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  1. Sonwatcher

    Decided to play tourist yesterday.

    Wow Garth ! Great picks ! It is beautiful there.
  2. Sonwatcher

    This ebay ad is using my review pic in their ad!

    I wrote him and he got back to me about the pic-
  3. Sonwatcher

    Hot !

    Sure do need some rain. It's supposed to be in the upper 70's Saturday. That will feel like air-conditioning ! lol It's been rough drywalling with this heat and humidity.
  4. Sonwatcher

    Hot !

    Check out the temp in lower right hand corner. It's hot !
  5. Sonwatcher

    Hot !

    102 right now.
  6. Sonwatcher

    Hot !

    Roger, it's almost 9:00 and still around 94 here.
  7. Sonwatcher

    Hot !

    It is now 102.9 . New record.
  8. Sonwatcher

    Hot !

    I'm on a well also. I heard today it's supposed to rain Thursday. I hope so ! It's 100 degrees right now. The record is 101.
  9. Sonwatcher

    Hot !

    Yesterday the humity was 37%. This morning it is 82%. Calling for 105 heat index today. We really need rain. 4 area counties are in drought. Our normal average temp is in the low 80's. Not used to this heat here.
  10. Sonwatcher

    Hot !

    My son talked to an excavator today that said they had dug down 13 ft and still could not pack dirt it is so dry.
  11. Sonwatcher

    Hot !

    It's hot here back east. I have 100.9 right now. We are supposed to have 2 more days like this :unsure:
  12. Sonwatcher

    CB jargon on the amateur bands

    I also think a great reason for decline is the death of what we used to have growing up in my day- Hobbies. You don't hear much of anything anymore today about hobbies. Be it stamp or coin collecting or science kits, ant farms, model cars, planes, Estes rockets and RC planes, shortwave...
  13. Sonwatcher

    Thirteen Colonies Special Event Stations

    That's pretty cool. I hope to make a contact with some.
  14. Sonwatcher

    CB jargon on the amateur bands

    You also have to consider the amount of new voices on the air. This is the Ham activity in the past year. Last 12 Months All Updates*......109,364 New Amateurs.......31,957 Callsign Changes....8,156 Class Changes......14,856 No Longer Licensed.23,340 Hamdata FCC Information Couple that with...
  15. Sonwatcher

    CB jargon on the amateur bands

    "hi hi" . There I tried it. Still sounds funny LOL !:tongue:
  16. Sonwatcher

    CB jargon on the amateur bands

    Here is an interesting article- Ham Lingo by Ed Griffin W4KMA After many years of SSB cb I have caught myself almost saying "roger" when responding in a telephone conversation. :) I don't like the way the writer in the above article slams CB ops as people of low IQ. You don't get your message...
  17. Sonwatcher

    Other Hobbies

    Riding motorcycle. Just bought a Suzuki GS1000G . Play guitar,banjo, sax,harmonica, sing. Draw, paint, photography. Do wildlife woodcarvings. Hunt and fish.
  18. Sonwatcher

    jopic itacker pics?

    I think you mean a Jopix Itaca. It is just like a Titan Roadpro ll - www.cbradio.nl: Jopix CB-Radios http://www.cb-world.info/Jopix/Jopix_Itaca/frames_jopix_itaca.htm
  19. Sonwatcher

    this is why i will not go ham

    Looks like he's selling computer parts there 4040. You're in trouble ! LOL ! :D :)