#hf eclipse

[capricioussun]

For ice cream day, I am trying to think of what flavors all of the skeletons would be. So far, I've got

UT -> Rus - mango sherbet with citrus chewy candies and chili swirls • Sans - mixed berry with cream swirls and crumble pieces

UF -> Edge - dark chocolate with cinnamon swirl and spiced cookie pieces • Red - cherry with candied pecans and cinnamon crumble pieces

US -> Stretch - vanilla with honey swirls and caramelizes almonds • Blue - berry sherbet with candied blueberries and jam swirls

SF Metal -> Copper - molasses with caramel swirl, caramelized mixed nuts, and gingerbread pieces • Gold - smoked vanilla with brown butter caramel swirls

FS Glass -> Ghost - espresso with orange cream swirl and caramelized cinnamon almonds • Haze - earl grey with shortbread pieces and blackberry swirl

HT -> Dove - mellon with candied pecans and cream swirls • Patch - cherry berry swirled with pie crust pieces and freeze dried berries

HF -> Dusk - dark chocolate with cream swirls, chopped cherry pieces, and cake crumbles • Eclipse - chocolate with fudge swirls, brownie pieces, and chocolate coated pretzel pieces

[jackals-ships]

also something something Devotion playing Pride's guard dog for a little while, he's doing something important for Mythal and Elgar'nan wants to show off,,,

[eclipsedoesart]

Drawing of my OC I did for an AU with some friends and I really like it 💛 Annika Bennett aka Celestial

[haveyouseenthisskeleton]

Masterpost 31

New characters

Horrorfell Sans & Papyrus (Updated version)

General asks

A giant snake attacks skeleton and tries to constrict him (UT, US, UF, HT, SF, FSG Sans & Papyrus)

S/O and their siblings duct-taped themselves to the wall (UT, US, UF, HT, SF, FSG Sans & Papyrus)

S/O asks skeleton to bite them (UT, US, UF, HT, SF, FSG Sans & Papyrus)

S/O's creepy father found their address and wants to see them (UT, US, UF, HT, SF, FSG Sans & Papyrus)

Skeleton discovers he won the lottery on live tv (UT, US, UF, HT, SF, FSG Sans & Papyrus)

S/O throws a slice of cheese on skeleton's face (HS, HF, OT, DaT, DF, FT, MT, MF Sans & Papyrus + Ink, Error, DuT Sans, D!Papyrus, Killer)

S/O has a severe fear of needles (UT Sans, US Sans, UF Sans, Ink)

Their way to apologize (UT, US, UF, HT Sans)

S/O and skeleton are engaged but skeleton is promised to someone else because of the mafia (MT, MF Sans & Papyrus)

A group of tourists is taking photos of skeleton's child without consent (UT, US, UF, HT, SF, FSG Sans & Papyrus)

The first time skeleton met their younger brothers (UT, US, UF, HT, HS, HF, SF, FSG, OT, DaT, DF, FT, MT, MF Sans)

Honey and his service dogs (US Papyrus)

Their way to apologize (UT, US, UF, HT, FSG Papyrus)

Doomfanger cries because Edge is cutting onions (UF Papyrus)

Skeleton has a sugar bestie (SF Sans & Papyrus)

S/O takes Sans to stargaze (UT Sans)

S/O owns a cat café (UT, US, UF, HT, SF, FSG Sans & Papyrus)

S/O tricks skeleton to kiss a lemon (UT, US, UF, HT, SF, FSG Sans & Papyrus)

People turn into horrible horror monsters due to a virus (UT, US, UF, HT, SF, FSG Sans & Papyrus)

Skeleton's child gifts him a flower but the flower loses all of its petals on the way (UT, US, UF, HT, SF, FSG Sans & Papyrus)

Skeleton watches a total solar eclipse for the first time (UT, US, UF, HT, SF, FSG Sans & Papyrus)

S/O drags skeleton into a hot-air balloon (UT, US, UF, HT, SF, FSG Sans & Papyrus)

S/O has to team up with Jerry in a singing competition (UT Sans, UT Undyne, UT Alphys, US Sans, UF Sans)

First kiss with S/O (UF Papyrus, SF Sans)

Doomfanger escaped the house (UF Papyrus)

Doomfanger gets infected by a zombie-like virus (UF Papyrus)

S/O gifts clothes to skeleton (SF Sans)

S/O gifts Coffee a nonverbal communication hoodie (FSG Papyrus)

S/O falls asleep on skeleton (UF, HT Papyrus)

A kid is too friendly with skeleton (HT Sans & Papyrus)

S/O sings to calm skeleton down (UT, US, UF, HT, SF, FSG Sans & Papyrus)

S/O wraps skeleton into a blanket burrito as a punishment (UT, US, UF, HT, SF, FSG Sans & Papyrus)

What would push skeleton far enough to kill? (UT, US, UF, HT, SF, FSG Sans & Papyrus)

S/O is sweet but loves death metal (UT, US, UF, HT, SF, FSG Sans & Papyrus)

Frisk/Chara asks skeleton to adopt them instead of Toriel/Asgore (UT, US, UF, HT, SF, FSG Sans & Papyrus)

What happened between Torpedo and Chief (HF, MF Papyrus)

Other things

Where's Horror Alphys?

