Recent content by The_Chief

Yep, it was a Baofeng UV-5R. I already have the BF-F8HP Pro, which is the next-gen UV-5R. I'll probably end up giving it back to the club so they can gift it to someone else.

Yep, RF burns heal very slowly and they hurt the whole time they're doing it. Lesson learned: don't touch the business end during transmission!

Thanks, they gave me a radio for passing the tests! I wish I'd known that before I bought a radio... now I have a spare :p

Our local amateur radio group held its annual Hamfest this morning and was administering the FCC exams. I went in, took both the Technician and General Class exams, passed both. Now I have my licenses, I can figure out what I've gotten myself into :)

I remember Naked News... fondly...

After considering the new features of the S26 Ultra, our genuine need for them and how seldom we would use them, the Darling Bride and I decided that it's not worth the $700 (with trade-in) to get the new phone. I'll wait a few weeks and see what the Moto G Stylus (2026) will offer for a far...

Becoming an adult in the 1980s meant being a little child in the mid-1960s, when women were obsessed with trying to hit the "perfect" measurement: 36-24-36. They would get together for "lunch" at Woolworth's and lunch would be a lettuce leaf with a slice of pineapple on it; a scoop of cottage...

Yeah, I was a bit shocked to see Premium at $3.45 at Costco! Heck, Regular was $2.85

Well, that's not something we should take for granite!