Nostr notes by Rasmus "raek" [rɛːkʰ] SA5RJS

Got a new battery for my Palm Zire! #Palm #PalmPilot ...

2026-02-23T12:22:44Z

Got a new battery for my Palm Zire!

#Palm #PalmPilot

I just published a Sphinx extension to add colspan and rowspan to ...

2026-02-04T20:24:58Z

I just published a Sphinx extension to add colspan and rowspan to .rst tables: https://pypi.org/project/rst-table-span/

#python #docutils #sphinx #rst #reStructuredText

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2026-01-24T08:11:36Z

Ja, varje dag i kompiskanal och libera och tilde nån gång ...

2026-01-14T14:17:26Z

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Ja, varje dag i kompiskanal och libera och tilde nån gång ibland för en del open source-projekt och gemini (protokollet, inte AI:n och inte kryptovalutan).

Wow, look! It's me! Thanks for bringing it to my attention... ...

2026-01-13T16:28:37Z

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Wow, look! It's me! Thanks for bringing it to my attention... (I have now ordered it.)

I have fond memories of this! ...

2026-01-10T20:43:11Z

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I have fond memories of this!

Build a fidget box! I made one for the kids: ...

2026-01-02T16:15:00Z

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Build a fidget box! I made one for the kids: https://photos.app.goo.gl/7qs1i3NtCp45TWqu8

It doesn't "do" much exept for turning on and blinking LEDs...

I built a radio in an enclosure similar to the one you posted:

https://blog.raek.se/2023/03/09/new-case-for-my-bitx40-radio/

Other ideas:
* Geiger counter
* Early DIY computer (eg. "COSMAC Elf")

Best regards,
An electronics dad

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# Day 28: My Lexember 2025 in HTMLI published this thread as a ...

2025-12-28T23:16:05Z

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Day 28: My Lexember 2025 in HTMLI published this thread as a web page: https://raek.se/conlang/lexember_2025.html

#lexember #lexember2025 #conlang

# Day 27: Landscape: "kwidunu nâfumbâ"## New ...

2025-12-28T20:49:38Z

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Day 27: Landscape: "kwidunu nâfumbâ"##

New Words<li>kwidunu n. view, visual perception, act of seeing</li><li>kwidunu nâfumbâ: n. landscape, scenerey, view</li>##

Example<li>[ˈbiⁿtsi keˈkoⁿdʑa lə ˈkugi ᵑkʷiˈdunu nəˈɸuᵐbə]</li><li>Binsi kekonja lâ kugi nkwidunu nâfumbâ.</li><li>binsi ke~konja lâ kugi N=kwidunu n=âfumbâ</li><li>1PL.IN IPFV~travel along road GEN=view GEN=land</li><li>We're taking the scenic route.</li>##

Finished?Now all 26 words in the "landscape" visual dictionary are finished as well as the title itself. I originally committed to these 27 days, and I haven't decided yet what to do with the remaining four of Lexember.

# Day 26: Cliff: "tibunu nâfumbâ"## New ...

2025-12-26T23:22:41Z

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Day 26: Cliff: "tibunu nâfumbâ"##

New Words<li>tibunu: n. an instance of the act dropping, the distance which something drops, very steep or nearly vertical rock face</li><li>tibunu nâfumbâ: n. rock face, cliff (more explicitly the geographic sense)</li>##

Example<li>[tɕa ˈkeᵑgoˈ ⁿti'bunu ˈhiⁿtə aᵑˈkʷeⁿda ˈkeᵑgo ˈᵐboje]</li><li>Cha kengo ntibunu hintâ ankwenda kengo mboye.</li><li>cha kengo N=tibunu hintâ AN-kwenda kengo N=boye</li><li>on top GEN=cliff 1PL.EX AV-see top GEN=cloud</li><li>From the top of the cliff we saw the top of the clouds.</li>#lexember #lexember2025 #conlang

# Day 25: Canal: "bilunu nkekonsa"## New ...

2025-12-25T23:04:17Z

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Day 25: Canal: "bilunu nkekonsa"##

New Words<li>kekonsa: adj. constructed, man-made, artificial (actually passive voice of the verb konsa`make, build, construct)</li><li>bilunu nkekonsa: n. canal ("man-made river")</li><li>kwânyâ: n. tongue, language</li><li>kwânyâ nkekonsa: n. conlang ♥️</li>#lexember #lexember2025 #conlang

# Day 24: Glacier: "bilunu mboro"## New ...

2025-12-25T13:32:32Z

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Day 24: Glacier: "bilunu mboro"##

New Words<li>bilunu mboro n. glacier (literally "ice river")</li>##

Example<li>Boro ambenka tumunuhâ cha kengo nteme lâ bilunu mboro.</li><li>boro AN-benka tumunu=HA cha kengo N=teme lâ bilunu N=boro</li><li>snow AV-pit cover=3SG.IN at overside GEN=mountain and river GEN=ice</li><li>The snow layed its cover over mountain and glacier.</li>#lexember #lexember2025 #conlang

This is a poular one here in Sweden! It's playable from maybe ...

2025-12-23T22:28:05Z

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This is a poular one here in Sweden! It's playable from maybe 3 years, but 4.5 years is probably when my oldest kid started to understand the strategy bits.

https://games.tactic.net/en/tuote/magic-forest/

# Day 23: Ice Cap: "tumunu mboro" ## New Words * ...

2025-12-23T20:11:48Z

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# Day 23: Ice Cap: "tumunu mboro"

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* **tumunu**: n. coating, (non-rigid) cover, blanket (metaphorically)
* **boro**: n snow, ice
* **tumunu mboro**: _ice cap_

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# Day 22: Volcano: "teme ngwahenga"I've been looking ...