About Altertale

Sans doesn't have 1 hp

The other monsters from Disbelief Papyrus' universe

Undyne has two dads

Go to hell Wine

Myfanwi talks

About asks' follow-ups

Long or short asks?

Masterpost bug update

Is there a limit to how many questions you can ask?

Undertale & Non-romantic tags

The bad sides of ADHD

When do I post

Happy pride month!

[bladethehelicopter56]

Why do I keep adding to my bizarre AU(Hero Factory and the Magic Railroad). WHY?! This AU doesn’t need to exist anymore but here we are. This should probably end up being an extremely late April Fools joke. Me continuing this may be a result of the last leg of the semester draining my brain cells into the negatives. Eventually this may become a hilarious rabbit hole like the TTTE monster engine AU(that AU is actually really cool).

I gotta admit. I’ve seen some really strange crossovers with HF. I’ve seen transformers, and even random anime shows of all things(I don't watch anime idk). Even lego mixels too. Then there’s bionicle which actually makes sense. A lot of these AUs I have seen are on DeviantArt. I’m actually curious about everyone else’s AUs if they have any.

For Flying Scotsman’s sake, this is so stupid. 🤣

General Worldbuilding:

- The magic buffers are an interdimensional portal to the Island of Sodor. The unknown location of the buffers are in one of the many sealed off mines in the area, surrounded by tight spaces, rusted rails, and sinkholes. Not to mention, it’s as dark as outer space(but nobody knows that yet). For years, they had been dismissed as a local myth, started by engineers who worked on the railroads long ago.

- Some say it only appears during the Gold Dust Eclipse, an event seen in Makuhero City every few years. Citizens call it that because the eclipse casts light beams that seem to reflect golden particles in the sky.

- Locals believe that the magic buffers are located somewhere by a cluster of abandoned railroads where a thick forest had grown. It’s settled in a sizable quarry, surrounded by hills, old mines, caves, and other obstacles that make it hard for urban explorers to investigate the area.

- The legend states that the buffers are associated with a ghost train. Most say the name of the engine is Lady.

- The gold dust emitted from the eclipse has never been studied in depth.

- Being curious, the rookies go exploring during the eclipse to see if the legend of the magic buffers is real. When totality reaches, they’re transformed into steam locomotives. And they suspect that the magic buffers are behind this, even though they never found them.

- The rest of the Alpha Team notice how long their rookies have been gone for and decide to look for them. Just before totality ends, they too are transformed.

- Mr. Makuro says that it's possible that the Heroes are stuck being engines until the next eclipse.

- Even when they’re steam engines, Zib still has to care for his Heroes. Until they’re able to find the magic buffers, the members of the “Alpha Steam Team” are hidden amongst the quarry’s railways. So, Zib basically has to learn to be a railway controller until he and Mr. Makuro figure out how to turn the Heroes back.

- It is observed that each of them are engines built for a specific purpose. Each Hero has to learn how to operate as a locomotive in the meantime since they can’t go catch villains. The engine Heroes are instructed to not leave the forest or go looking for the buffers. The dangerous terrain and old railways can pose a danger to them. But they can’t just sit around. They somehow have to be really useful engines.

That’s what I got so far, good grief.

Headcanons:

In engine form, the Heroes cannot completely tap into their elemental powers. All of that is placed on the backburner.

When Stormer gets upset, he wheeshes steam in the form of frost.

Surge isn’t an electric train, but his elemental power still gives him a speed boost.

Furno’s firebox can light faster and produce a stronger fire.

Breez is a lot more aerodynamic despite not being a streamlined engine.

Stringer has the loudest whistle on the team.

Bulk is the strongest on a physical standpoint(he is a union pacific big boy afterall)

Nex is able to preserve a lot more water.

Rocka has a better chance of smashing through solid objects that obstruct the railroad. Is it smart? No. But it’s what he does.

Evo is really useful when it comes to traversing railroads on more threatening terrain out in nature. He is really good at mapping out the area and memorizing the paths.

Keep Evo away from the turntable, even if it's on an abandoned railroad. Turntables are not rollercoasters.

The Heroes are actually hidden from public view in the forest. Hero Factory forces closed off the area to keep people from messing with the railway.

Breez and Surge like to race sometimes.

Rocka likes his shiny and golden paintwork but he’s not as secure about it as James is.

Their paintwork represents their elemental power.

The HF symbol is painted on their tenders. If without a tender, it’s on the side of their cabs.

Stormer was NOT very fond of being kept away from missions but he slowly got used to being a locomotive. He’s still very reluctant to follow orders. He doesn’t like being confined to the forest and wishes to explore the railroad.

Bulk likes to show off how many railcars he can pull.

Zib and Quadal had to do too much research for this. When Zib first saw the Heroes, it took him more than a few moments to realize what he was looking at.

[paigephotography]

Another shot of the total solar eclipse, 4.8.2024. Taken on a Canon Vixia HF R11 camcorder.

