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Twin Falls ID Mass Shooting – A Personal Defense Discussion All, Many of you know that Kathy and I are firearms enthusiasts. Our ham radio club website doesn't have too much discussion on the topic, but this is the forums "General Ragchew" area, a "place to chat about whatever is on your mind. Fun facts, interesting vignettes, interesti...
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Water Cybersecurity: The “War Game” Is Starting to Look Less Hypothetical All, A few weeks ago I posted a WIRED article describing a war game built around a large-scale cyberattack on the U.S. water system. We talked about what could happen if thousands of utilities were disrupted, the cascading effects on hospitals, food, communications and other i...
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Follow-up on Water Cyber Threats: Practical Options for the Red River Valley Water security & preparedness – threats, wells, and rain catchment systems Fellow RRVARC members, Water is one of those critical resources we don’t think about much until it’s threatened or unavailable. Recent discussions around shortages and infrastructure vulnerabilitie...
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August Meeting Ideas The August meeting is scheduled for Saturday 8/22. We do not have any old business on the table, and I do not have any new business planned at this time. If you have any business that needs to be voted on, please let me know. I need your input. I'm looking for ideas that we coul...
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How Parks on the Air Changed Ham Radio All, Many members of our Club have become quite enthralled with Parks On The Air (POTA) activities. I have participated a couple of times and found it a really engaging and fun endeavor. This morning I got an email from Q5 Worldwide Ham Radio <q5hamradio@substack.com> wi...
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Audio Gear Hey Y'all, This is a little off topic for Ham Radio but than again it's can also be a big part of it. I have been upgrading my sound system at my QTH. I do a lot of thrifting looking for good deals on stereos and equipment. I find a lot of gear have integrated into my system ...
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What Happens if China Hacks the US Water Supply? I Went to a Secret War Game… All, I recently read a WIRED write up (What Happens if China Hacks the US Water Supply? I Went to a Secret War Game to Find Out) about an insurance industry war game simulating a Chinese Volt Typhoon-style cyberattack (Volt Typhoon is a Chinese state-linked hacking group known f...
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Automotive Tissue Rejection We bought the car ten years ago. We bought it used. (There’s no way on God’s green earth I would have paid for a new one. new Volvos are dire!) The original owner purchased it in the Dallas Ft. Worth area, and that’s where it spent the first half of it’s life. It had never been w...
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How a Stranger Used One Text Message to Steal My Entire Digital Life All, Most of you know some of my background, airline pilot with a law enforcement/security component, so you will understand my interest when I received the link to a Time piece titled How a Stranger Used One Text Message to Steal My Entire Digital Life from a retired American p...
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What’s on your workbench? I made an Anderson Powerpole distribution block. The case is 3d printed. Let us know what you've been working on. 73 Mark W5PTX
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13 Colonies Special Event The annual 13 colonies event started today. 13colonies.us I've never actually managed to get all of them. Maybe this year. Let me know how many you get. Happy 4th of July! 73, Mark W5PTX
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Local Food Reviews All, A relative sent me this review and I thought "Hey, that's pretty cool. Let's post it to the Club website!" Kathy and I have been trying local places recently and we have not been to 107 yet. This guy did and he dug it, so enjoy his review. And if you find a review on ot...
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Never Forget The Prime Rule About Computers (A bit of nonsense.) A cautionary tale. It was just after sundown on a Friday night. It was coming into a long weekend, but the report needed to be on the boss's desk tonight. No one knew exactly why, that's just the way it was. Blaming it on an over-inflated administrative ego wouldn't have been to...
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2026 DFW HAM EXPO DEBRIEF Hamfest Highlights – Hover to Fan Out • Click for Full Size I posted this on Sunday (June 14, 2026) morning, then in the process of trying to add a new component to the website I totally crashed the site. I am reposting it this morning (Monday) after Club member and all-...
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Most Active Modes Club Log publishes the “Club Log DX Report” each week, compiled from the contacts that Club Log users upload. For the period of May 13, 2026, to May 20, 2026, mode usage on the bands looked like this:
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