Michael P. O'Connor archive
Date : September 2005

International Radio traffic

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Published on: September 17, 2005

While doing the traffic net tonight we were talking about how we should send traffic out, just for practice on handling traffic. Some one suggested that we should use the handling instructions of “HXG” so we would get a return on the traffic. I was thinking since my sister is in Austria I was wondering[…]

More on the Scanner net podcast

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Published on: September 17, 2005

This is the RSS feed for the Trama Podcast of the Sunday Night Pittsburgh Area Scanner Net I found a php podcasting software called Loudblog. It is not the greatest, but it does the job, and I only have to update it once a week. The software does put up a little site with it.[…]

Podcasting of the Pittsburgh area Scanner net from the 147.090 repeater

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Published on: September 17, 2005

A friend of mine Ken Sprouse (WA3FKG) and I have been talking about Podcasting the Pittsburgh area Scanner net. We are trying to work out who should record the net, He is going to make some tests tonight and I will be making the same tests, we are trying to figure out how to record[…]

My data in the FCC database

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Published on: September 17, 2005

Well 2 days ago I finally got all my information in the FCC database correct. And as of today, the information has prorogated out to the other web sites on the net (read qrz.com and arrl.org) so now my information on the internet that is attached to my call sign is correct so my ham[…]

Sent out my first out of section message today.

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Published on: September 17, 2005

Today on the traffic net I sent out my first out of section message. It was mainly a delivery report, so it was not much. Its final destination is On, Canada. It was the first time I ever sent out a message so I did make a few mistakes but I got though it. But[…]

My Nerd score

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Published on: September 16, 2005

But inner geek only rates me as 55.42406% Extreme Geek :'( I wish I had gotten in the 90’s% which is Dysfunctional Geek I guess I have to try hard here. But nerd tests rated me higher in the geek area then innnergeek.

Pictures of my newest Betta

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Published on: September 16, 2005

Last week I got a 4th Betta. I named him Marconi. He is red with some blue in him. I have taken some pictures of him, you can not see the blue in the pictures but it is there. I also go a new tank, that I would like to setup for a female Betta[…]

Updating my address in the last 2 places I have not updated it since I moved last year.

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Published on: September 16, 2005

It took me long enough but I finally updated my address for my Driver’s License. I had not though about it, since my old car died in October, and I ditched it in April, and I have been living car free since then. I decided to fix up my address on my drivers license since[…]

It is finally fully correct (my info in the FCC database)

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Published on: September 16, 2005

I just check the FCC website. And now my name is correct, and so is my address. Finally it is all update to the correct information. The time is now about 2:00am EST (11:00pm PST, the time zone that this server is set too) so in a few hours qrz will have my call sign[…]

The FCC database

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Published on: September 15, 2005

Ok now thing are just going odd here, I first got my address updated. Now I got my last name corrected in the database (it was misspelled) but they reverted my address to the old one. This is almost to the point where it is funny. I have applied for a password for my FRN[…]

A note about the “potty note” as the liberal blogs has dub it

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Published on: September 15, 2005

Yesterday the liberal blogs were all over the small note that Bush penned to his secretary of state. To that I say big deal, the only thing that this picture shows me is that there was an over zealous phototagrapher, a media group that wants to try to discredit Bush at any cost, and a[…]

Tropical Storm Jova

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Published on: September 14, 2005

According to the National Hurricane Center at NOAA, tropical storm JOVA has just formed out of Tropical Depression Ten-E out in the Eastern Pacific, right now they are forecasting that it might hit the Hawaiian Islands. At the time of this writing there is also Tropical Depression eleven-E just a little bit east of JOVA.[…]

News on the Short wave radio

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Published on: September 14, 2005

I was listening to Radio Thailand. They were doing the weather, and it looks like they are getting pounded by a tropical depression. They then talked about Hurricane Ophelia; they did not cover it much. But what I found interesting was the tropical depression that is around Thailand.

Yet another update on the ill Red Eyed Tetra

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Published on: September 14, 2005

The Red Eyed Tetra that I posted about yesterday seams to be doing ok. He is now swimming about his 10 gallon hospital right now. He seams to be a bit frightened but wouldn’t you be if a “monster” 50x (or more) your size came by grabbed you out of your home, but other then[…]

Thanks to the fine people at W5YI VEC group, my last name is finally correct in the FCC database

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Published on: September 14, 2005

I finally got my last name fixed in the FCC database. It now reads the correct spelling of the last name. It has not hit QRZ’s web site as of today, but I was informed that by the W5YI-VEC Dept that it is in the FCC database, and they said I can take a look[…]

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