@nprofile1q... Good luck with the whole explode brain thing.

After hearing so many horror stories a while back I decided to avoid it myself, unless I really cornered myself into needing to learn it on my own. I mean, I have a son who is young enough to still be able to learn complex new things so I don't have to learn absolutely everything myself. 😅

@nprofile1q... For me personally it was always a kind of novelty band, and one that was difficult to have work well with a single EFHW that handled all other workable bands better...

To use an old-fashioned idiom, the "red-headed stepchild" of the ham bands.

But I'd be trying to work it on occasion if my current antenna remotely supported it, which my old one did, just barely.

@vitalis Very nice and totally worth it. It's a lot easier to avoid that rust with proper upkeep if you can find the will to do it promptly... Or better yet, have a squire to do it for you!

@nprofile1q... Of course. And the rest of the headline would be "Trumpexpects to rake in billions from oil companies for this quid pro quo ion addition to personal and family profits, as usual."

@nprofile1q... Good luck! and I'd love to hear more details and see progress.

@nprofile1q... Wasn't that the "de-gauss" button for the old CRT monitors?... It's been a long time.

@nprofile1q... Mmmmm.... Brunch.

(I may be biased as I love breakfast. In fact my old hiking group used to often opt for breakfast after a hike even though it was well into the afternoon by then. :)

@nprofile1q... Interesting perspective. I know of the Everest/Mauna Kea comparison, but the Chimborazo comparison is new to me.

A fascinating trivia about Mauna Kea (which I discovered red while at the peak) is that the measured benchmark height at the peak is different that that derived by GPS. I was informed this is because of differences in how they are measured, and that the mass of the big island pulls the ocean up against it, raising the local sea level.

@nprofile1q... Amen. I've always been an avid reader and books are in some ways magic.

Let me add my gratitude to all the authors/writers in all their styles and topics.