The backstory on the Citroen CX 2400 Prestige Cmatic is fairly interesting. Of the CX models the Prestige is basically a factory standard extended length model, intended for executive and governmental use.  Initially extended 10 inches by sharing the station wagon chassis, the Prestige was a low volume model, often custom specified. This particular car ..read more

Another post in the Thinking Ahead series started with https://k9zw.wordpress.com/2019/09/10/im-a-ham-or-am-i/… Consider avoiding consultative resources that are cliquey or dominated by aggressive personalities.  There are the usual ham orientated websites and blogs. One additional source is a peer-contributed resource that is well worth checking out – https://survivalblog.com/ –  which is curated by a team led by ..read more

Purchased a refurbished 60ft (18m) four wheel drive diesel boom lift with the idea of completing a series of projects at the home QTH, transporting it to the Island QTH to complete similar projects out there, and then selling it onwards. The hope is that the net costs will be less than leasing a lift ..read more

Purchased a refurbished 60ft (18m) four wheel drive diesel boom lift with the idea of completing a series of projects at the home QTH, transporting it to the Island QTH to complete similar projects out there, and then selling it onwards. The hope is that the net costs will be less than leasing a lift ..read more

Beginning of April 2024 Wisconsin was hit by a late in season Winter Storm.  Wet Heavy snow with lots of wind. At the home QTH power was out briefly, but the new Kohler Genset kicked in, and we barely noticed with the smooth automatic switch over to Genset and later back to mains power. Our ..read more

HTML emails can be a serious security risk. Simple version of the risk is that using the style-setting CSS feature of HTML email, completely different content can be substituted in various email viewing situations. The differning presentations can be used for phishing and other ill-intended games. More technical explanation: https://lutrasecurity.com/en/articles/kobold-letters/ What is Kobold? Kobold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobold ..read more

It seems that Sexual Awareness concerns haven’t left ham radio alone. It always has been part of the hobby, but at best a sidebar. Then over the last couple years an agenda developed – in part coming from the pages of the ARRL’s QST Magazine. From QST in 2022: https://www.arrl.org/files/file/QST/This Month in QST/2022/02 Feb/2022-02 EDITORIAL  ..read more

Caught just before widespread distribution, few hams will have been exposed by this exploit which literally took years to install into a library of Linux. The exploit is well explained at (note there continues to be more coming out on this): Here is the ham radio minded takeaway – we need to always remember that ..read more

Finally making some progress recovering from something it appears I picked up making Easter visits at an area nursing home. Seems they have been not doing well controlling norovirus type GI flu and RSV respiratory sickness. Both are catchy bugs and the posted warnings, verbal entry warning, masking up and partaking in the hand sanitizer ..read more

If this posts it means there will be a brief hiatus while I am getting over a bug picked up visiting a nursing home. If I can I’ll finish off a few drafts and get them to post. 73 Steve K9ZW ..read more