A few of my favourite things
Well it’s a cold bleak miserable Southampton winter’s day outside. Decided to take a few “library” snaps of some current favourite bits of kit, including a rather nice pair of wideband communications receivers.
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A few springtime snaps around the old homestead
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Didn’t you use another Linux at one time?
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