Dean Bird — VK4DSB

I’m an amateur radio operator and IT security professional based in Bellmere, QLD. I spend my time tinkering where my three main interests overlap — radio, security, and AI.

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What I’m into

📻 Radio — Licensed as VK4DSB in QG62. Active on FT8, APRS, and SSTV with a Xiegu X6100, and currently deploying solar-powered Meshtastic relay nodes around northern Brisbane.

🛡️ Technology & Security — My day job is digital forensics, incident response, and threat intelligence. Off the clock I build open-source DFIR and threat-intel tooling.

🤖 AI — Local and cloud LLMs run through nearly everything I make — RAG pipelines, natural-language tooling, and offline inference over radio. The aim is useful, not flashy.

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Web Apps

Train Int ↗Live QR train locations and service alerts on a single map. Fuel Int ↗Live QLD fuel prices at nearby stations, sortable by type and distance. RF Line of Sight Planner ↗Interactive map for planning RF line-of-sight paths between locations. HF Range Planner ↗Estimate HF coverage and band reach for a given location and conditions.

Latest from the Blog

• 2026-06-20 — Deploying the radio Meshtastic Node.

• 2026-06-16 — My Radio Rig

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