Month: March 2024

Week of 18 Mar 2024

  1. Clean disposable filters.
  2. Pay for Air Filter
  3. Social Security (Survivor plans)
  4. Mark’s retirement (Survivor plans)
  5. Baxter retirement (Survivor plans)
  6. Solar Charge Controller 30A.
  7. Return equipment to storage.
  8. Listen to the sermon.
  9. Costco
  10. 25′ microphone cords
  11. Take stuff to storage.
  12. Repair the brakes on Blue.
  13. Repair radiator on Blue.
  14. Research new smoke/fire/CO detectors.
    Draw fire detector wiring diagram.
  15. Insurance rebate check
  16. Solar attic fan box.
  17. Termite inspection date.
  18. Make Dentist Appointment
  19. Fill batteries in cave.
  20. remove Heat2 Temp and Humidity.
  21. PCC on forehead needs to be looked at.
  22. Replace dryer vent with one that closes off the outside air
  23. Power supply for audio recording on Sundays
    Get battery packs from storage.
    Buy mini USB DC converter and check for noise?
  24. Look for another Subpoena.
    (They may not ask us anymore because of a chain of custody issue.)
  25. Add relay to refrigerator UPS to charge from Solar.
  26. Check on Home Owners insurance for storage.
    They won’t insure ACOC stuff.
  27. Fix Jacoby account
  28. TurboTax 2024.
    Signed in and started my 2023 taxes.
  29. Buy more solar panels in case of NATO WAR.
    Sweden is seeking to join NATO.
  30. Change owner of church Public Storage locker.
  31. rebuild Attic fan power switchbox.
  32. Wells Fargo Advisors
  33. Good Will
  34. Hand truck
  35. Fertilize the lawn
  36. Repair the eves on our home
  37. Replace back door of garage
  38. Repair window in garage
  39. Replace seal under garage door
    • Locate part number for Door seal.
  40. Two 8GB Raspberry Pi’s are ordered from Newark Electronics.
  41. Register with IRS as an administrator of an estate.
    File estate taxes.
  42. Put tape over door seals on Blue.
  43. Research Lawyer for Arizona

Monday

Checked into the Waterway Net, but messed it up because I was the last person. (I won’t do that again.) I was worried that I hadn’t tuned the radio before the net started, it turns out I had nothing to worry about. My SWR was about 1.4 and that represents over 90% efficiency! I checked my current antenna length and it’s about center of the band, which is excellent for voice and digital. The other two bands are more to the digital end of the band.

Made some hard boiled eggs and downloaded my O2 readings from my finger attachment. We had tacos for lunch and we worked on our piles that have accumulated on the table.

Listened to the sermon and forwarded to the team. Talked about last Sunday just a bit and maybe about someone to take this over, Larry and I are not getting any younger.

Friday, where has the week gone?

This week has been a blur… Monday/Tuesday it was just beautiful outside. We’ve been to Longhorn’s Tue/Wed/Thur this week. We had Chili Mac on Monday and I wasn’t too enthused about eating it two more days. I’ve been on the radio every morning and i made big progress with the digital modes other than FT last night. As though I needed to spend more time on the radio than I have already. Got a message from one of the grandchildren, he’s not really happy with the distribution of my father’s estate. He probably doesn’t have a clue of the sheer difficulty of having the court in charge of the probate. Dog Show is next week, but I’ve not seen any E-Mails but it warns some about the weather.

Week of 11 Mar 2024

  1. Clean disposable filters.
  2. ACOCG SURVEY
  3. Buy air filters 16x25x1
  4. Buy a water hose
  5. Buy parts for bass drum
  6. Costco
  7. 25′ microphone cords
  8. Take stuff to storage.
  9. Repair the brakes on Blue.
  10. Repair radiator on Blue.
  11. Check silver spare tire.
  12. Research new smoke/fire/CO detectors.
    Draw fire detector wiring diagram.
  13. Insurance rebate check
  14. Travelers March 1st $1800.00
  15. Solar attic fan box.
  16. Termite inspection date.
  17. Make Dentist Appointment
  18. Fill batteries in cave.
  19. remove Heat2 Temp and Humidity.
  20. PCC on forehead needs to be looked at.
  21. Replace dryer vent with one that closes off the outside air
  22. Power supply for audio recording on Sundays
    Get battery packs from storage.
    Buy mini USB DC converter and check for noise?
  23. Recycle Batteries #3
  24. Look for another Subpoena.
    (They may not ask us anymore because of a chain of custody issue.)
  25. Add relay to refrigerator UPS to charge from Solar.
  26. Check on Home Owners insurance for storage.
  27. Fix Jacoby account
  28. TurboTax 2024.
    Signed in and started my 2023 taxes.
  29. Buy more solar panels in case of NATO WAR.
    Sweden is seeking to join NATO.
  30. Change owner of church Public Storage locker.
  31. rebuild Attic fan power switchbox.
  32. Wells Fargo Advisors
  33. Good Will
  34. Hand truck
  35. Fertilize the lawn
  36. Repair the eves on our home
  37. Replace back door of garage
  38. Repair window in garage
  39. Replace seal under garage door
    • Locate part number for Door seal.
  40. Two 8GB Raspberry Pi’s are ordered from Newark Electronics.
  41. Register with IRS as an administrator of an estate.
    File estate taxes.
  42. Put tape over door seals on Blue.
  43. Research Lawyer for Arizona

