Was spring free about 30 hours after walking in the hospital door! Surgeon and his awesome team confirmed the knee was bone-on-bone and worn out. Was walking about 2-1/2 hours afterwards, brief walks at first. By late evening I could do double laps circumnavigating the hospital floor. In the morning I got cleared to use… Continue reading No Longer an Inmate (Medically That Is)

Postings will resume when I am out of knee surgery and recovery has gotten to the point writing seems fun. Having over fifty rough drafts might make the hiatus minimal. Only time will tell. 73 Steve K9ZW

Seems the English have taken offense to silly government rules, and have broken the system behind the rules by “over complying” with nonsense. Background: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/uks-chicken-license-rebellion-good-way-deal-bad-laws Summary – a sensible law to keep track of “chicken farmers” with 50 or more birds, was ruined by the unintended consequences caused by capriciously lowering of the reportable flock […]

Postings will resume when I am out of knee surgery and recovery has gotten to the point writing seems fun. Having over fifty rough drafts might make the hiatus minimal. Only time will tell. 73 Steve K9ZW

Seems the English have taken offense to silly government rules, and have broken the system behind the rules by “over complying” with nonsense. Background: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/uks-chicken-license-rebellion-good-way-deal-bad-laws Summary – a sensible law to keep track of “chicken farmers” with 50 or more birds, was ruined by the unintended consequences caused by capriciously lowering of the reportable flock… Continue reading Chicken Mischief

Technically this is a “G.P.” Rather than trademarked “Jeep” brand vehicle and trailer. It’s a M151A2 1/4 Ton high-mobility vehicle, or “General Purpose” vehicle (hence the GP name) and with a matching trailer. Roll back to the early 1980s and you would find me either being driven or driving myself in a similar M151A2 pulling […]

Technically this is a “G.P.” Rather than trademarked “Jeep” brand vehicle and trailer. It’s a M151A2 1/4 Ton high-mobility vehicle, or “General Purpose” vehicle (hence the GP name) and with a matching trailer. Roll back to the early 1980s and you would find me either being driven or driving myself in a similar M151A2 pulling… Continue reading Radio Jeep – a M151A2 and M416 trailer

Got a lot of life stuff going, and haven’t been much on the radio. Not even listening. Nothing, nada… The push to pull many of my October/November chores ahead so that they are done prior to surgery next week, has taken up much of my operating & blogging time. Then their is a fair bit […]

Got a lot of life stuff going, and haven’t been much on the radio. Not even listening. Nothing, nada… The push to pull many of my October/November chores ahead so that they are done prior to surgery next week, has taken up much of my operating & blogging time. Then their is a fair bit… Continue reading Not as much Flexing

“With Varying Frequency” postings will be more variable than usual, as I am taking a bit of a break to get some knee surgery done. Seems I am out of warranty, and some rework is needed! I’m told to expect two weeks of no-driving and several more weeks of “the tough stuff.” Not certain if […]

“With Varying Frequency” postings will be more variable than usual, as I am taking a bit of a break to get some knee surgery done. Seems I am out of warranty, and some rework is needed! I’m told to expect two weeks of no-driving and several more weeks of “the tough stuff.” Not certain if… Continue reading Taking a Break

Talking to Silent Keys isn’t really possible, so apologies to the Ouija Board sort of title. So how do we interact with those Silent Keys that factored in our ham radio lives? The homage we pay them for the areas we pioneered is a start. But the biggest part is what we do to pass […]

Talking to Silent Keys isn’t really possible, so apologies to the Ouija Board sort of title. So how do we interact with those Silent Keys that factored in our ham radio lives? The homage we pay them for the areas we pioneered is a start. But the biggest part is what we do to pass… Continue reading Talking to Silent Keys

Can a ham have too many radios? The answer: Perhaps! Seems my newest FlexRadio Flex-8600 radios are close to shipping, so I’ve too many radios again. Up for sale are two seldom used radios, the Flex-6600M at my work QTH and a spare Flex-6700.  Both radios are full featured (other than things MARS, which I’ve […]

Can a ham have too many radios? The answer: Perhaps! Seems my newest FlexRadio Flex-8600 radios are close to shipping, so I’ve too many radios again. Up for sale are two seldom used radios, the Flex-6600M at my work QTH and a spare Flex-6700.  Both radios are full featured (other than things MARS, which I’ve… Continue reading Can you have too many radios?

Roman Stoic Philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca said: “Fortune is of sluggish growth, but ruin is rapid.” Like a house of cards, which takes time to carefully assemble yet can collapse in but a moment, are we building towards a Seneca Inflection Point DXing with FT8? As an FT8 QSO is by design reduced to the […]

Roman Stoic Philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca said: “Fortune is of sluggish growth, but ruin is rapid.” Like a house of cards, which takes time to carefully assemble yet can collapse in but a moment, are we building towards a Seneca Inflection Point DXing with FT8? As an FT8 QSO is by design reduced to the… Continue reading Are we approaching a “Seneca Point” with FT8 DXing?

— EDIT — Offers of links to working SuperFox key generators caused me to stop and think.  At this time I am not approving comments with links or posting myself links to these generators.  Readers should know these generators are out there, and plan accordingly.  Trust can be elusive in solutions for identity verification.  — […]

— EDIT — Offers of links to working SuperFox key generators caused me to stop and think.  At this time I am not approving comments with links or posting myself links to these generators.  Readers should know these generators are out there, and plan accordingly.  Trust can be elusive in solutions for identity verification.  —… Continue reading FT8 SuperFox – Fad , Fashion or Flub?