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You Can Teach an Old Seadog New Tricks
An “Extra” Sweet Victory While I may have been an #ExtraByEasterFailure, on May 18th, 2024, while with my family at Dayton’s #Hamvention, I finally passed the top-level US Amateur Radio License licensing exam. I am now, after many years, an Amateur Extra class operator. I used many resources to get here, from my experience as…
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March 30th #HamCram After Action Report
A Partial Success On March 30th, I attempted to teach a technician class, #hamcram class, here in Ripley County, Indiana. We had people from the local area, as far south as Tennesee and as far north as West Lafayette, Indiana, and eight students. Things started off well with enthusiastic students and good questions and answers.…
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#ExtraByEaster Failure
The best intentions I had every intention of getting my Amateur Extra license by Easter, but as usually happens, life happened. There is no need to share all of the details here, but several things came up yet again, and I will miss this deadline. The new plan The goal and backup goal is to…
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Getting Back Online and On the Air
After leaving regular blogging for almost a decade and succumbing to the trend of short social media, I am entering a new stage in my life where I am once again focusing on my amateur radio hobby, and I decided that I wanted to document my journey again. This website will be a work in…
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Farewell to a Legend (LHA-5)
On May 1st 1996 I checked aboard my first US Naval Ship, The USS Peleliu LHA-5, aka The Iron Nickel. We sailors had some other names for her, The ‘Liu, Living Hell Afloat, Cell Block 5, The Death Star, ect… but we loved her, and our fellow shipmates. I am using the positive form of…
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#gallbladderdiseaseisapain pun intended
So this is how I feel right now, it is based of Gabriel Iglasias bit about the late Steve Irwin. My doctor and eating are now playing the roll of The Crocodile hunter, or as I call it the Gallbladder hunter. “That there is a gallbladder, when inflamed it can make it’s person feel pain…
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Atlanta Ice Storm 2014 videos
Added some videos to my YouTube channel of the effect of the first round of storms for the ice Event of Feb 11-14 2014. Southern Hospitality – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhjHDvyn6YA Weather report part 1 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3rSBGBcJMw Weather report part 2 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5d6Hvsotlk Welcome mat update – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDBdDDjp4gk
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I’m baaaack…
…And hopefully for longer than the last few runs. I have Sam KJ4PDQ (G+) to thank for getting me back on the air. He reminded me that the radios work better when you turn them on… I would also like to thank Frank KN4QJ, Lamar K4LAM, Arnold KC4ZUA, and the others on the Walton County…
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Will Not Live in Fear Running Challenge
As some of you know, I started “Operation – Off my Duff” this year, and I had been knocking around the idea of training for a 5 or 10k as a goal for several reasons, i.e. weight loss, general health, helping my daughter with a karate black belt requirement, community involvement, ect… Well after…
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Belay my last
I decided that I did not like wordpress after all. Plus I drink too much Google Koolaid to move away from here. Thank goodness for the iPad Puffin browser app.