A Blog and Web Site About The McDougall Family
We took the opportunity that Field Day gave, as a chance to test out our “new” 1977 camper. I belong to the Capital City Amateur Radio Club, and we attended a national event called Field Day. This year, Field Day ocured on June 27 and 28. We gathered up our supplies and headed out to […]
Read MoreToday is Samuel Morse’s birthday. Samuel Morse is the inventor of the Morse Code which many Amateur Radio Operators around the world (including me) use every day for fun and efficient communications. Today, Google celebrated the day by modifying their search logo. Can you decode it? You can visit my Ham Radio web site HERE […]
Read MoreUp to this point, our main computer printer has been a HP Photosmart D5360 inkjet. It is a very nice printer, but as you probably know, the price of ink is outrageous. I refill my own ink cartridges, which helps; but, that is a pain, and the whole deal is still expensive. 99 percent of […]
Read MoreI spent a couple of days on the roads in Eastern Montana. While out there, I spotted this old abandoned house with a tower attached to it. It is just begging to be put to good use once again. And, I would be willing to be the one to put it to good use. I’m […]
Read MoreHere is a good reason not to use Google, or buy Apple products: Google, Apple Openly Support Fight Against ‘Proposition 8’ posted by Thom Holwerda on Sat 25th Oct 2008 19:26 UTC, submitted by SK8T on OS News. In a rather unusual move, both Google and Apple have publicly backed the fight against “Proposition 8”, […]
Read MoreIf you frequent McDougallsHome.net, you may have seen the widget displayed above. What is this “Ubuntu 8.10” thing? Your computer, that you are looking at right now, has an “operating system” that controls the computer and runs the programs you want to run. On your computer, the operating system is probably Windows XP or Windows […]
Read MoreMy little treasure from Moldova. I recently went to Moldova on a short term missions trip. While there, I found a nice 24 hour clock for sale. It is very large with the digits nearly two inches high, and the digits are very bright. Although, it is wired with a European 240 Volt plug on […]
Read MoreI don’t normally copy posts from other blogs, but I thought this one was worth mentioning. This is from the ARRL web site at http://arrl.org On Sunday, September 21, Bob Williams, N7ODM, ofBozeman, Montana, was just tuning around on 40 meters, giving his rig atest just before a scheduled QSO with his brother Rich, K7URU, […]
Read MoreI am in the process of creating a new web site for my Amateur Radio activities. It is in the very early stages, and will probably change often; but you can check it out by clicking HERE. Eventually, I will be moving all of my Ham Radio posts over to that site. The site address […]
Read MoreI love to collect old radio items. I don’t really go out of my way to find them, but when they find me, I am very interested in picking them up if they are not too hard on my bank account. I found this beauty at a garage sale today. There were a couple of […]
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