The following episodes of “How I Met Your Mother” include the Slap Bet and the consequences of it:
Slap Bet: Season 2 Episode 9
Stuff: Season 2 Episode 16
Slapsgiving: Season 3 Episode 9
Slapsgiving 2, Revenge of the Slap: Season 5 Episode 9
Disaster Averted: Season 7 Episode 9
Slapsgiving 2, Slappoinment in Slammara: Season 9 Episode 14
End of the Aisle: Season 9 Episode 22
Have been tracking and downloading the ISS SSTV passes over the last few days. Here are the results (see gallery above). I started on Dec 27 but the event started on Dec 26 so I missed a day’s worth of attempts to decode.
Hardware used: Yaesu FT-817ND, Rigblaster Plug n Play and a closet J-Pole
Software used: SatPC32 and RX-SSTV
Hello from FM31, Middletown, CT
So after some couch surfing and other calamities along the way, we have yet another new QTH. Signed a two year lease on this one so will be staying for a while. It’s a townhouse similar to the one in Parker, CO but has a basement and a garage. There is access to an attic as well, that means antennas!!!
Setting up the Mac along with the 817 to see how that will do. The PC laptop is available if I can’t get the MacBook to do what I want.
For the first time in a while, I’ve been getting the radio bug again. This time I’ve set up the FT-817 and have it listening to FT-4 on 20m using a simple 10m dipole. I know that isn’t optimal, but it’s good enough to just do some listening. I’m trapped in an apartment (as usual for the last number of years), and fighting off the discontent of not being able to do what I want, I improvised.
The work from home laptop gives off enough noise that it buries things during the work hours but after I shut it down I manage to get a few signals in. So far the best I’ve seen is Ukraine, Cyprus, and New Zealand. All of those countries I need for DXCC. Once we move next month I’ll string up a proper antenna if possible or it will be time to take the show outdoors.
Look out Radio World, I’m coming back soon.
Being in an apartment isn’t so great for trying to play radio. Over the last few years I’ve pretty much hung up the microphone as things have not been very good (radio-wise, health-wise, etc). But over the last few days I’ve been trying to listen on the occasional pass of NO-104. I saw someone posted to the Satellite group on FB that they had pulled a partial SSTV image. This piqued my interest so I found the Rigblaster PnP, re-installed MacDoppler and even remember how to get the PnP to talk to the MacBook. After first having the wrong frequency, I have got it up and running but no joy on hearing anything. Part of the problem is probably antenna placement, as I have it in a western facing window and the sat has been running kind of south of me, but the other part is I’m not sure if it’s actually even sending SSTV on a regular basis. All of these are things to figure out as I work out the kinks to the system.
Image captured from ISS SSTV during the July 19, 2015 14:40 UTC pass.
Hardware configuration:
During the approximately 13:00UTC pass of ISS over EN81 I was able to capture the following image from the SSTV celebration of the anniversary commemorating the historic link up of US and Russian crews.
01/13/2015
From the ARRL.org website:
If the Polar Vortex has been getting you down, then the ARRL January VHF Contest might just be the antidote! The event gets under way at 1900 UTC on Saturday, January 24, and it wraps up at 0359 UTC on Monday, January 26. The object is for amateurs in the US and Canada (and possessions) to work as many amateur stations in as many different Maidenhead grid squares as possible using frequencies above 50 MHz. It’s the US and Canada (and possessions) working each other and the rest of the world (think F2 propagation!).
“You do not need a huge VHF/UHF antenna farm to compete and have fun,” said ARRL Contest Branch Manager Matt Wilhelm, W1MSW. He points out that even portable and rover operators have been quite successful, although that could depend somewhat on weather conditions where you live.
“January VHF/UHF propagation enhancements often just pop up,” Wilhelm added, with tropospheric and even extended aurora possible.
Getting on the VHF/UHF bands is easy, and Technician licensees have access to all amateur bands above 50 MHz. Antennas for VHF and UHF frequencies are far smaller than their HF counterparts. Most modern transceivers have 6 meter capability, and sometimes even an HF dipole can be used to work some DX on 6. Contest contacts may be made using SSB, CW, and even FM simplex, but keep calling frequencies such as 146.52 MHz clear of contest activity.
The January VHF Contest offers Single-Operator and Multioperator categories, and there is even a Single-Operator, FM-only category, as well as a Single-Operator, 3-Band (50 MHz, 144 MHz, and 440 MHz) category. For 2015 three new categories have been introduced: Single- Operator Unlimited High Power, Single-Operator Unlimited Low Power, and Single-Operator Unlimited Portable.
All entries must be e-mailed or postmarked no later than 0359 UTC Wednesday, February 25, 2015. Submit Cabrillo-formatted logs via e-mail. Mail paper logs to ARRL January VHF Contest, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111.
Contact the ARRL Contest Branch for more information.
01/09/2015
From the ARRL.org website
The SouthWest Ohio DX Association (SWODXA) will sponsor the 30th DX Dinner, held in conjunction with the 2015 Dayton Hamvention®. The DX Dinner will take place on Friday, May 15, at the Dayton Marriott, 1414 South Patterson Boulevard in Dayton.
A social hour precedes the dinner at 5:30, with dinner at 7 PM. SWODXA is offering tables (10 seats) at a discounted price.
Tickets now are available on the SWODXA Events website. Click on the appropriate icon to purchase tickets or to obtain more information. — Thanks to SWODXA DX Dinner Chairman Bill Salyers, AJ8B
NØHIO's logbook 
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