Cliff Colvin K5CV - DM93bm

Engineering Director, Software Engineer, Go, AWS, big data, K5CV amateur radio op, electronics enthusiast!

[Raj @rkarmani]

By *very* popular demand, here is ChatGPT's defense of my tweet ☺️

I am here for the people.

[Cliff Colvin K5CV - DM93bm @cliff_colvin]

Got my first meshtastic radio! So far not hearing anyone else around me! Have two repeater setups to build with wisblock units, and hope it will widen my reach quite a bit! Such a fun project!!
#radio #hamradio #emcomm

[Cliff Colvin K5CV - DM93bm @cliff_colvin]

Been a while since I tweeted (busy with integration work lol). This happened and it’s some exciting stuff! Stay tuned for big impact to the #finops and #k8s automation space!

[TechCrunch @TechCrunch]

IBM acquires Kubernetes cost optimization startup Kubecost https://t.co/ZBr4MAbPrI

[Cliff Colvin K5CV - DM93bm @cliff_colvin]

Activated K-2376 today! Can’t wait to try and get to North Toledo Bend state park tonight for an activation!! #POTA #hamradio

[Cliff Colvin K5CV - DM93bm @cliff_colvin]

My desk view this week from the rv site on Toledo Bend Reservoir.

[Cliff Colvin K5CV - DM93bm @cliff_colvin]

2 hours until smoked salsa is ready! #Grilling #SalsaLover #WestTXSunshine

[Cliff Colvin K5CV - DM93bm @cliff_colvin]

Got my new Wolf River Coil today. Made some 80m and 40m contacts testing it out in the front yard! #POTA here I come! #HamRadio outdoors is so much more fun than in the shack! I can’t wait to get some park activations soon!

[Cliff Colvin K5CV - DM93bm @cliff_colvin]

Started hunting #POTA, tomorrow I’ll be setting up and testing my new rig to prepare for my first activation! Hoping to get one of these for the activations soon!! #HamRadio I had a ton of fun testing the Yaesu 857 the last two days as a hunter.

[Cliff Colvin K5CV - DM93bm @cliff_colvin]

Happened across a great deal on a new to me #POTA rig! Looking forward to starting to field operate. #HamRadio #parksontheair

[Cliff Colvin K5CV - DM93bm @cliff_colvin]

If you have a chance hop on 7.189 for the US Traffic net! I have been having a ton of fun with these guys! #hamradio #highfrequency

[Cliff Colvin K5CV - DM93bm @cliff_colvin]

Made a loop on ground receive antenna today. It is amazing how much better my receive is! 0 noise and hearing so many stations i can’t hear on my dipole!! Went from S9 noise to S6 with some filtering and ground work, then the loop took it to S0! #hamradio #antennas

[Cliff Colvin K5CV - DM93bm @cliff_colvin]

What is this? Not summer, not quite fall, but I love it!!!! Also, humidity is up, cloud cover, VHF/UHF is open!! I just talked 97Miles on 70cm from a 30ft high vertical!
#bringonfall #cooldown #hamradio

[Cliff Colvin K5CV - DM93bm @cliff_colvin]

Doing some roving! For the 220+ contest. First time doing this, learning a ton! My 900MHz set up is a two man job since my antenna is an engineered job lol! #hamradio #roving #arrl220upcontest We got about 40Mi of contacts yesterday on 220, 440, 900 and about 27Mi on 1.2GHz!

[Cliff Colvin K5CV - DM93bm @cliff_colvin]

@K0LWC It always amazes me how we get these amazing propagations and there is a blank spot over my QTH in DM93bm lol. That being said Monday morning i was hearing repeaters 300+ miles away!

[Cliff Colvin K5CV - DM93bm @cliff_colvin]

@K0LWC I hear that! I have been working on several filtering initiatives here (mostly on hf side of things). Its a constant battle now adays though.

[Cliff Colvin K5CV - DM93bm @cliff_colvin]

Got a new toy this last week! IC-9700, have been wanting one for a very long time! #hamradio #vhf #uhf can’t wait ti get my beams up to start doing some weak signal work!

[NWS Lubbock @NWSLubbock]

This evening between about 5 pm and 10 pm will bring an increasing risk of severe storms for our area. Be on the lookout and stay informed. #lubwx #txwx

[Cliff Colvin K5CV - DM93bm @cliff_colvin]

@monkchips Tons of positions for an awesome remote company! Fantastic culture and fun problems to solve! Mostly looking for AWS and GO experience. https://t.co/NSdjoFWKOU

[NWS Lubbock @NWSLubbock]

5/23 11:40 pm Thunderstorms continue the SW Texas Panhandle and northern South Plains this evening. The strongest storm is currently located in Bailey county and is capable of producing gusts to 60 mph and quarter sized hail. #txwx

[Cliff Colvin K5CV - DM93bm @cliff_colvin]

@realchrisebert My M1Max MBP has been outperforming my windows and Linux machines with more hardware. I run a ton of containers on each and can process way more data on the MBP. I haven’t done any graphics testing or gaming type stuff but for what we do it runs very, very well.