Recent content by The_Chief

<---- (took four years of Spanish in high school) :D

¿Por que? ¿No habla Español?

Making a thief rat herself out in 3... 2... 1...

In addition to getting back to work on my next book (which, due to obligations I made to several veterans' organizations, I haven't worked on in months), I have a few ideas for screenplays that I believe would make great movies. Problem is, I have to learn a new language. When I write a book...

You KNOW I'll be awake half the night trying to figure out what you redacted in green :p

I bought the ICOM 7300 with a separate power supply. I'm balancing duty cycle and existing load: along with the power supply's rated current demand. I understand that I may not always have to transmit at 100 Watts: but this office also has my desktop (which I use for work); our NAS (which is our...

I found a guy selling an HF amateur transceiver and power supply: he made me an offer I couldn't refuse! Problem is, I can't use it yet. I have an antenna picked out... now it's a matter of where to put the antenna, run the cable between it and the radio (and ground it in case of lightning...

Looks fun until there's a fire in the middle of the night and the kids are knocked out from concussions trying to get out of bed...