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Hurricane Dean and Erin Now Active in the Gulf
The gulf now has a few storms, tropical storm Erin and hurricane Dean, the first hurricane of the 2007 Atlantic season. Dean looks like it will have plenty of time and water to strengthen into this weekend and it is projected to reach Mexico as a category 4 storm. You can see the current projections…
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2007 is a Quiet Hurricane Season So Far
The last 2 years have seen a very quiet hurricane season, but the Atlantic is showing some activity in a few tropical waves, and now tropical depression number 4. The pre-formations to hurricanes start with the tropical waves that come off the African coast, to low pressure systems, to tropical depressions, tropical storms, then to…
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Do Not Be Anxious About Anything Says Paul
Anxiety yields only worry, and worry is the interest we pay on the debt of unbelief with which we have mortgaged our life. a quote inspired by Philippians 4:6. This verse is something I continue to try to pound into my head and my heart, but even though I don’t take heed to this as…
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Echolink 2 Meter DX Contacts via Internet to England
I made my first contact on the air out of the general 2 meter range for our area a few days ago with someone in Yorkshire England. Although Echolink contacts are not really considered to be DX contacts, it was my first overseas contact, which was run through the local echolink repeater, 146.425 simplex. We…
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Homemade 40 Meter CW Pixie Tin Radio
I found this unique build from KC7FYS and I had to post a quick link to it here. 40m Pixie Tin This 40 Meter CW rig was built out of a Pixie Tin through the help of an old ARRL Handbook. He has some great step by step instructions on how to build the rig,…
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I Started a Ham Radio Bookstore Today
Some of you may know that my wife and I sell books. I have always hunted around for many of those great books on ham radio and never found a good spot to find all of them in one place, so I put together a list of books available from amazon on amateur radio. You…
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Blazer, Our Beloved Old Basset Hound in Action
We no longer have any human children in the house. However, we do have two dogs that have been with us for almost 14 years. Our Cocker Spaniel, Aubie and our Basset Hound, Blazer. The dogs are very much family to us and are getting up in years now. This, of course, means the beginning…
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Long Drought in Alabama and Southeast Continues
The water in the pond is gone. The fish are easy pickings for the birds these days and the plants are all struggling too. We have been in this drought all spring (and really going back into the winter) and the pond has just slowly gone away. Here is what it looks like now. This…
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Taking the First Amature Radio Test, What a Ham
I took my Ham Radio license exam, Technician class, about three weeks ago and passed on the first try (thank goodness). We have been waiting for my call sign to be issued and now it is official, I can finally use on the air KI4WLR. Â I installed another antenna on the house and now we…
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National Polka Festival in Ennis Texas 2007
We are finally getting back in the swing of things here at the house (pun intended) after being gone over the Memorial Day Holiday. The weather here is so dry compared to what it was this year in Ennis, TX. Everyday we were there it rained and was basically soupy everywhere you walked. Thursday morning…
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