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I just recently found out that draft install instructions for the FT-920 Inrad roofing filter have been posted into the files section of the ft920 yahoo group. The INRAD price list shows the roofing filter priced at $200.00. I’m interested in hearing feedback on how well that mod works with the 920. The filter board was supposed to be a great improvement. I have until now been muddling along without the narrower filters or the filter board mod available from Inrad. I think the roofing filter may be the answer I was seeking for that radio as a contest rig. I just hope it doesn’t completely ruin the AM reception for SWL’ing. But I have several nearby stations that can sometimes really wipe me out during a contest. All of them combined with the 50KW of WPTF only a mile away really make contesting with simple wire antennas a challenge. A first glance at the instructions gives me the impression that the install will be simpler than the install for the SSB or CW filter board. That too would be a good thing. I’m not troubled by the soldering involved, but the mechanical dis-assembly is very frustrating. So for now, the roofing filter is on the wish list. Way Cool. I ran across this article on making progress. It seemed so accurate, I thought I’d put a link to it here. It does seem to apply to all facets of life, aina? I’ve come to realize that side-walk superintending is one of mankind’s vices. But I like to think I’m learning how to stifle my own tendencies towards it. Hmmm. It seems like the NASA guys predicting the ‘big-un’, Hathaway & Wilson, are sticking with their story(as recently as last month) even though the cycle 23 sunspot trough has been dragging on. We’ll see. Anyway, the ARRL version of the story is a good read, even if only for the “you are here” graphic of sunspot cycle 23. The subject of sleep schedules comes up often in contest circles. Conventional wisdom says that sleep should be taken in 90 minute chunks. Most sleep research I’ve read seems to corroborate conventional wisdom. The Jan. 2008 issue of “Wired” magazine sent me off again on a bit of digging on the subject, specifically on “Polyphasic Sleep”. A few photos of the FCP(folded counterpoise) at the W4KAZ QTH.
Greetings Comrades! More information is now available from our sources at the Ministry of Truth. Many thanks to our ardent supporters in San Fransisco. Without fine citizens such as these, suppressing the money grubbing capitalist Kulaks would be far more difficult. We are only disappointed to see no one had their turtle costume for this event. The Ministry of Truth has issued a statement that will be of interest to all GoodThink Peeps in the Republic. We now know that the Administration hopes that we will benefit from the Benevolence of Dear Exalted Leader forever! This will be made possible through the work of our fine scientists pioneer work with amateur operators from the 75 meter nets! We have word direct from the Ministry of Trooth that Our Benevolent Dear Exalted Leader ObaMao is himself quite please with the ringing endorsement given to the administration of the New Peeps Republic by Comrade Castro, the original el Jeffe’ himself! This most unexpected vote of confidence in the direction of the New Peeps Republic is another indictation of the historical nature of the changes sweeping clean the face of the Peeps! Finally, we need to ask you hear the words of the Great Satan, idol of the money grubbing capitalist Kulaks. It is imperative you become familiar with the arguments of the Great Satan, lest you be unable to refute his arguments should you hear them mentioned. *
* Greetings comrades! We have a few words of Newspeak from the Ministry of Truth. First, we wish to extend exuberant greetings to our fellow travelers in Canada, in particular the brown shirts at the University of Ottawa. We are overjoyed at the welcome received by the vile Kulak Spokeperson Coulter. The display of love and open minded tolerance by our northern fellow travelers is truly heart warming down in the New Peeps Repubic, especially at the administration’s Ministry of Truth. The students’ tolerance for the opposition is to be commended! We know it is a struggle, but the Ministry of Truth is overjoyed to see such an outpouring of love and support from the kind citizens of our closest neighbor. We are also quite pleased with the Ministry of Truth campaign to expose the vile death threats being made on behalf of the unhinged bourgeois Kulak opposition. While it is true there has been no statistically significant change in the number of threats of violence received, it was too delicious an opportunity to portray the evil Kulaks as nut jobs and fruitcakes. Who in their right mind could not fall adoringly at the feet of our Dear Exalted High Leader ObaMao? That alone is a sure sign of derangement! The Ministry of Truth will have more information on the heinous plans of these so called “businessmen”, and we have loyal Party operatives infiltrating areas in the Red Zone just in case we need to generate