2025-12-22T11:49:34Z

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Day 22: Volcano: "teme ngwahenga"I've been looking forward to this one!##

New Words<li>kolyo: n. contained fire (like in a stove, oven, kiln or furnace; not for light, or in the open like in a campfire or bonfire)</li><li>henga: n. oven</li><li>wahenga: n. kiln</li><li>teme ngwahenga: n. volcano (literally "kiln mountain")</li>#lexember #lexember2025 #conlang

# Day 21: Harbou, Port## New ...

2025-12-22T09:58:02Z

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Day 21: Harbou, Port##

New Words<li>ondofo: harbor, port</li>##

GrammarThe letters/phones **f** [ɸ],**h** [x̞], and **hw** [x̞ʷ] are allophones of "one and a half" phoneme: a non-sibilant fricative with labialization only phonemic before non-rounded vowels.

Valid combinations:<li>he, hi, hwe, hwi</li><li>ha, hâ, hwa, *wâ</li><li>fo, fu</li>

If **f** appears before a non-roubded vowel it turns into **hw**, and if **h** or **hw** appear before a rounded vowel they turn into **f**.

#lexember #lexember2025 #conlang

# Day 20: Horizon: "tunyu rhimbi"## New ...

2025-12-20T22:10:55Z

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Day 20: Horizon: "tunyu rhimbi"##

New Words<li>rhimbi: n. sky, heaven</li><li>tunyu rhimbi: n. horizon</li><li>degwe: n. inside</li><li>ko degwe n-: prep. into</li>##

Example<li>[siˈrumə ˈseⁿdʑa lə ˈsində ˈⁿtuɲu ˈɾʑiᵐbi ko ˈdegʷe ˈᵐpaᵑka]</li><li>Sirumâ senja lâ sindâ ntunyu rhimbi ko degwe mpanka.</li><li>sirumâ senja lâ sindâ N=tuny N=rhimbi ko degwe N=panka</li><li>sun step across width GEN=shore GEN=sky to inside GEN=ocean</li><li>The sun stepped across the horizon into the ocean.</li>##

Inspiration**Tunyu rhimbi** is a calque of the Finnish word *taivaanranta*.

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# Day 19: Sea, Ocean: "halacha, panka"## New ...

2025-12-19T21:58:12Z

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Day 19: Sea, Ocean: "halacha, panka"##

New Words<li>halacha: n. sea (from where you can see the coast)</li><li>panka: n. ocean, sea (from where you can't see the coast)</li><li>sindâ: n. breadth, extent from side to side</li><li>lâ sindâ n-: prep. across (the breadth)</li>##

Example<li>[kiˈrumu ˈkoⁿdʑa lə ˈsində ˈᵐpaᵑka we ʔəˈɸuᵐbə ˈneka ko ʔəˈɸuᵐbə ˈrawe]</li><li>Kirumu konja lâ sindâ mpanka we âfumbâ neka ko âfumbâ rawe.</li><li>kirumu konja lâ sindâ N=panka we âfumbâ N=eka ko âfumbâ N=rawea</li><li>3PL.AN fare across width GEN=ocean from island ATTR=first to island ATTR=other</li><li>They travelled across the ocean from one island to the other island.</li>##

GrammarThe meanings of the preposition **lâ** include:<li>Comitative: in company with (someone)</li><li>Istrumental: using (something)</li><li>Perlative: through, across, along [new meaning from today]</li>

**Lâ** is also the conjuction "and".

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# Day 18: Beach: "tunyu ndânku"## New ...

2025-12-18T21:31:23Z

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Day 18: Beach: "tunyu ndânku"##

New Words<li>dânku: n. sand</li><li>kâtu ndânku: n. sandbank, (partially) submerged ridge of sand</li><li>tunyu ndânku: n. beach, sandy shore, sandy riverbank</li>#lexember #lexember2025 #conlang

# Day 17: Bay, Gulf: "jumâ ntunyu"## New ...

2025-12-17T14:39:18Z

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Day 17: Bay, Gulf: "jumâ ntunyu"##

New Words<li>juma: n.<ol><li>hollow, hole, pocket</li><li>lap, bosom, embrace, arms</li><li>den, (hollow of a) bird's nest</li><li>bay, gulf</li></ol></li>##

Example<li>[ˈrawe ˈɲaᵑga ʔaˈnaⁿdʑa ˈʍəɲu tɕa ˈdʑumə ˈmama kiˈrumu]</li><li>Rawe nyanga ananja hwânyu cha jumâ mama nkirumu.</li><li>rawe nyanga AN-nanja H-wânyu cha jumâ N=mama N=kirumu</li><li>two child AV-want COMPL=sit in lap GEN=mom GEN=3PL.AN</li><li>The two children wanted to sit in their mother's lap.</li>#lexember #lexember2025 #conlang

# Day 16: Ridge: "kâtu nteme"## New ...

2025-12-16T22:10:43Z

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Day 16: Ridge: "kâtu nteme"##

New Words<li>kâtu: n. ridge; Anatomy: back; Geography: montain ridge</li><li>teme: n. mountain</li><li>kâtu nteme: n mountain ridge (more explicitly the geographic sense)</li>##

FlagA while ago I played with https://flag-creator.com/ and made a flag for the fictitious island where Kwanyani is spoken.

#lexember #lexember2025 #conlang

# Day 15: Highland: "âfumbâ nkengo"## New ...

2025-12-15T19:12:37Z

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Day 15: Highland: "âfumbâ nkengo"##

New Words<li>kengo: n. overside, height</li><li>cha kengo n-: prep. over</li><li>âfumbâ nkengo: n. highland</li>#lexember #lexember2025 #conlang

# Day 14: Lowland: "âfumbâ ndesa"## New ...

2025-12-14T22:17:56Z

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Day 14: Lowland: "âfumbâ ndesa"##

New Words<li>desa: n. underside, low</li><li>cha desa n-: prep. under</li><li>âfumbâ ndesa: n. lowland, (capitalized) the Netherlands</li>##

Example<li>[ˈkomo ʔaˈnaⁿdʑa ˈkoⁿdʑa lə ˈwelo tɕa ʔəˈɸuᵐbə ˈⁿdesa]</li><li>Komo ananja konja lâ welo cha Âfumbâ nDesa.</li><li>komo AN-naja konja lâ welo cha Âfumbâ N=Desa</li><li>1SG AV-want fare with bike in land GEN=low</li><li>I want to cycle in the Netherlands.</li>#lexember #lexember2025 #conlang

