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  1. @kd0bik but I have no problem supporting them and waiting. great product that can only get better I hope.
  2. @kd0bik ah well. I prepaid in advance so I was kinda hoping I was going to have something new to play with now that Dayton was over.
  3. I swore HRD 6.0 was coming out at Dayton. Must have read something wrong. Sigh
  4. I want to be at Dayton. Sad.
  5. All in all things are cool. Kinda been trying to avoid various social media stuff. Laying low on Twitter and what not. Catch y'all later.
  6. Got back on radio this weekend and so far I've gone 5 days in a row making at least one PSK31 contact a day. Also started playing Diablo 3.
  7. Quick twitter ham friends update. Spinal Cord Stimulator trial went amazingly. Should get a permanent one in a couple of months........
  8. Well no Buddipole antenna for me any time soon. Someone more important can use it more than me. In due time, in due time.
  9. Is the Kenwood TS-990S on the back of June QST the new Kenwood station that everyone was hyped up about for Dayton? Looks nice.
  10. @NR4CB me too! need to do that more often. Need to check my WAS status for RTTY and PSK and try finishing up those.
  11. I got some 20m PSK31 in with Fiji, Cuba and NJ. Not bad. Happy to get Fiji that's for sure!
  12. Well, I turned the radio back for first time since Jan. it seems. I thought I did a couple of contacts once since then but I didn't log them
  13. I'm SOOOO tempted to finally break down and buy the Deluxe Buddipole - Long Version. Sigh.
  14. @KL8DX that's what dreams are for, the hope of "one day". Never know.
  15. @KL8DX I'm glad too! It's neat to see and hear about something I once dreamed of doing. Next best thing to being there! Thanks
  16. @KL8DX still very jealous. Continue to live my dream for me and I'll live vicariously through you.
  17. @N1FIY haha!
  18. @KC8GRQ @gmcintire most of the work these days is lighting up fiber for businesses, P2P, dark, MAN/WAN, and everything in between.
  19. @KC8GRQ @gmcintire I work for a large cable co. and if they are anything like us I'm sure the business services group will sell to you
  20. @KC8GRQ I love my TENS unit but the minute you turn it off pain returns. These spinal cord stimulators are implanted and run non-stop