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Today, 10:05 PM

K4PIH started a thread Icom 718 weak receive in Questions & Answers

My Icom 718 took static/lightning hit? Transmit is fine but receive is weak. Maybe gas discharge tube is bad, or other filter board part? How do you...

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Yesterday, 10:16 PM

K4PIH replied to a thread The Big Game in Sports, Recreation, & Competition

I paused in that fir about 30 seconds. Cute digs. More entertaining than the stupor bowel!

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Yesterday, 01:38 PM

W3WN started a thread ARRL DX CW 2025 in Contesting!

Conditions aren't as good as last year was, at least around here (contest period started off with snow, then rain turning the snow to slush, then...

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02-14-2025, 02:10 AM

n6hcm replied to a thread Just when you think Microsoft couldn't do worse, well, new low in Tech Talk - Computers, Gadgets, Home Theater

lol... I gotta figure out how to upgrade my Microsoft 11 pro to... Microsoft 11 Pro. If tuis requires more than 20 mins of time it's gonna become...

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02-13-2025, 08:15 PM

W3WN replied to a thread Just when you think Microsoft couldn't do worse, well, new low in Tech Talk - Computers, Gadgets, Home Theater

The problem remains that you can't register the older versions any longer, so they won't work properly. And Open Office and it's derivatives lack...

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02-09-2025, 10:31 PM

W3WN started a thread The Big Game in Sports, Recreation, & Competition

So, what did you think of the Big Game today? No, no, no. Not that total blowout that they showed on Faux. (And as someone born a NY Giants fan,...

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02-09-2025, 07:18 PM

N1LAF replied to a thread Just when you think Microsoft couldn't do worse, well, new low in Tech Talk - Computers, Gadgets, Home Theater

Thanks Ron, great information. Open Office for Windows 11 then. Then you can run an older version of Office in a virtual machine.

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02-09-2025, 03:50 PM

W3WN replied to a thread Just when you think Microsoft couldn't do worse, well, new low in Tech Talk - Computers, Gadgets, Home Theater

During initial system startup: Select Work or School option. Select Domain Account option. Then you can create a local account without being...

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02-09-2025, 03:47 PM

W3WN replied to a thread Just when you think Microsoft couldn't do worse, well, new low in Tech Talk - Computers, Gadgets, Home Theater

Strictly speaking, there was no Windows 9 and never would be. They deliberately skipped #9 because of old software (etc) still floating around that...

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01-28-2025, 09:06 PM

N1LAF replied to a thread Just when you think Microsoft couldn't do worse, well, new low in Tech Talk - Computers, Gadgets, Home Theater

Because, for me, it is easier and faster to access applications with the old XP menu. I don't have to scroll through a huge scrolling menu. Also I...

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01-27-2025, 09:40 PM

n6hcm replied to a thread Talkpod in General Chat

hrm. well, their domain is registered to a office building in lower Manhattan... looks like early versions had big flaws but more recent ones seem to...

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01-27-2025, 09:24 PM

n6hcm replied to a thread Just when you think Microsoft couldn't do worse, well, new low in Tech Talk - Computers, Gadgets, Home Theater

I don't understand the fascination with tweaking the UI to look like a past version of the os. Just learn a few things and move on. The annoying...

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01-27-2025, 09:16 PM

n6hcm replied to a thread The Physics of Climate Change and the Wildfires in Los Angeles in General Chat

they kinda don't. northern CA gets a lot of water from sources it acquired more than 100 years ago. southern California gets water from further away.

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01-27-2025, 07:27 PM

K4PIH replied to a thread The Physics of Climate Change and the Wildfires in Los Angeles in General Chat

I didn't know they had any water to ration?

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01-27-2025, 10:37 AM

NQ6U replied to a thread The Physics of Climate Change and the Wildfires in Los Angeles in General Chat

To paraphrase Henry II: "Will no one rid us of this turbulent jerkoff?"

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01-26-2025, 09:13 PM

N1LAF replied to a thread Just when you think Microsoft couldn't do worse, well, new low in Tech Talk - Computers, Gadgets, Home Theater

After spending a couple days with Windows 11, found a number of solutions and work-arounds, but it still a crummy OS. Fortunately, I didn't trash...

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01-26-2025, 10:38 AM

W3WN started a thread Talkpod in General Chat

Anyone ever here of an outfit going by the name of Talkpod? The head of WASHFest 2025 (the WASH Annual Hamfest) got a series of emails from...

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01-26-2025, 09:15 AM

ad4mg replied to a thread Just when you think Microsoft couldn't do worse, well, new low in Tech Talk - Computers, Gadgets, Home Theater

My laptop at work has Windows 11. To remain in a familiar work environment, I have installed the Chrome browser. We have Office 365. which allows...

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01-25-2025, 10:54 PM

N1LAF replied to a thread Just when you think Microsoft couldn't do worse, well, new low in Tech Talk - Computers, Gadgets, Home Theater

It is not because the Windows operating system is so bad, it is because Microsoft likes to give the middle finger to their customers - Why is that? ...

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01-25-2025, 03:52 PM

W3WN replied to a thread The Physics of Climate Change and the Wildfires in Los Angeles in General Chat

I wouldn't insult baboons like that.

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01-25-2025, 11:49 AM

KG4CGC replied to a thread The Physics of Climate Change and the Wildfires in Los Angeles in General Chat

The Castaic Lake north of Santa Clarita was likely spurred on. We are in the general chat section so that is as far as this conversation can go.

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01-25-2025, 08:18 AM

ad4mg replied to a thread The Physics of Climate Change and the Wildfires in Los Angeles in General Chat

So much science falls on deaf ears in this country. A good percentage of 'merkans will dismiss a video like this without even watching 30 seconds of...

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