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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’d been asked to attend the Coal Dock Park concours in Port Washington WI, so my 1975 Pinzgauer was one of a very small group in the Military Vehicle type class. As there were three awards (1st, 2nd and 3rd) supposedly we each got an award. [EDIT I subsequently learned that the Pinzgauer received another [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Retirement Book &#8211; The Unscheduled Life: Mastering the Art of Retirement, by Jim Lint</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 12:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve corresponded with the author for a long time, though our actual military careers didn&#8217;t actually cross.  I had promised a review months ago, and somehow let this linger in draft form. The TL;DR version is &#8220;Section One is meaty, and worth the purchase cost and time to read.  The rest should be skimmed for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pinzgauer picks up another trophy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 22:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Our 1975 Steyr-Puch Pinzgauer 710m ex-Swiss Military truck surprised today with anothe First Place trophy in class. I didn’t really prepare the Pinzgauer and somehow got parked several rows off of all the other trucks.  Maybe that was the “secret sauce” to get a trophy? 73 Steve K9ZW]]></description>
		
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		<title>K9ZW 630m Station Build &#8211; a Few Steps Closer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As far as I know all of the major components for my 630m Station are here. I&#8217;ve also sourced all of the expected cables, connectors, adapters and hardware. The Flex-6600M has been updated from the old v3.x software it was on (the Work QTH effectively ended up without a usable internet connection, so it hadn&#8217;t [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wake Up Call?  Peer Aged Competitor Keels Over Dead</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the midst of public speaking, a competitor my age was stricken with a heart stoppage, and from the accounts I was told was dead before he hit the floor!  Not certain he even offered a final gasp before his heart dropped him stone cold dead in front of a now traumatized audience. A old [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Travel Internet CW</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Seems that internet CW while traveling is a challenge. While I could get the vBand Adapter to work with an iPad on a small ship, the latency was both profound and erratic. Not useful at all. I threw in a Vail Adapter at the last moment before leaving, only to find that the needed “Web [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pebble HF ordered</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This weekend I received this email: Pebble HF kit is ready for you to purchase! You are receiving this email because you signed up at https://pebblehf.com to get updates. If you do not want to get updates, you can click Unsubscribe at the bottom. Your Pebble HF is ready for purchase! It&#8217;s your turn to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Silly me, did not take inventory on order arrival woes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Back in April my DigiKey order for my touch paddle project arrived and I left the parcel unopened until I was ready to start soldering. Alas the tape of a hundred BSS806N MOSFET transistors are AWOL. These transistors are on the packing list as packed, but not in the box. Already ordered replacements Even though [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why we had Radio Free Europe and how Ham Radio might fit in</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[So many of the cross border information flows are being curtailed. From roughly 1993 to some ending in 2025/26 the various efforts of Radio Free Europe have been discontinued. Over time some things did change. The funding started to dry up. Mission creep happened, where resources were diverted to largely non-European targets. Agreements were made [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>SliceLogger</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 12:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Time W4TME is at it again.  A slight rebranding and a beta released: https://github.com/tmellisonjr-create/SliceLogger [Edit &#8211; first general release:  https://github.com/tmellisonjr-create/SliceLogger/releases/tag/v1.0.0.0  ] I have not played with this yet. 73 Steve K9ZW]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mods on the Air &#8211; GB64MOD Event</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 12:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[These guys are having fun &#8211; special call for all of August 2026 too! https://gb64mod.co.uk/ https://www.qrz.com/db/GB64MOD I&#8217;m looking for them, and hope to work these MODern Hams! 73 Steve K9ZW]]></description>
		
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		<title>Morse Code Skills Maintenance</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Because of conflicts I cannot attend the CWOps fall session, as you can&#8217;t succeed if you miss over half of the sessions. This would be the Intermediate Level, so the intensity for me would be another challenge. So I am looking at doing the Long Island CW Club sessions until the first 2027 CWOps course [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Checking your Own Signal on FlexRadio</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 19:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is really cool &#8211; a &#8220;how to&#8221; on using the built-in features of a FlexRadio to check your signal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sY2Qdp8reM Simple, easy and a nice video too! 73 Steve K9ZW]]></description>
		