# Day 13: Tarn: "kwere"## New ...

2025-12-13T22:24:49Z

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Day 13: Tarn: "kwere"##

New Words<li>kwere: n. tarn, mountain lake, pond</li><li>belya v. bathe, spend time in water for leisurely pleasure, to swim (when not going anywheree)</li>##

Example<li>[kiˈrumu ˈbeʎa cha ˈkʷere lə kʷiˈkʷəx̞ə ˈʔuwə ku ˈxʷələ ᵑku]</li><li>Kirumu belya cha kwere, lâ kwikwâhâ uwâ ku hwâlâ nku.</li><li>kirumu belya cha kwere lâ kwikwâ=HA uwâ ku hwâlâ N=ku</li><li>3PL.AN swim in tarn and water=3SG.IN be_warm that day ATTR=that</li><li>They swam in a tarn, and its water was warm that day.</li>##

GrammarThe personal pronouns of Kwanyani distinguishes between first person exclusive and inclusive. First exclusive, second, and third persons pronouns have singular and plural forms. The first person inclusive have dual and plural forms, and this is the only part of the grammar where the dual shows up. The table of pronoun forms becomes more regular if one thinks of minimal vs augmented (instead of singular vs plural) for four persons: 1, 1+2, 2, and 3.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_number#Minimal,_unit_augmented,_and_augmented

Minimal personal pronouns (independent and clitic forms):<li>1SG: komo, =MU</li><li>1DU.INCL: yumbâ, =MBA</li><li>2SG: wende, =NDE</li><li>3SG.AN: eyo, =YO</li><li>3SG.IN: oha, =HA</li>

Augmented personal pronouns (independent forms only):<li>1PL.EXCL: hintâ</li><li>1PL.INCL: binsi</li><li>2PL: dulu</li><li>3PL.AN: kirumu</li><li>3PL.IN: asahe</li>

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# Day 12: Lake: "gwânshâ"## New Wordsgwânshâ: n. ...

2025-12-12T22:19:13Z

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Day 12: Lake: "gwânshâ"##

New Words**gwânshâ**: n. lake##

Example<li>[ˈbaⁿtse siˈrumə heˈheʎa tɕa ˈbuᵑgu ˌᵑkebeˈbamo ˈgʷəⁿɕə ˈⁿtsiʎə lə ˈkumu ɲaˈmeᵐbe]</li><li>Banse sirumâ hehelya cha bungu, nkebebamo gwânshâ nSilyâ lâ kumu nyamembe.</li><li>banse sirumâ he~helya cha bungu N=KI-be~bamo gwânshâ N=Silyâ lâ kumu N=lyamembe</li><li>now sun IPFV~shine on isthmus REL=PV-IPFV~embrace lake GEN=Silyâ with arm ATTR=blue</li><li>Now the sun is shining on the istmus, which lake Silyâ embraces with blue arms.</li>#lexember #lexember2025 #conlang

# Day 11: River Delta: "jekwembo mbumu"## New ...

2025-12-11T22:09:06Z

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Day 11: River Delta: "jekwembo mbumu"##

New Words<li>embo: n. corner</li><li>jiku: num. three</li><li>jekwembo: n. triangle</li><li>jekwembo mbumu: n. river delta</li><li>gea: n. mud, clay, silt</li>##

Example<li>[biˈlunu ˌʔaⁿteˈtoma dʑeˈkʷeᵐbo ˈᵐbumu lə ˈgega]</li><li>Bilunu antetoma jekwembo mbumu lâ gega.</li><li>bilunu AN-te~toma jekwembo N=bumu lâ gega</li><li>river AV-IPFV~cover triangle GEN=river_mouth with silt</li><li>The river covers the delta with silt.</li>##

GrammarThe imperfective stem of the verb is used for actions occurring habitually and for general truths.

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# Day 10: Tributary: "bilunu ndoga"## New ...

2025-12-10T22:47:57Z

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Day 10: Tributary: "bilunu ndoga"##

New Words<li>loga: n. help, aid, auxiliary, supplement</li><li>bilunu ndoga: n. tributary</li><li>benda: v. to flow</li><li>la kugi n-: prep. through, via</li>##

Example<li>[biˈlunu ˈⁿtsewe ᵑkʷa ˈloga ᵑko biˈlunu ˈᵑgote ˈbeⁿda lə ˈkugi ˈnax̞a ⁿtəˈⁿdimu aˈlenⁿtso]</li><li>Bilunu nSewe, nkwa loga nko bilunu nGote, benda lâ kugi naha ntândimu, Alenso.</li><li>bilunu N=Sewe N=kwa loga N=ko bilunu N=Gote benda lâ kugi Ø=naha N=tandi=MU Alenso</li><li>river GEN=Sewe REL=be tributary ATTR=to river GEN=Gote flow by way GEN=city GEN=home=1SG Alenso</li><li>The Sewe River, which is a tributary of the Gote River, flows through my hometown, Alenso.</li>##

GrammarWhen non-obstruent consonants are prenasalized, they mutate like this:<li>nasal and prenasalized consonants remain unchanged</li><li>r and rh remain unchanged (the nasal disappears)</li><li>l fortifies into nd</li><li>ly and y nasalize into ny</li><li>w fortifies into ngw</li>

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# Day 9: River Mouth: "bumu (mbilunu)" ## New Words * ...

2025-12-09T21:30:54Z

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# Day 9: River Mouth: "bumu (mbilunu)"

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* **bumu**: n mouth, lip, opening, river mouth
* **bumu mbilunu**: n _river mouth_ (more explicitly the geographic sense)

I couldn't come up with an interesting example today. :-)

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# Day 8: River: "bilunu"## New ...

