Good morning!!!!

m7040 · 2025-09-18T07:43:53-0400

good morning, 60 going to 81, rained most of the day yesterday but looks to be a sunny day

Picking up the Mac PC from a check for virus infections this morning.
Apparently it was infected but it was only geared towards windows PCs so no worries

Popgadget · 2025-09-18T08:14:27-0400

Good Morning
62° with a high overcast, sun peeking through the clouds. Supposed to clear and reach 80.

Yesterday’s trip was uneventful, a bit of weather off the coast, but nice at the Vineyard. Passenger’s daughter brought us Liz Lemon sandwiches that we ate on the way back to Philly. They got two thumbs up from us.

When I got home I made a tool to rotate the pins that the rotor blades attach to the hub on a 1930’s Pitcairn PA18 autogiro that my friend is restoring.

After dinner went to see another friend that had a seizure last Wednesday. He seems to be no worse for the wear, but they are still doing tests. There was some serious concerns because he has had heart issues and has an implanted defibrillator.
Hopefully he will come out the RC field and visit with the old guys this morning. I offered to pick him up, hopefully he takes me up on it. We used to fly RC together, ha an antique airplanes, and retired as a captain from United, so he certainly has the interest.

First thing on the agenda though is breakfast with the professor, then I’ll let the day take on a life of its own.

scott_vt · 2025-09-18T08:15:03-0400

Good Morning Again,

daugen said:
Scott, good luck on the ham exam.

Thanks Drew

WinterDeere said:
For some reason, the license rank of "Novice" stuck in my head, not "Amateur". I think the license numbers even started or ended with "N" to denote Novice. I wonder if that has changed?

WinterDeere, yes you are correct about the N. My first call sign in 1966 or 67 was WN1HLP. I lost the N designation when I passed my General exam about 9 or 10 months later. WA1HLP then. Then a year after that I passed the Amateur Advanced exam. I left the hobby in 1970 or 71 and got interested again earlier this year. Quite a layover

I applied for a vanity call sign in early June of this year, W1HLP , because it had the same suffix as my old call sign and it was available. So now after almost 60 years I’m going for the Extra class license, hoping it’s never too late. The hobby has changed significantly in the last 50 years. But it’s still about contacting other operators around the country and world

wngsprd said:
Scotty, I'm sure you'll ace that exam.

Billy, thanks

Mostly, we never did get that rain

Have a great day

Looking4new · 2025-09-18T08:29:16-0400

Good morning, the low is 58 and going up to 66°F. Wind NW 2 mph. Mostly cloudy.

I will get the conveyor out today and adjust the chain, grease it and get the motor running again. It has high test gas in it (zero ethanol) so that should make it easier.

That is my day planned out.

Have a safe day all

ArlyA · 2025-09-18T08:33:52-0400

Looking4new said:
I will get the conveyor out today and adjust the chain, grease it and get the motor running again. It has high test gas in it (zero ethanol) so that should make it easier.

Whats the "conveyor"?

buckeyefarmer · 2025-09-18T08:53:15-0400

wngsprd said:
BEF, sounds like a wonderful trip. Sugarcreek sounds like a neat town.

That is a big Amish and Mennonite area, lots to do, lots of great places to eat. We stayed in a local motel my sister always stays at, it had recliners in the room, private patio out back with view of the farmland, and no more expensive than any other place.

Had breakfast next day at Boyd and Wurthmann in Berlin, old place where the locals eat.
The Amish now use a lot of E bikes, they are everywhere. Don’t see as many horse buggies. Our motel had 2 plugged in charging at the front door.
We drove by 2 of the bicentennial barns, painted by a guy I know. One in every 88 counties.

daugen · 2025-09-18T09:00:54-0400

great pics Dennis, looks like you had a wonderful trip

not a fun morning. Radiology tech could not get an IV line in, rotorooted both arms til
she finally called the IV team. Who got me on the first stick.
stomach is upset, headache and am tired, going to lay down and try to rest