It’s really down, so, how can I laugh, when it’s really down…(Sorry, Beatles reference)
Category: Amateur Radio
The REAL Story on The Cal Fire repeater situation.
Some of you might have seen the YouTube video about Cal Fire kicking repeaters out. Well, here is the real story. (H/T QRZ.COM)
Neat Audio: 200 Meters and Down
This comes via the Ecars Website, ECars is the East Coast Amateur Radio Service that meets on 7.255 on a daily basis.
“Hey Chuck, Where ya been?”
In short, very busy. On the 18’th April of 2017, my Father went into the Hospital with acute respiratory failure. He ended up getting a tracheotomy. Most of my time has been spent visiting with him at the hospital, as he is making a very slow recovery. his recovery and weening from the breathing machine
This guy is on drugs!
I’m sure it is a nice amp and all… But, not 10K nice. 😯 This two(2)3CX1500 tube, Alpha 77DX has been run thru Dick Byrd’s N4UQ, Alpha Hospital. Zero hours since upgrades. It has had all of the upgrades including large fuse holders, 7500 Volt rectifiers, 5000 Volt filter capacitor, larger transformer provides 4300 DC
The latest from K8CPA
What I’ve been up to Another good title would be where I have been hiding and why I have not updated this blog in a while. Well, to be quite honest with you. I really have not had the need to update this blog in quite a long time. I still operate, some, but not
About that new Tip Jar in the sidebar
It’s half serious and half a joke. I do need a amp for the summer months and for a better signal on 160, 75, and 40 meters; especially in the summer. So, I thought I’d aim high! 😉 Do expect anyone to donate? No. But, if they did I wouldn’t complain. I’d settle for an
The shooting in Chattanooga just got personal for me
This one hits home with me, I will explain that in a minute. But, first, the video: Now the story, via WANE.COM: Darlene Proxmire, the step-grandmother of Randall Smith, called NewsChannel 15 Saturday morning and said he passed away around 4 a.m. This is an update to the previously published story: PAULDING COUNTY, Ohio (WANE) One
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Field Day 2015
What is field day? Well, I will let the ARRL or the National Association for Amateur Radio explain it: ARRL Field Day is the single most popular on-the-air event held annually in the US and Canada. On the fourth weekend of June of each year, more than 35,000 radio amateurs gather with their clubs, groups
If you are on the eastern seaboard, stay safe!
Because of this here: Via the ARRL: Snowfall that started early this morning in the Mid-Atlantic States was just the first hint of what weather forecasters are calling a potentially historic and dangerous winter storm that is predicted to affect the entire Eastern Seaboard of the US. In addition, the gathering storm carries the threat
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