A Blog and Web Site About The McDougall Family
Did you know that every time you visit a web site, your web browser gives the web site you are visiting, information about your operating system and web browser? And, your Internet Service Provider’s, IP (your Internet address) reveals your approximate location. Here is what is reported about you! Check out the Danasoft Graphics Generator […]
Read MoreHere is a great old movie from 1939 “Radio Hams” Film (Pete Smith Specialty) explaining what Amateur Radio is all about. Click THIS link to see what Ham Radio is all about today! Check it out, its FUN!
Read Morewoe [woh] –noun grievous distress, affliction, or trouble: His woe was almost beyond description. an affliction: She suffered a fall, among her other woes. an exclamation of grief, distress, or lamentation. Put dry weather, carpet, computers, and billions of spare electrons together, and you have a good case for static electricity. I touched a USB […]
Read MoreI regularly read the posts on ARRL‘s (The American Radio Relay League) website. One of my favorite authors is Gary Hoffman, KB0H. He delivers a very humorous view of our sometimes perplexing hobby of Ham Radio. Read Gary’s March article on the ARRL website to get a glimps of the sometimes comical way others looking […]
Read MoreRod Dinkins, AC6V (SK)(ARRL.org) AC6V, who has one of the largest Amateur Radio web sites is SK. His site is listed under Favorite Ham Radio Links on my Favorite Links page. His site is www.AC6V.com. See more about AC6V at ARRL’s site.
Read MoreMy family and I moved to our current QTH (location) November 2004. Our new home had a lot of extra space in which we could build some needed rooms. The area was an open space of about 26? by 50?. We made the first 16? of the 50? area into a nice family room. With […]
Read MoreIf you are interested in Homebrew (home made) electronic equipment, you should listen to “Soldersmoke“. It is a podcast done by Bill-N2CQR in Rome, Italy for Amateur Radio operators interested in homebrew electronics. I got mentioned in the latest episode, episode #77. I was traveling for my job along the Gallatin River near Big Sky, […]
Read MoreLast weekend, our family took a trip to my parents in Butte where we have our taxes done. While there, a conversation came up of my childhood curiosity with electrical things. At an early age, I was told, I would take tail lights off the cars and take doorbells on the house apart. I remember […]
Read MoreFor all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection for the way computers have enhanced our lives, read this: If Microsoft Made a Car
Read MoreI added a page about my Ham Radio history. Check it out by clicking on the Ham Radio link at the top of the page or click HERE.
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