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Personal 2013 Year in Review

2013 was an inter­est­ing year for me.  I did­n’t blog as much as I have blogged in the past, and I think that was appar­ent to every­one.  I prepped less this year than I have in the past.  In fact by com­par­i­son to the past sev­er­al years, it was most­ly nonex­is­tent.  So…

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Sucker Punched

Sucker Punched

You’re going along in life.  Every­thing is going well.  Then *WHAM!!*  Some­thing small, sil­ly yet dev­as­tat­ing hap­pens that knocks the wind out of your sails. So it was for me the week before Thanks­giv­ing this year. The Mon­day the week before Thanks­giv­ing some­where in…

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Budget Ham Radio

Budget Ham Radio

This arti­cle is by Cameron Green, of Green Acad­e­my of Per­son­al Pro­tec­tion (GAPP). In 2003, the north­east of the Unit­ed States (as well as parts of the mid­west and Cana­da) suf­fered a severe pow­er out­age.  Traf­fic lights were not work­ing so grid­lock was ram­pant.… the…

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