Aaaand it's coffee time

I feel under the weather but some things simply do not change. Heading out for coffee. Expecting a package at the mailbox - some radio equipment.

Been getting into Digital Mobile Radio - it is an outgrowth of commercial two-way radio and is being adopted by the amateur radio community. You need a lot less power to broadcast, it takes up a lot less space in the band and is overall, a very good thing. It plays nice with the internet too so you can communicate via a hand-held rig to an internet connected repeater and come out the rabbit hole to someone on the other side of the world. All with a $130 radio. PFM*

*Pure Fscking Magic