Brian K. Wharton

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2024-09-09 18:54:06

People keep saying that ham radio is dead. I say no! For hours, we have had no "mainstream" communications (landline, cellular, internet, and 911 service). Between ham radio to communicate to people outside of the affected area as well as using Starlink, we have no outage in our house.
https://islandfreepress.org/outer-banks-news/communications-outage-reported-on-hatteras-island-911-service-impacted/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFMIxpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXZhLNJCHqICiZHtaQ3P5wk3rSUrbwVouhFj78qxrT3jAb44W-Gn9Lc4CA_aem_DHV8UphzfMkcBNpytv3WIA
#hamradio #radio #emergencypreparedness #prepping

2024-08-29 12:00:26

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I use a Garmin Instinct Tactical. It has a stealth mode so that you can have bluetooth turned off. but, if you want to use the benefits of the app, you will have security issues if you are worried about that. The watch is great though.

2024-08-20 12:56:01

Well, the #starlink #SpaceX launch didn't happen this AM, but at least the moon was pretty. Sunrise not so bad either.
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#photography #fullmoon #sunrise #surfing #obx #outerbanks #capehatteras

2024-08-19 20:48:16

A few hundred purple death hot peppers dried and smoked.
#hotpeppers #gardening
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2024-08-19 19:50:21

One of my latest projects. I 3d printed a model of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. I used filament that has wood particles in it so it feels like wood. I also did my own painting using wood tones to make it look more like an old time children's wooden toy. I finally wired in an Arduino pro mini to a RGB led and wrote a program that randomly cycles through ROYGBIV. I know the stripes on the tower aren't exactly right, but close enough for this prototype.
#3dprinting #3dprinter #arduino #obx #outerbanks #hatteras #hatterasisland #theouterbanks
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2024-08-13 12:53:27

Cheese!
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2024-08-07 21:19:04

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I agree. great diced up in tuna salad, if you like a bloody mary (I dont), I hear they are great. Just handy to much. and a great texture.

2024-08-07 19:02:58

I really like Dilly Beans. Like skinny dill pickles. Just took the string beans out of the fermenter.
#fermentation #preserving #canning #fermenting #urbanhomestead
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2024-08-04 17:13:17

Smoking/dehydrating a couple of pounds of purple death peppers in the smoker. Makes some of the best hot sauce and hot pepper powder.
#gardening #hotpeppers #chilis #preserving
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2024-08-03 12:27:31

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Nothing like a "shot" of expresso in the morning 🤣

2024-08-02 11:48:41

Just a sliver of a moon this morning
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2024-07-30 12:35:54

Air temp warmer this morning. SSE wind is light. Super small waves. But why not paddle out.
#hatteras #capehatteras #obx #outerbanks #capehatterasnationalseashore #sunrise #weather #photography
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2024-07-29 13:15:09

Possibility to have a bit of weather a week out. The predictions are all over the place though. You can see from Windy, they are showing something possible off the coast of Hatteras late next monday. But spaghetti models show that possibilities are pretty much up for grabs.
#weather #hurricanes #tropicalstorms
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2024-07-21 07:08:24

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The water holds heat. Land will give off heat quicker. Also, our air temp sensor is about 40 feet in the air. SSO slightly cooler. But our water temp gets pretty hot in the summer.

2024-07-20 15:04:48

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It is food practice on your Linux skills 🤣

2024-07-20 14:06:20

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no. you need to have linux installed on your raspberry pi first. I use Debian Bookworm Lite (without a UI, just shell). then install the meshtastic stuff on top of it. Meshtastic has a web interface that will install on the pi, so you can then have a web based UI to configure the lora settings. You can see Bookworm Lite on the Raspberry Pi imager in the "Raspberry Pi OS (Other)" section:
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2024-07-20 14:00:50

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use the Linux Native meshtastic code: https://meshtastic.org/docs/software/linux-native/
I did a writeup here:
https://njump.me/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqmrvy5l7y6jm92l5gqfyudwu4gu73ywd9qn5gvd6f8d9cywcjaraq9zhwumn8ghj7etgwd3nxanndach2emxx4j8j7nkdacryme5d95nwmn0wvehjcmrd9exjunv0pkhjcmcx35xcef4v4cxy7rswphxzepwd3hkxctv9uqsuamnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dshsqg8v0llxhur7me34tl73gklh3584dh0dzzes5h47trkumqegdz687yvwfc08
you can see how I wired up the BBS here:
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2024-07-20 13:14:25

