Random, extremely geeky, but kind of cool.
So I recently received my amateur radio license. I had originally signed up as a bit of a spur of the moment thing last autumn, but due to regulatory changes they didn't run any exams around here until March, which I passed, and then OFCOM took weeks to post it out.
Anyway, I had a bit of a mess around with it tonight, and managed to get the right codes into the Bromley repeater to get it to connect itself to another one in Adelaide, so that I could chat with random Aussie people over the radio.
I know I could just do that with a telephone or instant message or IRC or whatnot, but the novelty is there, knowing your voice is being broadcast over half the Fleurieu Peninsula.
According to a guy having breakfast in a caravan in a vineyard in McLaren Vale, it's a sunny morning and is shaping up to be a lovely day.
Amen to that. And now that I've used up my geeking quota for the rest of this entire year, I'm going to go and get a beer.
Anyway, I had a bit of a mess around with it tonight, and managed to get the right codes into the Bromley repeater to get it to connect itself to another one in Adelaide, so that I could chat with random Aussie people over the radio.
I know I could just do that with a telephone or instant message or IRC or whatnot, but the novelty is there, knowing your voice is being broadcast over half the Fleurieu Peninsula.
According to a guy having breakfast in a caravan in a vineyard in McLaren Vale, it's a sunny morning and is shaping up to be a lovely day.
Amen to that. And now that I've used up my geeking quota for the rest of this entire year, I'm going to go and get a beer.