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working split (for the hams here)

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tommag, 03-07-2024, 05:23 PM

I recently learned about working split for pileups. J38r was working split (duplex) from a dxpedition on an island near Granada. He was transmitting on 28.440 and listening between 5 and 15 kilohertz up. I managed to sort of get him but he couldn't copy well enough to count as a contact. After an hour I gave up and called my neighbor and walked him through setting his radio for working split. My neighbor was able to set his radio up for this but had no luck making the contact either.
He had never done this before and if nothing else, it felt good to teach him what I've learned.
So much for my knowledge of geography. Grenada is the island. For some reason I thought it was on the mainland.

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[FPC News] FPC and FPCAF File Supreme Court Response Brief in Their Lawsuit Challeng

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Alphie, 03-07-2024, 05:10 PM

[FPC News] FPC and FPCAF File Supreme Court Response Brief in Their Lawsuit Challeng

WASHINGTON (March 7, 2024) – Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and FPC Action Foundation (FPCAF) announced the filing of their Response Brief with the United States Supreme Court in its lawsuit challenging ATF’s “frame or receiver” rule.

http://www.firearmspolicy.org/fpc-and-fp...eiver-rule

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the benefits of excercise

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tommag, 03-07-2024, 05:15 AM

Walking can add minutes to your life. This enables you at 85 years old to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing home at $7000 per month.

My grandpa started walking five miles a day when he was 60. Now he's 97 years old and we don't know where he is.

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

The only reason I would take up walking is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.

I have to walk early in the morning, before my brain figures out what I'm doing.

I joined a health club last year, spent about 400 bucks. Haven't lost a pound. Apparently you have to go there.

Every time I hear the dirty word 'exercise', I wash my mouth out with chocolate.

The advantage of exercising every day is so when you die, they'll say, 'Well, he looks good doesn't he.'

If you are going to try cross-country skiing, start with a small country.

I know I got a lot of exercise the last few years, just getting over the hill.

We all get heavier as we get older, because there's a lot more information in our heads. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Every time I start thinking too much about how I look, I just find a Happy Hour and by the time I leave, I look just fine.

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Space X Hates Us

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Rampy, 03-07-2024, 03:06 AM

They have scheduled the next launch of Starship for 14 March, 11 days before we arrive, what’s the chances they will have 12 days worth of delays 🤣🤣🤣🤣