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		<title>Putting together a 630m Band Operations Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 12:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here is the direction my initial 630m Band operations plan is headed: UTC Clearance Requests filed May 24th, 2026 for both my Home QTH and Washington Island QTH. Unless an objection is raised, both locations will be considered &#8220;cleared for operations&#8221; On June 24th. Radio will be a Flex-6700 or 6600M. While I had considered [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A late Neighbor gets his own Coast Guard Ship!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new ship has been named after one of my late Washington Island neighbors, Master Chief Petty Officer (ret.) Allen Thiele. &#8220;U.S. Coast Guard authenticates keels for first three Waterways Commerce Cutters&#8221; The press release: https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/4429056/us-coast-guard-authenticates-keels-for-first-three-waterways-commerce-cutters/ The three ships &#8220;authenticated&#8221; are the first three in a 30 ship class of WCC (Waterways Commerce Cutters) vessels. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>AI can hide long messages in other messages &#8211; Where do we go from here?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[LLMs can hide text in other text of the same length Abstract A meaningful text can be hidden inside another, completely different yet still coherent and plausible, text of the same length. For example, a tweet that celebrates a political leader could hide a tweet containing a harsh critique against the same leader, or an [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>No Currency in Those Dreams &#8211; Adjusting to Conditions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A harsh reality is a person has interests in way more things than what they have time to do, and at times &#8220;what they can do&#8221; has gotten out of alignment as well.  Your dream lose their &#8220;currency&#8221; as they have become something desperate to return to a success from your past, or are collecting [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Another Longwave Broadcaster Facing the Axe</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 20:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Saw the announcement on the 600MRG mailing list that on Saturday June 27th the BBC will end longwave transmissions, many months earlier than announced.  Methinks they are rushing the shutdown to sidestep government inquiries, public distain and likely something not communicated such as (I am guessing) EOL equipment. &#160; BBC plans to abandon its Longwave [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>FlexRadio SmartSDR V4.2.20 Released</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[https://www.flexradio.com/software/smartsdr-v4-2-20/ FlexRadio Announces the Immediate Availability of SmartSDR v4.2.20 &#8211; Tim &#8211; W4TME FlexRadio is pleased to announce the release of SmartSDR v4.2.20, now available for download. SmartSDR Basic™ and SmartSDR+™ v4.2.20 is a SmartSDR+ Feature Access software and firmware release for Aurora™, FLEX-8000™, and FLEX-6000™ series SDRs, as well as Maestro™. This version supersedes [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Local Hamfests</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Saturday was an area hamfest, which I included in my Saturday errand run. Was really nice to see a couple people and chat. All I bought was a second/third-hand WinKeyer for future gifting. Then I watched people for a bit. Redeemed by the POTA-enthused, as much of the crowd was a bit long in the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A CW Progress Report &#8211; Early June 2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Well I have been on my CW learning and operating journey about 120 days give or take. I started with the retained ability to recognize Morse code &#8220;V&#8221; and &#8220;SOS,&#8221; without much more. I had maybe two CW QSOs in my logs, which is a rip-roaring 0.0035% CW content. Now on a good day I [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A FreeDV Update to v2.3.1</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 20:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There has been an update to FreeDV. I am aware that some Flex Aurora users have an audio-chain issue that is still being worked on, but for everyone else it seems all the fixes in the update are beneficial: FreeDV 2.3.1 has been released, including improved audio quality for those running the Flex waveform and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>U.S. Islands QSO Party 2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Starting my planning for the US Islands QSO Party 2026 in a couple months: U.S. Islands QSO Party (IQP) is our once-a-year, 15 hour “contest” that has a class for just about any individual or group. Operate from a friend’s island “Fixed” QTH, take your club on a single island “Expedition”, or go on a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>FlexRadio Ecosystem &#8211; Seedlings to Forest</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 12:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’m really grateful for the flexibility and adaptability of where the FlexRadio hardware/software has come. Prerelease software on a Flex-6700 that dozen plus years back only offered rudimentary features. Add-on software packages took a while to come out. SmartSDR has has so many updates that I have lost track.  