Turkey Day can be stressful! It is a time where if cooking at home can be a huge problem on how do you make all the food get done on time and cooked just right? But that is not the real stress as this year is complicated by politics. The host discovers the cost of the meal as compared to last year (for the same meal) costs 25% more and so that is significant. Then there are those family members who support a certain party to the extent they wear their red caps during the meal. This year the hosts had to actually prepare a strategy paper on a list of subjects that could be discussed without the meal ending up in a full-fledged food fight. Boy that sure ended up being a small list. The other tight wire act was the seating to ensure that those who were at war last year are seated apart from those that fought last year. The family grace at the meal initiation which in itself can be politically charged is now a simple: Thank you and let's eat. Here are some suggestions for surviv...
We all like it when we are noticed except when failing to stop at stop sign and the cop noticed. In our hobby, notice takes many forms such as the big antenna planted on a small lot or on the air with a rig such as the Apache Labs Anon plus a Mercury Amp and a 6kHz wide signal. Then there are those that create You Tube videos of the latest radio from offshore being unboxed. Others will create projects that are published in QST such "How to work 100 FT-8 stations in 20 minutes using AI and a Raspberry Pi". Still, some will publish articles about a sojourn to E51 and how they provided contacts so others can achieve the WAR award (Worked All Rarotonga). Everyone knows someone who belongs to five different ham clubs and has a presence on every social media platform plus two blogs, five websites and two podcasts. While some will see this as being noticed, at the core, it is a basic caveman born "a projection of power" through visible and audible means. You will hear ...