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		<title>Another Transition &#8211; The Company Consultant Phase</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thinking I will free up a bit more radio and family time, my work assignment has again transitioned to less in-the-office time. Like the song from my youth says &#8220;Fade Away and Radiate&#8221; I&#8217;ve been doing a several year stepdown transition to allow the younger team taking up the reins. A year back our outside [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Talking to Silent Keys</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Talking to Silent Keys isn&#8217;t really possible, so apologies to the Ouija Board sort of title. So how do we interact with those Silent Keys that factored in our ham radio lives? Over my recent extended travels I had plenty of time to get a bit nostalgic about all of the formative people who played [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Filed Some Additional 630m Clearance Requests</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Since it is only time involved to pre-clear potential operating locations for 630m, today (04 August 2026) I gave notice for: Rock Island St Park, Wisconsin (POTA) My work QTH Lower Cato Falls County Park (possible POTA?) N6JSX&#8217;s QTH Point Beach State Park (POTA) A Church in Ripon WI, where the incoming priest is a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Heavy Heaviside &#8211; Early Coax and more!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I found the following reading on Oliver Heaviside quite interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Heaviside https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegrapher%27s_equations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaxial_cable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell%27s_equations One of the &#8220;Heavies&#8221; we seldom hear much about?! 73 Steve K9ZW]]></description>
		
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		<title>Check-Washing Hit &#8211; Violated Fiscal Trust</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 20:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One of our business checks was intercepted after being mailed.  As we drop off outgoing mail at the USPO, the intercept likely happened at the far end. Once intercepted, someone &#8220;check washed&#8221; the check where they change the payee&#8217;s name and address to something they control. Fortunately our &#8220;Positive Pay&#8221; system caught this one when [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Building a Couple VK3IL Touch Paddle Keys</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am building a batch of morse code keys, using the longer version of the Version 2 VK3LI touch paddle circuit board.  At this link scroll down to paddle part:  https://aa7ee.wordpress.com/2026/04/07/the-qrp-labs-qmx-transceiver/ Intend to give some away &#8211; My CWOps Basic Class Study Group, my fellow Washington Island WI9DX Club members, a couple cousins who are [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Smile, You are on (EU) Camera</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 12:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I had posted this to a semi-private forum and thought it worth sharing here: I ventured out of my semi-rural recluse for three weeks in the EU. Felt I should have put on stage makeup with how often and how obvious the video surveillance was. Once I week I did a daily count of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>General K9ZW Catch Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 18:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I tend to have a few balls in the air at most times, and a quick rundown of my current list: From my end: The Pico-balloon project is still on the gathering of parts stage. My 630m station is past the critical part sourcing stage and I’m putting it together now. My lighter weight QRP [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ever heard of an &#8220;Aristotle Alert?&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Back in the day I think I would have purposely set this thing off a couple times an hour just to escape school: An Aristotle alert, the report explains, &#8220;is a program that notifies school administration of certain words that are typed into School Chromebooks. These range from a variety of racial slurs to the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>RFID NFC and More &#8211; Neat Set of Videos</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Radio Frequency ID (RFID) and Near Field Communication (NFC) get a high-level overview in a very understandable way at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSJY3DvnybE Since if you are like me, that you want to know more about the particular credit card exploit that led to the videos, the part 2 is at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPJ6NJkmDAo On &#8220;The Thing&#8221; it is cool [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>More 630m Station Components Arriving</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hitting the phase where major parts are either here or have tracking numbers. Now sorting out powering &#38; connecting items. The Amp requires 24-38vdc at 7 amp at 38vdc. I can lash this up with a Meanwell LRS-350-36 power supply meant for stepper motors, though longer term I am I building a quieter 38vdc power [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Willing Human Accomplice To Artificial Intelligence Tyranny (WHATAIT)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[https://thelibertydaily.com/how-bad-ai-camera-hit-put-wrong-man/ Now of course the incident is bad news and how it ends up being presented is meant to rile folks up, though the misuse of AI is bluntly inexcusable. At SurvivalBlog.com the term WHATAIT evolved to label the human part of the equation, where AI product &#8211; even when it denies the laws of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>We still navigate by the Stars &#8211; GNSS and Jamming/Communications</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[First take a gander at this YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz23G_UXCGA Few of us fully understand how the GNSS-dependency affected our lives. For Amateur Radio that timing for your FT8 class of time-coordinated signals jumps to mind. In the cross over to Emcom you can consider the timing in some ALE systems, in much of the digital based [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Three Weeks in Europe &#8211; Random Observations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Back a week or so after three weeks in Europe.  