Of course I get a lot [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Thinking hard on 630m Band Operations &#8211; What should the K9ZW Ops look like?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 12:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Very much thinking hard on what my 630m operations should look like. A lot of moving parts. The ROI for 630m operations is somewhat limited, as there are perhaps five dozen US stations on 630m, and not every state is currently represented. Yet 630m has a draw of it&#8217;s own. The main flow chart is: [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hearing Tweaks &#8211; Series Starter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 12:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I will be doing a series of posts on Hearing for Hams. As we age the cumulation of genetics, lifetime exposure, damages, and as I was reminded recently the impacts of medicines &#38; hearing aids, all alter what we hear and can&#8217;t hear. As a series starter, I want to start with a disclaimer that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Utility Notification for 630m Operations &#8211; Clearing a Forward Path</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 12:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Having some 630m band aspirations, I wanted to clear a forward path to see if I can operate if I made the commitment. For both the 630m and 2200m bands an amateur has to respect the secondary use of the band by notifying the affect utilities of one&#8217;s interest to operate.  They have a period [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Looking at the Sky with Radio Waves</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 12:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m starting to check out things that I have been interested in, but didn&#8217;t think you could do on a hobbyist-level. Radio Telescopes is one of them. I found out that Jeff KE9V has an interest in this, and Charles KF0COM is accomplished in the area! Some initial reference: https://www.rtl-sdr.com/cheap-and-easy-hydrogen-line-radio-astronomy-with-a-rtl-sdr-wifi-parabolic-grid-dish-lna-and-sdrsharp/ https://www.radio-astronomy.org/store/projects/scope-in-a-box https://www.crowdsupply.com/krakenrf/discovery-dish As I am [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>For Sale &#8211; Flex-6700 &#8211; Backup Unit Seldom Used</title>
		<link>https://k9zw.wordpress.com/2026/05/26/for-sale-flex-6700-backup-unit-seldom-used/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 12:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My Home QTH backup Flex-6700 has been seldom used. Has been my climate controlled hamshack rack since purchased new. Has the ATU and GPSDO. Because of my Test Team status the radio will be on standard v4.x when it ships. Boxed and sent to you (lower 48) by insured UPS once funds have arrived/cleared, asking [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Field Day CW Training and Practice</title>
		<link>https://k9zw.wordpress.com/2026/05/25/field-day-cw-training-and-practice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 12:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[LICW Field Day CW Training and Practice The Long Island CW Club (LICW) is pleased to offer focused Field Day CW training during the month of June. These sessions are open to all amateur radio operators. You do not need to be a member of LICW to attend, and there is no charge for the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Long Island CW Club Haptic Device</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 12:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The LICW (Long Island CW Club) has an initiative to help vision and hearing impaired hams. Out of those programs a &#8220;Haptic Device&#8221; was developed. Haptic is engineer-talk for Seat-Shaker vibrations. If your car has Lane-Assist you might have haptics in the driver&#8217;s seat to &#8220;buzz your bottom&#8221; as kids like to say, when you [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>TrueLadderLine &#8211; Lightning Detection and Protection System</title>
		<link>https://k9zw.wordpress.com/2026/05/23/trueladderline-lightning-detection-and-protection-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 12:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[https://www.trueladderline.com/lightning-detection-and-protection-system/ Michael Walker VA3MW shared after Hamvention: Lightning automated disconnect While I was at Hamvention, we had a bunch of radios set up at my remote site for users to play with. The guys at True Ladder Line sell a remote disconnect switch. It was great to see it work 3 times while I was [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Have a Happy Memorial Day weekend!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 17:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hoping to operate the K1USN SST (Slow Speed Test &#8211; CW) today at 3pm my time and Sunday evening at 7 pm my time. I will be search and pounce on 20m and 40m. Heard that Vern K9EME, a local ham who often carries water and (literally) chops wood for so many people is hospitalized. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Appropriate Technology &#8211; Fuel Efficient Larger Vehicles &#8211; The Big and Small of It</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 12:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I drive a big vehicle. A Yukon XL Denali, a pickup truck sized 4&#215;4 SUV. Many of my peers drive Audi, BMW and Mercedes models, and I have heard them talk about fuel economy. One has a really tricked out Nissan pickup. A really pretty 4&#215;4 truck that apparently is addition to looking pretty, likes [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>eSSB and other Enhanced Audio Phone HF Efforts</title>