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are you running meshtastic on the Pi? I have added a lora hat to my pi and I can run the meshtastic node right on the pi as well as run TC2-BBS on the same pi. I am also running a MQTT server on the pi to route traffic to the internet. That way, you have an all in one meshtastic "router"

2024-07-18 13:15:17

Wild watching shallow water pretty much follow air temps in its ups and downs. The sound is pretty warm right now. NOTE: this temperature sensor is only in about 2 feet of water off of our dock. But it is pretty warm out there. (air temp is red line, from a sensor we have on a mast about 40 feet in the air. Water temp is the blue line)
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#obx #outerbanks #capehatteras #weather #iot

2024-07-12 21:17:58

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Go starlink. We live in a place where cable goes down all the time. Starlink has been great since we switched

2024-07-11 10:52:20

Very cool. Not sure if anyone is using TC2-BBS with Meshtastic, but it works great. A bit crude, but not much worse than the BBSs I used back in the 80's. I have the BBS running on a Raspberry Pi. the Pi has a LoRa hat so that I can run a Meshtastic node on that same Raspberry Pi. I also have MQTT running on the pi. I can then connect to another Meshtastic node (in this case a Lilygo T-Beam) and have an internet disconnected network for sending emails, posting bulletins, and having chat sessions. I'll do a writeup on what I did to get the BBS and Meshtastic to run on a single Raspberry Pi.
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#meshtastic #raspberrypi #meshnetwork #prepper #hamradio

2024-07-01 12:20:46

Yesterday, the bee guys came to move the bees from our outdoor shower. There was a big hive up in the underpinnings. Thanks to Jeff and Tyler for moving the bees. We are now going to name our house the Honeycomb Hideout.
#beekeeping #bees #polinators
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2024-06-13 08:25:30

We have bees swarming in our outdoor shower. The bee expert wanted a picture to see if they were honey bees. I was scared of getting too close and get stung, so I drew a picture instead. They look like honey bees to me!
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2024-06-12 15:30:18

We have a swarm of bees in the outdoor shower. It was still a bit dark when I got back from paddling this morning. I am glad that I hadn't fully disrobed before realizing the buzzing sound was from ticked off bees getting we're from me turning on the shower. Now to find some to remove them.

2024-06-12 12:11:45

Was still a bit windy, so I paddled about a mile to the mouth of Brigands Bay and paddled around in the shelter of their canals and then back home. Still nice paddle, even if I got a lot of spray from jumping the waves 🙂
#obx #outerbanks #northcarolina #obxnc #paddleboard #pronepaddle #sunrise #photography
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2024-05-24 15:34:37

Welcome to the new 2024 Hurricane Season!
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#obx #outerbanks #theouterbanks #obxnc #weather #hurricane #noaahurricanes #nationalweatherservice

2024-05-07 18:33:30

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My guess is that is mainly because they are losing membership due to disinterest. They opened up to girls years ago (with separate troops for girls and boys). This is just rebranding to get more members. While there could be some woke things going on, I think this is just a way to get their membership up since they are already bleeding members. and the Girl Scouts of America is in even worse shape.

2024-05-02 13:12:18

Today is one of those days where you watch the barometric pressure map and read out predictions on wind direction and speed for days to know that today is going to be the perfect glassy day for a paddle. Well, it didnt dissapoint. Air temp in the upper 60s. I couldnt really tell where the wind was coming from since we were in a state of flux on direction. Awesome day to be out on the Sound. I only did about 3 miles today. I did one of my shorter circuits. But still worth getting out.
#pronepaddle #pronepaddling #pronezone #obx #outerbanks #hatterasisland #capehatteras
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2024-05-01 12:18:57

Its that time of year again. No more 24 hour 4wd access.
Surf is smaller and sloppier than yesterday. It might work for bigger boards, but I think I will stay dry and nurse my wrist from yesterday. Air temp in the mid 60s. Water temp in the shore break 62. Wind out of the SW. A nice cloud bank off the coast. Saw lightning early this morning before first light.
#outerbanks #obx #northcarolina #4wd
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2024-05-01 12:09:32

Wow, where did April go? This is my first full month capturing weather conditions for the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) here in Frisco, NC. We didnt get a whole lot of rain in April. Hopefully we will get a little in May to help the gardens grow.
#weather #nws #nationalweatherservice #outerbanks #obx #northcarolina
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2024-04-30 20:35:17

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I use a local MQTT server, so, if I run this on a raspberry pi, I can also have the MQTT server on the same device. It is great for "Home Base" device. I would deploy esp32 powered devices out in the field. but, the Raspberry Pi is a good device for home. And the Pi Zero is pretty cheap.

