A couple of free pieces of cast iron, a little love with fine grit sand paper, a good hot washing and bathing in Coconut Oil on a very hot grill...better than new. Cast Iron- the ONLY kitchen cookery you'll need for generations.
Fiedler’s NVIS Handbook
1996 - Fiedler - Near Vertical Incidence Skywave Communication [book] - WorldRadio Books-2 An absolute must-have for your tech collection, this Handbook is generally regarded as one of the best of its kind.
0241 Sends the Following Update:
From 0241Tactical. As many of you know we are a small veteran owned company providing 100% made in the USA gear to our customers. Thanks to everyone who ordered our Tactical Operator’s Pullover Jacket! Typically, we have a 3-4 week delay from order to shipping. Why the delay? 0241Tactical has several thousand yards of fabric …
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Due to overwhelming demand, the order page for the Operator's Pullovers will temporarily be taken down on 2 MAY so that he can get caught up on all your orders! This is only temporary. Sean tells me that he estimates everything will be caught up by 1 JUNE and to tops will be orderable again. …
The 102nd Anniversary
And the reformed Ottoman will do it again, given the chance. We know this. And we don't forget. My Grandmother never let us forget.
A Sign of the Times- South Africa Cancels 2,100 Amateur Radio Licenses
I was talking with some like-minded friends at a local Hamfest recently, drifting conversations between topics as is the standard when catching up. We started talking about Hams in Venezuela, what can be implied by what they don't say, Cuba and the new restrictions the government has placed on its amateurs, and finally, just a …
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0241 Tactical Operator’s Pullover Jacket
During WWII the German Army maintained several interesting ideas concerning Light Infantry and Mountain Troops that were a natural evolution of the WWI 'storm' or shock troop tactic, which itself in many ways an outgrowth of the small unit thinking, many of which were rooted in European hunting traditions- one of which being the hooded …
Hognose
I learned about the passing of Hognose of the Weaponsman blog, like most of you, yesterday morning. I'd like to send proper condolences to his survivors and pay a fitting tribute of sorts to him with the poster above. O'Brien, unlike nearly every outlet of today's internet, spoke with a rational nature regarding one of …
Rejoice for He is Risen!
But he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here! See the place where they laid Him. Mark 16:6 KJV
A conversation with a Swede
Forward Note: I wrote this a couple of weeks ago and had planned to post this conversation this week, although I've been running a bit behind. As fate would have it, not only did current events preempt me once more but also have my own experiences illuminated a broader picture. Calmly awaiting the beginning of …