		<link>https://k9zw.wordpress.com/2026/05/21/essb-and-other-enhanced-audio-phone-hf-efforts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 12:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[eSSB has been around for while. Like 30+ years.  I&#8217;d bumped into it a few times. During Covid I have put in enough gear to have a go, but as my reports were already good I just didn&#8217;t make the time. What is eSSB? Extended Single SideBand. is any J3E SSB transmission that exceeds the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>PowerGenius SO2R vs 3-Way</title>
		<link>https://k9zw.wordpress.com/2026/05/20/powergenius-so2r-vs-3-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 12:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[PGXL vs PGXL 3-way, what are the main differences?  (PGXL is 4o4a PowerGenius XL RF amp.) The initial PGXL is a two-path device intended to pair up with the dual-SCU FlexRadio products.  Flex-6700, Flex-6600/6600M, Flex-8600/8600M and Flex Aurora AU-520/520M. (SCU is Spectral Capture Unit &#8211; analogous to VFO.) The anticipated configuration was the PGXL would [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hamvention-o-gram 2026, Final Report</title>
		<link>https://k9zw.wordpress.com/2026/05/19/hamvention-o-gram-2026-final-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 12:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My Hamvention 2026 always was going to be cut short, as I needed to be home for  a noon Sunday company function.  Seems like in an industry where it is uncommon to be in business a full decade, we had our 80th anniversary to celebrate! So my final day can be summarized as: Rain, that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>CWOps Academy First 2026 Session</title>
		<link>https://k9zw.wordpress.com/2026/05/18/cwops-academy-first-2026-session/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 12:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I was pleased to be among the 127 students who completed the Basic level, and recently found out that over the four levels 326 students had successes. The published breakdown is: Basic &#8211; 127 Fundamental &#8211; 83 Intermediate &#8211; 57 Advanced &#8211; 59 I&#8217;m impressed how many people they move through their programs each cycle. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Keys &#038; Paddles Breed.. GAS of the CW Form</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 12:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It seems that Keys and Paddles breed. That seems to induce a bad case of GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) of the CW form! I am particularly susceptible to GAS as I try to have a working station setup at my Island QTH site, and in the case of studying Morse Code I am doing my [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 18:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Seems the latest Flex-8600 and Aurora models have a way to install compliant software into onboard Docker containers. Waveforms are almost like a different radio personality that works with your radio. The Docker facility allows these Waveforms to be hosted internally, an select FlexRadio models natively can do this. Both the Aurora AU-520M and Flex-8600 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hamvention-o-gram 2026, No. 03</title>
		<link>https://k9zw.wordpress.com/2026/05/15/hamvention-o-gram-2026-no-03/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 03:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[So much going on here! I visited the Long Island CW Club to look at a CW training aid that I will write separately about later. Took a look at iShareRadio.net and Sierra Radio Systems in respect to future station designs. Met with Mike K4QU to pick out one of his current productions CW Keys, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hamvention-o-gram 2026, No. 02</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 13:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Some more updates to share. FlexRadio announced some strategic partnerships with iShareRadio.net and Sierra  Radio Systems, in Multi-Radio management and station automation.  FRS outlined how anticipated this year would be a couple more significant releases (they released 8 versions in the past year, but only five were significant or major level.). In addition they anticipate [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Licensing a Mode for an Annual Fee? SafecomLink</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 12:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The new SafecomLink mode that runs on many Pactor Modems not only is an innovation on the tech implementation side, but is an innovation with the idea that hams would subscribe to a single mode for an annual fee. The initial fee is set at $90/year intro of a $120/year ham radio fee promoted as [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hamvention-o-gram 2026, No. 01</title>
