I occasionally think of what possible things might have been sent over this microwave radio. When I was in Germany in the army we had microwave telecomm links on the tops of hills to connect our hawk missile sites to our headquarters. We had the voice channels connected to our switchboard and if you were
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Short biography of a person who no one has heard of. AT&T Laboratory. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02Z8YZmJkZayE39EnnnDdstGH29WYeFpzFAKuKC84nTWA5G8H5s4bi2mv9kvfmrxpxl&id=61585440005434&post_id=61585440005434_pfbid02Z8YZmJkZayE39EnnnDdstGH29WYeFpzFAKuKC84nTWA5G8H5s4bi2mv9kvfmrxpxl&mibextid=NOb6eG
This YouTube video takes us through the way it used to be, with speeds of less than 200 kbps over Dial-up modems. But almost everyone went online with a single dial-up modem that over time increased their speeds to a maximum of 56kbps.
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Start charging $5 a month for standby use. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0paoooPXHaBGDduNiCYfZkj6iw2Gh5NJBYKPrT1NqLYiByfWovh3NA4KLUKBN7pYLl&id=100059384479648&post_id=100059384479648_pfbid0paoooPXHaBGDduNiCYfZkj6iw2Gh5NJBYKPrT1NqLYiByfWovh3NA4KLUKBN7pYLl&mibextid=6yaNxA
Uses a 12 key keyboard and texts like an old Nokia phone with multiple keypresses. http://www.technoblogy.com/show?2AON&fbclid=IwQ0xDSwL88ShjbGNrAvzr1WV4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEeX19OxuYe1QO8mrox71F6Zl_KCUppukTfJn3iSrHyEVT51xLwOmz2jhPHLKY_aem_is4HJCST113TNXDXWaTXGw
This 3 minute video shows how to connect a $2.00 USB to UART adapter to a serial port on some things like cameras, modems, etc. You need three short Dupont connector cables, green for ground and transmit and receive (crossover). Connect the adapter to the USB port on your PC. Then in Linux open a
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Derek Veritasium shows us how QR codes work. He pronounces the a in Veritasium like the a in tassel. https://www.facebook.com/reel/2506467346230147?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
There are 9000 satellites, more than half are Starlink satellites. Dr. Tyson explains. https://www.facebook.com/reel/348869794985264/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
An interesting video about NASA’s Voyager spacecraft computers. https://www.facebook.com/ThePrimalSpace/videos/1223112522301454/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
