This gave me an opportunity to perform a test setup and operation of my gear before deploying to a park, which I was eager to do as I had not had the chance to try out the radio after updating the firmware to ver. 1.8 prior to leaving on the trip. I was surprised and pleased ...
His eyes watered and he looked and me and said "why did you do that, Dad?" We learned: 1) Don't do repairs at night in the cold on a snowy roof, 2) We set limits on all things - we don't climb with winds over 15 mph, in the rain, with a storm looming, etc., 3) We...
The radio and an ashtray came out first. The radio went to my shop bench to await restoration. It works, but poorly. I then removed the starter switch, which was in my way. Buicks don’t have a starter switch. Mine does because someone bypassed the vacuum switch on the carburetor. I ...
The radio and an ashtray came out first. The radio went to my shop bench to await restoration. It works, but poorly. I then removed the starter switch, which was in my way. Buicks don’t have a starter switch. Mine does because someone bypassed the vacuum switch on the carburetor. I ...
Mostly Microwave ham radio...SOTA summits on the air...stuff I've built...portable operations...neat stuff I've stumbled upon...