Projects Meetup tomorrow - get your link off the mailing list or workspace. We talk about what we've done, what we have planned, what we need, and if there's any roadblocks. All meeting recordings and presentations are on our YouTube. youtube.com/@OpenResearchIns…

Dear X Algorithm, Consider this an open-source issue. Tag every developer, maintainer, coder, and tech enthusiast as a contributor.

A sad reality of Free Software is that the most well-funded companies that greatly benefit from the technologies will actually rarely contribute or give back, even when they request changes. For a project like Godot, the vast majority of the funding and contributions ultimately come from indie game developers, Free Software organizations or enthusiasts, and companies built by long time contributors to the project. You can scour big industry events actively trying to get sponsorships. Even if there are companies with really large revenue using Godot that have much to gain from this, it just doesn't work like that. And Godot is lucky to be really up there among the Free Software projects that receive some funding or sponsored developer time from multinationals - generally to better support their own platforms or products, e.g. integrating C# for Microsoft, improving mobile rendering performance for Google...

Lots more detail in their paper: satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu/docs/…

Arguably the most brilliant engineer in FFmpeg left because of this. He reverse engineered dozens of codecs by hand as a volunteer. Then security "researchers" and corporate employees came along repeatedly insisted "critical" security issues were fixed immediately waving their CVEs. This was hugely demotivating to the fun and enjoyment of reverse engineering.

An interesting article in the Nov 2025 issue of "IEEE Microwave Magazine" walks through the design of a portable 2.4 GHz CW radar built entirely from COTS parts and an Arduino Nano. Simple and educational; great for students and hobbyists.

Opulent Voice sent over the air with real Barker code synchronization words and basic framing is working great in the PLUTO SDR implementation. #opensource #amateurradio This is the uplink for our #GEO and #HEO space projects.

We are having a H4lloween p4rty in collaboration with @DCG858 Smart Cities Field Trip so bring your SDR, SAO prototype, Remote Lab tours, food, fun and more! If you are in San Diego, CA, USA and on our mailing list, then check your inbox for more information.

Thank you to all our volunteers that attended @PacificonOrg this past weekend. @abraxas3d gave the MDARC meeting presentation on Friday night, everyone attended a wide variety of events and talks, and ORI made many new contacts and welcomed some new volunteers.

Talking about OTFS and delay doppler communications for the Earth-Venus-Earth link attempt in October 2026 today at our weekly projects meetup. Along with #OpulentVoice prototyping for #FutureGEO. And, progress with @opencpi downlink. Thank you to those who support our work!

Tomorrow's ORI Projects Meetup agenda includes: * Roundtable reports * EVE2026 prototypes and collaboration progress * Opulent Voice design with framer place and route challenges * FutureGEO update (report and prototypes) * Office Hours following

The Dwingeloo @radiotelescoop just observed pulsar B0329 54.

Weichenstellung für den nächsten geostationären #futureGEO Amateurfunk-Satelliten #AMSAT amsat-dl.org/rueckblick-futu…

The Dwingeloo @radiotelescoop just observed the satellite RSP-03 as a @SatNOGS ground station (while tracking the satellite). View the results at network.satnogs.org/observat….

Open-source hardware project adding a ham radio module to an Android smartphone. cnx-software.com/2025/10/04/… kv4p HT plugs into the USB-C port of an Android smartphone to turn it into a handheld VHF or UHF ham radio transceiver. The main board is based on an ESP32 wireless module and an SA818 radio module. On the software side, an Android app to provided for audio and text-based communication, and the ESP32 module runs an Arduino firmware. An EasyEDA PCB design and 3D printed case complete the project. kv4p HT can be built by the user or purchased as a $50 preassembled kit.