processed with my own @Nooelec-based ground station here in Vancouver, via 1.7 GHz radio signal. Near the satellite's solar noon, 2030 UTC / 1:30 PM PDT.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 23h
Taking aim at BC. Presently directed at the north central coast and Haida Gwaii, but drifting southward. Crop from 2030 UTC / 1:30 PM full disk shot taken by GOES-18. Received and processed with my own ground station in Vancouver.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 1d
2005 Beech King Air operated by a contractor for the Canadian military?

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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 1d
Market brushes off threat of ChatGPT's ATLAS browser to Google/Alphabet.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 1d
Indeed. Here's the story I wrote on it at the time. In 2022 actually.

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Rogers under fire after phone, internet, 911, banking disrupted
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 1d
Canada launches 30-Day National Sprint Consultation on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy.

ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en...
Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership
Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renew...
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 1d
About that big AWS service outage...

www.zdnet.com/home-and-off...
The massive AWS outage that broke half the internet is finally over - here's what happened
Maybe we rely on Amazon Web Services a little too much. Thousands of sites, apps, and services went dark Monday morning. Here's why.
www.zdnet.com
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 1d
METEOR MN2-4 at 3:30 PM this afternoon. Spot the stratovolcanoes Baker and Rainier. As received and processed from 137 MHz radio signal here in Vancouver.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 1d
Spotting AI-generated videos.

caniphish.com/blog/how-to-...
9 Techniques To Spot AI-Generated Videos
Discover 9 practical techniques to spot AI-generated videos, featuring real examples of AI-generated content to help you recognize unnatural expressions, distorted hands, impossible physics, and more.
caniphish.com
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 1d
Well, yes, there are 7 images, but other than the first, of grass, they are all of a patch of blue sky. At first I thought it wasn't switching, but that's because 6 of the 7 are of the same piece of sky.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 1d
Sure. It would be easier with a broader view but from this shot I'd say cumulo-nimbus.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 1d
Oh I have four SDRply units here (RSP1, RSP2, RSPdx, RSPduo). I already do that. This is about experimenting with a Pi and SDR. I can't get the SDRplay units running on the Pi, I don't think. I'm already running all sorts of FT8, WSPR, flight tracking, vessel tracking, geostationary sats etc.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 2d
Experimenting with amateur radio applications on a Raspberry Pi. Here running Gqrx with a Nooelec NESDR V5 and MLA-30+ loop antenna on 28.074 MHz for 10 m FT8 signals. Decoding in WSJT-X. Can't get V5 to tune below 25 MHz for other HF bands. Second shot shows 24 h mapping of the received signals.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 2d
A few overnight infrared beauties from weather satellite METEOR M N2-3. Received and processed with TV rabbit ears antenna, @Nooelec LNA and SDR, and a Raspberry Pi running Raspi NOAA V2-4.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 2d
Today's "blue marble" shot from GOES-18. As received and processed with my own @Nooelec-based ground station here in Vancouver, via 1.7 GHz radio signal. Near the satellite's solar noon, 2030 UTC / 1:30 PM PDT.

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