Corey McKay
@cmckayfl.bsky.social
Hertzian wave aficionado, former geek who occasionally wanders the infosec landscape. I often nerd out on weather and wildfires.
Congratulations on joining the hobby of a thousand sub-hobbies, and every one is a potential rabbit hole to fall down!
Jon's callsign is now NM3J, once you get an HF system running you should contact him for a sked (a pre-scheduled radio contact)!
www.qrz.com/db/NM3J
Jon's callsign is now NM3J, once you get an HF system running you should contact him for a sked (a pre-scheduled radio contact)!
www.qrz.com/db/NM3J
NM3J Callsign Page
NM3J personal biography
www.qrz.com
July 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Congratulations on joining the hobby of a thousand sub-hobbies, and every one is a potential rabbit hole to fall down!
Jon's callsign is now NM3J, once you get an HF system running you should contact him for a sked (a pre-scheduled radio contact)!
www.qrz.com/db/NM3J
Jon's callsign is now NM3J, once you get an HF system running you should contact him for a sked (a pre-scheduled radio contact)!
www.qrz.com/db/NM3J
I'm familiar with the tomato side of that locally.
June 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I'm familiar with the tomato side of that locally.
70% of hives trucked to CA every season??? That's wild. I frankly can't see how that's profitable, especially when accidents happen.
Does the drastic ecology change have any effect on the bees?
Does the drastic ecology change have any effect on the bees?
June 16, 2025 at 12:52 AM
70% of hives trucked to CA every season??? That's wild. I frankly can't see how that's profitable, especially when accidents happen.
Does the drastic ecology change have any effect on the bees?
Does the drastic ecology change have any effect on the bees?
I heard about another incident this last week involving a truck in Washington state hauling 70,000lbs of hives.
June 2, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I heard about another incident this last week involving a truck in Washington state hauling 70,000lbs of hives.
Do you put out empty boxes in hopes they colonize it, or what is the best method of recapture?
May 19, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Do you put out empty boxes in hopes they colonize it, or what is the best method of recapture?
Straps keep the boxes intact which then keep the bees in. Loose angry bees at an accident site sounds like zero fun.
May 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Straps keep the boxes intact which then keep the bees in. Loose angry bees at an accident site sounds like zero fun.
That is one vehicle I would definitely not want to get in an accident with.
April 28, 2025 at 1:39 AM
That is one vehicle I would definitely not want to get in an accident with.
Would then need two significant 2nd tier BP/BR duplexers to split each repeater's RX & TX from its 1MHz off sibling, plus add a pre-amp between 1st tier duplexer & 2nd tier INPUT duplexer to offset the insertion loss of the first duplexer plus some.
Never did it, but we knew it wouldn't be cheap.
Never did it, but we knew it wouldn't be cheap.
April 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Would then need two significant 2nd tier BP/BR duplexers to split each repeater's RX & TX from its 1MHz off sibling, plus add a pre-amp between 1st tier duplexer & 2nd tier INPUT duplexer to offset the insertion loss of the first duplexer plus some.
Never did it, but we knew it wouldn't be cheap.
Never did it, but we knew it wouldn't be cheap.
Never got to try it, but a commercial UHF (463MHz/468Mhz) & GMRS (462MHz/467MHz) were planned and there was only room for one UHF antenna. Nearest we could figure it would require a wide bandpass duplexer at the antenna feed with a split at 465MHz to split the TX's and RX's apart, with only 1MHz gap
April 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Never got to try it, but a commercial UHF (463MHz/468Mhz) & GMRS (462MHz/467MHz) were planned and there was only room for one UHF antenna. Nearest we could figure it would require a wide bandpass duplexer at the antenna feed with a split at 465MHz to split the TX's and RX's apart, with only 1MHz gap
The lack of a local source for foam block by the foot is going to be a very expensive problem for me in the future.
April 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
The lack of a local source for foam block by the foot is going to be a very expensive problem for me in the future.
I borrowed a Prelude for two weeks from an old boss while working on the truck I had at the time. When I gave him the keys back I told him there was no way I could own one and not go broke with speeding tickets! That car was way too much fun.
March 31, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I borrowed a Prelude for two weeks from an old boss while working on the truck I had at the time. When I gave him the keys back I told him there was no way I could own one and not go broke with speeding tickets! That car was way too much fun.
