@ve9qrp Interesting, I'll have to play with my #FTdx10 passband, contour, and notch controls to see if I can do something like you were demonstrating.

@VE6LK Hi Vince, have you published anything on building your battery packs? Didn’t find anything with a quick scan of your web site and YouTube channel.

@WFDA , would it be possible to have an rss feed of your blog? That solves the “how do I know when there’s a new post” problem.

@ve9qrp Congrats Bruce on your score. Sorry to hear your hexbeam didn’t fare well in the wind. Wonder if would be practical to configure a collapsible hexbeam? Sort of like an inverted patio umbrella that could be collapsed and secured in 10-15 minutes.

@scott IIRC, Coherent was something like $99 USD. Linux was considered immature at the time and required a 386. It also had an excellent manual which was a great reference for lex, yacc, etc. Only recently tossed it while purging for a move.

@scott Reminds me of another Unix clone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coherent_%28operating_system%29 I ran for awhile back in the early ‘90s on a 286. Using dial-up UUCP to a local Coherent site I was able to get “free” access to Usenet groups and email. Speaking of UUCP, apparently it’s being used over HF in a Brazil emergency net system https://www.rhizomatica.org/hermes/. Another ham radio rathole to go down!

@SCampbell WestJet has a seasonal direct flight to Paris (starts Jul 1 this year)

@scott I’ve come to the same solution except with Lenovo ThinkCentre units. I’m a reluctant Windows user (need it for some ham radio software) and recently got a i7/32GB RAM/500GB SSD unit with Windows 11 Pro for $330 CAD. The last few I’ve purchased through refurb.io here in Canada. Like you say, why buy new?