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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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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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The Master Channel Plan (For events and Emergency Operations) Just what it says. The long awaited Master Channel Plan --- subject to shakedown cruise adjustments. If you have suggestions, either contact me directly or list them (along with rationale) here. Thank you!
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Old Stuff; Still Works I guess it's all part of a habitual spring cleaning thing. It may also just be something old farts who can't afford to always buy new stuff do. We had a name for it back then, it was called regular preventative maintenance. It's not a terribly popular activity these days because ...
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Of Birthdays And Kitchen Appliances We hit one of those relatively welcome milestones a weeks days ago. The War Department officially got old. I can't get too uppity about it though, because I added another notch in the cake about a half a year back, and my notch count is higher than hers. But birthdays are special...
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Building The Double Bazooka — aka, Instructions and shopping list This is imported straight from my QRZ page, so if errors turn up, just call me on the 2 meter or email me and I'll fix it. (Please note this design was purely my own and any failures should be attributed to me, not the original antenna design or designers. ) Dan's Doubl...
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It’s all a matter of perspective Okay, FD 2024 is a done deal, and a good time was had by all. I got a few photos, and will post them later in the week, but for now I've got something entirely unrelated to radio. A puzzle of sorts. Contrary to the popular saying, seeing may or may not be believing. Percep...
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TRAINING RESOURCES Tonight's initial training: (We will be using these a lot!) https://stxd14ares.org/training/eme-101/
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THE GREAT DARKENING! Aka, April 8 Eclipse April 8 (Eclipse) operating plan and procedures: In the interest of further understanding and making sure everyone is on the same page, I am listing ops plans for both EOC and NC here. Monday only - 12 hours, three (3) 4 hour shifts for both EOC and NC ...
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FCC updated systems in case you missed this Just a heads-up here. See this link. https://www.arrl.org/news/view/fcc-to-require-two-factor-authentication-for-cores-users Content: FCC to Require Two Factor Authentication for CORES Users 03/22/2024The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced an upcoming change...
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REGARDING THE HF ANTENNA AT EOC: OKey dokey, folks. An update is in order. 1) All of the needed parts have arrived, and all that is left is to hang the end supports, screw on the elements, and then crank the silly little handle until everything is up in the sky. Then we test. So, we're about there. Now t...
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THIS JUST IN! Stay aware, folks. Tomorrow night could get ugly. NOW HEAR THIS. For Immediate Distribution | April 7, 2024 | (512) 463-1826 Governor Abbott Mobilizes State Emergency Response Resources Amid Severe Weather Threat Increases Readiness Level Of State Emergency Operations Center AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today directed the...
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March 2, 2024 VE Report Let the logbook hereby show we had another successful VE testing session down at the City Courtroom this morning. Earning their Technician level license: Barbara Cloud David Bruce Anthony Allen Upton Mathew Aukes Earning their General Class operating ticket: Charle...
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RF Nostalgia Cleaning out old hard drives can be a bit of a chore. Especially when you get caught wandering down memory lane. These from many moons ago. (back when I still had hair.) The Station. Tuner, Amp and Power Supply Stealth 80M dipole (it actually tuned very well.) An...
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