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03-14-2026 - 5:30 AM - Good Morning! It’s Saturday, and I hope to finish my current home maintenance project by early afternoon. At the moment, I am recharging my body by listening to CW (Morse code) on the 40-meter Amateur (ham) Radio band. Looking at the Parks on the Air® spotter page, I see stations active in Poland, Thailand, England, China, Japan, Canada, Turkey, Serbia, Ireland, France, the United States, and several other places. Right now, my Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready.
--- 8:00 AM - Some years ago, I found a group that did storm spotting using CB Radio. I don’t know how that worked out, but I would think the static crashes - assuming they were using AM - would have been quite annoying. Maybe not.
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03-13-2026 - 6:00 AM - Good Morning! It’s Friday, and I have more “home maintenance” chores scheduled for today. I won’t have time for journaling and radioing until this afternoon. Stay tuned! Right now, my Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready!
--- 5:00 PM - I'm done with the home maintenance for the day. My neighbor and I spent the day ripping out the drywall ceiling in my carport, taking it to the local landfill, going to Home Depot to get more drywall, drywall screws, and a drywall lift, returning home to remove the 2 zillion nails in the ceiling, and beginning the installation of the new drywall. Tomorrow, we will be finishing the drywall installation. One of these days, I’ll paint it. As for journaling and radioing, my 74-year-old bones and back are too sore and tired! We’ll see what tomorrow brings.
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03-12-2026 - 5:30 AM - Good Morning! It’s Thursday, and I’m going to try not to do any work today, although my lawn does need mowing. I usually listen to Morse code on the 40-meter Amateur (ham) Radio band, but there’s not much activity on 40 at the moment. Switching to 30 meters - 10 MHz, I do find a few stations. I don’t actually work this band, but I listen occasionally. I’m not, nor have I ever, been one of those operators who feel a need to make contacts all over the frequency spectrum just because it’s there. Let’s see how the day develops. My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready.
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--- 5:45 AM - My experience with CB Radio started on Christmas Day in 1964 when I received a pair of Spacephone walkie talkies. My best friend, who lived just next door, and I could now communicate with wireless ease. Well, sort of. The Spacephones had no squelch circuit and emitted that constant, loud “rushing” noise heard when you open the squelch on modern communications receivers. Read more of My CB Radio Daze - How it All Started!
--- 6:00 AM - There are reports that the Indiana legislature has passed a law that takes effect July 1, 2026, restricting or eliminating HOA authority over Amateur (ham) Radio antennas. The short descriptions I've seen say the new law prevents an HOA from enacting “new” rules restricting antennas. Not being in Indiana, and not taking a deep dive into this issue, I have no details for you. Just Google the subject if you’re interested.
--- 6:50 AM - I'm back on 40 meters just in time to hear someone call CQ in Morse code, and another station answer. Now, I have a nice Morse code conversation to listen to as I enjoy my second cup of coffee. On the scanner radio, a local business - using the license-free Multi-Use Radio Service - is discussing a shoplifter. Scanners, buy them once and be entertained for decades!
10:12 AM - I contacted a station in Cuivre River State Park (US-7858) in Missouri on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
--- 12:20 PM - I continue to be amused by the number of people who see a box with dials, a digital readout, and a microphone and automatically call it a CB Radio. I guess that’s better than the young man, around 21 or 22, I encountered who had never heard of CB Radio or Amateur (ham) Radio.