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#91
General Discussion / Re: HAM Radio Field Day - This...
Last post by Scott - June 26, 2026, 08:07:24 PMQuote from: ssfc72 on June 26, 2026, 08:38:02 AMHi Scott. I hope to setup at the Old Mill Park in Lindsay on Saturday for a few hours in the afternoon.
I will just be running with a mag mount HF antenna on my car.
I quess I will acting as the Lindsay VHARA Club this year.
I don't know yet if I will get my radio station working because when I tried to tune up my mobile station a few weeks ago on 20 Metres, the SWR was was way too high, with the antenna set for the correct length.
I hope to try the mobile antenna again today.
As a note to anyone interested, the Field Day contest runs 24 hrs, from 2 pm Saturday to 2 pm Sunday.
You are always more than welcome to join us in Peterborough for the afternoon or whole day. We keep 4 stations and have a decent turn out. Large tech bubble/tent this year to demo some digital modes, AREDN, MeshTastic etc. why setup in your car when we can do it for you.
#92
Entertainment / Re: The Science Fiction story ...
Last post by Scott - June 26, 2026, 08:05:27 PMIt was the little things for me. Ex; The swearing in Chinese as Earth quickly adopted it as their second language economically etc.
#93
Entertainment / Re: The Science Fiction story ...
Last post by buster - June 26, 2026, 03:34:30 PMSo I'm back. The more I research the more impressed I am.
I love this series. Still has a dedicated following. It's a a character-rich sci-fi western comedy-drama with existential underpinnings. Many keep track of some of the best dialogue such as these:
"Ok Everyone, hold onto something. We're going to enter atmo and then ... explode."
"This here might warrant a bit of consideration."
"Well Jane the days of me not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle"
Do you want to be Captain?
Yes!
Well... You can't!
"Ten percent of nothing is—let me do the math here. Nothing into nothin'. Carry the nothin"
"Man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything"
"How did your brain even learn human speech? I'm just so curious."
"You paid money for this sir, on purpose?"
I love this series. Still has a dedicated following. It's a a character-rich sci-fi western comedy-drama with existential underpinnings. Many keep track of some of the best dialogue such as these:
"Ok Everyone, hold onto something. We're going to enter atmo and then ... explode."
"This here might warrant a bit of consideration."
"Well Jane the days of me not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle"
Do you want to be Captain?
Yes!
Well... You can't!
"Ten percent of nothing is—let me do the math here. Nothing into nothin'. Carry the nothin"
"Man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything"
"How did your brain even learn human speech? I'm just so curious."
"You paid money for this sir, on purpose?"
#94
Entertainment / Re: The Science Fiction story ...
Last post by buster - June 26, 2026, 12:21:51 PMTheme song : Ballad of Serenity
( Note - Serenity is the name of the old space ship the crew wanders around in.)
Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don't care, I'm still free
You can't take the sky from me.
.
Take me out to the black
Tell them I ain't comin' back
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can't take the sky from me.
.
Leave the men where they lay
They'll never see another day
Lost my soul, lost my dream
You can't take the sky from me.
.
I feel the black reaching out
I hear its song without a doubt
I still hear and I still see
That you can't take the sky from me.
.
Lost my love, lost my land
Lost the last place I could stand
There's no place I can be
Since I've found Serenity
.
And you can't take the sky from me.
( Note - Serenity is the name of the old space ship the crew wanders around in.)
Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don't care, I'm still free
You can't take the sky from me.
.
Take me out to the black
Tell them I ain't comin' back
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can't take the sky from me.
.
Leave the men where they lay
They'll never see another day
Lost my soul, lost my dream
You can't take the sky from me.
.
I feel the black reaching out
I hear its song without a doubt
I still hear and I still see
That you can't take the sky from me.
.
Lost my love, lost my land
Lost the last place I could stand
There's no place I can be
Since I've found Serenity
.
And you can't take the sky from me.
#95
General Discussion / Re: HAM Radio Field Day - This...
Last post by ssfc72 - June 26, 2026, 08:38:02 AMHi Scott. I hope to setup at the Old Mill Park in Lindsay on Saturday for a few hours in the afternoon.
I will just be running with a mag mount HF antenna on my car.
I quess I will acting as the Lindsay VHARA Club this year.
I don't know yet if I will get my radio station working because when I tried to tune up my mobile station a few weeks ago on 20 Metres, the SWR was was way too high, with the antenna set for the correct length.
I hope to try the mobile antenna again today.
Edit: As a note to anyone interested, the Field Day contest runs from 2 pm Saturday to 4:59 pm Sunday.
I will just be running with a mag mount HF antenna on my car.
I quess I will acting as the Lindsay VHARA Club this year.
I don't know yet if I will get my radio station working because when I tried to tune up my mobile station a few weeks ago on 20 Metres, the SWR was was way too high, with the antenna set for the correct length.
