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Hanging in there
Ham Radio Housekeeping Situational Awareness

Hanging in there

The last dose of steroids is in, and I’m happy to report that so far, they seem to have helped. No idea for how long,…

February 26, 2022February 26, 2022
35 of 36 will just have to do
Ham Radio

35 of 36 will just have to do

I have finished installing the radial field for my new ham radio antenna (a Hustler 6BTV). Finally. I had planned on 36 radials, each 32′…

December 22, 2021December 22, 2021
Good wood warms you twice
Ham Radio Prepping

Good wood warms you twice

I keep thinking about that old saying, and wondering if making an online transfer to the natural gas company or the electric company might not…

October 1, 2021October 3, 2021
Field Day, 2021
Ham Radio

Field Day, 2021

For the uninitiated, ARRL Field Day is an annual operating event where we hams are supposed to go out somewhere, set up our gear, and…

July 1, 2021June 29, 2021
Look Who’s Back in Amateur Radio Gear
Ham Radio

Look Who’s Back in Amateur Radio Gear

The HeathKit we all knew “back in the day” is long gone. But the new HeathKit is offering a very interesting station accessory. First orders…

March 2, 2021March 2, 2021
Life in the time of Wuflu, Part 35: Busy, busy, busy
Ham Radio Life in the time of Wuflu Wuflu

Life in the time of Wuflu, Part 35: Busy, busy, busy

Bonus points if you get the cultural reference I’ve been going at what passes for wide open this week. 20 years ago this would have…

December 12, 2020April 12, 2021
Sunday Reading
Ham Radio Sunday Reading

Sunday Reading

Reading time has been in short supply this week. I have not picked up a book the entire week. “Working” at Republican Part HQ, a…

October 18, 2020February 15, 2021
Fighting the demon RFI
Ham Radio

Fighting the demon RFI

St. George had an easier task. Since I’ve finally gotten my HF radio setup in place, I’ve noticed that my home simply reeks of devices…

August 8, 2020February 15, 2021
Hooking up
Ham Radio

Hooking up

Sorry about the black blobs, but OPSEC. No, that kind of hooking up. Y’all got some dirty minds. I mean hooking up the ham radios.…

July 27, 2020February 15, 2021
Putting up a 6m/2m/70cm beam antenna, Part 6
Ham Radio

Putting up a 6m/2m/70cm beam antenna, Part 6

Cushcraft A6270-13S. The little round white guy is a broadcast TV antenna. It’s a bit embarrassing that my last post was on this subject was…

July 16, 2020February 15, 2021
How I spent Saturday evening
Ham Radio

How I spent Saturday evening

While the new ham shack isn’t feature complete and won’t be for some time yet, it is running at somewhat reduced capacity-but reduced is good…

July 15, 2020February 15, 2021
What I did on my summer vacation
Ham Radio Health I'm stupid like that sometimes Wuflu

What I did on my summer vacation

Trust me when I say the picture on the left has no bearing to what I’ve been up to the last 10 days. But it’s…

July 8, 2020February 15, 2021
Ham Radio

Need a cable?

In particular, do you need a programming cable for a hand-held 2-way radio? I’ve found a good one. KJ6ZWL makes a line based on an…

December 19, 2019February 15, 2021
Ham Radio

Lunacy

Ham radio is no longer welcome in California emergencies. California. Need we say more? Edit, 10/10/2019 1346: Fixed the missing video link. Thanks again, Blogger,…

October 8, 2019February 15, 2021
What do you call it?
Guns Ham Radio Prepping Vehicles

What do you call it?

What do you call it when there is simply nothing that moves you to write? I’m not talking about writer’s block, where you have a…

August 20, 2019February 15, 2021
Antenna coupling
Ham Radio

Antenna coupling

Figure 1, Figuring out where the damn antennas are going to go. Radios require antennas, and unless you’re blessed with a decent acreage, lots of…

April 18, 2019February 15, 2021
It’s all about the voltage drop
Ham Radio

It’s all about the voltage drop

Most people, if they have half a brain, will check what wire size is needed to carry a given ampacity before they start hooking up…

April 15, 2019February 15, 2021
CB Radio Ham Radio

RF Exposure–not a good thing in high doses

Amateur Radio RF Exposure Calculator. Whether the rules require you to perform these calculations or not, it’s a good idea to do so. Don’t forget,…

February 25, 2019February 15, 2021
Ham Radio

Toss a bunch out on their ear

And the rest (mostly) get religion. After a series of election losses for ARRL incumbents, plus the (in appearance, at least) hasty departure of a…

February 1, 2019February 15, 2021
Ham Radio

Some budget cutting is a bad idea

Cutting the budget to fund the WWV family of radio time service stations is definitely a bad idea. These services are used by many consumers…

August 21, 2018February 15, 2021
Computers Ham Radio Prepping

Internet Censorship–Brother, can you spare a mimeo machine?

