Well this, as usual, is long overdue! The last two days have been busy. I finally updated my website for the first time in about a decade! I was running the very old 1.0 version of Joomla and refused to upgrade because I knew I would lose the template I had. I was pretty fond of it and was sad to see it go. Since so many things have changed with Joomla since 1.0, the act of upgrading to the current 3.9 version would have been rather labor intensive. Since I don’t have a lot of content, I decided it was easier to scrap the old site completely and import the content into a new install of WordPress. So far, I am pretty happy with the new look.

I am in Southern Illinois these days, near Scott AFB. I just moved here about a month ago and am still trying to get settled in. I programmed up my HTs and a Motorola mobile that I have next to my computer and attached a ladder line J-pole to it that I hung on the wall. I need to figure a better place to put it though. My wife asked if I was planning on keeping the antenna there permanently and we have been married long enough that I know a rhetorical question when I hear one! I will figure something out.

Hopefully I can get involved with some of the groups here, so far they seem good and active! There is a meeting next week and I will see if I can make it. There are a few DMR repeaters here too, so I may need to pick up a radio and try that out (like I really need an excuse? Ha!). I need to crack out my digital stuff and see what all I can have fun with. 

Welp, that’s it for this update, hopefully there will be another one before another few years go by!