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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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American Radio Relay League (ARRL) – The ARRL Newsletter (May 7, 2026) All, The American Radio Relay League (ARRL), of which we are an affiliated club, puts out a monthly piece called The ARRL Newsletter. The May 7th issue is available at this link. They have a lot of good information there, some of the sections are The Ham Radio World Heads to O...
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Health Stuff – Possible Pancreatic Cancer Detection Breakthrough All, Greta Van Susteren The Record on NEWSMAX had a fascinating segment on today. Her reporting was on the topic of a possible nearly miracle screening breakthrough for pancreatic cancer. When I searched for it I found this May 2, 2026 article AI finds signs of pancreatic canc...
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Youngest FCC Licensed Amateur Radio Operator All, I was in a recent conversation and the topic of how old the youngest US FCC licensed operator was and I said I thought 8 years old. Nope - FIVE years old! That is some serious reading comprehension for a five year old! 73 Phillip Beall (W5EBC) https://grok.com/share/c2...
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Happy Easter! I hope everyone is having a Happy Easter! 73 Mark W5ptx
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Thanks! I just wanted to thank everyone for my warm welcome at the meeting and on the net. Looking forward to visiting more often! Dale - KB5TZN
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The AR for Home Defense: One Expert’s Choice All, Since this is the General Ragchew area I am going to add something a little unorthodox. Through the years I have had a lot of people ask me what is the best "defensive" firearm. My standard reply is the one that is with you. It doesn't do you any good if you are here, ha...
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POTA Activation Hey, club. Making my first forum post, so be nice lol. 😀 Today I had the day off and rode my motorcycle out and activated two parks. I had 35 contacts at Pat Mayse with 16 Park to Parks. I then packed up to move to Hugo State Park, where I fought the wind and kepping my antenna ...
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Generations defined by name, birth year, and ages in 2025 All, Have you heard of Gen Z? I know you have heard of "Baby Boomers", what about Millennials? This chart (credit https://www.beresfordresearch.com/age-range-by-generation/) shows all of them: Their research, "Generations defined by name, birth year, and ages in 2025" and l...
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