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I don't know where the USF monies go but it certainly isn't here. I suspect the likes of AT&T and Google get the lion's share and then through sleight of hand it somehow funds buil…

Nice memory. That book was included with the Coco2 I bought in late '83. Part of the lack of fun I had was not having a dedicated TV to use with it--I had to share with the sibling…

I've been familiar with the Sperry logo for about 50 years, but only because dad had bought a New Holland combine in late 1969 that sported the Sperry New Holland logo. It wasn't u…

Trivial examples of Gtk+ apps seem to be legion but to find a decent tutorial that works its way through a moderately complex and usable app seem to be scarce. In particular I have…

Much different than the self study route I chose back in the early '80s. 41 years ago next month I worked up enough courage to call one of the local radio amateurs and scheduling t…

That is kind of what I thought, that the local stores had various titles hanging on the wall but since none of it interested me at the time I ignored it and so it's not seared into…

Many of my older fellow radio amateurs will disagree, but Wayne Green is truly missed these days. Reading his editorials from 73 Amateur Radio Today decades later show that he had …

Did the restrictions on third party software and such apply to franchise stores? I know that the local franchise stores in this rural area carried electronics from other manufactur…

Several projects I'm interested in have gone to Discourse. I don't mind the Web interface but the infantile notifications I receive and the nonsense the application sticks into a t…

I am just the opposite. I started using Git not long after it gained traction outside of the kernel project. Of course, it was primarily geared toward working in the terminal then.…

I also heard "Mississippi's Finest Junk" as well. To be fair, I found the MFJ items I had to be able to the job. It was never best of breed but was always serviceable.

The first MFJ product I bought was a 941-C Versa Tuner circa 1984 or so. A few years later I tried to load my 80m dipole as a Marconi antenna with 100 Watts. With only about 35 fee…

It didn't take long to get acquainted with them as the company would send a complimentary catalog to new licensees and to those who upgraded their license class. At least that was …

Mostly digital. For an extra $25 per anum one can still get the print QST mailed as it always was but for the regular membership dues QST is digital only. However, the membership d…

As is half of any of the retailers' catalogs. I'd like to see DXE acquire the Hy-Gain and Ameritron lines if possible. I've not followed this closely to know if Martin wanted to se…

"Best regards" As I understand it, '73' comes from the landline Morse/news wire reporting tradition.

Actually, comparing the price to the quality/functionality, MFJ stuff is usually priced at a premium versus the kit or one-man-shop devices that they copied. Pricing also seldom ch…

Better than Hughsnet which was the only option for a long time other than cellular.

$90/month for 25/2.5 Mbps here. I honestly never thought we'd see that kind of speed. In late 2015 it went from 512 kbps to 10/1 Mbps on a new system. Four years later (2019) they …

I read much on zsh, but I seem to be too invested in Bash to change. Is there are good migration guide for someone with a moderately complex ~./bashrc and a lot of aliases in ~/.ba…

Apparently the Corgi on this place didn't get the memo! Generally he just stops and does his thing whatever direction he's going and wherever he happens to be. No, he's not obedien…

They are very curious. As they can't just pick something up to examine it, they do the next thing which is to sniff it and then taste it. At that point it's on a one way trip down …

I probably didn't state that all that well. If I had really wanted one I'm sure I would have been provided one. It's equally quite possible that since they had to be obtained from …

I wonder if this occurs more with small animal vets--"pet vets"? I know of a number of large animal vets that retired and enjoyed many years of retirement. Perhaps being in the lar…

I admit that I've never noticed that. They seem to lay whatever direction seems comfortable. In winter time the will lay east-west to catch the most warmth and will often roll on t…