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Pearl Harbor Day. Nothing is safe!


Eighty-Four Years Ago, a Day of Infamy

Sunday, December 7, 1941, a day of infamy when the Hawaiian Islands (and other US Bases) were attacked by Japan. A day that changed the course of US and World History. We should never forget that fateful event. Today only a dozen Pearl Harbor survivors are still alive, and none will be attending the commemorative ceremony.

About 7 months ago I went through hell trying to get a new Passport and a Real ID. The passport renewal involved a 170-mile round trip adventure to an out of the way US Post Office. The Real ID had to await getting a new birth certificate from the State of Pennsylvania. The birth certificate I had was good enough for the Passport but not the Real ID.


I have had for a long-time a credit card from a major bank but no other accounts with that bank. I watch the expenditures on that account and once a month drop into the bank and pay off the balance. I did that this past Friday.

I hate using their automated teller for payments as one time my payment got hosed up (Trust no one). So, I physically go into the bank and present a check, my Real ID and the Credit Card. This time was different as the teller put my Real ID under a special scanner, then made a short grunting noise and took the payment. 

When we finished, I asked about the Real ID scan. The answer was that there are a whole bunch of Real IDs in circulation that are not Real IDs. Nothing is safe. 

I scarfed up one of those $39 SSB/CW transceivers from VU2ESE and in about a week will have it in hand. Perhaps some who read the posting from the other day may have missed that most of the 1206 SMD parts are already installed on the PCB when you get it. This product perhaps should not be called a kit but a semi-kit. The parts that do require installation are through hole and more readily soldered even by an extra with no prior electronics experience.

Four weeks from today we will be four days into 2026 and moving along toward the mid-terms. Now is the time to be educated, get on-board, and really understand what has been done to us. Many who placed their trust in voting for the current administration are now suffering from cognitive dissonance. (You know like buying a Ford Edsel or Chevy Corvair.) How is your Healthcare insurance?

Word for today: Detritus. Simply defined as too much crap on the bench and in the shack. This is not the other CRAP definition which stands for Cool Radios And Projects. Time to clean up the Bench and the Shack.


There is reason to think that the IC7300 MKII's are in the pipeline. Buy one now!

Them that know can make things go.

73's
Pete N6QW
 


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