2024-04-30 13:31:00

Things are warming up. The shallow Pamlico Sound fluctuates quite a bit based on solar radiation and wind. YOu can see where the creek behind our house (that feeds into the Sound) got over 70 degrees. You can also see that yesterday morning, the battery died in my sensor before I got a chance to get out and put in a fully charged. I gotta get a better solar panel for this thing.
#iot #arduino #raspberrypi #sensors #weather #hatteras #hatterasisland #obx #outerbanks #theouterbanks
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2024-04-30 13:16:48

#meshtastic #meshnetwork #emergencycomms
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2024-04-30 13:12:59

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#meshtastic #raspberrypi #meshnetworking #emergencycomms

2024-04-30 13:12:20

Here is some information on what I did to get meshtastic running on Linux (specifically Raspberry Pi)
I used a Raspberry Pi 3B. And I used this Pi-Hat for my LoRa. I read you can do this on a PiZero. I just bought a PiZero 2 that I plan on trying out in the next week or so.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0C61XFGHC?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
flash your raspberry pi with Raspian Bookworm 64 bit. I use the version that is Raspberry Pi OS Lite (make sure you get 64 bit) -- I dont use desktop to save on resources. You can get the image here. Basically then use the Raspberry Pi Imager and choose "Use Custom" to select your image that you downloaded
https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/operating-systems/
I am using the linux native meshtastic noted here:
https://meshtastic.org/docs/software/linux-native/
The way I got it was to go to the github releases:
https://github.com/meshtastic/firmware/releases
Scroll down to find "Assets" for the version you want to download. Right click on the meshtasticd_*_arm64.deb file you want. Right click on it to get the link.
Then on your raspberrypi, use wget (you may have to install wget) to retrieve the file you got the link for:
wget https://github.com/meshtastic/firmware/releases/download/v2.3.6.7a3570a/meshtasticd_2.3.6.7a3570a_arm64.deb
You can then install it now that you have the file locally.
sudo apt install ./meshtasticd_2.3.6.7a3570a_arm64.deb
Then make sure you have SPI turned on for your raspberry pi:
sudo nano /boot/firmware/config.txt
make sure these 2 lines are in there:
dtoverlay=spi0-0cs
enable_uart=1
Now configure meshtastic. Edit this yaml file (NOTE: it is white space sensitive. so, just remove the # to uncomment. Dont remove the white spaces or add any)
sudo nano /etc/meshtasticd/config.yaml
for the pi-hat that I added for LoRa, I uncommented this:
Lora:
Module: sx1262 # Waveshare SX126X XXXM
DIO2_AS_RF_SWITCH: true
CS: 21
IRQ: 16
Busy: 20
Reset: 18
I then installed libulfius2.
sudo apt install libulfius2.7
Then start meshtasticd. You should be able to then hit the web server (NOTE: I also use Tailscale so that I can hit my device from outside of my home network without having to port forward. This is handy if you want to control your mesh network from the outside world)
sudo systemctl enable meshtasticd --now
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2024-04-29 23:13:31

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yes, that is what I installed. this is the hat I am using. I can do a quick writeup on what I had to do to get it to work tomorrow
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0C61XFGHC?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

2024-04-29 22:29:41

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there is a Linux version that works great. that way you can alsorunn mqtt server on the same raspberry pi. I am using a 3B for this install

2024-04-29 15:34:18

We have a community radio station here on Hatteras Island, NC. Its primary purpose is to provide emergency services to keep both locals and visitors informed on various emergency situations. When the internet and other comms are down, the FM radio station is one way to keep people up to date. It is an all volunteer station. I am one of the engineers keeping the station running. When we are not in "emergency mode" (which is most of the time), we broadcast rock and roll music (primarily from the 60's, 70's, and 80's). Here is a brief view of the transmitter room. You can get more info about our radio station here (we also have a live streaming feed if you are not in the area) https://www.radiohatteras.org/
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#radio #radiostation #emergencycomms #prepping

