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I rented a hangar there
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Comment · 5 months ago
That's pretty clever. I've never used the G90, but apparently newer firmware improves the CW performance. The CW mode seems like almost an afterthought with that company.
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Comment · 9 months ago
I wish automobile manufacturers would take this to heart.
Comment · 9 months ago
"Are your legs so long you have to sit with your knees pressed against the back of the seat in front of you or something? If so I suppose that's understandable."

Yes and also for people with long legs, seated in a typical airline seat, their knees will be significantly higher than the top of the seat cushion. So, they get caught up in the sweep of a reclining seatback ahead.

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Comment · 1 year ago
Huh, I never heard that one. Extra gets you more frequency privileges (nice not having to worry so much about band edges) but IMO the real benefit is being able to enjoy reciprocal operating under CEPT when traveling abroad.
Comment · 1 year ago
I called CQ for a bit but nobody on at the time seemed to know Morse. Neat idea though, and with the different tones for different users it would be possible to overcome the background noise of people playing around.
Comment · 1 year ago
Yes! I enjoyed that book
Comment · 1 year ago
A book on the subject came out earlier this year that I've been wanting to read, "Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves" by Nicola Twilley
Comment · 1 year ago
Unicode FTW: "𝼃"
Comment · 1 year ago
I guess you're not familiar with the iconography, but the little lightning bolt symbol in the battery icon means it is plugged in! (edit: I tried to reproduce your "ASCII art" with unicode lightning bolt but the formatting didn't survive)

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