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241029 Another Oklahoma Raid
DitWit adventures continue! Inspired by “just going somewhere”, I found a cabin at McGee Creek State Park near Atoka, Oklahoma. The cabins, huts they call them, were rustic – table, bunk bed, no indoor plumbing – but they came with… Continue reading
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241028 @ US-2991 Bonham State Park
Vacation – a whole week!! Looking at the calendar at the beginning of the year, I know I’ll want – need – some outside time in decent weather. Meaning fall. So I blocked out the first week of fiscal November… Continue reading
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241019@ US-0548 Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge
Hagerman didn’t disappoint. But I did. I made it all the way to the fishing area, opened the back hatch to unload and discovered some idiot forgot to grab a battery on the way out of the door this morning.… Continue reading
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What if that was me?
The news from North Carolina has caused me to think and consider things a little differently. I don’t really focus on the news. I’ve just gathered little bits and tits from various sources that combine to paint part of a… Continue reading
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241005@US-3005 Eisenhower State Park and GCARC Fall Campout
Well, I just stepped into a steaming file of horse apples of my own making. I write these things, these blog posts, in Windows OneNote. Everything I’ve written to date is in my OneNote, including the two hours I’ve written… Continue reading
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CW – The Long Game
Don’t give up – it’s a long game. I took two CW courses offered by my club, a beginner’s and an intermediate level course. The first course, the beginner course, was well attended. Started with about a dozen folks and… Continue reading
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240927@US-0548 Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge
A friend and Elmer Mark, AA2MA, picked up an IC-706Mk2G for me from the Huntsville Hamfest. He found me a good deal and arranged all of the mailing. Here’s the backstory. I wanted an all mode, all band radio. I… Continue reading
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240921 The Great Oklahoma Raid
I woke Saturday morning with the urge to make a quick raid across the Red River to steal some parks – unexplored territory and parks I’ve never activated. A recovering Oklahoman himself, there’s no better guide and interpreter than W5DRT,… Continue reading
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240905 Queen Wilhelmina Rove
I like to Rove. I like the challenge and I like the sense of accomplishment. I feel like a “real” portable operator – all the planning, the packing and unpacking, the setting up and tearing down, the making solid contacts… Continue reading
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Unlicensed Preppers
“Just get the ham equipment so you have it. You don’t need a license to use it in an emergency.” Hmmm. I regularly read this on the Facebook feed for “Radio Preppers”. Gil Grusen founded and administers the feed where… Continue reading
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