[primatechnosynthpop]

Been thinking about mashing heroes up with various installments of the hatchetfield saga but with different characters in different roles for each story because there's really no consistent casting that would work for each installment. Here's what I'm thinking thus far

TGWDLM: Following a solar eclipse, Nathan is horrified to realize the world is turning into a superhero movie. Niki points him toward Mohinder, who she's been participating in a paid scientific study for, for help, and they hole up in Mohinder’s apartment, where Peter and Sylar get into an argument about slicing heads open and Matt persuades Janice to untie him only to infect her. Nathan and Peter attempt to save Claire but are too late, but Noah arrives and offers Nathan a potential way out. Although Mohinder was supposed to be trying to find a cure, he realizes that the world becoming a superhero movie is exactly what his father would have wanted and believes it can make the world a better place, so he instead creates a formula that would infect people. Nathan and Niki find that the Company headquarters have been overrun, and Hana remotely hijacks the aircraft they try to fly away in. With no other choice, Nathan attempts to destroy the hive-- a heroic act which seals his fate in becoming the leading man

Black Friday: Everyone is scrambling for the hot new issue of Ninth Wonders! Matt wants it for Molly and Mattie; Mohinder wants it for the patients at his clinic; Niki wants to sell it on the black market so she and DL can afford to give Micah a better life in a new place; Angela wants it for her three gorgeous grandchildren. As Matt and Mohinder reconnect, Matt opens up about how he blames himself for not being able to save Daphne, and Mohinder confides that his relationship with Sylar didn't end quite the way people think it did. Niki discovers she has greater powers than she anticipated, and Angela starts a cult. Meanwhile in DC, Nathan gets introduced to the Company and accidentally starts a nuclear war

HF Ape Man: Yaeko wants to meet the legendary samurai that lives in the woods, and someone from the Company (Bob?) is like "here we've got him in captivity!" but really it's just some guy named Adam. In the end the real samurai appears to teleport her to safety

Watcher World: Noah and Claire have a bad time at Samuel's carnival. Claire is worried Gretchen is going to cheat on her, and Noah spends a ridiculous amount of money trying to win her a teddy bear at the strength-testing game

Forever and Always: Niki and Nathan get married except it's actually Tracy and Sylar shapeshifted as Nathan

Time Bastard: Someone tells Hiro he can go back in time and save Charlie, his lost love from college. It doesn't go great, but this explains where that homeless guy with the black coat and ponytail came from

Jane's a Car: more like Jessica's A Mirror. Niki and DL are almost managing to put their past behind them but then Jessica shows up wanting to steal Niki's body

The Witch in the Web: Molly is having nightmares about Maury. Her social worker Mohinder calls on his friend Matt to help her

Honey Queen: Elle competes against Eden and Candice for the position of top Company Girl, hoping to make her daddy proud. Surely the winner won't get sacrificed to have their brain consumed by a serial killer

Perky's Buds: Simone and Isaac have opened an art gallery together, but the pigeons from the Deveaux building get ahold of Isaac's drug stash and gain powers

Abstinence Camp: Maya sees Claire using her powers and gets scared for her; Noah sends Claire to a camp that bans the use of superpowers, but while she's there she meets West. Maya is really the only one there who's committed to the camp's rules-- Claire and West certainly aren't. They say there's someone lurking in the woods who'll steal your brain if you use your powers in these woods, but surely that's just a rumor...

Daddy: Ando decides to marry Kaito for money only to be saddled with looking after his adult son who seems to have the mind of a ten-year-old

Killer Track: Jesse gets Monica to listen to a fucked up and evil song, and Peter offers her help undoing the curse that's been placed on her. Peter dies in the process, leaving his colleague (Hesam? Emma??) heartbroken, but then he regenerates... but then he'll have to use René's power to erase everyone's memories of himself so people won't know his secret

Yellowjacket: Monica starts competing in matches orchestrated by the Company so her family can afford a better life, but one of her opponents is Doyle, who can force other competitors to become his puppets

NPMD: Brody isn't happy about Claire and Gretchen disrupting the social hierarchy by becoming friends. Claire, Gretchen, Zach, West, and May all team up to prank Brody to get back at him, but it doesn't quite go as planned...

Workin' Boys: Adam makes a play based on his time with the Company except that in the play everyone remains on his side. However, much to his aggravation, he's forced to remove all references to superpowers so the audience won't get confused

BONUS-- Hey Melissa: Sandra kidnaps people and makes them pretend to be pomeranians

[nw7us]

A Short History of My Shortwave/Ham Interests and Activities

When I was about eight years old, I got a hold of my parent's Sony Multiband Portable radio. The following picture is an image of that model. It has four bands: FM, AM, LW, SW. 

I soon discovered that the SW selection held very strange and somewhat exotic sounds and stations. As you might have guessed from above, SW stands for Shortwave--which describes the size of the radio wave used to transmit the signal that the radio can tune and listen in on. (and the other three bands are: LW, for Longwave--those frequencies below 530 kHz; MW, for Mediumwave which is what is used in the domestic broadcast band between 530 kHz and 1750 kHz or so; FM (frequency modulation), the popular band of radio spectrum that everyone seems to enjoy, with music, talk, and other formats).  The receiver only receives the Amplitude Modulation (AM) modulation mode, for the LW, MW, and SW bands.

As I began to discover the wide variety of signals--not only odd, interesting noises and pops, whistles, and alien-like sounds, but also a great variety of radio stations from all parts of the world--I became deeply interested in the technical aspects of what made this little radio achieve such great magic. 

These exotic signals fascinated me.  Some of the signals I could understand, as they were International Broadcast stations from foreign countries--stations like the BBC, Radio South Africa, Radio Moscow, Radio Nederland, and the Deutsche Welle. Many of these stations had English broadcasts, but others were in other languages, which I did not understand.