(Via SurvivalBlog) As you may guess, I”m catching up on reading some of my blogroll. Rawles, it seems, has been on something of a roll…

July 13, 2018February 15, 2021
Ham Radio

A bit old, but a good take on the ARRL BOD issue

Since I’m not a big fan of the NFL at this juncture, I’m kind of left out of the national frenzy involving this year’s Super…

February 4, 2018February 15, 2021
Ham Radio

Ham radio projects

Like so many ham radio clubs, the club where I’m a member has been struggling with an aging member demographic and declining membership numbers. So…

January 29, 2018February 15, 2021
Ham Radio

Who said you can’t fight City Hall (or the ARRL)?

It seems that when enough people protest loudly enough and threaten to not renew enough memberships (and I suspect some other monetary hits we know…

January 26, 2018February 15, 2021
Ham Radio Things That Make You Go Hm-m-m Things That Put A Smile On Your Face

And so we get this missive from the ARRL’s President on the Board of Director’s imbroglio

Rick Roderick, K5UR, has been kind enough to notice that the natives are restless. Or, as he puts it, we are listening to “…an organized…

January 19, 2018February 15, 2021
Ham Radio Things That Make You Go Hm-m-m

More on the ARRL and the Board of Directors’ Code of Conduct

It’s weird how things work. I had looked earlier this week for more information on the subject of the ARRL’s new Board of Directors’ Code…

January 7, 2018February 15, 2021
Ham Radio

American Radio Relay League (ARRL) and my future relationship to it

After a number of bad experiences where the politics of an organization have interfered with my enjoyment of what the organization purported to provide (the…

November 26, 2017February 15, 2021
Will Amateur Radio become extinct?
Ham Radio

Will Amateur Radio become extinct?

It’s an interesting question that has been thrashed around the table more than a few times. I know that my club is in trouble–our youngest…

August 6, 2017February 15, 2021
Putting up a 6m/2m/70cm beam antenna, Part 1
Ham Radio

Putting up a 6m/2m/70cm beam antenna, Part 1

The weather is getting back to spring, and it’s time to launch into some spring projects. One of many is the installation of a Cushcraft 6m/2m/70cm…

April 8, 2017February 15, 2021
Electronics Ham Radio

For the electronics geek in you

If there is no electronics geek in you, you may as well skip this post. If there is, ElectronicsNotes has a series on YouTube on oscilloscopes.…

April 5, 2017February 15, 2021

Blogroll

  • 357 Magnum
  • Bayou Renaissance Man
  • Eaton Rapids Joe
  • Eric Peters Autos
  • In the MIDDLE of the RIGHT
  • Nobody Asked Me
  • Notes From The Bunker
  • Raconteur Report
  • Random Acts of Gibberish
  • Splendid Isolation
  • The Burning Platform
  • The Silicon Graybeard
  • The Ultimate Answer To Kings
  • traditionalRIGHT
  • Western Rifle Shooters
  • Wilder, Wealthy, and Wise

Prepping

  • Blue Collar Prepping
  • Dr. Bones & Nurse Amy
  • Prepping 2.0
  • SurvivalBlog

Gear

  • 511 Tactical
  • Apmex
  • Blue Force Gear
  • Cool Tools
  • Dark Angel Medical
  • Duluth Trading
  • Gainesville Coins
  • Galloway Precision
  • Galls
  • J. Peterman Company
  • Kabar Knives
  • LA Police Gear
  • LAG Tactical
  • Lehmans
  • Limitless Gear
  • Mountainside Medical Equipment
  • Old Coleman Parts
  • SD Bullion
  • SOG Knives
  • Streamlight
  • Texas Precious Metals
  • UW Gear
  • Vermont Country Store

Economics

  • Armstrong Economics
  • Calculated Risk
  • Captain Capitalism
  • Fed Watch
  • Foundation for Economic Education
  • Mises Institute
  • Of Two Minds
  • Shadow Stats
  • The Collaborative Fund Blog
  • Variant Perception