Although I doubt it is much of an issue in an arid climate, check if the Berryman product you're using vaporizes to coat the inside of the tank and lines. I've been using StaBil 360 Marine fuel stabilizer, which does vaporize. Left a truck in the yard for two years with the StaBil product, all good.
March 31, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Although I doubt it is much of an issue in an arid climate, check if the Berryman product you're using vaporizes to coat the inside of the tank and lines. I've been using StaBil 360 Marine fuel stabilizer, which does vaporize. Left a truck in the yard for two years with the StaBil product, all good.
Unless they regularly run that ICE vehicle at least once a week in place of their EV, it won't be reliable enough to drive long distance. a battery maintainer and fuel stabilizer isn't enough.
March 24, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Unless they regularly run that ICE vehicle at least once a week in place of their EV, it won't be reliable enough to drive long distance. a battery maintainer and fuel stabilizer isn't enough.
I would've taken the Honda, because as Tom Magliozzi said "Life is too short to own a German car.”
The only EV I plan on owning is a converted minitruck, I'll probably still have a small inverter generator in the engine bay for an emergency backup charger. Can't install a charger at home or work.
The only EV I plan on owning is a converted minitruck, I'll probably still have a small inverter generator in the engine bay for an emergency backup charger. Can't install a charger at home or work.
March 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I would've taken the Honda, because as Tom Magliozzi said "Life is too short to own a German car.”
The only EV I plan on owning is a converted minitruck, I'll probably still have a small inverter generator in the engine bay for an emergency backup charger. Can't install a charger at home or work.
The only EV I plan on owning is a converted minitruck, I'll probably still have a small inverter generator in the engine bay for an emergency backup charger. Can't install a charger at home or work.
The old ones with better filtering are worth hanging onto.
January 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The old ones with better filtering are worth hanging onto.
1) Print.
2) If a shop manual likely to get dirty- paperback (cheaper to replace). If a reference manual, history related, comic anthology, or most other things- hardback.
3) depends on the topic, availability, and how much I trust my ability to walk into a bookstore and not go broke.
2) If a shop manual likely to get dirty- paperback (cheaper to replace). If a reference manual, history related, comic anthology, or most other things- hardback.
3) depends on the topic, availability, and how much I trust my ability to walk into a bookstore and not go broke.
December 2, 2024 at 2:14 AM
1) Print.
2) If a shop manual likely to get dirty- paperback (cheaper to replace). If a reference manual, history related, comic anthology, or most other things- hardback.
3) depends on the topic, availability, and how much I trust my ability to walk into a bookstore and not go broke.
2) If a shop manual likely to get dirty- paperback (cheaper to replace). If a reference manual, history related, comic anthology, or most other things- hardback.
3) depends on the topic, availability, and how much I trust my ability to walk into a bookstore and not go broke.
Don't forgot the dynamic ad size randomly scrolling the article you're trying to read!
November 11, 2024 at 1:24 AM
Don't forgot the dynamic ad size randomly scrolling the article you're trying to read!
If I could get away with it, I'd seed the entire yard with mint, fennel and oregano.
It would smell amazing and I'd be starving by the time I finished mowing!
It would smell amazing and I'd be starving by the time I finished mowing!
July 28, 2024 at 7:38 PM
If I could get away with it, I'd seed the entire yard with mint, fennel and oregano.
It would smell amazing and I'd be starving by the time I finished mowing!
It would smell amazing and I'd be starving by the time I finished mowing!
The Basil is blooming though. Careful, my one plant took over half the garden in a month.
July 21, 2024 at 7:06 PM
The Basil is blooming though. Careful, my one plant took over half the garden in a month.
Heh. Haven't seen that in years. Had legit volume codes for Win98 and XP though.
May 6, 2024 at 12:37 AM
Heh. Haven't seen that in years. Had legit volume codes for Win98 and XP though.
CW and Morse code aren't requirements for the US tests anymore, I think those went away in 2007.
Not being able to get any good with head copying Morse is why I couldn't get my license back when it was a requirement.
Not being able to get any good with head copying Morse is why I couldn't get my license back when it was a requirement.
May 6, 2024 at 12:29 AM
CW and Morse code aren't requirements for the US tests anymore, I think those went away in 2007.
Not being able to get any good with head copying Morse is why I couldn't get my license back when it was a requirement.
Not being able to get any good with head copying Morse is why I couldn't get my license back when it was a requirement.
I know that feeling, so I can can say "never say never"! 😁
April 29, 2024 at 1:06 AM
I know that feeling, so I can can say "never say never"! 😁