Xiegu X1M: Hands On

Neil (W2NDG) has a review of the X1M. Head over to check out the details as I won't steal his thunder other than to quote:

"I think the little X1M has a nice future in my collection. It’s no KX3, but for about $300, it’s a nice little radio."

TYT TH-UVF8D

Adding another dual band HT to the line-up from TYT... the TH-UVF8 for $59.80 from the 409Shop. Link to the TYT site for the TH-UVF8. Forget the specs buy it for the yellow (see pic) or the blue.

Hate HSBC

I closed an HSBC on-line savings account. Apparently, closing an account does not stop automatic transfers into the closed account. That's absolutely moronic and feels like theft.

They say the money will be put back today, so maybe the recovery will be a better experience, but my blood pressure is just coming back done.

Robots

I've come across a couple of robot items...

Who are the robots? An interesting short story that made me think about what it means to be human. Or a robot.

Robot for POTUS? Lord help us; I hope not.

Ham-lem Shake

What has been seen, cannot be unseen.

73s HARLEM SHAKE (PY1ON @ ARRL DX SSB 2013 - HAM RADIO MARACA EDITION): youtu.be/QdYMESyp9-M via @youtube Mon, Apr 29 01:18:24 from TweetDeck

Don't Forget Win+D

AK Centerfire

I had one of the AK Centerfire water guns when I was a kid. I remembered the Laser Tag kit I had, but I had completely forgotten about the AK. Good times.



Via The Weapon Blog

Quote of the Day

Referring to the UV-5R tri-band capability:

"Now all we need is the $3.71 tri-band antenna."

(The famous $3.71 antenna that turned out to be a really good deal.)

W5IG's Cool Transmitter

Via KB6NU

Legalize Nukes

Compromise I can get behind.

Michael Z. Williamson:

"I am the counter to the extreme "no guns" camp. I am the "legalize nukes" camp. Somewhere in the middle is a bargaining point. As long as it includes machine guns and cannon, I'm willing to compromise on nukes. 

What I am not willing to do is say, "We gave up nukes, arty, machine guns, so let's compromise on rifles." Because that is NOT compromise, it is piecemeal surrender, with nothing given in return. 

In exchange for compromising on nukes, I expect the CMP to not only sell weapons to civilians, but to furnish a crate of ammo per buyer every 5 years, to support its Congressionally mandated charter of equipping the militia--all able bodied adults. 

See? Compromise. :)"

Via The Smallest Minority