Subj : Re: hamfest
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Jimmy Anderson
Date : Tue Feb 25 2020 08:37 pm

-=> Daryl Stout wrote to jimmylogan <=-

 DS> Jimmy,

 JA>I'm an Apple user, so my stuff is also in iCloud...

 DS>   Reminds me of the cartoon, where this plane is crashing to all these
 DS> computers, monitors, towers, etc. in the sky, and the pilot curses
 DS> "D@mn cloud computers!!" <G>

LOL - nice

 DS>   Sure did. They have US67/167 finished at least to Hoxie (milepost
 DS> 120), and with the Google Maps feature, it was easy to find...although
 DS> the drive was LONG. I had to stop at the McDonald's on the way back to
 DS> get something to eat and drink, to help me stay awake on the way home.
 DS> One day, that'll be part of Interstate 57.

Sounds like I-69 headed north... Part of it is still identified
as I-69 Corridor.

 DS>   I *WON* the first 2 door prizes:

 DS> 1) A Tornado Alert Radio (https://tornadoalert.com) -- a nearly $100

VERY cool!

 DS> 2) An ARRL Publications $50 Gift Certificate.

 DS>   I might be doing a forum at the Russellville Hamfest on March 7.
 DS> They've never had one for "new hams", so mine will be a first. I just
 DS> hope they can provide a projector and a screen for it. If so, I'll buy
 DS> 4 copies of the 12th Edition of The ARRL Operating Manual, to offer as
 DS> door prizes.

Also cool, and a great idea! :-)

 DS>   I ran into Ray Novak from IcomAmerica, and talked with him about a
 DS> possible HT. One of the local clubs still is analog only, plus the
 DS> D-Star and DMR repeaters are NOT on the gateway. I'm looking at either
 DS> the IC V-86 2 meter HT, or the ID-51A Plus 2, a dual band (I think)
 DS> analog and D-Star HT. But, with news that I may have to pay an
 DS> inheritance tax on the Miller Trust after my Mom's death last August,
 DS> that may put the kabosh on new gear for awhile. I hope I can work out a
 DS> payment plan.

Ouch... But new 'toys' is always a fun thing too. :-)

 DS>   These greedy bastards in Washington, who lament they can't survive on
 DS> $500,000+ a year, don't have a clue. When The Lord said "Woe to you who
 DS> devour the fortunes of widows...for you shall receive the greater
 DS> damnation", and He added "Vengeance is mine, I will repay"...I can't
 DS> wait for those to come to pass.

LOL

 JA>Safe travels and have fun!!!

 DS>   Even if I have to pay the inheritance tax deal (since I was the
 DS> beneficiary, and split it with my brother), I am going to take these 2
 DS> trips. I have NOT had a vacation since 2009, and I need to get away
 DS> from things for a time...especially considering that field rats worked
 DS> their way into what was my parents home (now mine) 2 months after my
 DS> Mom's death last August. We've had so much rain, that the rodents are
 DS> running rampant across the region right now...and the long range progs
 DS> show a stormy (possibily tornadic) and soggy spring. We haven't had
 DS> much of a winter here the last 3 years.

Oh wow - yeah, you need break!




.... It's nice out - I think I'll leave it out!
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