jason huggins
@hugs.bsky.social
i make robots and test automation tools at tapster. (started the selenium & appium projects.) living at the intersection of software, electronics, mechanics, and the occasional kinetic art project. and baking.
📍: chicagoland
📍: chicagoland
kinda crazy to think if the entire grid went down, i could plausibly still text with anyone in this circle:
September 29, 2025 at 1:21 AM
kinda crazy to think if the entire grid went down, i could plausibly still text with anyone in this circle:
just double checked... for tonight's iss flyover, i transmitted my "hello" message 13 times. it was repeated 5 times (according to ariss.net). now i need to start being a little nicer and listen more than i transmit. it's not the most reliable text messaging platform, but super fun when it works.
APRS Database Access
Reports are also archived from an amateur radio payload aboard the International Space Station which relays APRS reports from amateur radio operators around the globe.
ariss.net
September 29, 2025 at 1:18 AM
just double checked... for tonight's iss flyover, i transmitted my "hello" message 13 times. it was repeated 5 times (according to ariss.net). now i need to start being a little nicer and listen more than i transmit. it's not the most reliable text messaging platform, but super fun when it works.
looking more at the data... someone (K9JKM) heard me & even replied! i missed it in the moment, though—i was too distracted.
maybe now that i know i can actually get into the station (the yagi antenna was 🔑), i might try to modify my set-up so i can reply to others during flyovers in the future.
maybe now that i know i can actually get into the station (the yagi antenna was 🔑), i might try to modify my set-up so i can reply to others during flyovers in the future.
September 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
looking more at the data... someone (K9JKM) heard me & even replied! i missed it in the moment, though—i was too distracted.
maybe now that i know i can actually get into the station (the yagi antenna was 🔑), i might try to modify my set-up so i can reply to others during flyovers in the future.
maybe now that i know i can actually get into the station (the yagi antenna was 🔑), i might try to modify my set-up so i can reply to others during flyovers in the future.
one of the reasons i got into amateur radio was to experiment with it as a back-up emergency communications method. it's good to practice to understand its limits. in this case, i transmitted my message from my radio about 20 times, but only two got repeated through ariss.net.
September 28, 2025 at 1:45 AM
one of the reasons i got into amateur radio was to experiment with it as a back-up emergency communications method. it's good to practice to understand its limits. in this case, i transmitted my message from my radio about 20 times, but only two got repeated through ariss.net.
not bad for a baofeng bf-f8hp, a mobilinkd tnc, a diy tape-measure yagi antenna, an android phone, and a few apps (aprsdroid and iss detector)... and a space station.
from just my location, i was able to hear others as far away as texas and connecticut.
from just my location, i was able to hear others as far away as texas and connecticut.
September 28, 2025 at 1:31 AM
not bad for a baofeng bf-f8hp, a mobilinkd tnc, a diy tape-measure yagi antenna, an android phone, and a few apps (aprsdroid and iss detector)... and a space station.
from just my location, i was able to hear others as far away as texas and connecticut.
from just my location, i was able to hear others as far away as texas and connecticut.
what it looked it from the street.
September 28, 2025 at 1:15 AM
what it looked it from the street.
victory! made it into the iss repeater!
September 28, 2025 at 1:12 AM
victory! made it into the iss repeater!
goal tonight will be:
1) seeing the iss (obvs)
2) getting my call sign (WD4HUG) on this page of heard call signs via the repeater
1) seeing the iss (obvs)
2) getting my call sign (WD4HUG) on this page of heard call signs via the repeater
September 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
goal tonight will be:
1) seeing the iss (obvs)
2) getting my call sign (WD4HUG) on this page of heard call signs via the repeater
1) seeing the iss (obvs)
2) getting my call sign (WD4HUG) on this page of heard call signs via the repeater
thanks for the reminder!
September 13, 2025 at 3:30 AM
thanks for the reminder!
how much time do you have?
September 13, 2025 at 2:21 AM
how much time do you have?
it could be worse. the beard, that is.
September 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
it could be worse. the beard, that is.
well... not here... yet? (someone should tell all the linkedinfluencers to create bluesky accounts.)
September 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
well... not here... yet? (someone should tell all the linkedinfluencers to create bluesky accounts.)