Greetings all,
As an update to my repeater project, I haven't done anything since my last post. I unexpectedly lost my job, and ened up having to go back to work for my previous employer. In the interrim, I picked up a couple clients of my own and between my regular job and my personal computer clients I've been quite busy. It's left little time to do much more than eat/sleep/work.
I ended up taking another very long driving trip last month from here to the Orlando Florida area and back. My son (the one I've mentioned in previous posts) needed to go pick up his daughter from his wife's parents there, and so we decided to make the trip non-stop other than for fuel and brief nature breaks. The goal was to leave after I got off work on a Thursday evening and be back in Iowa by Saturday afternoon. It would have worked, except my son wasn't able to sleep in the car. We made it to Orlando before sundown on Friday and were back into Georgia before midnight on the way back. We ended up having to pull over and sleep for a while, and we still made it back to Iowa on Saturday, but not until late. During the trip I had my APRS active so my wife could keep tabs on where I was. She worries about me, more than I worry about me. But I suppose rightly so since I have a heart condition. I may not be old, but I'm not as young as I used to be either. And so I still think I can do more than I really can. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. Anyway, I managed to have a nice QSO on 2 meters while I was in Orlando. This time I don't remember the call sign of the gentleman I conversed with. I also received a couple QSL cards. One from N4SVC and one from KD4AMP. They were monitoring APRS.fi as we passed through northern Florida. Thanks to you gentlemen. It's nice to know someone keeps track of me!
If things ever slow down, I might be able to get back to projects.
Take care everyone.
73
Steve
KDØWSW