Guns

  • AIM Surplus
  • American Suppressor Association
  • Ammo For Sale
  • Ammo Man
  • Ammo To Go
  • AmmoSeek
  • Ammo.com
  • Ammo Land
  • Ammunition Store
  • Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network
  • Ballistics By The Inch
  • Bulk Ammo
  • CDNN Sports
  • Crimson Trace
  • Crow Shooting Supply
  • Dillon Precision
  • EEzox
  • EOTech
  • Forgotten Weapons
  • Grass Roots North Carolina
  • Gun Facts
  • Gun Laws
  • Gun news Daily
  • Gun Talk Radio
  • Gun Talk TV
  • Gun Watch
  • GunBlast!
  • Gun Owners of America
  • Guns.com
  • Handgunlaw.us
  • Hornady
  • Joe Bob Outfitters
  • Lee Precision
  • Lucky Gunner
  • Midsouth Shooters Supply
  • Natchez Shooters Supply
  • National Rifle Association
  • National Shooting Sports Federation
  • North Carolina Rifle and Pistol Association
  • Of Arms and the Law
  • Powder Valley
  • RCBS
  • Redding Reloading
  • Second Amendment Foundation
  • Silencer Shop
  • Suddarth Optical Repair
  • Target Sports
  • The Citizens Committee For the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
  • The Firearm Blog
  • The Firearms Coalition
  • The Gun Feed
  • The Law of Self Defense
  • The Lost Target
  • The Shooters’s Bar
  • The Tactical Professor
  • Where To Shoot
  • Wideners
  • WikiArms

Training

  • Active Response Training
  • Defensive Concepts North Carolina
  • Gunsite
  • Handgun Combatives
  • I.C.E. Training
  • The Patriot Nurse
  • Pistol Training.com
  • Practical Firearms Training
  • Rangemaster
  • Shootrite Firearms Academy
  • Southeastern Defensive Firearms Academy
  • Teach Yourself to Shoot Better

Ham Radio

  • Alinco
  • Alpha Antenna
  • American Radio Relay League (ARRL)
  • Amateur Radio Newsline
  • AMSAT North America
  • DXMaps
  • CQ Magazine
  • CQ Magazine Newsroom
  • BITX Transceivers
  • Eagle Antennas
  • DX Commander Antennas
  • Eham
  • Elecraft
  • EQSL
  • FlexRadio
  • Ham Radio Answers
  • HamSCI
  • HF Propagation & Solar Data
  • HF Underground
  • Icom
  • ICQ Amateur Radio Podcast
  • IPS Solar Flare Alerts
  • Kenwood
  • Logbook of the World
  • MFJ Enterprises
  • NC QSO Party
  • QRZ
  • Radio Society of Great Britain
  • RT Systems
  • Short Wave Listening
  • Ultimax Antennas
  • VOACAP
  • Work FM Amateur Radio Satellites
  • Yaesu

The Law

  • Likelihood of Confusion
  • Legal Insurrection
  • The Shooters’ Bar

Other Important Sites

  • AgWeb
  • AlertsUSA
  • American Partisan
  • Downdetector
  • FlightAware
  • Forward Observer
  • GlobalSecurity.org
  • Marine Traffic
  • Michael Yon
  • poweroutage.us
  • Project Gutenburg
  • USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
  • The Watchers
  • Threat Journal
  • Waterwatch
  • ZeroHedge

YouTube Channels

  • blancolirio
  • CheapRVLiving
  • Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care
  • Corporal’s Corner
  • Cowboy Kent Rollins
  • Essential Craftsman
  • Forgotten Weapons
  • jehugarcia
  • John Daniel
  • Kyle Noseworthy
  • Lucky Gunner Ammo
  • Paul Shinn
  • Project Farm
  • Rob Braxman Tech
  • S2 Underground
  • Steve’s Small Engine Saloon
  • Tier 1 Citizen
  • The Gray Bearded Green Beret
  • The Hillbilly Kitchen
  • The History Guy
  • The Wolfe Pit
  • Triggered!

Other Viewpoints

  • 99% Invisible
  • The Automatic Earth
  • Ecosophia
  • James Howard Kunstler

Absent Friends

  • Bad Eagle (Link to Wayback Machine)
  • Chaos Manor (Dr. Jerry Pournelle) (RIP)
  • Freedomsight (On hiatus)
  • Our Rhodesian Heritage (Status Unknown)
  • Says Uncle (On hiatus)
  • SHOOTIN’ THE BREEZE and other things (RIP)
  • Sipsey Street Irregulars (Off The Air)
  • Standing Outside Looking In (Status Unknown)
  • Thunder Tales (RIP)
  • Weaponsman (RIP)
  • The Whited Sepulchre (RIP)
  • The Woodpile Report (RIP)

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