The Sticking Place Aug 2, 2022 ultrarunning MACBETH If we should fail— LADY MACBETH We fail? But screw your courage to the sticking place And we’ll not fail. - Wm. Shakespeare, Macbeth Last High Volume Week Aug 1, 2022 ultrarunning A couple of weeks ago about two miles into a 5 mile run, my right knee started complaining. Since the hamstring injury early this year training has Diversity and Inclusion Jul 19, 2022 musings & amateur radio I’m still thinking about Dan Romanchik KB6NU’s post about inclusion and amateur radio regarding one club having a chaplain and starting meetings My Bridgecom BCR-220 story Jul 19, 2022 amateur radio In November, 2019 I bought a Bridgecom BCR-220 repeater and duplexer to set up at my home. I wanted to learn about repeaters, and owning one and More NVIS Thinking Jul 19, 2022 amateur radio & NVIS I think the idea of different NVIS antenna designs for different situations is pretty solid, so I have been thinking about parameter ranges for Bob Becker's 2022 Badwater 135 Finish Jul 14, 2022 ultrarunning & musings “The point is reached when fatigue drives us back into ourselves, into those secluded parts of our souls that we discover only under times of such Inclusion Jul 11, 2022 amateur radio & musings Dan KB6NU opines on this reddit post about an amateur radio club that starts meetings with the group chaplain offering an invocation: Hello, newbie Compelled Speech Jul 6, 2022 musings “My prison will be my grave before I budge a jot, for I owe my conscience to no mortal man.” - William Penn When I was in second grade, I got in Marathon Support - Runners Jun 28, 2022 ultrarunning One of the best parts of doing marathon support recently was the chance to see and encourage runners. The aid station I where I was deployed was at An Excellent NVIS presentation video Jun 23, 2022 amateur radio I’m a big believer in learning from mistakes. My preference is to learn from other people’s mistakes. This saves me the time, effort, and NVIS antenna thinking Jun 22, 2022 amateur radio After giving my newly revised presentation on NVIS propagation and NVIS antennas last night I was left unsatisfied with the last part of the Marathon Support Jun 13, 2022 amateur radio Yesterday I spent about half my day doing communications support for the Tunnel Marathon. Race support seems like a fine alignment between my NVIS presentation Jun 8, 2022 amateur radio & NVIS I’ve been asked to do a presentation on NVIS and NVIS antennas for the Microhams club. Since I’ve had further thoughts on how to improve my Aphorisms Jun 6, 2022 musings & ultrarunning Since 2012, it’s been my habit to come up with one aphorism which I think sums up my experience of that year. Here’s the list. (Attributions where I Bank of Badass May 30, 2022 ultrarunning & musings “You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” - Jack London Yesterday’s run: the second of two back-to-back 12 milers. In Mobile VHF/UHF Installation May 27, 2022 amateur radio My goals for a mobile radio installation are: 100% reversible - no holes, nothing permanently mounted. Easily removable, so that it’s simple to Awakenings May 27, 2022 ultrarunning & musings “Awakenings are always terrifying, as they force you to realize that your past has been lived in confinement. The most disturbing part is when you Forest Changes May 26, 2022 forest life The recent rains have wrought a lot of changes in the past week. The cool, wet spring delayed the annual Arthropod Explosion but in the past two Web Hosting Issues May 25, 2022 musings & WWW & blot.im I’ve no final thoughts on this, just a bunch of loosely organized observations. Some of this is based on my search for a web/blog hosting service Bad Runs May 23, 2022 ultrarunning & musings “If one could run without getting tired, I don’t think one would often want to do anything else.” - C. S. Lewis Sometimes you do the day’s run and Next page