My Dog

So, does anybody remember when I ran my dog over on the day after Christmas? I thought he had learned his lesson about cars. Anyway, yesterday I went to my brothers house to take care of his dog and my dog jumped out of the back of my truck while we were pulling in the driveway. Nearly got run over AGAIN.

New Bike

Yesterday we went to Walmart and bought Corbyn his own bike. He loves being pushed around on Carsyn's, but its kinda big. Now he has his own bike to ride with us!

New Decals

I sure am glad that Carey wanted to buy a vinyl cutter. It is such a fun toy. Here are a couple of new decals on my truck. The wilwood sticker I got from my brother at Tripnozzi Muscle Cars.

Here is a picture of the antenna bar that my brother and I built for my truck. Mounted I have my Yaesu ATAS-120, Firestick CB, and 80 meter Hamstick. I have made a couple of HF contacts since finishing this project. I still need to get my hamstick working. I think the whip was trimed to short, I got it used.

My First HF Contact

Last night I got my Yaesu FT-857D and ATAS 120 hooked up. I went to 20 Meters, and tuned in a guy in LA, CA. He sounded like he was next door. I called for him and to my surprise I had everything hooked up and working properly, he could hear me. Thanks to W6VA for my first HF contact.

Good News

I passed my General Exam at the Idaho State Convention. And my new license came in the Mail this week. I've been working on getting my HF radio hooked up. I bought an ATAS 120 to go with the FT-857D that I won a year ago.This past week my brother and I built a bar to mount my ATAS 120, 80 Meter Hamstick and a CB antenna on, painted it and installed it. I got the antenna mounts and antennas on and got the coax ran. Now I need to run the power cables, mount the antenna switch, mount the radio, run the separation kit and play!

Another Pratice Test

I hope this is the way it works when I take the real exam this weekend at the Idaho State Convention.