Good morning!!!!

[masseyrider]

Again?

 

[Tinhack]

I let my license lapse years ago, once my favorite repeated went off the air permanently, i sortakinda lost ambition with it. The repeater was on top of Tower 2.

I still have my gear, just haven’t used it in years…

I was pretty deep into CB radios back in the 70s to early 90s. I traveled by car or camper a lot back then. My handle was "Captain Computer". I had a license but let it lapse as well. After I realized no one else was getting a license. I still have my tweaked base station. Talked to the World after dark. "Skip-Land, Skip-Land, this is Texas calling".

 

[pennwalk]

Blue sky, in the low 40s. I thought I would take a day off yesterday although the down trees at the farm were calling me. It cleared up in the afternoon so I couldn't help myself I worked on leaves. The leaf pile at the back of the property here seems huge this year. Friday I hauled more logs at the farm. I'd like to say the end was in sight but there is still a lot to do. I made good progress on a big down mulberry. What a crooked tangled mess. I love my little Yanmar. Pulled the logs right out of the tangle. My neighbor is keeping up bucking and hauling the rounds to his place to be split. He came down to help me in the woods but he scared me when he stepped in a hole and went down. I feel a lot better when he cuts wood up at the staging area. It's a nice flat grassy area. We got a little rain Saturday morning but the ground is still dry.

My wife baked pumpkin bread for Thanksgiving yesterday. I'm looking forward to it this year. We will have a little bigger gathering.

Enjoy the day.

Chris

 

[B7510HSD]

Good morning! 52˚F, S breeze heading to the mid 60s, 25% chance of rain with cloudy skies.

My wife's 2nd cousin came for a visit yesterday. Her husband is a licensed ham radio operator and he of course has a car ham radio. I found the radio call numbers for the neighborhood Ham Radio Operator's Club (because we have a club for every thing here) and to my surprise a club member answered him and invited me to join the cub and would help me get a operator's license. Seems like a neat hobby. Now I have a lot of questions about ham radios.

This probably should be a separate thread but are there any ham radio operators on TBN, or do you know any licensed operators? His network of radio operators sounded like our morning thread here. I saw that our neighborhood radio club has a radio "fox hunt" once a month and other activities.

Don feel free to ask away I have been a ham for over 30 years. I am mostly involved in the Emergency Comms side of it.
SHARES/AFMARS and Ham gateways.

 

[txdon]

Don feel free to ask away I have been a ham for over 30 years. I am mostly involved in the Emergency Comms side of it.
SHARES/AFMARS and Ham gateways.

Right now I don't know enough to know what questions to ask. I will keep you in mind if I pursue it.
What do you mostly use it for? I know it is a emergency use communication when cell phones go down.

 

[B7510HSD]

Don a common software used for emergency comms is Winlink "RMS Express" this allows "emails" to be sent over the radio when the normal internet system is down. There are so many different things that can be done with the hobby is you wish to pursue them. I also enjoy building some of my own equipment.

 

[pennwalk]

"I'll just whine here"

I think I have said it before but, When the complaining stops check the pulse.

Whine on.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 53F @ 8:00AM. Windy with sunshine. High 68F. Winds NNW at 20 to 30 mph. Higher wind gusts possible.
Local weather station registered about 0.3" of rain yesterday, falling on and off most of the day.

Did a little shelf shuffling yesterday and got all the pieces of the last motorcycle on the new hanging shelf. Also unloaded the rest of the last load from the van. Never made it out to groceries or Costco; couldn't stand the thought of facing the crowds. Feeling the same way today, so maybe tomorrow.

Did a little unpacking from the previous two trips, pretty much filling up a small hall closet by the front door. Still need to decide what to do with the closets in two of the bedrooms. POs removed the sliding doors, shelf, and even the coat rods. Guess that's the "thing" to do these days. Checked replacement door prices at HD; what a shocker.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend...

 

[sodamo]

64°F and no rain. Feeling fallish

Sunday again, maybe watch some football.

Got a start on cleaning out the BX fuel tank. Apparent got some debris in the tank and it would restrict the flow into the filter. Kinda a PITA project.

Electric system made it thru the night again - hopeful. This has been such a reliable system last 4 years.

Friends coming over for dinner later. Chicken curry on the menu I heard.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Smoke!!!
There's a forest fire about 15 miles away, S.Central Va., 7,000 acres. Single and dual rotor helicopters fly overhead carrying water.
It's supposed to finally rain Tuesday.