2025-12-08T15:39:53Z

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Day 8: River: "bilunu"##

New Words<li>bilunu: n. river, stream, current</li><li>naha: n. city</li>##

Example<li>[tɕa ˈbemo ᵐbiˈlunu ʔoˈsex̞ʷa ˈnax̞a ˈᵑgʷawa]</li><li>Cha bemo mbilunu osehwa naha ngwawa.</li><li>cha bemo N=bilunu UH=ehwa naha N=wawa</li><li>in separation GEN=river NV-exist city ATTR=great</li><li>Between the rivers lies a great city.</li>##

Grammar<li>An adverbial may be moved to the very beginning of the sentence (before the subject, if it precedes the verb) to turn it into a "frame setter", which introduces the setting of the sentence in time or space. (Learn more about frame setters in Conlangery episode 153 on Information Structure with Aidan Aannestad, at 44:00.)</li>#lexember #lexember2025 #conlang

# Day 7: Isthmus: "bungu (nâfumbâ)"## New ...

2025-12-07T22:19:33Z

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Day 7: Isthmus: "bungu (nâfumbâ)"##

New Words<li>bungu: n.<ul><li>Anatomy: neck</li><li>Geography: isthmus, neck of land (explicitly the geographic sense: bungu nâfumbâ)</li></ul></li>##

Example<li>[ˈkomo keˈkoⁿdʑa lə ˈwelo tɕa ˈkugi ˈᵐbuᵑgu ko ʔiˈkuru ˈᵐbunə ⁿtɕa ˌkeleˈrawe ˈʔix̞ʷi ˈnaⁿdʑa ˈkoɲe gaˈlase]</li><li>**Komo kekonja lâ welo cha kugi mbungu ko ikuru mbunâ ncha kelerawe ihwi nanja konye galase.''</li><li>komo ke~konja lâ welo cha kugi N=bungu ko ikuru N=bunâ N=cha kelerawe ihwi nanja H=gonye galase</li><li>1SG IPFV~fare with bike on road GEN=isthmus to house GEN=coffee ATTR=on otherside because want.STAT COMPL=eat.PFV ice_cream</li><li>I was cyling on the isthmus road to the café on the other side, because I wanted to eat ice cream.</li>##

Grammar<li>The verbal complement of nanja to want is not an infinitive, but a subordinate clause with a finite verb, like in Modern Greek.</li><li>Stative verbs do not have a distinction between perfective and imperfective aspect and always use the unmarked "perfective" form, even though they theoretically could be considered more imperfective in meaning.</li>#lexember #lexember2025 #conlang

# Day 5: Cape: "koke nâfumbâ"## New ...

2025-12-06T23:30:57Z

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Day 5: Cape: "koke nâfumbâ"##

New Words<li>koke: n<ul><li>Anatomy: head</li><li>Geography: cape, headland (also koke nâfumbâ)</li></ul></li>##

Example<li>[ˈkudu ko waˈtekʷa ˈreɲa ⁿtɕa ˈkoke ˈⁿtoᵑge lə ˈsidu ko niˈsəli ˈᵑxiⁿtə]</li><li>Kudu ko watekwa renya ncha Koke Ntonge lâ sidu ko nisâli nhintâ.</li><li>kudu ko wa-tekwa Ø-renya N=cha Koke N=Tonge lâ sidu ko nisâli N=hintâ</li><li>drive.IMP to AUG-fire ATTR=beckon ATTR=on cape ATTR=Tone and walk.IMP to cabin ATTR=1PL.EXCL</li><li>Drive to the lighthouse on Cape Tonge and walk to our cabin.</li>##

GrammarThe imperative uses the irrealis stem of the verb. The realis stem is most often formed from the irrealis stem by some combination of prenasalizing and palatalizing the second consant of the CVC root, as well as lowering the root vowel. The realis stem usually ends in the vowel **-a** and the irrealis stem in **-u**. As an example, the irrealis stem of *to drive* is **kudu** and the realis
stem is **konja**.

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# Day 5: Shore with Dunes: "tunyu lâ fundâ"## New ...

2025-12-05T15:14:58Z

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Day 5: Shore with Dunes: "tunyu lâ fundâ"##

New Words<li>tunyu: n. beach, shore, riverbank</li><li>fundâ: n. dune</li>##

Example<li>[ˈʔejo ʔaˈᵑgʷesa saˈᵑkoⁿdʑa moˈtoka ˈⁿtuɲu lə nəˈⁿtɕəkə tɕa ˈɸuⁿdə] </li><li>Eyo angwesa sankonja motoka ntunyu lâ nânchâkâ cha fundâ.</li><li>eyo AN-wesa S=AN-konja motoka N=tunyu lâ nânchâkâ cha fundâ</li><li>3SG.AN AV-say COMPL=AV-drive.PFV car ATTR=beach with nunchuk at dune</li><li>He said that he drove a beach buggy with nunchucks on the dunes.</li>##

Grammar<li>Third person pronouns distinguish number and animacy, but not gender or case.</li><li>The complementizer ("that") appears as an s- before vowels and causes a devoicing/fritivization (like Grimm's Law) on initial consonants.</li><li>For subordinate clauses the active voice prefix an-/ân- also indicates that the subordinate clause subject is the same as the main clause subject. To mark that the subordinate clause has a "different he", the "neutral voice" / "different subject" prefix oh-/uh- is used instead (along with a switch from SVO to VSO word order).</li>#lexember #lexember2025 #conlang

# Day 4: Sound: "hwingâ"## New ...

2025-12-04T19:56:14Z

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Day 4: Sound: "hwingâ"##

New Words<li>kele: n. side</li><li>rawe: a. second, other</li><li>kelerawe: n. other side, opposite side</li><li>hwingâ: n. sound, strait</li>##

Example<li>[ˈbaⁿtse ˌaᵑkʷeˈkʷeⁿda ˈtekʷa ⁿtɕa ˌkeleˈrawe ˈᵑxʷiᵑgə]</li><li>Banse ankwekwenda tekwa ncha kelerawe nhwingâ.</li><li>banse AN-kwe~kwenda tekwa N=cha kelerawe N=hwingâ</li><li>now AV-IPFV~kwenda light ATTR=on otherside GEN=sound</li><li>Now I'm seeing the lights on the other side of the sound.</li>##

