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$500 Paid – Bonnie Lass Missing
Bonnie is a wounded dog. DO NOT APPROACH. If found, call (541) 551-0377 or 911.
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Linux Mint Upgraded – v22.1
Straight ahead, a longish process… Awesome results. Cinnamon v20.1 through Virginia and Wilma to Xia v22.1 First deck took 3-1/2 hours. Very sweet Lenovo IdeaPads – 1Tb SATAs, 16Gb DDR ram. (wow, that’s an immense load of cpu cycles.) #1 went all the way through, flawless. Including paring away a bunch of orphaned packages. #2…
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A Short History: Why Amateur / Ham Radio?
Experiences with tsunami evacuations on the Oregon Coast drive my gradual shift towards preparedness.
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Validating The NanoVNA
Calibration and validation of the NanoVNA – Antenna / Vector Network Analyzer.
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Project Tailgate
Commencing 3/2025: “Project Tailgate.” Which is – Poking around adjacent counties, collecting “Scenic Treasures“. Plan is to visit the sites, photograph our offgrid setups to document being there, while calling CQ on 40m / 7285kHz or 20m / 14285kHz, QRP. 10 sites in 10 Counties? Earns a “Ranger” badge! LOL, okay? It’s for fun, anyway……
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QRP Ham Radio
QRP means reduced power. In a hobby that often gathers around 100-1500W shack racks, my ‘get in the game’ strategy was to go small, be portable. Why, really? Well. After all, if the PNW goes dark after a Cascadia seismic event, it might be handy. Meet my tiny all band / low power transceiver. In…
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Return To 20th Century Values?
It used to be that publicity had guardrails. Bad press was toxic to business. The presumption was that consumers lived by the conviction of their moral values. In the current era, the most egregious failures are valuable. #Xitter abuses millions of customers in #Brazil – because the ongoing publicity is more valuable. Out of legal…
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A Keeper, yesh?
K & I were discussing what to do on our 39th Anniversary … (I know, wow.) So happens that the date corresponds with when we’d previously planned a trip out of town for collecting winter supplies in late September. (We are far from big box stores.) I suggested we feast on the aisle snacks at…
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The Golden Generation
The Golden Generation. Men born in the five years between 1957 and 1962. Had no requirement to register for US military service. From 1975 to 1980, Selective Service registration requirement was terminated by Pres. Gerald Ford. The all volunteer theory for military service recruitment didn’t work because Politicians failed to adequately fund incentives. IMHO. This…
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