W6KME

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Ham Radio and emcomms, musician, tinkerer. CVARC, VCARC, VCARS, Instructor, ARRL VE and ARES/ACS. Ventura County BORED Net and µField Day Administrator. Dedicated to helping hams (including me!) get on the air as often as possible.

Also avid sea kayaker and fixer of stuff.

http://theborednet.net
https://www.patreon.com/W6KME

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The BORED Net: http://www.theborednet.net/
CVARC: http://www.cvarc.org/
VCARC: https://www.qsl.net/k6mep/
VCARS: http://www.vcars.org/

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2024-07-27 15:42:03

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With each passing day, it's easier to be confident in my impressions of the people who have stayed there.
My impression? That the people there are either alt.right neonazis, racists, billionaire worshippers or assholes. Or are not sufficiently bothered by those people to make what can only be called a terribly minor change in their habits. In other words, not bothered at all.
One problem in the world today is that, while most people understand WWII, they don't understand the 1920s.

2024-07-10 05:04:54

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I've supervised a fair number of ham club build projects in the last few years. I would have expected hams to have an above-average hands-on ability, but this is far from the case. I've watched good hams fail to use things like measuring tapes properly. Almost none can solder.
It's strange to me, because I've always been driven to see how things work. It's been an obsessions as long as I can remember. I lack the ability to see how people can be so disinterested.

2024-07-08 01:23:03

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There comes a point where even if you are able to sweat it provides no meaningful cooling, which was the issue here. I was much younger when I lived in the desert; I'm not sure I'd survive many of the situations I used to encounter today. Add the fact that most motorcycles produce massive amounts of heat on top of whatever the weather is doing. It's just a situation a rider should not let themselves get into.

2024-07-08 01:05:56

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I've had some truly miserable summer rides in the desert, including one where I quit sweating and shortly after stopped feeling hot. And yes, opening your leathers is just exposing yourself to the furnace; no relief at all.

2024-07-06 23:07:24

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With the fire, gunfire in another part of town, the heat, etc...a Nerf gun sounds like pretty good news

2024-07-06 04:22:33

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I was talking to someone in Oak Park; most of the smoke was drifting that way.