I have ventured down a new path and have just added a new subject to my ever growing list of personal web sites. The URL on this latest presentation is http://w5ehs.com, short and simple. That is the call sign for my amateur radio station license. For hams it also represents our persona as well as station identification. Until this creation, my amateur radio activities have been spread throughout all my blogs and web sites. They...
Continue reading...That’s All I Can Stands…
… I can’t stands no more! Well, sometimes I have to take a step back. I have been playing with the new WIN10 for over six months. Most of that time was with a pre release version with no guarantee of satisfaction. I received the upgrade to the full release version back on July 20th or so. I was anticipating that my irritations with WIN10 Trial version would be resolved with the go-to-market release. Unfortunately,...
Continue reading...Microwave First Step Again
I have now attended several meetings of the NTMS (North Texas Microwave Society) and paid some dues for membership. I started down this path way back in 2009. Where has the six years gone since I first started in this direction! Yipes! There are posts here in RD back then when I first got interested. Since then I obtained some ideas and leads on how to build my first microwave transverter. I reported 6 years...
Continue reading...Win 10 Pro
I was just upgraded (free) by Microsoft to the full blown Windows 10 on my sandbox computer. I have been running the trial “Technical Version” for many months, but this last upgrade (by Microsoft) has brought me up to the full Pro version. The Technical Version number no longer appears on the desktop page. It is still not able to sleep properly with my old Asus motherboard, AMD processor, and memory configurations. Therefore I cannot...
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