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Restoring the moon with recycled antique equipment.


Filed under: amateur radio, internet, photo, software, space 1 Comment

With the passing from one year into the next, we are often presented with remembrances and nostalgic recollections of “how we got here”…

This has been a year full of choice bits from space exploration as NASA celebrates their 50th anniversary. Most every day I like to check in on the latest discussion on the AMSAT [...]

Halfway ’round the world on Christmas


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It’s not a post about Santa Claus, nor defenses for the same.
It’s not a post about “Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer,” nor any hokey tune heard during this time of year.
In fact, it’s not about anything but you.
Yes, this post is about YOU!

Satellite Status


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If I called this “Instant Satellite Status“, someone would say - ‘not quite’.
So ‘nearly instant’ is more accurate. This web site had gone undetected by me, but definitely fills a need. There are so many different satellites now in orbit, specifically ham-radio related, that it takes some effort to keep up with not only where [...]

Fried, Stewed or Nude?


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Periodically, I write on a forum in one of my “hometowns.”
For me, a “hometown” is where one spent a good portion (that means ‘years‘ for the non-Southerners reading this) of their life. I have thee, er, three: Prattville, Cullman and Florence, all in Alabama.
I’m reminded of the theme song to theĀ  serial sit-com (you [...]