It seemed very magical that the BBC (England), RSA (Radio South Africa), !CBC (Radio Canada International), Radio Australia, and so many more exotic stations, could be heard by me in the middle of Montana's Rocky Mountains. Hearing these signals lured me into listening and learning more about Shortwave Listening to the point that I was hooked for life.

Other signals were (as I came to learn, later in life) Morse code, RTTY (Radio Teletype), or, time signals. Every day, I would sneak that radio out to a nearby large field, extend the telescoping antenna, and start tuning around to explore what I could discover.  

There were nights I would listen to that radio from underneath the bed covers, hoping not to be noticed by my parents.  But I heard so many things that I just had to explore as much as I could.

Within the first year, I discovered WWV, and heard the hourly solar and terrestrial activity reports.  I was about eight years of age, and never heard of sunspots, or geomagnetic anythings.  But, Skylab was just deployed, and I read about the artificial eclipse that they used to study the Sun.

With the excitement over Skylab, and my new-found fascination with Shortwave and the Sun, I began to ask librarians for books on these topics.  I even got ahold of library-loaned scientific journals on Sun science, which revealed a lot about sunspots, and more.  Thus was born in me a life-long passion for Space Weather and radio wave propagation--even now, I write about space weather and radio propagation in several magazines.

US Army Signal Corps

After a number of years and after graduating from High School, I entered the US Army. I became a 31M, known as the Multichannel Communications Equipment Operator. But I had a chance to do more than just that MOS. I also worked with TACSAT/STACOM (Satellite), Troposcatter, Microwave, and HF radio modes and equipment, as well as programming and using computers (I’ve been programming computers since 1983, and work now as a senior software engineer).

After being trained as a 31M at Fort Gordon, Georgia, I was stationed in Germany. While in the field for many months at a time, I ended up making rhombic antennas, inverted-V dipoles, and other great HF wire antenna configurations.

I received two Army Achievement Medals for my efforts at helping my unit accomplish its mission. I was instrumental in engineering a communications network that they had been attempting to secure for many years. In addition, I created an SOP (Standard Operating Procedures) manual including the use of Antenna and HF equipment to aid in engineering the communications network.

Connecticut

After spending a few years in Germany, I was finished in the military, and moved to Connecticut. I was hired by The Travelers as a programmer/analyst, and found out that my team leader was an Amateur Radio operator.

It was a natural progression for me to end up (finally!) licensed as a Novice-class amateur radio operator! The same year, I upgraded to the Coded Technician class. At that time, there was no such thing as a Technician Plus and No-Code Technician. There was just a Technician, which required 5 wpm code, and the Technician written element. My assigned, first call sign (as issued by the FCC after I passed the test elements) was, KA1VGL.

I loved getting on the transceiver (a Kenwood TS-520S that I bought from my co-worker), and doing CW Morse code, as well as 10 meter voice! The solar cycle was at a peak (this was 1989). I talked to the whole world on 10 meters Single Side Band (specifically, Upper Side Band, USB). I think I worked 67 countries! I was really excited!  I also operated Morse code using CW (continuous wave modulation).

Montana

After a bit of time in Connecticut, I moved to Montana. I drove up to Canada, and then over to the Great Lakes, then made my way back into the States and over to Montana. I had a 10 meter rig (Radio Shack's HTX-100), and talked again, all over the world from the car!

The trip included days when the Aurora (Northern Lights; Aurora Borealis) was active, and I could see them while being near the Great Lakes. Stations were active on 10 meters all night long, at times, during this trip! It was a very excellent experience. (And the Canadian Hams extended a lot of hospitality.)

After settling down in Forsyth, Montana, I setup my radio shack with an end-fed long wire for most bands, and a vertical for 10 meters. I notified the FCC that I had a new address and location, and that I needed a new call sign to reflect my location. My first call, KA1VGL, was issued for the ‘1′ call area. Montana is in the 7 call area. Call areas (or districts) are geographical areas in the United States, numbered from 0 to 9.

The FCC issued me my new call as, N7PMS. Since I was in Montana, I became known as "November Seven, Pesky Montana Skunk." Better than other names... PMS.. caused a lot of conversation among the ham groups I visited on 75 Meters, for instance.  The first 20 minutes would just be jokes about me and my call sign.  It grew tiresome.  I became aware of the amateur radio vanity call sign option offered by the FCC.  I figured I would upgrade to a higher class (by passing code and written test elements), and then request a vanity call sign, just to get away from the N7PMS stigmatized call sign.

Washington

After about a year in Montana, I decided that I should head out to the state of Washington. My brother convinced me that there were more job opportunities. This was at the end of the Gulf War, and the economy was a bit slow, making it rough in Montana. My brother who was stationed in Washington (he was still in the US Army) told me that I ought to come to Washington as I might have a chance to work at Microsoft, or something along these lines (eventually, I did work with Microsoft).

Initially, I relocated to Olympia, the capitol city of Washington State. While in Olympia, on April 23, 1998, I upgraded to the Advanced amateur radio class. I also passed my 20 wpm code element for the Amateur Extra. 

In June of 1998, I passed the written for Amateur Extra. I was very happy to finally obtain the Amateur Extra class license, as now I had access to the entire ham radio bands across the entire radio spectrum! It is great to be able to have use of all the radio frequencies assigned to the Ham Radio hobby. 