Alas hardly any ham evidence seen.  A couple of obvious HF antenna setups and that was about it. Traveling nearly three weeks though Holland, Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Hungary I was only able to spot four likely ham shack locations. Two had small trapped yagi [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>K1USN SST &#8211; Different than a year ago!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 01:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A year ago there was zero change I could get contacts during the K1USN SST, as I couldn’t do any CW. I used my fixed island station and caught a few contacts: K1USN Slow Speed Test &#8211; Jul 27 Call: K9ZW Operator(s): K9ZW Station: K9ZW Class: Academy Single Op LP QTH: WI Operating Time (hrs): [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>No Bumblebees for Me this round</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 20:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Despite good intentions my portable QRP setup wasn’t ready in time to fly with bumblebees today. I first read the QMX user manual yesterday, and is this little radio feature-rich. All user unpreparedness today as the equipment once configured is certainly up to the task. I need to systematically go through settings, configurations, and menus. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>K1USN Certificate</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 20:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The K1USN Club sponsors twice weekly a “Slow Speed Test,” that famous CW “SST.” The first time you work the club station itself, you can apply for recognition. Here is mine, which arrived Thursday July 23rd 2026. The SST is a great learning opportunity, and I am really grateful that so many CW folk make [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Two Nerdy Gurdy Kits for Sale, $360 and $310</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 12:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[During the &#8220;Covid Lockdowns&#8221; I thought I would have time to build these kits, but I ended up busier than ever.   My work was declared &#8220;essential&#8221; and suddenly my spare time vaporized. Both of these Nerdy Gurdy kits were fabricated by NG approved makers, one by Marti Jo (Martha Thew) who did a lot [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Unremembered Memberships &#8211; Past CW Dreams &#8211; SKCC and FISTS</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 12:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As I started working to learn CW, a few organizations were suggested that might assist me on my learning path. Some have a déjà vu aspect as nearly 20 years ago a had the CW dreamer’s dream that a nice bug and a good group would fix my problem of missing practice or skills. I repeated [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>CHU Swan Song QSL</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Canadian iconoclastic time station shut down last month, and I had a proper listen on its final evening.  I emailed in my SWL report and received a confirmation card from their final transmissions&#62; Previous post:  https://k9zw.wordpress.com/2026/06/26/nrc-station-chu-shut-down/ Always a historic moment when you catch the final moments of a radio station people considered stalwart and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>We see you! Public cameras</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today I went to the pool to swim, and I counted no less than seven cameras that &#8220;took my license plate&#8221; as I passed. Actually the literature says they can see &#38; record a lot more than just license plates. For the most part these cameras fall into three groups: Some are public funded (but [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Throwing in some support for the younger crowd &#8211; World Radio League</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The World Radio League seems to have caught the attention of many younger hams. Growing rapidly it is seeking the resources to achieve successful growth. So I pitched in donating to become a life member. Sort of a double-bet. Will they grow into a factor in the ham radio world? And the second bet being [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Squirrel thwarts Everything</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sitting at a picnic table outside work as a squirrel met its fate on our power transformers. Utility Company cleared the deceased rodent and all should be Riki-Tiki after resetting the reconnectors. Hardly, because parts started blowing up. Like shards of power company equipment flying sort of blowing up. Rather exciting noises, sounding like half-sized [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>K9ZW 630m Station First Step is Assembly</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Assembling the parts is the first stage, and I am making headway on this stage: The Flex-6600M transceiver comes from my radios in hand. I&#8217;ve decided on the Flex-6600M based on first having it already and that for setup the M-panel would be helpful and truth be known I seldom use this radio.  It outputs [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hearing Aids CW games &#8211; Part I</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In my efforts to learn Morse code, I experience a perceived phenomena where at the start of a listening session the initial Dah sound like a dit. An initial dit sound like half a dit (a &#8220;di&#8221; perhaps) or is altogether unheard. I was thinking system latency, and spent some efforts making sure I wasn&#8217;t [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>About those Go-Kits</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Have been upgrading my &#8220;Heavy&#8221; go-kit, the one built around an Elecraft KX3, my new &#8220;Light&#8221; go-kit assembled around a QRP-Labs QMX, and planning an &#8220;Ultra-Light&#8221; go-kit also centered on another QRP-Labs QMX. The Heavy Go-Kit works great, usually with a SteppIR Crank-IR Antenna, though I have some other options, and after I do a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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