Recent content by FlyBoy50

Thanks for the ideas so far & looks like I'll have to do some thinking on this project. Sometimes I can be a Old Hard Head about Antenna in the center of the roof and need a kick in the pants. First thing I'm going to a truck cap place to see what is available that I can add a ladder rack to the...

Well the time has come that I had to part ways with my old 2004 Ford Expedition ( Sob ) because it's getting to expensive to keep it on the road. I just purchased a 2023 Ford F 150 but the problem is the Aluminum body doesn't go well with all my Magnetic mount antennas. I have some ideas...

For a change of pace the solar site said Good for 10-12 meters the past two days and I've heard good activity the past 2days . But of coarse my neighbor took off work yesterday and I've been up to my backside in vehicle repairs so it didn't do me any good, but at least I was happy to see that DX...

Smart thinking. I made a lift system overhead hoist to lift the front of the tractor of the ground to clear the clods of grass from under the deck so they don't set there and rust the deck.

Looks like more of the same today, I hope not this early in the year but I might have to take my Lumps like a big boy !

Well the Solar site said 11 meter was poor today and that was a fact.The only noise I heard was out of ch 6 AM and I'm not into that. But I was able to complete a outdoor spring project so not all was lost. I hope the rest of you fared OK today

LOL Your wife is clever, I have to give her credit. Graigslist has it's share of winners but good people also. My last purchase from there was a real nice Yamaha 700 Grizzly.

Graigslist is another place I buy and sell from and it doesn't cost to sell there except for Autos but then again your dealing with strangers.

Conditions were strange today. The solar site said Poor today for10-12meter and it was that. But I did take a run with my mobile once today and once in a while I could hear some skip that sounded way off in the distance but it was plain as day. This afternoon went to my radio room and heard...

That's what I was starting to think as the earth tilt starts to change. But I'm no educated expert either.

Yes it was a worthless day here also, Nothing

Don't feel alone, radio stunk here today also and only made 1 contact yesterday. I notice that solar site has only rated 10-12 meter as only fair for 5-6 days now. When does the summer slow down in DX start ? I don't really remember. But sometimes when the solar site says fair the DX is good...

Yeah I looked at and thought about Commodore but at that stage I had too much on my plate as a husband and father and not enough money to go around so I had to wait. And after I bought a Packard Bell Dos computer shortly after is when 3.1 came out. Story of my life I should have waited just a...

Wish I could find a little starter coarse about Linux to give me a jump start. I started with MicroSoft DOS & then jumped to Windows 95-98 both editions- 2000 Pro-XP-Windows 7 and ran that as long as I dared before switched to 10. I built computers, up-grade them and now I'm almost 76 YO and...

I still use windows 10 but at almost 76 YO I guess I'll have to learn Linux like I've been thinking for some time. It's either that or throw the computers out the door and go back to the old way of the Dark Ages.