On June 2, 1998, the FCC granted me a new Vanity Call. I was assigned, NW7US. This is a vanity call sign, one which I requested.  I chose it to reflect that part of the United States that I really loved: From Montana to Alaska, and Washington, this new call sign reflects that I am in the North West area of the 7 call district, in the United States.

Right after the upgrade to Extra, I took a job with a start-up Internet company in Seattle, called, Greatergood.com and I was the primary Web Master and Programmer/Analyst during the first year or so. I relocated to the First Hill area in Seattle, just adjacent to downtown Seattle, but up the hill.

I spent a year working in downtown Seattle, but also working HF with my Outbacker portable antenna, and a Kenwood TS-830S, and an Icom IC-756 Pro II, and an Icom IC-706MKIIG, from my studio apartment on First Hill.

While I lived in Seattle, in a multi-floor apartment building, the antenna farm was mostly an Outbacker Marine (two section) mobile/portable vertical antenna, without the WARC bands, or one of five resonated Hustler mobile antennas. They are comparable in performance on 20 meters and higher. But on 80 and 40 Meters, the Hustlers seemed to perform just a bit better. However, I tended to use the Outbacker in the apartment setting more often due to its easier operation with my limited ground radial situation. On the car, I tended to favor the Hustlers.  Occasionally, I used (you'll love this) my patio railing , and the trim around my apartment. I was on the fifth floor apartment (top floor) with a great view of the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington.

Using this compromise antenna configuration, I talked to Russian stations, over the North Pole, and many other stations around the world. It is amazing what one can do! Of course, I had to use the MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Phase Unit to cancel out the high noise I had there.

The Journey of DXing Since First Hill in Seattle

Eventually, I moved from First Hill, Seattle, to the Olympic Peninsula, to the small town of Brinnon, on the Hood Canal.   There were many very tall trees, and I used them to raise a true wire antenna farm.  I had dipoles for 160 Meters, and a fan dipole for 80 Meters through 10 Meters.  OUr house was actually a tree house!

That was a fair place from which to chase DX stations, but I was located in a canyon.  Thus in three directions, I had challenges due to the mountains blocking any low-angle take off of my radio signals.  And, I could equally not hear signals that stations in Seattle could hear and work without any problem.

It was then that I started to write the monthly column on space weather and radio propagation, in CQ Amateur Radio Magazine, Popular Communications magazine, and CQ VHF magazine.  

I also continued working on the oldest continuing non-governmental space weather and radio propagation website.  I continue running that, to this day (started in the mid-1990s). 

After a few years living there in Brinnon (where I remotely worked for Microsoft), I decided to use my savings and moved back to Montana, start a computer business, and buy a home with some land for antenna projects.  Relocating to the Bitterroot Valley, I put up a nice 160-Meter doublet, and with an amplifier, worked many countries as I chased the DX.

A year into the new location, and the Internet bubble burst. The housing market crashed.  The economy was in a very bad shape, and the unemployment in my area of Montana climbed to 30-some percent as mills closed down!  Even the county ran out of money and laid off a third of all personnel (closing the Juvenile Detention facility, down-sizing every department, and so on).  

I high-tailed it to Nebraska.  Omaha had one of the lowest unemployment figures, so it seemed a good choice.  I found a programming job, and settled down.  Overall, I worked in several software programming companies in Omaha, while enjoying DXing from the suburbs using a SEA automatic antenna tuner and a random length of wire (about 100 feet).

A number of years later, I moved to Lincoln, Nebraska.  At our new home, I used the same antenna as used in Omaha.  I worked at two different companies while living in Lincoln, including TD Ameritrade.  I crafted software for many different tasks and systems. But, I also continued my radio journey.

For the sake of family, after Covid hit and it was possible to work remotely, I moved to Ohio. Here in Ohio, I have a 220-foot doublet antenna, fed by a 450-ohm ladder line, connected to the rig through a balun and a run of 50-ohm coax.  I have increased my DXCC to over 200 confirmed countries, as I write this entry in my blog.  My plan is to build a two-wavelength 160-Meter horizontal loop, raised up to about 80 or 90 feet.

My current transceiver is the Icom IC-7610.  What a great radio!  I can hear stations that are very weak, and actually work them!  The current doublet is working quite well, and I have no local noise problem.

Check out the QSO Today interview in which I was asked about my journey, and my passion for space weather and radio propagation.  It is Episode 184, with host Eric Guth, 4Z1UG:  https://www.qsotoday.com/podcasts/nw7us

Check out the Rain Report interviews, too.  I will update this blog entry when those interview segments are posted on line later in December, 2021.  The host is Hap Holly.

Stay Tuned to the Blog, to hear more about my journey, and about space weather.  Thank you for being a friend.  I hope to chat with you on shortwave, on some ham band, using some mode!

73 de NW7US dit dit

[capricioussun]

Papyrus style here

Pt two, same game ✨

[kamadaeva]

money doesn’t make an animator suddenly better. the reason hf turned out so well is partially because of the scheduling power behind ufotable’s infrastructure. the person in charge of scheduling is almost entirely responsible for giving staff a proper time+work environment for films or animated shows and such. without the organization, even the biggest money sunk anime can fall apart or look painfully dull by comparison. on top of that the staff are incredibly talented behind even the insane scheduling. i think the only studio that rivals and maybe even eclipses ufotable in scheduling work environments is kyoani. i know unlimited budget works is a joke but it has cause a gigantic misconception amongst fans. the director has even said most of the stuff they do is on the average anime/anime film cost and that the talent and passion of their staff is the thing carrying their work.