Grammar<li>The subject may be dropped if it matches the subject of a previous sentence or it's clear from context in a new discourse.</li><li>The an-/ân- prefix indicates transitivity, active voice, and definiteness of the subject/agent.</li><li>Imperfective aspect is indicated with reduplication of the first syllable of the verb stem (for regular verbs). Some verbs have different stems (suppletion) for the perfective and imperfective aspects (or will have, because I haven't work on that yet).</li><li>The attributive clitic <code>n-</code> signifies that the preposition phrase "on the other side of the sound" describes the location of the noun (where the lights are), not the action (where the seeing happens).</li>#lexember #conlang

# Day 3: Lightouse: "watekwa renya" ## New Words * ...

2025-12-03T10:06:04Z

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# Day 3: Lightouse: "watekwa renya"

## New Words

* **tekwa**: n. streetlight, watchfire, fire for light
* **chetekwa**: n. flashlight, lamp, torch
* **watekwa**: n. floodlight, signal fire, beacon
* **renya**: v. attract, invite, beckon
* **watekwa renya**: n. _lighthouse_

## Example

* [ˌox̞eˈx̞eʎa waˈtekʷa ˈreɲa ko ˈkeᵑgo ˈᵐpaᵑka]
* **Ohehelya watekwa renya ko kengo mpanka.**
* UH-he~helya WA-tekwa Ø=renya ko kengo N=panka
* NV-IPFV~shine AUG-fire ATTR=beckon to overside ATTR=sea
* *There's a lighthouse shining out over the sea.*

## Grammar

* The **wa-/wâ-** prefix is the augmentative.
* Before **r** and nasals, the attributive clitic **n-** disappears.
* The **u(h)-/o(h)-** "neutral voice" verbal prefix is a difficult one to explain. It causes the word order to change from SVO to VSO, it marks that the subject is indefinite, and is used to introduce a new subject. Basically it turns "the X Y-s" to "there's an X Y-ing".
* Kwanyani has few prepositions, but many "compound preposition". Instead of saying "onto something", you say "to the overside of something".

#lexember #conlang

# Day 2: Isletchikâfumbâ: islet, holm, skerry, rock (in the ...

2025-12-02T07:21:00Z

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Day 2: Islet**chikâfumbâ**: islet, holm, skerry, rock (in the sea), uninhabited small island

This is just last day's word with the diminutive prefix che(k)-/chi(k)-. The allomorphs are due to vowel harmony and historical sound changes that turned all syllables into CV.<li>che- for consonant-initial words with low/-ATR vowels a, e, o</li><li>chi- for consonant-initial words with high/+ATR vowel â [ə], i, u</li><li>chek- for vowel-initial words with low/-ATR vowels</li><li>chik- for vowel-initial words with high/+ATR vowel</li>

Most words are consonant-initial. My plan is for the historical *k* coda to disappear leaving a high tone, but I haven't finished the tone system yet.##

Example<li>[ˌtɕikəˈɸuᵐbə ˌʔunuˈkiɾʑu ˈʔix̞ʷi ˌⁿtsi.ku ˈⁿtsi.ku ˈkaka ˈtɕax̞a]</li><li>Chikâfumbâ unukirhu, ihwi nsiku-nsiku kaka chaha.</li><li>chik-âfumbâ unukirhu ihwi nsiku~nsiku kaka cha=HA</li><li>DIM-island be_white because bird~PL poo.PFV on=3SG.IN</li><li>The islet is white because the birds pooed on it.</li>The *rh* can be pronounced as the Chech fricative trill "ř" [r̝], as a flap with fricative release [ɾʑ] or as a voiced alveolo-palatal fricative [ʑ].

When *s* is prenazalised to *ns*, it's pronounced with an affricate [ⁿts].

Adjectives function as (static) verbs. When used predicatively they go where the a verb would normally go in a clause. When used attributively they are prefixed with the attributive particle/genitive preposition/relativizer *n-* and are indistinguishable from relative clauses.

Kwanyani nouns are not marked for gender or case, but may optionally be marked as plural using full reduplication.

# Day 1: Islandâfumbâ: island, land, earth > ˈⁿtsi.ku ...

2025-12-01T15:18:27Z

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Day 1: Island**âfumbâ**: island, land, earth

> ˈⁿtsi.ku ˈᵑgʷele ˈsama tɕa ki əˈɸuᵐbə ᵑki

> **Nsiku ngwele sama cha ki âfumbâ nki.**

> nsiku N=wele sama cha ki âfumbâ N=ki

> bird ATTR=many dwell at this island ATTR=thisMany birds live on this island.

#lexember #conlang

# 🧵 Kwanyani Lexember 2025 🧵I will attempt to create some ...

2025-12-01T14:58:40Z

#

🧵 Kwanyani Lexember 2025 🧵I will attempt to create some words for my #conlang Kwanyani for this year's #lexember. As the prompt, I will use this "visual dictionary" picture from Wiktionary to create some geography/landscape vocabulary.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Visual_dictionary/Landscape

I've never done this before, so let's see how it goes!

Analyzing referents in discourse, for a #conlang... ...

2025-11-08T17:13:57Z

Analyzing referents in discourse, for a #conlang...

Language Jones recently made a video about the origin of that: ...

2025-11-08T15:46:29Z

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Language Jones recently made a video about the origin of that: https://youtu.be/laZpTO7IFtA

I hadn't heard about it before, but maybe my kids are too young to have picked it up.

Edit: lowered visibility of this post.

Seen this? https://marginalia-search.com/

2025-11-08T09:54:30Z

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Seen this? https://marginalia-search.com/

My #conlang Kwanyani needs a tone system. I've been ...

2025-11-03T21:03:41Z

My #conlang Kwanyani needs a tone system. I've been "window-shopping" for one for a while, but I've finally settled on a two-level register tone system.

For now I allow all of the melodies L, H, LH, HL, LHL, and HLH. (I think it would be more interesting to disallow some of them, say LH and HLH, to reduce the symmetry a bit.) The last tone align to the last syllable in the word. The first tone spreads backwards to the beginning of the word, if there are more syllables than tones.

In compound words the two melodies are joined and repeated tones are merged, so LH + H → H and HL + LHL → HLHL. The new melody is achored at the last syllable of the compound word.

