Week of 26 Feb 2024

  1. Clean disposable filters.
  2. Buy air filters 16x25x1
  3. Wells Fargo check
  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. Add lightning spar on backyard antenna.
  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. Marriage Retreat registration by Feb 28th.
    I think we are opting OUT of staying the night.
  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. Configure Ham Radio Deluxe software.
    Why doesn’t it carry the power over to QRZ.
  25. Recycle Batteries #3
  26. Look for another Subpoena.
    (They may not ask us anymore because of a chain of custody issue.)
  27. Add relay to refrigerator UPS to charge from Solar.
  28. Check on Home Owners insurance for storage.
  29. Fix Jacoby account
  30. TurboTax 2024.
    Signed in and started my 2023 taxes.
  31. Buy more solar panels in case of NATO WAR.
    Sweden is seeking to join NATO.
  32. Change owner of church Public Storage locker.
  33. rebuild Attic fan power switchbox.
  34. Wells Fargo Advisors
  35. Good Will
  36. Hand truck
  37. Fertilize the lawn
  38. Repair the eves on our home
  39. Replace back door of garage
  40. Repair window in garage
  41. Replace seal under garage door
    • Locate part number for Door seal.
  42. Two 8GB Raspberry Pi’s are ordered from Newark Electronics.
  43. Register with IRS as an administrator of an estate.
    File estate taxes.
  44. Put tape over door seals on Blue.
  45. Research Lawyer for Arizona

Three band 10, 20 and 40Meter Inverted VEE antenna to be somewhat Omni.

I definitely fell down on the blogging this week. The beginning of the week was a bit of chaos trying to nail down prescriptions and daily tasks. Wednesday, I managed to get seriously hurt and that triggered shingles. I went to a doc in the box on Friday after the pain was getting unbearable. That’s when we found out that the rash across my back was shingles. Saturday still in pain went to the emergency room to get an xray of my hip to rule out a fracture. (Which I seriously thought it was.) They did a CAT and it didn’t show anything which is terrific news. They also gave me some Tramadol for the pain. Yea. I was still in significant pain on Sunday, so I went home right after setup.

Spent some good time working with the HF radio this week. Checked in on the WW net most every morning and made some 200 contacts on FT8 with HRD providing the logging. The antenna is now safe to operate with the ariels high enough off the ground they cannot be easily reached. Even though the ariels are insulated, it’s possible to get a small RF burn on them. I spent a good deal of time tuning them, it turns out that the distance between the 10M and 20M ariels is a critical tuning distance.