[ratsoh-writes]

Masterlist 6

personalities and jobs

Horrorswap

General

Day of the dead

kid pranks skeledad

meeting adult au kid (ut us uf sf ul)

kabedon (ul fsr fsg mt mf)

stepkid runs away

childfree skeles kid finds out they weren't planned

werewolf SO

elf neighbor 

SO swears secretly (all)

who likes dresses

SO can shortcut

thoughts on kids (all)

saving SO from falling out of a tree

getting a gag gift (all)

housing and ebott city hcs

comforting a SO (ut us ht)

SO has illusion powers

AUs hcs

random 1

Hogwarts houses (all)

the seagull steals SOs hotdog

kid sees chara’s ghost (ut ht uf)

baby face SO

starring on SO’s youtube channel

more preferences (all)

shy crush opens up

the nasty pizza 

SO almost dies (all)

Papyrus and honey hcs

SO rather adopt (honey rust sugar peaches)

Favorite music (all)

Kid gets an F on a math assignment

Military rank boys

super loud frog outside

SO is spiderman

cuddling SO at night (honey papyrus edge mutt)

surprise ninja bestie

MBTI personalities

hearing crush laugh for the first time

water deity SO (mutt jupiter lilac)

SO gets stuck in a window

SO kisses the skelehand

SO with a scar but nobody believes how they got it

why they were mad (lap ask)

violent illusion SO

SO with seasonal allergies

yandere Hcs (hf hs)

SO is good at home crafts (undyne tempest ht hf hs)

SO is not a morning person

SO feels unwanted by their family

sleeptalking SO (ut uf us fsg)

sugardaddy SO

SO bruises easily

sanses meet a new human underground

skele gets mistaken for a Halloween decoration (us uf sf ht fsg)

The most artistic boys

cursed ask. SO stretches legs like in photoshop

older sister thanks skele for taking care of SO

Fishkeeper SO (fsr mt ot uf)

soulmates first words (us hs ft)

SO is a holiday fiend 

SO has trust issues

papyri reactions to SO who lost their memory 

SO lost their stuffy

NERF WAR MOTHERLOVERS

toddler dresses up as a ghost

meteor shower, solar eclipse or aurora (all)

SO likes the rumble (oak rust mutt peaches basil)

Bowling (all)

sleeptalkers (sans oak snipe)

monster illness

video games, card games and VR (all?)

kid makes their own battle body (ut us)

SO cant pronounce skillet

skele turns bitty (ot fsr fsg ft ul)

Interactions

how everyone feels about charm

G and the mafias

Undertale

random chara

Outertale

random 1

why pluto doesn't have hearing aids

Horrortale

firefly ask

poly cuddles

angry

SO did a dealbreaker

The Mafia

SO sleeping for three days (all)

rival gang ruins SOs paperwork (all)

Madame and Don with a SO

yandere boss with independent SO

they have a nightmare and SO is a shallow breather (all)

Horrorswap

random 1

getting basil to like you

Gastertale

G stole his SOs nose

Underfell

crush is vague about asking red out

Fellswap Gold

wine being mean to coffee’s new SO

Underlust

charm likes to be a butthead

Fellswap red

yandere mutt with bipolar SO

Horrorfell

yandere rust with ftm SO

[talesofdivergence]

Post surface recovery fun facts and tidbits about the HF boys!!

Pillows in place of furniture. Since Dusk is too big to fit on furniture comfortably, Clips buys a ton cushions and pillows in place of them. They’re centralized to spots furniture would be, but they still keep a few chairs around for Clips and on the off chance they have company. Dusk’s bedroom floor is mostly pillows, though he doesn’t use blankets. On top of easily overheating, they make him feel claustrophobic.

Books. Books everywhere. Even though Dusk’s vision is significantly impaired, there are bookshelves stuffed with books in the living room, studio, and bedrooms. Clips is more than happy to spend the day sitting near wherever Dusk is and reading aloud.

Garden. Dusk keeps a flourishing garden in the backyard. From fruits and vegetables, to herbs and exotic flowers; Dusk grows just about anything and everything that isn’t invasive. He especially loves to plant things for hummingbirds and butterflies. Not to mention having their own stock of produce significantly reduces the number of shopping trips. And they’re always happy to share with neighbors and friends.

Writing. Eclipse has taken up writing. Scientific journals, monster history, recipes his brother’s created. He’s found it calms him significantly, and he can get lost sitting at his typewriter or computer, ticking away lists or thoughts, and it keeps him grounded. Dusk has convinced him to publish a few things, but overall he does it for himself.

Painting. Dusk loves to paint. Mostly landscapes or animals, his work is incredibly expressive, riding lines between impressionism, realism, expressionism, and abstract. There’s a good reason it becomes acclaimed, and it’s not just the mystique of its anonymous creator. Sometimes, though, he likes to paint on himself or his brother. There’s something very therapeutic about it, and Clips isn’t going to complain about an excuse to take a long warm bath afterwards (even if it does tickle).

Cooking. Cooking is still a bit of a process, and Dusk usually requires at least a little help from Eclipse. There’s almost always a lot to clean up afterwards, but with patience and practice, it’s almost as easy as it used to be. And he’s even taken up baking, from time to time. They’re both vegitarians now.

