Dashtoons For 2011

I'm relaxing with Dashtoons produced, directed, and created by Jeff Murray, K1NSS.

I joked with my fiancee earlier this morning with an undertone of seriousness that in the mid-life transition one's attitude and perspective begins shifting. The routine of yesterday becomes boredom or dissatisfaction in the 24 hour revolving world of today. Squarely, I'm reassessing what is really important for example sustainable health.

I'm learning personal health is as fragile as crystal glass. I laughed when wise men warned me about physiological changes waiting over the horizon. This is a fill in the blank sentence for those of us in our mid-forties likewise do not wait or procrastinate an annual physical either.

Relax with Dashtoons because Jeff, K1NSS and his creativity is a kilowatt of pure ham radio fun generating radio frequency for one's imagination.

Turn on, tune up, and operate.

Happy #hamr New Year

Wishing you and yours a very Happy New Year KB11. My one #hamr goal is activating local summits and hilltops inside San Luis Obispo plus Santa Barbara Counties going into the New Year. I joined Summits On The Air USA (SOTAUSA) inspired by Goody, K3NG because he is zero beat on.

Ham radio can be shackadelic.

A #hamr Christmas

I'm spending much of today in the relaxation mode after two wonderful
days with family while sharing good food. The calorie counter hit 20dB
and we enjoyed comfort food such as roast beef on Christmas Eve then a
21 pound homegrown turkey on Christmas Day. We talked politics,
remembered loved ones, laughed about aging gracefully, and joked with
one another.

I logged into Twitter on Christmas Eve and many of us exchanged
greetings otherwise impossible given current band conditions. The 850S
was on through most of the day. I'd go into the shack spinning the
dial to a mostly quiet ionosphere not a signal heard until late in the
afternoon.

There, right there on 20m CW, I heard Phil, KL8DX chatting with
someone in four land. His signal was strong in fact arm chair copy. I
took a picture of the 850S and tweeted Phil's s-meter reading while
waiting my turn. I was on the clock waiting for family while KL8DX
wrapped up his QSO. The ionospheric moment arrived and I tapped out my
callsign using the Bencher paddles.

My 60 watt signal into a ground mounted vertical between condos took
off for Alaska. Would Phil hear me? I heard KL8DX send my callsign and
a big hoot followed out the shackadelic door! We chatted for a few
minutes before family arrived for Christmas Eve dinner.

Thank you Phil for the #hamr Q because I enjoyed my December 24th
contact. It was one for the logbook.

Tune up and operate.