Random Redditor asks: I do deliveries now and I’d be completely [clueless] without my GPS. How did you do it (before GPS)? I delivered packages for a summer in the Houston area. Shitty job, but for reasons beyond the scope of this question. Short answer: I used a paper map. I was given a bunch […]
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Before I forget, I wanted to jot down some notes about the Parks on the Air exercises I just did in Iceland and the Faroe Islands. Final statistics: Iceland: 11 parks activated (9 the first time anyone had), 382 QSOs, 277 confirmed (as of writing) for 41 countries. For the Faroe Islands, 172 QSOs, 121
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In the seven years since my first radio contacts, I now have a process for logging amateur radio contacts. However, it wasn’t until I started working remotely more that I appreciated how logging amateur radio contacts accurately is complicated. This inaccurate logging was the cause of much frustration during the final throes of my completing
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Three things lined up today, providing an exciting evening of aurora watching. Having all three occur at the same time is rare.
During one of my CW classes, a couple of my students were waxing on about the fun they had in assembling a QRP Labs QCX+ radio kit. They invited me to participate in the fun. Although I’ve done small kits in the past, this was much more ambitious. I was leery what paltry soldering skills
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For those days when I don’t feel like cooking, but I still want something different, we have a Fish Tacos recipe (adapted from Sylvia Fountain’s Feasting At Home), where everything can be purchased at Trader Joe’s. This serves three. Ingredients (and where to find them at Trader Joe’s): Spice rub (random canned and jarred ingredients
“Do you still write many checks?” — Question posted on Reddit’s “Ask an Old Person” Whenever I comment on a question like this on Reddit, Facebook, or Twitter, I feel like The Algorithm is just going to pigeon-hole my response. Unless, of course, I say something remotely controversial. Why scream into the void elsewhere when
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