Ham Radio Mascots

"I have seen a number of radio mascots pictured in various threads, be they figures, stuffed animals or whatever. It got me wondering how many here have some kind of little mascot with their equipment. Post yours for us to see."

Mine...

Past My Prime

I knew I was past my prime, but now data!

"In summary, endurance runners obtained their best performance in the marathon at 27 years in men and 29 in women. Thus, elite marathon runners should program their long-term training to obtain maximal performance during their late 20s."

Via The Blaze 

The Brick Bank

I'm going to start a bank - negative deposit rate guaranteed!

E-mail me and we'll work out the details. I'm willing to do up to 100% negative rate for the right depositors.

Pofung Baofeng

I've seen links to an announcement saying that Baofeng is now officially Pofung for the non-China markets, but the links don't work. Anyone got the a cache of the story? (I checked IsItUp.org and it reports the site is down, so it isn't just me.) More as I learn more...

Leixen Programming Cable for VV-808 and VV-898 II

I screwed up the link when I posted about the cable. I fixed it on the original post but am posting again. Sorry!

Leixen is selling the cable via AliExpress for $9.20. (There is a sentence on the listing that makes it seem like they would only sell the cable with a radio. That is incorrect. You may order the cable by itself.)

National Running Day

Today is National Running Day.

XP Hack for Patches

Since none of you are migrating away from XP, here is the hack to keep getting patches from Microsoft for it.

Ten-Tec Patriot: August

Per this comment, the Ten-Tec 507 Patriot will be out in August.

Stream

For the children...

Yesterday, I posted change your font. Today, stream that movie instead of buying that DVD.

Leixen Programming Cable for VV-808 and VV-898

A couple of notes...

1. The programming cable is the same for the VV-808/VV-808S and VV-898.

2. Leixen is selling the cable via AliExpress for $9.20. (There is a sentence on the listing that makes it seem like they would only sell the cable with a radio. That is incorrect. You may order the cable by itself.)