Monday

Joined Paul on WW this morning, the bands are not open at the beginning of the net with the time change. I could not hear the net control station until about 8AM. Paul did come back and we chatted for a few minutes after the net closed.

Checked Sunday’s recording, good to go. Forwarded the links to the team. My Lisinopril medication is on hold, the pharmacy ran out of it.

Week of 4 Mar 2024

  1. Repair roof leak!
  2. Clean disposable filters.
  3. Buy air filters 16x25x1
  4. Buy a water hose
  5. Costco
  6. 25′ microphone cords
  7. Take stuff to storage.
  8. Repair the brakes on Blue.
  9. Repair radiator on Blue.
  10. Check silver spare tire.
  11. Research new smoke/fire/CO detectors.
    Draw fire detector wiring diagram.
  12. Insurance rebate check
  13. Travelers March 1st $1800.00
  14. Solar attic fan box.
  15. Termite inspection date.
  16. Make Dentist Appointment
  17. Fill batteries in cave.
  18. remove Heat2 Temp and Humidity.
  19. PCC on forehead needs to be looked at.
  20. Replace dryer vent with one that closes off the outside air
  21. Power supply for audio recording on Sundays
    Get battery packs from storage.
    Buy mini USB DC converter and check for noise?
  22. Recycle Batteries #3
  23. Look for another Subpoena.
    (They may not ask us anymore because of a chain of custody issue.)
  24. Add relay to refrigerator UPS to charge from Solar.
  25. Check on Home Owners insurance for storage.
  26. Fix Jacoby account
  27. TurboTax 2024.
    Signed in and started my 2023 taxes.
  28. Buy more solar panels in case of NATO WAR.
    Sweden is seeking to join NATO.
  29. Change owner of church Public Storage locker.
  30. rebuild Attic fan power switchbox.
  31. Wells Fargo Advisors
  32. Good Will
  33. Hand truck
  34. Fertilize the lawn
  35. Repair the eves on our home
  36. Replace back door of garage
  37. Repair window in garage
  38. Replace seal under garage door
    • Locate part number for Door seal.
  39. Two 8GB Raspberry Pi’s are ordered from Newark Electronics.
  40. Register with IRS as an administrator of an estate.
    File estate taxes.
  41. Put tape over door seals on Blue.
  42. Research Lawyer for Arizona

Monday

It was a beautiful day outside, I did some tuning of my backyard antenna and centering the resonant frequencies more towards the middle of the band.

Tuesday

Tuesday was a rainy day, but I was just a bit too active. I got onto WW in the morning with 5 Watts, they did say I was a little light. Then I worked on some organization/planning. We went to Longhorn’s for lunch and I walked about 200 yards. I paid dearly for that because I was hurting all over between the changing weather and the long walk. I noticed a water spot on the chimney, need to keep an eye on that!

Wednesday

Got up and onto WW net with Uncle Paul this morning. I also listened in on the morning drive with GARS. This time I used 90Watts LOL. I retuned the 40M antenna and firmly attached aerials, so they don’t move across the insulators. I also replaced the heavy porcelain insulator with a lightweight plastic one to raise the antenna out of reach. Went up into the attic looking for a roof leak, I didn’t find anything wet near the chimney. Went to the Ortho dentist and paid our $400 to get onto their plan for the Wife’s braces. Played with the radio most of the evening.

Thursday

Had a rough evening, I obviously was too active again yesterday. My backsides were in a abnormal state of pain this morning. I did manage to put a strain relief on the coax cable to my back yard antenna. I also made a weather shield for the surge arrestor on the coax with its two non watertight connections. Joined WW this morning and I heard Paul check in.

Friday

Joined WW this morning and then worked on why Accuweather didn’t load. It turns out that the local DNS cache had the wrong address in it. I deleted the local DNS ad list that I loaded long ago, the Pi Hole does that for us. I also set a plastic bowl on the floor to keep the stress off my leg.

Sunday

Joined WW again this morning, set the rest of the clocks for the correct time.