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Madison County Tornadoes – 20110502
Not a typical Monday, May 2nd was day 5 of the recovery effort in Madison County, Alabama. Preliminary reports from the NWS suggest that all four of the tornadoes that ripped across the county last...
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Tornadoes, radios and chickens
How the world can change so quickly. This time last week we were waking up in a new darkness, preparing to launch a major recovery effort after the largest tornado outbreak in recorded history. The...
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Tanner Tornado, 1 week later.
Last Thursday the clinic operation had concluded, and MSFC was still not open. What to do… After a week of such intense activity, the clinic staff had become my new family – and that was my new job....
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Madison County Tornado – 3 weeks on
So hard to believe that it has been three weeks already. Nearly a month. Sometimes it seems so long ago, other times – like it just happened.. Took a drive last Saturday thru our ‘Tornado Zone’, to...
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Got FabFi ?
Today I ran across this article on OpenSource.com. (FabFi wireless network) Sounds like an interesting project, especially for those of us who prepare for communications emergencies. I need to follow...
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VHFDX.INFO
This site has crossed my radar a few times recently, and I finally got back to it with some time to look at what all is available there. The first thing I had been looking for was propagation...
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ARISSat-1/KEDR On-Air Test
A test of the system will be conducted on the ISS from 1915 UTC July 30 to 1430 UTC July 31. The standard ARISSat-1/KEDR 2m downlink band plan should be transmitted. The satellite FM signal will also...
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MakersLocal256 OpenHouse
In celebration of November 11, 2011 (20111111) – the fine folks at Makers Local 256 in Huntsville decided to have an Open House. My good friend Scott was to be cooking gumbo for this event, and invited...
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Publish This Book
I don’t frequently make such an endorsement on my blog. This is a unique situation tho, and I felt a call to action . . . There is a limited time to respond, or this won’t happen. This is a once-in-a...
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Christmas Chili
It had somehow never occurred to me to use cinnamon in chili… Shelby thinks it is ready to eat. This recipe was apparently known as Cincinnati Chili. Then some folks I know in North Carolina added...
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Ham Radio Day 2013
A little bit earlier this year (Mar.16), and the weather should be great .!. HR Day at GigaParts in Huntsville AL This is a fun event, and a great opportunity for folks to learn more about this hobby....
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2013 Field Day
I shouldn’t be sittin here messin with computer stuff ..!.. It is about to be Field Day 2013 http://arrl.org/field-day Listen for us on WA4NZD, from NASA’s MSFC in Huntsville, AL. /;^)
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Got Time ?
Welcome to waiting. Start your day, the Redstone way… I know, at least is not Atlanta, New York, or LA – but it does get tedious. This is the welcoming committee that greets us every morning going to...
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HI Juno
This looks like a good time about to happen http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/hijuno/ The activity will begin at 18:00 UTC on October 9, 2013 and continue until 20:40 UTC using 28.2 MHz +/-_x_ (see their web...
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Annual ARRL/ARES SET
That is almost too much alphabet soup. What that means is that every year those of us that do ham radio, like to test our skills with a large scale exercise – most often coordinated at the state level....
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Thanks Dad, and so many more.
For Veterans Day this year, I got out some of Dad’s insignia – did a quick buff-up and then into the HP scanner. I believe this photo to be from 1945 . . . Thanks for your service. /;^)
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Visio (in pixels) !!
For years I have suffered thru an absence of ‘pixel rulers’ in Visio. I understand that a pixel is a screen concept, of different dimensions on various display screens… not going into that here....
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Happy Fathers Day
Father’s Day salute to Larry Sieg… Them Ol Sieg Boys .. The photo is from last October in David’s GapCreek ScanimateLab. We have only aged slightly since then. Thanks for everything Dad .!. /;^)
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