2024-04-29 12:17:11

This is one of my gardens that is a hybrid wicking bed. I use cloth grow bags with soil that allows the roots to air prune. I also have a floater valve that connects to the hose to auto fill with water when needed, allowing for wicking into the grow bags. I also use tiny stones to cover the water line to keep the mosquitoes for using this as their nursery for little baby blood suckers. The video has sound that has some explanation.
#gardening #raisedbeds #hydroponics
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2024-04-25 13:07:17

I am experimenting a bit with Lora and Meshtastic mesh networking. I wanted to see how it could track me as I did a prone paddle out in the sound. Since I am only a few inches from the water, and the node I was carrying didn't have its antenna vertical, transmitting probably wasn't ideal. But at only 60mW, this aint bad. Looking at the first pic, the red dots with the diamond in them are the beacons. The cluster is home base. The one the furthest north is about a mile from home base. I did paddle well around Brooks Point this morning, so I wasn't getting received all the way home. I just need to find a friend in Brigands Bay who would be willing to put a node out on their deck to add to the mesh 😉
I used a T-Beam lora transceiver on my paddleboard (with the factory crappy antenna). At home base, I have a similar device with a high gain antenna outside. I then have a Raspberry Pi with a Lora tranceiver on it in the house that is part of the mesh. It takes data and then pushes it to an MQTT server that is on the same Raspberry Pi. I have another pi running node-red that listens to the MQTT server and bridges the data over to my ThingsBoard server that has a Postgres database. I queried the DB for the specific node and mapped on Google Maps. Lots of steps, but something easily automated with a little code.
#meshtastic #meshnetwork #hamradio #radio
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2024-04-17 14:11:08

What do you do when there is an onshore wind from the East or the SE? Go paddling on the sound. Super glassy. Water super warm. Awesome workout! Wind almost non-existent. Air and water temp in the mid 60s.
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#pronepaddling #pronezone #pronepaddle #obx #outerbanks #hatteras #hatterasisland

2024-04-15 12:58:29

Wind was pretty strong with some gusts almost 20mph out of the west to WSW. I made a mistake to ruck in sheltered areas. Of course the mosquitoes had the same idea.
#outerbanks #theouterbanks #obx #obxnc #hatterasisland #capehatteras #capehatterasnps
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2024-04-11 07:45:08

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Geeze. My keyboard went crazy on that comment.

2024-04-11 07:43:43

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We live onian island total commsoutagess (landline, cell, internet,and 911 service). Plus we are in a hurricane prone area. Plus it isfunn to play with.

2024-04-10 12:42:55

Beautiful morning. Soon the sunrise will be early enough to go surfing before work. Temperature is perfect. Light offshore wind. The higher tide keeping the surf from getting to drained out on the sandbars
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2024-04-09 17:47:38

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Just started looking at Garnet. Do you have use cases for this? I can see high speed IoT or blockchain. Just trying to find out what use this would be over "normal" databases.

2024-04-09 17:23:03

Some have asked what I have been using for my Meshtastic setup. I have a few things that I am using:
LILYGO LORA32 T-Beam: I am using this for my mobile use since it has an 18650 battery holder. I connect to this either from my laptop or my phone via bluetooth
Heltec V3 (wifi and LoRa): I got a two pack of these form Amazon. I am using 2 of them for different things
- One I am using to connect to a high gain antenna on my roof. This allows me to connect to other devices in my area.
- The other, I have setup for WiFi instead of bluetooth. I am using this to bridge traffic over MQTT. This allows me to have others who arent in my area also subscribe to the same channels and have MQTT send messages from my Meshtastic mesh network to theirs in another part of the world by using the internet as a bridge. (NOTE: the device I am using for this is connected to a Starlink router so normal terrestrial outages of internet wont affect it like cable cuts, etc) -- Another NOTE: I am waiting for a Raspberry Pi LoRaWAN hat to come in. I will be replacing this device with a Raspberry pi to get more capability.
Here is some of the equipment I am using for the antenna for the device that I have up on the roof:
Rokland 915 MHz Antenna
https://store.rokland.com/products/5-8-dbi-n-male-omni-outdoor-915-mhz-antenna-large-profile-32-height-for-helium-rak-miner-2-nebra-indoor-bobcat?variant=39392551895123
Depending on what type of connector is on your device, you may need to get a pigtail to fit the antenna connector. This is what I got:
https://store.rokland.com/products/8-in-antenna-extension-coaxial-cable-rp-sma-male-to-n-male-rg316?variant=39391886442579
#meshtastic #comms #lora #lorawan #prepping #communication