more vicious attack audio from the lands of the slack jawed yokels! We have also noticed that the Kulaks are now becoming aware of the true subtlety of ‘The Law for Removing Stress From The People and The Reich’. It is becoming obvious they did not realize that all decision and rule making authority was being granted to various loyal Party members working as departmental operatives within the administration of Benevolent High Exalted Leader. The Ministry of Truth is working diligently behind the scenes to make the transition of power to these new fiefdoms as easy as possible. Loyal Party members who are seeking preferential treatment should begin making generous donations now to the Party. Small denomination currency is appropriate, and donations in Euros will be preferred since the ink on the trillions of newly minted dollars is still so wet. We also encourage the use of the Kulaks ‘gift card’ products since they help to cloud the paper trail. This may be important should the Kulaks somehow gain access to records currently guarded by The Party. Finally, a word to Comrade K3NG about the program to harvest organs and Precious Bodily Fluids from the denizens of 75 meter nets. The program has actually been quite active, and many brains were pre-harvested and are in use by administration Party operatives. Comrade Stasi has found that these brains were well suited to the phony ‘death threat’ false flag dis-information operation, and have been in widespread use over the past several weeks. Since it is so difficult to convince the greedy Kulaks to stop their incessant money grubbing long enough to portray them in their proper place as snaggle toothed hill billies “clinging to their guns and religion”, Comrade Stasi has found these amateur brains quite useful. Plans to harvest additional body parts have been abandoned after it was determined these other parts were in a state of dis-repair. These late night chats will be allowed to proceed until such time as we have more shovels to issue them for the “shovel ready projects”. It would appear that there will be delays at the shovel factory, since the Kulak CEO’s seem to be having difficulty making transition from their previous cushy desk jobs to their new employment hand crafting shovels. More former CEO’s will soon be dispatched to assist the shovel manufacture operations once Benevolent Exalted Leader determines which of these Kulaks are truly Enemies of the State. New informations will be available on these matters as events unfold. We are currently seeking thugs with the correct credentials to populate the new jobs created to help separate the evil Kulak money grubbers from their property. Only the most loyal and motivated Party members will be considered for these important positions, as we expect the Kulaks to attempt to flee with their ill gotten gains. Shovels will be preferentially requisitioned from the available supply for these Kulaks who are unwilling to cooperate, especially those who have refused to grant generous donations to the Party in small denominations. Until the next dispatch, sit back and relax – it is going to be like the Kulaks ‘Christmas’! Note: Since the term “Christmas” is considered so offensive at the ministry of Truth, we will soon begin the transition from the commonly used term “Christmas” to “Most Benevolent and Exhalted Leaders’ Meatless Winterfest”, and extra turnips will be distributed if they are available. Greetings comrades!  A new day dawns as the work to overthrow the bourgeois Republic of Kulaks gains unstoppable momentum!Comrade Most Exalted Leader today will host a ceremony to celebrate the passage of the Enabling Act.  I’m sure all of the racist Kulaks will somehow see significance in this day, just completely by coincidence coinciding with the anniversary of the 1933 Enabling Law passed by the Reichstag.Dismiss these foolish comparisons!  Our own fearless Diet leadership has crafted a more masterful  ‘Law for Removing the Distress of the People and the Reich’ which bears absolutely no resemblance to that used by previous National Socialists to overthrow their own republic.   Our leaders have done a masterful job of crafting a much more indirect route to the creation of The Peoples paradise as foreseen by Fearless Leader Most Exalted ObaMao.  Previous governments foolishly chose a direct approach, penning only a single page.  Our Enabling Law is several THOUSAND pages.  The Kulaks will never be able to unravel this Gordian knot before it is too late!Says a government spokesman: “The government will make use of these powers only insofar as they are essential for carrying out vitally necessary measures…The number of cases in which an internal necessity exists for having recourse to such a law is in itself a limited one.”So comrades, go forth and cast aspersions on all Kulaks who would question the wisdom of our own superior  Ermächtigungsgesetz.  Be certain to collect and make note of their names, as preparations for “shovel ready” work camps are being made! |
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