Not around much

Well, I sure have not used the blog much have I? Just get busy doing other things and first you know a year has gone by. Judging by the number of blogs I see I think many of us don't have anything to do. In theory this blog should be a good place to record thoughts on my amateur radio/electronic tinkering. I do things then move on to something else without thinking to record the activity for future use. I am rebuilding my web site so I can record some of my projects. You never know the information may be useful to someone. I sure have found technical web sites by other to be useful.

I have found it amazing at the news blogs are getting from those that open up to the world their what ever activities and end up getting caught. You know hiding behind the keyboard causes one to open up a little more then they would at the office lets say. Toss things out in the wide open internet world like that and they are there to stay.... forever cached somewhere. Depending on how you identified yourself the entries are bound to catch up with your someday.

I guess I am just a boring person as I don't have anything to write is the "oh my gosh!!" department.

I also try not to be political or enter religious comments. Sure, some may creep in from time to time but try to keep them out.

Updates from the last time here? Well, lets see.

The interference problem sort of comes and goes. It has not been around enough to justify trying to get the utility company to do anything about it. So far I just put up with the occasional problem.

BPL (broadband over power lines). Unfortunately, power companies still see this as an opportunity. I think eventually they will drop this technology as it will be come too cumbersome to maintain. Other technologies will become more advantageous at lower operating cost. Until then the shortwave community will have to suffer. Fortunately in my home town the local utility has other problems to deal with. I don't think internet access is high on their business model at the present time. 45-miles south of me there is an operating system with a lot less customers than that utility wants to public to know. They have a system we could live with. It effectively notches the ham bands and does not put RF onto the medium voltage lines. Just the drop into the house is on HF. Unfortunately, for shortwave listeners they are out of luck. They notch the ham bands but not the shortwave broadcast bands.