2024-04-08 20:03:29

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what problem are you having? I have one meshtastic device attached to a high gain antenna on the top of my house. with another one that I use with my phone. I have also put one that is using wifi instead of bluetooth so that I can bridge MQTT. I dont have any problems. but I only connect my phone to one of the mehtastic devices. the others are for bridging or the one with high gain antenna is for getting distance to a buddy of mine who has a device about 4 miles away.

2024-04-08 16:19:46

wow, 10,000 mAh battery. Most of these things just have made up numbers and arent what they say they are. But, for the price, I had to give it a try. I want to see how long it will keep an ESP32 device running without any solar backup. Especially if the ESP device sleeps most of the time and wakes up every 15 minutes to take a sensor reading, send the data via WiFi, and then go back to sleep. This battery is a hoss though. Almost the size and weight of a cell phone.
#lora #esp32 #arduino #meshtastic #iot #lorawan
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2024-04-04 11:25:41

We had a decent rain yesterday. Our NWS weather gauge reads 0.285", but I can only report to two significant digits, so I am going to put it at 0.29". Our digital weather station says that the event was .24". So, relatively close. The NWS weather gauge, while analog, has a larger catch funnel and is more out in the open. It is a nice cool morning in the upper 50's. The wind has died down considerably. But, we had some heaving gusts last night around 1am.
#weather #outerbanks #obx #theouterbanks #hatteras #hatterasisland
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2024-03-30 14:18:45

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I have had with my high gain antenna at my house and a smaller mobile unit in my jeep get about 5km. I have heard up to 10. but, I havent seen it. I am working with another guy here on Hatteras Island and we are looking to get as near to 100% coverage with 20 Lora radios

2024-03-30 14:17:04

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I am going to get a parts list together on what I have done and post it in the next week.

2024-03-30 14:16:25

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I am going to get a parts list together on what I have done and post it in the next week.

2024-03-30 12:39:29

Resurrecting my mesh network networking project using #meshtastic. got my outdoor unit setup with a high gain antenna and solar charging. Will then be able to send telemetry and messages across the network without the need for the internet. Will also bridge to the internet using MQTT
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2024-03-28 13:40:39

Calm before the storm. You can really notice the petroleum smell in Buxton. Smells like El Portal in southern California. And Porto was right next to a Chevron plant. I hope they figure something out.
#obx #hatteras #hatterasisland @nationalparkservice @capehatterasnps #outerbanks #theouterbanks
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2024-03-27 12:39:57

What a difference a day makes. Wind died down. Still in the 40s this morning, but very nice on the south facing beaches. Surf, still a bit sloppy, but cleaning up. Lots of moisture in the air making it a bit foggy.
#obx #hatteras #hatterasisland #outerbanks #theouterbanks #obxnc #obxlife
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2024-03-25 19:05:21

7 days ago, the water in our creek (that feeds out to the Pamlico Sound) was well in the 60's. This latest NE blow has really chilled things down. Briefly today, it went below 50 degrees. Brrrrr. But, because the sound is so shallow, it can change temperatures quickly with a bit of sun and warm temperatures. Though, our creek is a bit sheltered, shadowed, and a little deeper, so it is normally a few degrees cooler than the main body of the Sound.
#obx #theouterbanks #pamlicosound #weather #outerbanks #hatterasisland
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2024-03-24 11:24:43

our National weather service rain gauge shows we got 0.56" as of 7:30am yesterday. and another 2.37" as of 7:30am this morning. Our digital weather station shows we got 2.24" during this event. The wind is going to be blowing all through today and into tomorrow from the north. Temperatures drastically dropped into the low 40s. I refuse to wear long pants, I am in shorts until Christmas!
#obx #outerbanks #weather #wxobx #wxnc
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2024-03-23 11:45:37

brian_k_wharton
My official reading for the NWA. Heavy wind out of the South with rain at 0.56". Wind should shift from the north this afternoon and blow through Sunday. Be careful out there.
#weather #hatterasisland #capehatteras #wx #wxnc
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2024-03-18 18:41:10

