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Anybody have any plans for viewing the eclipse on Monday? Are you even in or near the path of totality? I said WTF and took Monday and Tuesday off and will be headed to somewhere along the north shore of New Brunswick Monday morning to be dead centre of the path of totality. It's about 3 to 4...

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Like the title says. Decided to say to hell with the cold. It has been far to long since we have been away. Currently sitting by the pool in Ocho Rio's Jamaica. Got here about suppertime Monday. It's a bit cooler here today than yesterday. Barely making 81 degrees. Not sure we will survive.

Finally decided on a solder station. I can't believe I have gone all these years without one and instead just used a regular soldering iron or gun. I have a couple irons of different heat outputs but this will be SOOOO much better. It arrived yesterday. It is Chinese but what isn't these...

Good lord what have I done? I am supposed to be taking stuff out of the house not bringing more back in. For the past few years I have been looking for a Heathkit DX-60b transmitter and an HR-10 receiver as parts donors or to simply replace my existing DX-60b/HR-10 combination that I used to use...

Well, some may have noticed that I have not been around the forum much the last week. A few weeks ago I noticed that I was nodding off in the evenings even on my days off and just seemed tired. Nothing else wrong......just tired. Then I started to get out of breath with much exertion, which...

Being an only child of two working parents and living outside of town definitely had its disadvantages, but it also had its advantages such as learning how to do things for yourself using whatever resources were available at the time which lead to good life-skills. That came in handy today...

Well now I have gone and done it. Yup, I pulled the trigger finally. For the past couple weeks I have been debating buying a new lawn tractor to replace the old 25 horsepower V-twin Craftsman I currently have. It still works well but won't last forever and NOW is the time to look forward to my...

Time to move beyond the old MFJ-269 antenna analyzer. I have been looking at those nano-VNA units lately and finally decided last night to purchase one off Amazon. I bought the H4 larger unit with the four inch screen simply because it is easier to see and hold onto. It will also connect to my...

Just logged in and found a notice on my profile page from Tallman aka Dennis Kinsfather's wife telling me that Dennis passed away yesterday in Louisville Kentucky. Here is her message: sylvia kinsfather I just wanted to let you know Tallman, aka Dennis Kinsfather passed away yesterday in...

Well tomorrow is the big day I have been waiting for. I pretty much destroyed my right knee just over four years ago, had a scope done on it a little over two years ago which basically did nothing for me except remove what was left of a completely blown out meniscus that was causing my knee to...

This is a reminder that political threads are a no-go zone at WWRF. Just like hams versus CBer threads they ALWAYS degrade quickly and end in a bitter argument. If anyone feels the need to rant about one political side or the other there are PLENTY of sites that you can do that on. This is not...

Been looking for something to have a little fun with in the non-restricted category up here. My restricted permit has been approved but not yet received and more will be added later. Yesterday I picked up a model 8401 Ruger Precision Rimfire bolt action chambered in 22LR and a Vortex Crossfire 2...

I'm on vacation for 14 days to the island of Newfoundland and thought I would post up a few pix of the place. We are in a small community called Rocky Harbour for four night....two more to go then off to St. Anthony and L'anse aux Meadows to the only documented viking settlement in North America...

Just because I have had just enough rum to feel like rubbing it in. :D

Found this on www.rigpix.com and thought it may come in handy.

Planning a road to to Newfoundland this summer and want an excuse to buy a new radio. :D I have an older Icom IC-2000H which is just a 2m rig or I can take my Yaesu FT-857D to cover 2m and 70cm but not likely to do any HF while I am there plus it would mean no new radios for me. LOL What I am...

I have been thinking about making a change to my antenna system. I have been trying to get several antennas up on the tower the last couple years and due to several reasons have been unsuccessful. First it was too late in the year and then two years in a row I had a debilitating injury that kept...

OK I have just about had it with the BS and bickering as well as some insane unsubstantiated claims made by some certain radio shops so therefore I put to the members the following question: Should we just disallow any more threads about Snake Radios and Fine Tune Radios? I picked those two...

Well it was a beautiful day today and I felt the urge to be productive. Well not TOO productive mind you but just enough. LOL I spent Tuesday going all over Cathy and my bicycles getting them in road shape after far too many years in storage. It should make for good exercise and is low impact...