I got much inspiration from this article (Composite Tone in Mian Noun-Noun Compounds): https://hal.science/hal-03618121/document

Adding the tone to my grammar document feels like one of those Bob Ross moments. You know, when he has a nice painting of a lake in front of a forest in front of a mountain, and then he just paints a huge foreground spruce that covers the left third of the painting...

gulp. looks at bookshelf (sorry) ...

2025-10-28T17:53:02Z

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gulp. *looks at bookshelf* (sorry)

Det finns en intressant sökmotor som bl.a. försöker kunna ...

2025-10-12T14:56:27Z

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Det finns en intressant sökmotor som bl.a. försöker kunna hitta sådana små sidor (ni kanske redan känner till den?): https://marginalia-search.com/

Upphovsmannen (Viktor) var med i ett avsnitt av podden Kompilator (avsnitt 98) och pratade om den.

[@wm_annis](https://mastodon.art/@wm_annis ) Tepë Tolla vë ...

2025-10-08T10:29:41Z

[@wm_annis](https://mastodon.art/@wm_annis ) Tepë Tolla vë máha vë "Íkëla në kol si salko më!" ppi lárëlvur në ha kittá nen hwíchin luël si ëchúko...

Kittá në "salko" ppi lár "say" ppi lár rëhi "put" ppi lár mai otótun iraluto.

(I hope this makes sense! Corrections are welcome.) #conlang #kílta #kilta

Got two #conlang inspiration books today! ...

2025-10-05T17:02:01Z

Got two #conlang inspiration books today!

I really like this introduction to ATR vowel harmony. Lots of ...

2025-09-28T11:43:21Z

I really like this introduction to ATR vowel harmony. Lots of useful examples for conlangers!

"An Introduction to ATR Vowel Harmony in African Languages" https://www.research.canil.ca/ATR.pdf

Lots of interesting examples of vowel systems and rules for how vowel harmony spreads (for example what happens in compound words).

I also found the phonetics stuff very useful because I've struggled with understanding what "ATR" really is. Seems like it's an extra "relative height" feature that distinguishes some pairs of vowels, but that backness and phonation also plays a role.

#conlang @conlang@a.gup.pe

Amusing sentences found in linguistics books... #conlang ...

2025-09-03T18:48:32Z

Amusing sentences found in linguistics books... #conlang conlang group (npub16j2…2z7d)

I've just started to read A Grammar of Ayeri (a #conlang by ...

2025-08-26T20:09:03Z

I've just started to read A Grammar of Ayeri (a #conlang by Carsten Becker Carsten Becker (npub1985…pe9t)). I was very pleasantly surprised to find a whole section that compares the "trigger language" concept I've seen conlangers mention with proper linguistic research on Tagalog by Paul Kroeger among others. Wow!

This is the culmination of a series of (re)discoveries of mine....

In 2007 or so as a fresh student I picked up Paul Kroeger's "Analyzing Syntax" at a book sale just because I thought it looked interesting. I read parts of it on train trips the following years for fun.

In 2025 after getting back into conlanging I started re-read it more seriously. I dicovered information theory (topic and focus), but also the Indonesian language, which the book frequently used in its examples. This made me aware of the concept of Austronesisan Alignment. Cool!

I then discovered his "Basic Concepts in Information Structure: Topic, Focus, and Contrast" article and also his "Analyzing Grammar" book (which I wish I had discovered way earlier!).

When I tried to make sense of what the promoted argument meant in Tagalog (subject? topic? focus?) I found that Paul Kroeger had written his dissertation about exactly this topic (which luckily can be found as a PDF online). And it had a bunch of useful tests for determining if something is a topic or focus, etc.

Now, I tried to think about how to apply this to a conlang. And then I discovered the Ayeri grammar, which has a section that's basically a commentary on Kroeger's dissertation from a conlanging perspective! What a treasure for conlangers!

Now I'm definitely going to add a table to my conlang grammar comparing my conlang to Tagalog and Carsten Becker's Ayeri (see page 283)!

A Grammar of Ayeri: https://ayeri.de/grammar/

Haha, det låter fantastiskt! Jag nördade in mig rejält i ...

2025-06-16T08:01:49Z

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Haha, det låter fantastiskt! Jag nördade in mig rejält i Volapük runt 2009 och var aktiv i communityt på IRC då...

Dear conlanging fesiverse, Where do people share and discuss ...

2025-06-11T08:08:33Z

Dear conlanging fesiverse,

Where do people share and discuss their conlangs nowadays? I lurked at the ZBB back in 2008-2009 a bit. What places should I check out now in 2025?

I think I'm looking for a chat or forum where people share their struggles and joys while they're conlanging. Maybe also a place where people share their (more finished) works and ask for feedback/critique too.

#conlang

Small step forward on the Soldersmoke DCR challenge build: fuse ...

2025-05-10T19:42:09Z

Small step forward on the Soldersmoke DCR challenge build: fuse holder, LED and reverse polarity protection diode. Now the power is wired up properly from the jack on the side.

#electronics #AmateurRadio #HamRadio

For blog.raek.se, which is an otherwise static HTML site that I ...

2025-04-24T04:45:07Z

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For blog.raek.se, which is an otherwise static HTML site that I host myself on a VPS, I use 'isso' for self-hosted comments. It has worked OK for me.

Band pass filter module for the SolderSmoke DCR Challenge built ...

2025-04-21T21:36:27Z

Band pass filter module for the SolderSmoke DCR Challenge built and tweaked!

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio #electronics

Demo video ...

2025-04-06T21:21:30Z

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Demo video

Soldersmoke DCR build: mixer/diplexer done. i tested it with an ...

2025-04-06T21:18:10Z

Soldersmoke DCR build: mixer/diplexer done. i tested it with an external audio amplifier (a.k.a mic input of a computer audio interface). It works! Now the band pass filter and audio amp modules are left to build.

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio #electronics

Measured the Idss of the J310 JFETs I had. It's supposed to ...