A shot of our backyard vertical #hydroponic towers from 7 years ago (the last season before we got the heck out of California). We had so much arugula and mustard greens. Managing PH was key to success for growing in CA -- rainwater was very acidic there. I am about to get things started here. We haven't been as successful growing outdoors in this salty and windy environment here on Hatteras Island, NC. But, we get so much more out per sq. foot than we do with just dirt.
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#verticalfarming #hydroponics #farming #gardening

2024-03-18 12:43:39

We gave become an official weather observer for NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Someone from the National Weather Service dropped off the rain gauge last week and installed it out in our back yard. We will get the thermometer sometime soon. But today was a big event, in the 4 days we have had this on the property, we got our first reading. 0.02 inches of drizzle accumulated 😁🌧️ I finally got to put a number in the system.
#nws #nationalweatherservice #weather #wx #wxnc #ncwx #northcarolina
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2024-03-17 14:19:41

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was like $10 per 2 cubic feet at lowes. expensive!

2024-03-17 14:18:28

After a month of my temperature sensor, for our dock, being down, I finally rebuilt it. New board and new circuit. After a couple of hours of debugging, I couldn't get the sensor to work. Replaces the sensor, traced for shorts, and still no go. Finally, I looked at a resistor under normal light. Apparently, the third stripe on the resistor appeared red instead of the orange it was. As many of you probably would have pointed out to me, 47k ohm is very different than the 4.7k ohm it should have been. Dolt! Time to replace my 20 year old fluorescent bench lamp with something with truer colors!
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2024-03-12 17:19:57

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For sure. I have a few of these and just setup the first one. While I went out with a measuring tape before purchasing, and did the math on cubic feet of soil, you just dont realize until you get it installed. I filled the bottom of it with wood, then filled the rest with soil. Still a lot of soil.

2024-03-12 15:36:28

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I ended up buying 3 of these. One we have already assembled and getting it ready (wood in the bottom, then filled the rest of the way with garden soil. The second one, we are going to just do 2 of the side panels in length to make it a shorter version that will fit a specific place in our yard. I havent figured out what to do with the 3rd one yet. I dont know how long these will last in our environment. We live on a barrier island. But we will see.

2024-03-12 12:48:44

After so many days of wind, it is nice to have such a beautiful morning. Ramp 43 is flooded, so rucked lighthouse beach at first jetty. Light west wind. Air temp in upper 40s and water temp in low 50s. Not much surf.
#capehatteras #hatterasisland #obx #outerbanks #theouterbanks #sunrise #ocean
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2024-03-11 17:03:31

The wind storm we had here on Hatteras Island caused some minor sound side flooding. The west wind pushes against the back of the island and brings in water with it. We had water levels 2' above normal. second time in 2024. It has been a while since we had this. We have had it happen 4 times in the last 6 years. During Hurricane Dorian, then again during a January storm in 2020. And then 2 times this year in the last few weeks.
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2024-03-10 18:11:11

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it would proabaly work well. We were thinking of even using one as a dog pen for our little dachshund. on rhis one, I filled it half way with junk wood and dead pepper plants from lsst years season. then topped it off with soil. Still have to get more soil. 8x4x2 can really add up in volume

2024-03-10 17:02:17

Spent this morning putting together a 4X8X2' raised garden. The thing had 138 bolts to hold it together. I bought 2 others, but they will have to effing wait untill next week, it took Kate and me a couple of hours to get one together. And no matter how much math you put into it, you never have enough soil because of settling, etc. Well, at least it is too high for the dog to get into it to dig.
#gardening #homesteading
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2024-03-08 14:05:31

Just because it says it is biodegradable, doesn't mean it gives a license to throw it on the ground.
Much warmer in the woods than out in the open.
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#pollution #forrest #hike #dontpollute #nature

