I am sure you have noticed I am using a bit more space here in Ramblin’ Dan to write about my amateur radio interests, mostly due to the fact that I lost my main station gear to the lightning strike. That has forced me to put a lot of attention to this aspect of my avocation interests at this point in time. This is because when I don’t have something (because it was suddenly taken...
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The R7 Lives!
The antenna I use for my amateur radio station is a Cushcraft R7 half wave vertical. This antenna has been installed for at least 15 years. It was on my house in Ohio for 3 years and on my present house here in Texas for 12. The lighting strike at this QTH (location ) killed my radio transceiver. I now have a new Ten-Tec Omni VII that I didn’t want to damage by using a...
Continue reading...It’s Small
This is a small keyboard but the size in this case is exactly the intention. The keys are normal size and the action is very good. Some of the keys are in slightly different places than other keyboards but that hasn’t been an issue for me. The board itself is rather heavy so it stays in place. There is nothing cheap or “cheesy” feeling about using it. I may swap the function of the Delete...
Continue reading...Sick Acorns
Here is something different. I have a pin oak tree in my front yard that has been raised from an acorn. This is a cluster of acorns on that tree that have some kind of disease. My son Steven and I were looking at several clusters like this so he took this picture. Nice shot Steve. He had just come off the roof of my house and I had given him his mom’s camera to...
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