Now you see it and now you don't, courtesy of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence.
It's not like the guy was being a jerk. His post was well written and moderate in tone - especially compared to the original post - OMG PONIES!
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Running
As I've mentioned, I've started running. I've been doing it for about two weeks and have racked up about 20 miles including participating in a 5K.
I stumbled across 10 Life Lessons from a Reluctant Runner and have to say that I agree with most everything she says.
1. The endorphinss really do make a difference - not only right after running, but I feel better all the time.
4. Last time I did any consistent running was about 7 years ago. After about 2/2.5 miles my knees would start hurting. I got some cool new kicks with the help of the guys at Runner's Market and have had almost no knee pain. It is amazing how much difference a shoe makes.
I stumbled across 10 Life Lessons from a Reluctant Runner and have to say that I agree with most everything she says.
1. The endorphinss really do make a difference - not only right after running, but I feel better all the time.
4. Last time I did any consistent running was about 7 years ago. After about 2/2.5 miles my knees would start hurting. I got some cool new kicks with the help of the guys at Runner's Market and have had almost no knee pain. It is amazing how much difference a shoe makes.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Space Shuttle
I've seen this movie. It stars Bruce Willis. Yippie Ki-yay!
Expensive. Bureaucratic. Even so, I can't help but romanticise NASA and the space prgram. Sixty cool pictures of the space shuttle's history here.
Expensive. Bureaucratic. Even so, I can't help but romanticise NASA and the space prgram. Sixty cool pictures of the space shuttle's history here.
Jack FM 2 Meters
So I got all these repeaters programmed into my UV-3R this evening. Purely by chance, I left the radio set to 145.370 (W4KEV).
This is, by far, the funniest repeater I have heard. (Once again, I acknowledge that I have the sense of humor of a 12 year old boy.) I've heard two announcements so far...
The first is a woman's voice announcing the repeater's info by encouraging you to stop playing with your rubber duck and move out of your mother's house. She ends with the phrase "helping hams not be so gay."
The next is a woman's voice doing Morse code - dits and dahs. A man comes on and says nice dits.
If you visit the W4KEV page, you will notice he is associated with 95.7 Jack FM. And now it all makes sense.
This is, by far, the funniest repeater I have heard. (Once again, I acknowledge that I have the sense of humor of a 12 year old boy.) I've heard two announcements so far...
The first is a woman's voice announcing the repeater's info by encouraging you to stop playing with your rubber duck and move out of your mother's house. She ends with the phrase "helping hams not be so gay."
The next is a woman's voice doing Morse code - dits and dahs. A man comes on and says nice dits.
If you visit the W4KEV page, you will notice he is associated with 95.7 Jack FM. And now it all makes sense.
NKT-R3: UHF Micro Handheld
These VX-3R clones must be growing on trees. The NKT-R3 is a UHF 70cm only rig, but shares the popular micro HT form factor. One interesting note, it looks like the charger is made up of the wall wart and a USB cable. I would assume you can charge this radio via USB. I need to track down the power specs and see if the DC power plug is the same as the UV-3R. Like most of the Chinese handheld transceivers, this one includes an LED flashlight function or as they call it "LED ICLUMINATION".
Hongnanke Product Information
409 Shop
eHam Reviews
ALE.CX Review - almost didn't link because of the horrible background, but the information is good.
Hongnanke Product Information
409 Shop
eHam Reviews
ALE.CX Review - almost didn't link because of the horrible background, but the information is good.
Cement Pond Ballistics Testing
You might be a redneck if you do your ballistics testing in your cement pond. Love it.
Repeater Websearch
It is tools like the Amateur-Radio.net repeater websearch that make me doubt the need for a dead tree list of the repeaters. Of course, if the lights go out, I'll might be real glad I have a list on paper.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Baofeng UV-3R: LCD Modification
On Tuesday, I discovered that you could order the UV-3R in blue or red. Today, I stumbled on a blue LCD modification for the UV-3R by tucsok50. I did not see anything about the parts he changed or the steps required, but now we know you can get a blue radio with a blue LCD. Here is a link to the original picture. (You have to me a member of the Yahoo Group to view it.)
Update 2011-07-13: Tucsok50 provided links in the comments, so I'm adding them here, so they are clickable by all.
Update 2011-07-13: Tucsok50 provided links in the comments, so I'm adding them here, so they are clickable by all.
http://gallery.site.hu/d/18036473-1/DSCF3090_v1.jpg
http://gallery.site.hu/d/18036476-1/DSCF3091_v1.jpg
http://gallery.site.hu/d/18036479-1/DSCF3092_v1.jpg
http://gallery.site.hu/d/18036484-2/DSCF3100_v1.jpg
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
My training kicked in... I called mommy.
This is a serious video, but the 12 year old in me couldn't resist posting about it when I read the comment by Gunfan50BMG:
"My training kicked in... I called mommy."The comment will make more sense once you hear him tell what happened after the negligent discharge. Scary stuff. As others point out, it does help the argument for learning one system and sticking with it.
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