The sound of silence. It’s hardly ever quiet in their house. Whether the radios on, there’s music going, or Clips is reading, there’s practically always something to keep things from being too quiet. Dusk doesn’t like television, since it’s all just humans on display, so they don’t keep one. Instead, they rely on radios and vinyls, sometimes the internet, for their background noise.

Water. Large, open bodies of water upset Dusk terribly, too similar to Waterfall, but he’s rather fond of smaller doses, like ponds or small lakes. There’s one in a secluded park not too far from their house they visit from time to time, and they’re considering putting a koi pond in the garden, though Dusk is still a touch worried about keeping pets besides their cats. He’s also not overly fond of baths but he loves showers, the one they have custom to better suit his size, so long as he isn’t standing, with a rainfall style shower head fitted into the ceiling. Clips has found him curled up, napping under a warm, gentle sprinkle more than once.

Cats. They usually have around four or five cats, all adopted, usually the tougher cases, and they’re always equipped to help with whatever medical problems they have. They all warm up to Dusk quickly, he’s practically a cat whisperer, and most of them can be found napping in his nest of pillows, or keeping them company in the garden.

As always, you’re more than welcome to ask questions about these two, or the HF world!! I’m always happy to talk about them!!

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🍃🕊🍃 Shawal 10 - Start of Imam Mahdi (atfs) Ghaibat-e-Kubra 🍃🕊🍃

10th of Shawwal - Start of the Ghaibat-e-Kubra (greater occultation) of Imam-e-Zamana (a.s.). According to other reports, the date was 4th or 9th of Shawwal 329 A.H.

🍃🕊🍃 Birth and Imamate: 🍃🕊🕊

The promised Mahdi, who is usually mentioned by his title of Imam-e-Asr (the Imam of the "Period") and Sahib az-Zaman (the Lord of the Time/Age), is the son of the eleventh Imam. His name is the same as that of the Holy Prophet (SAW). He was born in Samarrah on the 15th of Shabaan in 256 A.H./868 A.D. and until 260 A.H./872 A.D. when his father was martyred, lived under his father's care and guidance.

As soon as the 12th Imam was born he did sijda (prostration) and proclaimed the oneness of Allah and the Prophet hood of the Prophet Mohammad (pbuh&hf)

He also recited the 5th aya of Suratul-Qasas "And We intend to bestow (Our) favours upon those who are weak in the land and make them the Imams (leaders) and make them the heirs". On his right hand was written the 82nd aya of Suratu Bani Israel "The truth has come and falsehood has vanished; Indeed falsehood (is a thing by nature) vanishing". The 11th Imam only told a handful of his most trusted believers of the birth of his son and to a few of his household slaves.

One of the women slaves called Naseema relates that when she went to see the baby Imam in his cradle she greeted him with salaam and was replied to. She then sneezed and the Imam said: "Yarhamukillah - it is a blessing from Allah and you have 3 days immunity from death".

The last Imam (a.s.) was hidden from public view and only a few of the elite among the Shiahs were able to meet him. After the martyrdom of his father he became Imam and by Divine Command went into occultation (ghaybat). Thereafter he appeared only to his deputies (naibeen) and even then only in exceptional circumstances.

🍃🕊🍃 Ghaibat (occultation) of the last Imam (a.s.): 🍃🕊🍃

The Imam's ghaibat (occultation) was in two phase - Ghaibat-e-Sughra (minor occultation) was for about 69 years - 260 A.H. (872 A.D.) to 329 A.H. (939 A.D.) and the Ghaibat-e-Kubra (greater occultation) started in 329 A.H. (939 A.D.)and will continue until Allah (swt) so wills.

🍃🕊🍃 GHAIBAT-E-SUGHRA (160 A.H. to 329 A.H.): 🍃🕊🍃

During Ghaibut-us-Sughra, the Imam (a.s.) appointed four deputies/representatives to represent him among the people. After the death of the fourth deputy, the Imam (a.s.) went into Ghaibut-e-Kubra (major occultation). This was on the 10th Shawal 329 A.H.

🍃 The four representatives were: 🍃

1. Uthman bin Saeed (A.R.)

It is said that at the age of 11 years he was a servant in the house of the 9th Imam later to enjoy the confidence of Imam. He occupied the same position of trust with the 10th and 11th Imam who told their Shias that after him they would not see the 12th Imam and would have to obey Uthman. After the 11th Imam's martyrdom Uthman moved to Baghdad and disguised as a butter seller. He served the 12th Imam for 18 months and received a letter near his death from Imam (a.s.) telling him to appoint his son Mohammed as the next representative.

2. Muhammad bin Uthman (A.R.)

He continued in his fathers footsteps also acting as a butter seller. As instructed by Imam he appointed Husayn bin Rawh as the next representative after his death in 305 A.H.

3. Husayn bin Rawh (A.R.)

His kuniyya was Abul Qasim. He managed to keep his activities a secret from the rulers whilst maintaining good relations with them. It is to him that we address the 'ariza' to be delivered to Imam. He served faithfully until he died in Sha'ban 326 a.h. revealing the appointment of Ali bin Muhammad Samry after him.

