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There sure are a lot of eggs in that East basket.

> This technology is especially useful in the civilian space for search and rescue, disaster response, airsoft events, and any disconnected communications scenario. Airsoft?! Huh?

So long as it's a true Montessori and not just in name only. The number of programs I see touting Montessori, Classical, and other models is wild. Usually it's charter and private …

> Also no one is talking about how exposed we are to Taiwan. We aren't? It's one of the reasons the CHIPS Act et al get pushed through, to try to mitigate those risks. COVID showed…

Headline should be "Tea app spills the tea on users"

You don't even need full duplex. Just an HT that will do "split".

This is the way. QRP for FD is like going fishing without a hook. You better enjoy the scenery and getting away from home because you're not going to bring in much.

> Field Day is fun for the planning, deployment, and operation of ham stations in the field. Some community outreach, some teamwork, some emergency preparedness, and some good prac…

> This is a great time to be on the air Actually it's not. It's just wall to wall QRM. You can't exactly setup on a single frequency and call CQ without some asshat setting up righ…

SiriusXM tried to weasel out of Lifetime subscription obligations and lost in a class action.

Are these big national-brand window companies that provide "lifetime warranty" just cashing in today and hoping for the best (bankruptcy) exit strategy later when all their install…

It's one of the first things buyers should look at. But they don't. They check out the kitchen cabinets, bathroom fixtures, and lovely floors and wall finishing.

So many toroids.

Interestingly, when discussing WHOIS with my networking students, I discovered .edu WHOIS is not (cannot?) hidden. I suppose EDUCAUSE either requires WHOIS to remain open or they d…

I used something like this back in the day to run Winamp when CarPCs were a thing (to play MP3s before MP3 player stereos came out). If I knew what I knew now, I'd have done it so …

I did the same at my grandparents in Crosby, just north of Baytown. That land was passed down through the family going back to our ancestors who were part of the Old 300. The Czech…

Driving through Giddings you can still see signs for the annual Wendish festival. Pondering what that was all about I did some Googling and learned about the Wends as I drove throu…

This smacks of Exxon... The big merger coming in the 99 being the creation of ExxonMobile which would create duplicate documentation systems spanning the dates the author gives.

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POTA is what made me get more into CW. I'm not 100% CW and I do POTA activation videos on YouTube (when I remember to bring my GoPro with me on trips). I typically use an Elecraft …

> Whereas a Hot Wheels is designed to race down those iconic orange tracks, and often feature wild customizations or complete fantasy builds, a Matchbox is more realistic and accur…

I used to ask the same thing back when car stereos were all the rage --- I wondered why I couldn't get shortwave or SSB or Air/VHF reception and the answer lies in use-case. Yeah, …

> This would be amazing for backcountry communication At 1W, you'd be better served with little FRS/GMRS radios. Better still, for less than the cost of building this yourself, you…

> modern ham radio transceiver Well, let's just leave it at ham radio transceiver

A number of states have laws where you must disclose if the call is being recorded. I pointed this out to a former supervisor that was using otter.ai to record and transcribe calls…