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Mr. K and Blogging

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 | Author: admin

I have been meaning to mention these for some time and since insomnia is my friend today, I have been given the time to do an extra post, so here goes.

My mother, Georgia, and stepfather lived abroad in France and Germany for a total of 5 years or so.  During that time, my mother kept a journal of their adventures, beginning the day they arrived.  She wanted to document their experiences as Americans living and working abroad.  Since Georgia’s death, Mr. K has taken her journals and begun the process of entering the entries into a blog located here.  He is doing a post every day or so and, when he can, he is finding photographs in their albums that correspond to the entries’ topic.  The posts are short, have been very interesting and, occasionally, very funny.

Mr. K also has several other wonderful blogs that you might be interested in.  As a prolific photographer, Mr. K has taken thousands of images over the years and he is now sharing these photos with any one who would like to see them through his image of the day posts on his blog.  He maintains a faith based blog located here, and of course, if anyone is in need of his web or photographic services you can find more information here.

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What a Ham

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007 | Author: admin

Scott took his technician ham license exam about three weeks ago and passed without a hitch. We have been waiting for his call sign to be issued. Now I can finally introduce to you KI4WLR.

Shhhh… Congratulations!!

He installed another antenna on the house and now we are just trying to figure out the first radio to purchase so he can put this new license to good use. The house is beginning to look like a NASA station of some sort. I can’t wait until we put up the tower. That should be a blast.

Antenna

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Contacting the mother ship

Sunday, May 06th, 2007 | Author: admin

This Saturday we installed what is to be the first of several radio antennas on the roof of our house. Scott climbed to the top of the roof and mounted the mast and antenna while I ran around on the ground fetching tools and lending moral support. After it was installed we went into attic to retrieve and feed the wiring from the antenna on the roof down the inside of the wall of his office and then out at the base of the wall by an electrical outlet. Hot doesn’t even begin to describe the temperature in the attic! The hole saw’s that we own have been used for years and are quite crappy so after fighting with the hole drilling for a while Scott decided to bring out the big guns. I retrieved the new sledge hammer and it did the trick. Now the scanner is working great with the new antenna installed. It does look a bit sci-fi though. Can’t wait to see what configuration the next one has.

Check out the view from up here. Don’t fall!! The right tool for the job!! Installed

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