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November 26, 2013

Intermod

I have been trying to help out the local radio club with an intermod problem on one of the repeaters by monitoring a couple frequencies they suspect is coming from.  I have had my scanner on 24/7 trying to catch any transmissions to no avail. I'm just wondering if they have the right frequencies or there may have another problem. One frequency they did give to me was apparently a frequency used to send data to set of the tornado sirens! It was interesting, first and foremost a tornado warning in November? Yes we have had a tornado in the area in November which tore up a section of Defiance Ohio. Anyways first I get the warning over the weather radio, then over the T.V. and then the sirens went off! Something to think about if you ever thought about buying a weather radio and haven't yet. Anyways I'm back to monitoring to see if I can hear anything on the scanner. 
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November 22, 2013

Deeply Saddened

Well I'm very saddened to report that the body of baby Elaina was found. Her body was found in a garage near her Mothers boyfriends home. Autopsy report showed she had numerous broken bone NOT similar to a fall. Her Mother and Mothers boyfriend have been in custody since the beginning of the search for obstruction of the investigation.
I have been busy in the care giver mode, its not exactly my cup of tea. However it gives me a sometime to be on the radio and chase DX. My latest contacts include Australia, Germany,Sweden, Luxembourg, Guantanamo Bay and a host of South American countries. It has been really difficult trying to QSL some of these stations. What it all comes down to is personal choice of where the opposing station chooses to put his or her logs.  Some people choose Log Book of The World others EQSL and so on. For ARRL type awards they either have to be submitted by Log Book of The World or have the hard copy qsl or both. The other electronic log books are not accepted. Which means I have to sit down and sort through my logs and see if I can get a hard copy qsl card from DX stations not on LOTW.

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