2025-03-31T20:31:39Z

Measured the Idss of the J310 JFETs I had. It's supposed to be between 24 and 60 mA, but these were in the range from 5 to 16 mA. I'm taking the best one and see if my SolderSmoke DCR PTO works better with it.

I also measured the Idss the MPF102 JFETs I had. These were a lot more consistent - most were around 10 mA. The datasheet specifies between 2 and 20 mA, so they all pass.

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio #electronics

mi ante e lipu tu ni: gemini://raek.se/toki-pona/ ...

2025-03-27T10:19:28Z

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mi ante e lipu tu ni:

gemini://raek.se/toki-pona/
gemini://raek.se/links/recommendations.gmi

sina jo e lipu kepeken toki pona la, mi wile jo e linja tawa ona! (sina lipu kepeken toki Epelanto la, mi sona e ona.)

The blog is static HTML files served with nginx. Comments are ...

2025-03-26T18:06:03Z

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The blog is static HTML files served with nginx. Comments are self hosted with 'isso'.

The capsule is mostly static hand-edited gemtext files. They are served with the Jetforce server, but I'm looking into switching to gmid. Source: https://github.com/raek/raek-gemini-capsule

The blog HTML is generated from markdown files using a few ...

2025-03-26T18:02:25Z

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The blog HTML is generated from markdown files using a few scripts: https://github.com/raek/blog.raek.se/

I'm hosting the blog and the capsule on my VPS. Links: ...

2025-03-26T18:01:15Z

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I'm hosting the blog and the capsule on my VPS. Links:

https://blog.raek.se/

gemini://raek.se/

I read stuff on the web and on Gemini (though most of it on the ...

2025-03-26T16:09:31Z

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I read stuff on the web and on Gemini (though most of it on the web) and publish what I write on the web and Gemini (though most of the few readers I have are probably on the web).

I continue to participate in Gemini because I like the way it feels human.

For the last month or so I've been using I the ...

2025-03-26T16:02:47Z

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For the last month or so I've been using I the 'offpunk' browser to subscribe to blogs on the web and capsules on Gemini and read the posts in the text interface. So I use offpunk both as a https/gemini feed reader and a Gemini browser.

I also use Lagrange as a browser to read the Antenna feed.

I edit them by hand in Emacs. Part of my Gemini capsule is my ...

2025-03-26T15:58:05Z

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I edit them by hand in Emacs. Part of my Gemini capsule is my blog and there I write all posts in Markdown (for the web version) and Gemtext (for the capsule). I write one and then translate it by hand into the other for now. (I would like to automate this workflow some day.)

ike a! linja pi lipu moli li lon lon seme?

2025-03-23T14:37:43Z

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ike a!

linja pi lipu moli li lon lon seme?

Cool! I didn't know about that one! I once made a "why ...

2025-03-18T19:22:28Z

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Cool! I didn't know about that one!

I once made a "why doesn't this snippet of code misbehave" puzzle with these lines in it (which should be in monospaced font for best effect):

#define ALPHA(f) ((long int) f + 0)
#define BETA (f) ((long int) f + 1)
#define GAMMA(f) ((long int) f + 2)

Until now, that was the only example of significant whitespace I knew about!

This is the schematic. ...

2025-03-15T21:13:27Z

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This is the schematic.

Lol! No, this is the VFO...

2025-03-15T21:06:11Z

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Lol! No, this is the VFO...

The joy of oscillation! I turned on the first module of the ...

2025-03-15T20:52:03Z

The joy of oscillation!

I turned on the first module of the Soldersmoke direct conversion receiver challenge radio. It worked!

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio #SolderSmoke #SolderSmokeChallenge

Nostr event nevent1qqs9zmxd24q69zz0a40qlkxh5uttxv0m44kf967kay4tx7mgqmd9qkqzyzxxc693wrrpswwhs62v73mhrwknspru0yuqtctevvlg8t7u3a67qcre9xe

2025-03-10T15:23:46Z

Maybe it's finally time for me to give learning #esperanto a go...

If the USB device remains connected during your operation, then ...

2025-03-10T12:05:43Z

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If the USB device remains connected during your operation, then this tells us that this is a pure software problem in the PC.

Also, running "sudo dmesg -w" in a terminal in the ...

2025-03-10T09:39:23Z

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Also, running "sudo dmesg -w" in a terminal in the background to see if the USB device resets would also be interesting.

Another idea: what power source do you use? Could it be a brown-out of the USB during TX?

Could it be RF getting into the USB port and making the USB ...

2025-03-10T09:35:56Z

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Could it be RF getting into the USB port and making the USB device reset? For me WSJT-X falls back to the internal mic when I unplug the USB cable of my QMX.

Would be interesting to know if adding a ferrite to the USB cable makes a difference...

Just became aware of this RD engineering treasure trove: ...

2025-03-09T09:12:03Z

Just became aware of this RD engineering treasure trove: https://www.minicircuits.com/applications/application_notes.html

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio #RfElectronics #RF #electronics

I know what that's like! Hang in there. I wish you happiness ...

2025-03-09T08:12:16Z

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I know what that's like! Hang in there.

I wish you happiness and fulfillment in playing the long game!

The Mini-Circuits article was a very good read.Thanks!

2025-03-07T22:36:04Z

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The Mini-Circuits article was a very good read.Thanks!

There's this item on AliExpress too: ...

2025-03-07T22:13:58Z

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There's this item on AliExpress too: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004235791904.html

I will buy this one from Electrokit, since it's a store in my country: https://www.electrokit.com/bnc-hona-chassi-silver-25x25mm

I want to replace this UHF / SO-239 connector with a BNC one. ...

2025-03-07T19:17:10Z

I want to replace this UHF / SO-239 connector with a BNC one. Does anyone know if panel mount BNCs with one inch wide flanges exist?

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio

Dear radio frequency engineering fediverse, Do you know of a good ...

2025-03-07T12:35:46Z

Dear radio frequency engineering fediverse,

Do you know of a good article that describes how to conduct a two-tone test to measure intermodulation properly? I understand the basics and I know to generate the test signal and how to measure the result on a TinySA. However, I don't know how to determine if my test signal is clean enough, has a reasonable power level, etc. In other words, I don't trust that I understand my test setup enough to trust my results..

