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using WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

Yesterday, we took a roadtrip in Land Barge II to Sugar Hill, NH. Our route was I-84 to Hartford, I-91 to Wells River, VT, Route 302 to Lisbon, NH, and Route 117 to Sugar Hill and our destination Polly’s Pancake Parlor.

The TH-D7(G) indicated that its APRS packets were being digipeated throughout the roundtrip, but when I arrived home and checked the APRS track on the Internet, it showed a gap between Greenfield, MA, and Brattleboro, VT, and a complete lack of Internet coverage north of Claremont, NH (see map).

The path in the D7 was WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1. I will reset the path to WIDE1-1,WIDE2-2 and see if that improves matters.

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wa1lou-8 on the road again

Monday, May 29th, 2006

I finished installing my mobile APRS station, WA1LOU-8, in Land Barge II today. See you on the road maps again!

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a British invader dies

Monday, May 29th, 2006

from CNN.com: Freddie and the Dreamers star dies

Monday, May 22, 2006; Posted: 8:17 a.m. EDT (12:17 GMT)

LONDON, England — British pop star Freddie Garrity, former lead singer with 1960s band Freddie and the Dreamers, has died at the age of 69.

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Surfing and the British Invasion sparked my interest in rock ‘n’ roll. So, I note the passing of one of the early invaders from Britain, Freddie Garrity.

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Surfin’: Virtually in Dayton

Saturday, May 27th, 2006

Read this week’s installment of Surfin’: Virtually in Dayton, then leave your comments here.

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Surfin’ index

Friday, May 26th, 2006

I spent a lot of time cleaning up the Surfin’ Index… fixing HTML code, fixing errors, adding entries that slipped through the cracks, etc. If you notice anything wrong, please let me know so I can fix the problem.

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100 fastest growing tech companies… none here

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

Today, CNN.Money.com has a story about the 100 fastest growing tech companies. Since my day job is technical writing for a tech company here in Connecticut, I checked out the list.

No surprise that the company I work for is not on the list, but I was very surprised that not one of the 100 was located in Connecticut! That is a sad state of affairs for the Nutmeg State.

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veggies

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006

It was colder last night (39° F) than the night before, but not as windy, so the veggies survived another cold spring night. The forecast is for warmer weather for the rest of this week, so that is good news for my peppers and tomatoes.

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veggies in

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

Earthbox veggies - day 002

This weekend, I planted vegetables in my five Earthboxes: romaine lettuce, bell peppers, string beans, broccoli, and Early Girl tomatoes.

The temperature was unseasonably low last night (41° F) with a stiff wind blowing most of the night. I feared that the peppers and tomatoes might suffer, but they looked fine this morning.

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playing on my iPod this week

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

I’ve been listening to my most recent online music purchases, a diverse mix of oldies and recent releases: 20 All Time Greatest Hits by James Brown, Living With War by Neil Young, and Not Ready To Make Nice by the Dixie Chicks.

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virtually in Dayton

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

I did not go to the Dayton Hamvention this year for a couple of reasons.

Steve Ford, WB8IMY, from ARRL headquarters did go and he had a Dayton Hamvention blog going throughout the weekend. Between his blog, participating in the TAPR-Dayton board meeting by phone, and WA5KUB’s live video from the Hamvention, it was like being at the Hamvention without driving 735 miles for 11 hours.

On Friday, Steve asked people reading his blog what they would like him to photograph at the Hamvention. I e-mailed Steve and asked him to take a photo of the folks at the TAPR booth, which is where I spend most of my time during past Hamventions. Steve responded with this photo that appeared in his blog Saturday. (That’s John Koster, W9DDD, and Sheilah Bible, N7HPR’s XYL, in the photo.)

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