I hope to try the mobile antenna again today.
Edit: As a note to anyone interested, the Field Day contest runs from 2 pm Saturday to 4:59 pm Sunday.
#96
Entertainment / Re: The Science Fiction story ...
Last post by buster - June 25, 2026, 10:37:48 PMAlmost through Firefly and sad about that fact Scott. But I can watch it again in 7 months or so.
#97
General Discussion / HAM Radio Field Day - This Wee...
Last post by Scott - June 25, 2026, 07:10:35 PMHey Folks!
For anyone interested, this weekend is "Field Day" in the Amateur Radio world. This event started as an emergency preparedness exercise where groups would test setting up antennas and radios on emergency power and making contacts with as many people as they could over 24 hours.
This continues today, while also being a social and public awareness event. If you have ever been interested in amateur radio, wireless communications, digital modes and backup communications like MeshTastic or point to point wireless networks you should come check it out and say hi. No license, or fee required just show up and say hi.
We will be operating all weekend at Newhall park on Lock St in Peterborough. Come say hi!
More info at ve3pbo.ca, especially under Events.
For anyone interested, this weekend is "Field Day" in the Amateur Radio world. This event started as an emergency preparedness exercise where groups would test setting up antennas and radios on emergency power and making contacts with as many people as they could over 24 hours.
This continues today, while also being a social and public awareness event. If you have ever been interested in amateur radio, wireless communications, digital modes and backup communications like MeshTastic or point to point wireless networks you should come check it out and say hi. No license, or fee required just show up and say hi.
We will be operating all weekend at Newhall park on Lock St in Peterborough. Come say hi!
More info at ve3pbo.ca, especially under Events.
#98
Entertainment / Re: The Science Fiction story ...
Last post by Scott - June 25, 2026, 07:04:57 PMTake my love, take my land, take me where I cannot stand. I don't care, I'm still free, you can't take the sky from me!
Firefly is an amazing show from a very interesting era of TV. Few shows have as much of a cult following or desire for return as Firefly.
Nathan Fillion has went on to be famous in both Castle and The Rookie (plus others) where he famously pulls in Firefly in either scenes or cameos from stars. Early Castle had him wear his Captain uniform from Firefly with his daughter saying "Come on dad, give it up, that was so 10 years ago"
I think Brian is also a large fan.
I believe they just got green lit for an animated show.
Firefly is an amazing show from a very interesting era of TV. Few shows have as much of a cult following or desire for return as Firefly.
Nathan Fillion has went on to be famous in both Castle and The Rookie (plus others) where he famously pulls in Firefly in either scenes or cameos from stars. Early Castle had him wear his Captain uniform from Firefly with his daughter saying "Come on dad, give it up, that was so 10 years ago"
I think Brian is also a large fan.
I believe they just got green lit for an animated show.
#99
Entertainment / Re: The Science Fiction story ...
Last post by Jason - June 24, 2026, 11:07:15 AMQuote from: ssfc72 on June 24, 2026, 08:09:19 AMThat is one I have never heard about, Went online and looked at the trailer. It says the series was from the year 2002.
Looks like it might be a soap opera type of series. I don't have too much interest in that sort of programming. :-)
I haven't seen more than a couple of episodes, but my understanding is that's not a sci-fi soap opera. As Buster mentions, it's like a old-Western-show style, but the cowboys are the Firefly crew and the people they meet in the West. It had quite a cult-like following. I think Scott, or maybe cod3poet was a fan. Btw, Star Wars is referred to, I think by Lucas himself, as a space opera as opposed to sci-fi. Basically, like the stories of knights and wars on Earth, but in space.
There was talk of a reboot, but I don't think it's going forward.
#100
Meetings / Re: PLUG Mug Monday June 15 2 ...
Last post by Jason - June 24, 2026, 10:58:59 AMQuote from: ssfc72 on June 20, 2026, 08:16:19 AMI think the previous PLUG Mugs may have been on a Monday afternoon.
Seems like a good day of the week. People may be busy on the weekends with other activities, especially in the summertime.
If you mean when PLUG had in-person meetings, too, they were on Monday evenings after the regular meeting. Not sure about PLUG MUGs since the pandemic.
I'm open to regular in-person meetings again, but I need to find a place to hold them. I'm not sure we'd have enough members to cover the rate at Applewood and web hosting, since I'd rather include it in the membership fee. It would work if we had a $35 annual rate, perhaps, but we'd need 10 members to sign up. Way back when, Glenn, I think it was Glenn, mentioned some free meeting places for community groups. If anyone knows of anything, I'm all ears.
It could also be 4-5 meetings a year instead of the usual 10, since we don't have a lot of presenters, and I don't distro-hop anymore, so not sure what I could offer or who would want to listen to me half the meetings.