2024-03-07 14:15:49

Warm and foggy morning. North wind backed down for a bit. Surf choppy.
#hatteras #hatterasisland #capehatteras #capehatterasnps
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2024-03-06 12:20:10

Another day, another rainstorm. Strongish winds out of the south. Surf choppy
#obx #hatteras #capehatteras #weather
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2024-03-05 15:40:35

Looks like facebook is down. Reports of folks getting logged out and cant reset passwords or log back in. Perhaps the beginning of the end for #bigtech look at that big spike of outages reported for FB.
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#facebook #fbsucks #facebooksucks #techbros #fb

2024-03-05 14:32:54

Here is a quick overview of what I did to create an iGate for APRS, using a Raspberry pi and Direwolf. I know others have done this. this is just what I did (along with having Direwolf automatically start on boot of the pi.
https://blog.catalinatechnology.com/2024/03/2735/
#aprs #hamradio #ham #amateurradio

2024-03-05 13:48:33

Cute little tubes breaking on the inside bar. Still a little bit of wind mostly coming out of South Southwest. Very comfortable temperature and very humid.
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2024-03-04 14:18:30

Been a bit wet since about 11pm last night. over 3.25 inches of rain in this event. The dog certainly doesn't like this one bit.
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#obx #outerbanks #theouterbanks #hatterasisland #capehatteras #weather

2024-03-01 13:57:36

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As someone who left California after 30 years to move my software business to North Carolina, I understand why companies want to do this. I also imagine that many of the employees who will leave California to get work in these new red states will probably bring their voting tendencies with them. Thus causing the state that they are just moving to, to become just as hostile for business as the one they moved from. There is much to miss in California (weather, friends, etc). But North Carolina has much of those benefits (if you can ignore mosquitoes and hurricanes) without the BS that is going on in California politics.

2024-03-01 13:53:01

It seems as though the deer were having a beach party last night. Based on what I found nearby I wonder if they're plotting something and us humans need to watch out
#OBX #hatterasisland #capehatteras #obxlife #wildlife #beach
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2024-02-28 13:25:43

Gonna have some wind the next couple of days. Too hard to listen to my books on tape when the wind is blowing on my headphones, so sheltering hikes in the woods it is.
#OBX #hatterasisland #capehatteras #obxlife #hiking #rucking #ruck #buxton
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2024-02-27 21:50:40

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Using noStrudel and not seeing the image description. I would guess chives. NOTE: on green onions (scallions), if I buy them from the store, I use all except maybe an inch or two from the roots and then plant. they will keep growing forever and just keep trimming them. No waste.

2024-02-27 11:54:18

Great morning for a stroll. I wanted to see a little different scenery today so I went up to Avon. Very warm temperatures with a south wind. Small swell but looks like it could be fun with a longboard. It seems as though winter is over and I have a feeling we're going to have a very warm summer.
#OBX #hatterasisland #capehatteras #obxlife #sunrise #outerbanks #theouterbanks #hatteras #rucking #ruck
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2024-02-27 08:21:58

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Do you just place the tablets whole or do you crumble them?

2024-02-26 21:44:29

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I'll check it out. I heard him mention it on one of the podcasts, but then lost my place on the podcast and couldnt find it again. Thanks for the info

2024-02-26 20:58:46

Has anyone used aspirin when growing tomatoes? If so, how did you apply it and what were the results?
Thanks in advance!
#gardening #tomatoes #homesteading #produce

2024-02-26 12:13:10

A beautiful morning for a ruck and watch the sunrise. Light wind out of the South. Comfortable temperature. I can't wait for earlier mornings when the sun's up so I can have more time to either surf or go prone paddling.
#OBX #hatterasisland #capehatteras #obxlife #sunrise #outerbanks #theouterbanks #hatteras
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2024-02-25 16:26:56

After a nice 3 mile hike with Kate Powell Wharton , it is time to rehydrate. #OBX #hatterasisland #capehatteras #obxlife #hiking #rucking #ruck #lighthousesportsbar
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2024-02-23 17:37:32

after the media scaring us with solar flares, "cyber" attacks, etc. It comes down to what I figured all along (incompetence). We also depend too much on the internet. Simple DNS problems, natural disasters, or even governments can bring down all communications.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/at-t-says-its-nationwide-cellular-outage-was-caused-by-a-software-update-not-a-cyberattack/ar-BB1iMlQm
#attoutage #cellularoutage