		<link>https://k9zw.wordpress.com/2026/05/14/hamvention-o-gram-2026-no-01/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 16:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rather than do anything massive I will drop a few Hamvention-o-gram notes to share. My drive down was great. I broke it up meeting with relatives twice along the way, which kept it from being too hard of a solo trip. Of course I came close to hitting a large Whitetail Deer doe less than [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Stretching Wires &#8211; Diddling Dits</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 12:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last week I was in the middle of a round-robin CW practice session when my key either put out more dits than what I thought I did or dropped some. I suspected it was something amiss when dits stuttered. Turns out the &#8220;dit wire&#8221; was in the process of failing, and must have let go [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hamvention Shopping List?  Not too much.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 20:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I was asked the other night after my CW Academy class when I reminded them that I need to beg off this next class for Hamvention, what was on my shopping list at Hamvention? I don&#8217;t have a lot on my shopping list this trip. In years past I often went to Hamvention with George [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>For Sale &#8211; Flex-6600M &#8211; Seldom Used</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 12:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My Work QTH Flex-6600M has been seldom used. Has been in a climate controlled office since new. Has the ATU and GPSDO. Because of my Test Team status the radio will be on standard v4.x when it ships. Boxed and sent to you (lower 48) by insured UPS once funds have arrived/cleared, asking $3,000 (My [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Non-Radio &#8211; Distorted Signal-to-Noise Ratio in Healthcare Communications</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 18:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Seems my usual health care provider has &#8220;lost it&#8221; in terms of communication. My guess is they have either subcontracted parts of their communications or the additional staff they gained through acquisitions are ill trained. I pay out of pocket to attend an exercise lab, which somehow has gained first a reminder email often arriving [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>MF Ham Radio?  How about the 630m band?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 12:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Doing some reading and planning to attend a short presentation at Hamvention on the 630m band.  USA hams have had easy access to the 630m band for over eight years. My radios need transverters and antennas, as they are otherwise provisioned for the 630m adventure. The 630-meter amateur radio band uses the frequency range of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Island QTH back to QRO Status</title>
		<link>https://k9zw.wordpress.com/2026/05/11/island-qth-back-to-qro-status/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 18:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I had acquired a 4o3a PowerGenius 3-way version from DX Engineering and finally have it in play on Washington Island. The Island PowerGenius XL originally was a two path SO2R model. It was wrecked by submersion during the prolonged April 2025 power outage. Availability, curiosity and a need for an antenna switch I could control [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Using a Kindle as a Station Document Repository</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 12:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am experimenting with adding pdf manuals to my Kindle library, which in theory offers me a way to read them on my Kindle, iPhone, iPad and my various computers. Amazon has a Send-to-Kindle page: https://www.amazon.com/sendtokindle If this works out, I should have most of my operating and service manuals that are available in pdf [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>What are you telling me?  Timing and Cadence</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 12:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Finding that some hams are very copiable when their sent CW has the right timing and cadence. It is like they send it right into your brain for you, making it easier. Others have an uneasy cadence or ignore inter-word and intra-word cadence. The ratio of dits/dahs varies and often they run words together. I&#8217;ve [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Return for FreeDV (Digital Voice)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 18:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I will have to write a series of articles on this, as I have done some experimenting with FreeDV.  I hope to chat with the FreeDV folk at Hamvention. First I made contacts from the Windows FreeDV Client, where all of the heavy lifting is done inside your PC.  This is the same in-the-computer configuration [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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