Do you have any good links?

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio #RF #electronics #RfElectronics

I'm listening to the... ...

2025-03-02T14:40:29Z

I'm listening to the...

And today I manged to have two FT4 QSOs using the BITX40 and ...

2025-03-01T20:06:10Z

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And today I manged to have two FT4 QSOs using the BITX40 and manually toggling the PTT switch!

Tonight I performed the "Digital BFO Modification" on my ...

2025-02-28T22:07:51Z

Tonight I performed the "Digital BFO Modification" on my BITX40.

https://github.com/amunters/bitx40-raduino-v2/blob/master/operating-instructions.md#digital-bfo-mod

The mod adds USB mode to the rig (which only did LSB originally). It also allows me to calibrate the BFO frequency to align it with the actual pass band of the crystal filter (each individual is slightly different). It also changes from low side injection to high side injection, which makes the 7.2 MHz birdie go away as well as the interference from the 7.2-7.3 MHz 41m broadcast band getting folded over into the 7.0-7.2 MHz 40m amateur radio range.

The mod was successful and I even managed to decode FT8 received from the newly gained mode!

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio #electronics

Decided to compare the filters of the QMX and the BITX40 on ...

2025-02-27T21:44:02Z

Decided to compare the filters of the QMX and the BITX40 on reception. I used my AliExpress noise source and recorded some audio in Audacity.

The QMX filter is impeccable. Like a brick wall. Totally flat between 150 Hz and 3500 Hz, pretty much.

The BITX40 one though... 😅 Passband is pretty much limited to 500 Hz to 1500 Hz and isn't very flat at all. More like a round hill.

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio #electronics

Since Obsidian stores its data as ordinary text files I use ...

2025-02-27T13:25:10Z

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Since Obsidian stores its data as ordinary text files I use Syncthing to sync my vault between Linux, Android and Windows. It works like a charn!

I think it looks all right? (See ALT text.) ...

2025-02-25T19:34:23Z

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I think it looks all right? (See ALT text.)

This "20 dB" attenuator is very consistently -32.4 dB ...

2025-02-25T19:15:35Z

This "20 dB" attenuator is very consistently -32.4 dB across HF. It remains a mystery to me why.

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio #electronics

sitelen pi lipu li ni: # sewi li kule ale tempo esun tu la, jan ...

2025-02-24T22:13:03Z

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sitelen pi lipu li ni:

# sewi li kule ale

tempo esun tu la, jan lili tu mi li pilin jaki lon insa uta lon insa kute.

mi wile lape. mi wile pali. mi wile toki e jan pona mi.

tempo ni la, jan lili mi pilin pona.

open pi tempo suno ni la, mi en jan lili mi awen lon supa monsi. tempo lete li pini lon ma.

suno open tawa sewi. sewi li pimeja, li loje pimeja, li loje, li loje jelo, li jelo, li jelo laso, li laso. sewi li kule ale. mi pilin e ni, mi sona e ni: ale li pona.

ma Kemini la, mi pali e lipu sin ni: "sewi li kule ale" ...

2025-02-24T22:08:13Z

ma Kemini la, mi pali e lipu sin ni: "sewi li kule ale"

gemini://raek.se/gemlog/2025-02-25-sewi-li-kule-ale.gmi

#TokiPona #Gemini #GeminiProtocol

My online nickname "raek" is kind of a wordplay meaning ...

2025-02-23T11:47:07Z

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My online nickname "raek" is kind of a wordplay meaning "shrimp-" or "of shrimp". But in amateur radio contexts I'm known as SA5RJS / Rasmus instead...

The "RG316" variant of this item is the one I bought: ...

2025-02-22T06:12:45Z

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The "RG316" variant of this item is the one I bought: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003475280219.html

Today I'm more inclined to buy better quality connectors (by, say, Amphenol).

Assembled a BNC pigtial cable with a right angle connector for ...

2025-02-21T21:57:10Z

Assembled a BNC pigtial cable with a right angle connector for the first time today. It was easy to see and reach everything due to the "access hatch" on the top!

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio #electronics

New blog post:I Guested The European Ham Radio Show ...

2025-02-21T21:34:59Z

New blog post:I Guested The European Ham Radio Show

gemini://blog.raek.se/2025/02/21/i-guested-the-european-ham-radio-show/

https://blog.raek.se/2025/02/21/i-guested-the-european-ham-radio-show/

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio #gemini #GeminiProtocol

I've been reliving computer history the last week by playing ...

2025-02-17T21:38:14Z

I've been reliving computer history the last week by playing with this "Micro-Professor" Z80 computer-on-a-board. It is very impressive!

The monitor has a pretty user friendly interface to read and write data manually into RAM, and also to set breakpoints and single step through programs.

Tonight I used the cassette audio interface to store a program onto "tape" (an audio recorder on my laptop) and read it back again. It works!

#electronics #RetroComputing #Z80

Now all my 56 kindle books are dowloaded and safely backed up, ...

2025-02-17T19:46:55Z

Now all my 56 kindle books are dowloaded and safely backed up, stripped of DRM.

If you "own" Kindle books, download them while it is ...

2025-02-17T15:35:06Z

If you "own" Kindle books, download them while it is still possible: https://goodereader.com/blog/kindle/amazon-removing-download-and-transfer-on-the-kindle-feb-26th

On Sunday, 19:00 UTC, I'll be a guest at The European Ham ...

2025-02-13T08:37:25Z

On Sunday, 19:00 UTC, I'll be a guest at The European Ham Radio Show! Watch the live show and join our hang-out and nerd-out about ham radio and DIY!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWDfAOuJDFw

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio

The European Ham Radio Show invited me as a guest to their show ...

2025-02-09T20:34:08Z

The European Ham Radio Show invited me as a guest to their show next week! (2025-02-16 19:00 UTC) I'm honored, starstruck and a bit nervous!

https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx34kpP-xL6iZnbxwqST26UGkTS2woEFUb

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio

I copied today's #Morsle at 35 WPM! https://morsle.fun

2025-02-09T14:48:53Z