2024-02-23 12:15:17

Angry ocean with two currents converging at the point. Overcast day with wind out of the Southwest. Air temperature is perfect for a hike on the beach
#OBX #hatterasisland #capehatteras #obxlife #sunrise #outerbanks #theouterbanks #hatteras #capehatterasnps
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2024-02-22 20:49:51

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Feel free to contact me with questions. Check to see if you have a local group who manages a repeater. If there is a repeater, you can probably start with a cheapo Baofeng for around $40. I have a handful. great to have when doing work around the yard (call my wife on the radio asking for a tool or something), but better if you have a repeater where you can talk to others from further distances (because the repeater takes your signal and then boosts and sends out to a wider area). NOTE: to be legal, you need a license. Other hams might not like you if you transmit without a license. But it might be worth it just to meet others.

2024-02-22 20:27:04

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I have a lot of different radios. It comes down to what you are looking for. For real comms, an HF rig is preferable. They are expensive. But, we have had many outages where fiber is cut to our island and cellular, landline, internet, and 911 is all down. I can then use an HF rig, laptop or android, and software called winlink, and email anyone. I have done this multiple times over the last year since we have had so many outages. But again, it is very expensive. An HF rig can reach further than a little handheld. A handheld isnt much use unless you have repeaters in your area. So, the answer is complicated and hard to answer in a nostr response 😉

2024-02-22 20:07:31

While a good chunk of America can't communicate through their handheld devices, I am sending messages from mine that are reaching others from all over the world using ham radio and APRS for #aprsthursday. Sent out two different messages from 2 different radio setups. First was from a pc connected via bluetooth to a Mobilinkd TNC3 and Baofeng cheapo radio (radio on the right with bluetooth dongle). The other was straight from a Yaesu FT2D radio (no PC involved -- radio on the left).
#hamradio #amateurradio #ham #yaesuusa #yaesu #baofengradio #baofeng #aprs #prepping
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2024-02-22 12:18:17

There are some decent waves in Frisco. I wish I had time to try to paddle out.
#OBX #hatterasisland #capehatteras #obxlife #sunrise #outerbanks #theouterbanks #hatteras #obxnc #surfobx #obxsurf #surfing
https://m.primal.net/HeRY.webp
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2024-02-21 21:42:05

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it worked great. in 1990, I lived in California and my brother lived in Maryland. His roommate had a fidonet node. I could connect to a local number in Los Angeles and be able to send files and emails to my brother living in College Park, MD. might take a day or two to get the message out, but worked great!

2024-02-21 17:16:01

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Reminds me of Fido BBS from the late 80's early 90's. How it hop-scotches from one local call to another to avoid long distance calls when sending messages.

2024-02-21 13:44:36

Another windy day out of the north, so the woods it is again. Very pleasant back there.
#OBX #hatterasisland #capehatteras #obxlife #hiking #rucking #ruck
https://m.primal.net/HeFw.webp
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2024-02-20 17:34:16

Hello my pretties. Gearing up for growing season 2024
#gardening #hotpepper #hotpeppers #carolinareapers #ghostpepper #homestead
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2024-02-20 14:12:13

Did a morning ruck in the Coastal Reserve this morning. I had my watch tracking my path as well as my ham radio using APRS. You can see in the first Pic that I wasn't getting the coverage I was hoping for on APRS. Only 4 beacons made it to the repeater. There are some sand dunes that may have been blocking the transmission. Next time, a bigger antenna. Air temp was quite nice in the woods. I was in a long t-shirt and long hiking pants and very comfortable. No wind to be felt
#rucking #ruck #goruck #hiking #OBX, #outerbanks #theouterbanks #hatterasisland
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2024-02-19 11:46:55

it's the lake Atlantic out there this morning. Air temp in the mid-40s with a light North Wind. No waves at all
#OBX #hatterasisland #capehatteras #obxlife #sunrise #surfobx #obxsurf #ncsurf #surfnc #surfing
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2024-02-18 08:43:50

Playing around with Primal nostr client. So far, I like what I see. Great for photography with posting multiple photos.
#primal #grownostr #nostrclient

2024-02-18 08:24:32

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I post a lot about the outer banks in north carolina as well as general tech on microcontrollers, etc.