4. Ali bin Muhammad Samry (A.R.)

He served for only three years. A week before his death he received a letter from the Imam (a.s.) telling him of his forthcoming death and that there would be no representative after him and that Imam (a.s.) was now going into Ghaibat-e-Kubra (major occultation). Imam (a.s.) would then appear when Allah (swt) wills it. Ali bin Muhammad Samry (a.r.) died on 15th Shabaan 329 A.H.

🍃🕊🍃 GHAIBAT E KUBRA (329 A.H. to present): 🍃🕊🍃

Imam's ghaibat is described by the Aimma like that of Prophet Yusuf (A.S.) who was amongst his brothers yet they did not recognise him.

Imam is known to meet a believer on 3 occasions:

1. At the time of trouble

2. He is present at every Hajj

3. He attends the funeral of every believer who has no religious obligations pending on him/her e.g. Khums.

During this time he continues to guide. Numerous letters have been received from him by (to quote a few) Ishaq bin Yaqub, Sheikh Mufeed...It is reported that Jaziratul Khadra (green islands or Bermuda Triangle) is a vast land in Imam's kingdom.

🍃🕊🍃 Responsibilities During Ghaibat-e-Kubra: 🍃🕊🍃

1. Pray for the safety of Imam (a.s.) at all time

2. Be in waiting for Imam (a.s.) at all times

3. Give Sadaqa for Imam (a.s.)

4. Pray for his re-appearance

5. Whenever faced with difficulty (whether small or big) ask for assistance from Imam (a.s.) 6. Whenever his name is heard or recited, one should stand if possible, send salaams on him, and bow. 7. If possible perform Hajj/Umra for Imam (a.s.). (Hajj-After own Wajibat)

🍃🕊🍃 RE-APPEARANCE OF IMAM AL MAHDI (A.S.): 🍃🕊🍃

"The actual time of appearance is only known by Allah". However our Aimma have given various indications.

- It will be the day of Friday.

- It will be the 10th of Muharram.

- The century will be an odd number.

- There will be both a solar and lunar eclipse in the month of Ramadhan but contrary to all norms and calculations.

- A voice will be heard announcing the appearance of Imam, which will be heard by all in their own language.

- Imam Ali (a.s.) related to Sa'sa bin Sawhaan: The 12th Imam will appear when: There will be a loud noise from the sky with which the eardrums will pierce.

- Nasibayn (Iraq) will burn on all four sides.

- Basra will be abandoned.

- Turkey will be ruled by Usmanis.

- People will usurp that which they are trusted with.

- People will 'kill' Salaa. (It will not be abandoned but its essence destroyed).

- People will carry music in their pockets.

- The 5th, 6th and 7th Imams have said:

"A great man from the people of Qum will rise up and take a stand. He will invite people will invite people towards the truth. Brave people like strong mountains, not fearing fighting and having trust in Allah will come to his help.......... Finally the enemy of Islam will withdraw.............. The rule of Islamic Law will be established by the people themselves".

"Kufa will become barren of Islamic knowledge........... whilst Qum will become the centre of Islamic Fiqh............ so much so that it will spread throughout the world that not a single person will remain ignorant of the message of Islam".

"These people will be the vicegerents of the 12th Imam. Their rule will continue and link with the appearance of the 12th Imam. They will not entrust the rule established by them to any but Imam on his reappearance".

- Imam Ali (a.s.) took Kumayl bin Ziyad to the outskirts of Kufa and showed him where he was to be buried. He then told him that all round his grave there would be tall buildings carrying the sign of Shaitan on them. The sign would be called Antennae.

- Sufyani will appear

- Imam will appear in Makka and his 'zahoor' will be in two stages (similar to Prophet hood of the Prophet).

* 1st Stage

This will be in secret and not announced to all (only to close followers).

* 2nd Stage

Open announcement on the 10th of Muharram (Ashura).

- In the Zil-Hajjah of the preceding to Imam's appearance on Ashura, 40 momineen who will be Imam's closest companions will realise the nearness of 'zahoor' and go for Hajj. They will not return home and on the 15th of Zil-Hijjah they will go to the Ka'ba and cry a lot.

- One of them will be called by Imam (a.s.), introduced and told to be the representative of the 40. They will all meet Imam (a.s.) between the 16th and 22nd of Zil-Hijjah. Imam will tell them that one of them will have to announce the arrival of Imam (a.s.) at the door of the Ka'ba but whosoever would do this would be killed immediately.

- On the 25th Zil-Hijjah the announcement will be made and the announcer killed (This is the blood of Nafse Zakiyya - pure soul, those whose blood will touch the Ka'ba and who is mentioned in numerous prophecies). His blood will be avenged 2 weeks later when Imam (a.s.) will appear himself at the Ka'ba.

- Those who answer the first call will be 313 in number.

- Imam's army will consist of 10.000 momineen.

- Imam will establish his government in Kufa and his treasury in Masjidus Sahla.

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Total solar eclipse, 4.8.2024. Taken on a Canon Vixia HF R11 camcorder.

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Oooo for those expression prompts, could I see Eclipse with 3C 👀 (assuming that’s open for asks ofc, feel free to ignore this is not)

This is how he looks at the rotisserie chickens at the grocery store

Prompt

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Hello! If you see this, it means Santa has gifted you with a present: THE ECLIPSE. Now GL HF, enjoy the show, don’t let the apostles bite, etc

MERRY CHRISTMAS STRUGGLERS!