Do It Inside – from Fred in the Shed

Great video from Fred in the Shed about the outside vs inside antenna thing. Think about it – you live in a box that dampens the signals coming in and tends to trap all the noise your “stuff” is making inside – outside is better – but – it does take some effort to set up antennas outside – as well as some skill sets to do it right. The two biggest issues for most folks are room and the dreaded HOA. In my particular case I’m fortunate in the fact that the only two things that are really stressed here are keep the grass mowed and don’t let stuff pile up. Antennas? Fifth antenna going up today, a dedicated noise antenna going up and a ground loop going in (literally in a shallow cut in the lawn – about a 1/2 inch deep) both as soon as the weather permits. It’s very difficult to skin out a shallow trench in frozen ground and then sprinkle grass seed and expect it to grow.

The antenna going up today is a Starlink antenna so I can separate my internet “stuff” totally from my Blushing Bride’s work stuff. The reason being I will need to do some port forwarding stuff so the SDRplay nRSP-NT can be accessed from the web and her IT people are not very keen on me changing anything – they are happy with the setup as it is – so fine – it shall remain as it is.

A lot of changes coming so keep checking back. Sticking a second website together focused on SWL – from which you will be able to sample the SDRplay nRSP-NT and get an idea of what you can do with an SDR and a decent antenna.

Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!

If You Can’t Give Me Love . . .

Can’t explain it – but I knew YOU needed this!

Sporadic posting is an understatement – go ahead and retire Bruce – relax, enjoy the free time – Baby Jesus! Trying to set this up –

First one was D.O.A. – that’s like the second time in my life I have bought a discounted open box/return product that puked on me – and to their credit Ham Radio Outlet said just send it back – zero restock fee – pay the the difference and we will ship a new one. I’m like works for me. Almost felt like I was at The Bunny Ranch, where the customer always comes first!

Got it up and running on my LAN – YAY!

Listening to a little music on Radio Havana . . .

And then –

Then the bias tee for my super high tech jet fighter DXE-RF-PRO 1B shit the bed – damn . . . And much to their credit the folks at DX ENGINEERING sent me a new one as I had replaced the original one last July – the plug from the power supply never fit quite right – this one has a little different plug on it and fits very securely – and I’m not taking chances with ANY movement – LOL!

Did some major changes with cable ( antenna/speaker/power ) routing and added a 4X8 sheet of plywood to the floor – office chairs truly suck on carpet!

Meanwhile back at the ranch – had a truly scary health issue from about 25 years ago that I thought came back out of remission – but – THAT wasn’t the issue – basically it’s old age creeping up on me – LOL!

And then another time suck occurred – tried to open a port on my router so I could give people access to my SDRplay (nRSP-ST) device. After multiple conversations my internet provider really did not want to help other than to provide me with a listing of ports that cannot be opened due to their security issues. I then started to research the whole open port issue thing and security concerns – that whole thing will drive you half way if not completely nuts. So basically it’s back to SDR Play and find out from them (SDR Play) if I can I plug the thing in to a totally separate internet service and maybe even bypass a router that has nothing to do with my any network and is the server that is built into it robust enough to keep from getting screwed up – or basically if I don’t provide you with a user name and password it can’t be hacked into and chopped into little pieces.

I have a feeling it is heading towards Starlink – and at that point – if needed – a linux box for a firewall – there is some VERY robust firewall stuff (enterprise level) available at little or no cost for linux – I could then set up some file storage options so YOU can set freq and record times and go back and listen when you have available time.

To my friends and acquaintances out there – never fear I’m still alive and kicking – – and to my many enemies out there – fuck you, not dead yet bitches . . .

Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!

The Journey of Troop 72 from Butch Johnson

Butch took on the task of documenting his troop – and he didn’t realize at the start how deep the hole was going to go. Several runs at it later – he decided to go with what he could get his hands on from local newspaper microfiche – several thousands of hours later he got this put together.

With a core group of helpers as seen below – plus many others – he finally got it done.

Now this is a straight forward history as seen through the eyes of the newspaper articles.

These five pages below are literally just open it up at random and take a picture – and this is pretty cool stuff – at least for a niche group of folks out here . . .

Butch is still thinking about a collection of “stories” from the troop – road trips – camping – OA – and other activities they all had fun with over the years – I don’t think he is a big enough glutton for punishment to take that project on.

The book is for sale – not a cheap date by any stretch – but – when you factor in the amount of time by the number of people involved – it’s not bad @ 65 bucks plus shipping.

And this is truly a narrow market item – people say “Wow – that’s cool – I want one” or they are not interested in the least. There are not a lot of fence sitters on this.

If you are interested – you can contact Butch through {{ GerdJohnson58@gmail.com }} – drop him a note and he will get you set up with your very own copy.

I’m waiting for the Fort Dodge Council history book he’s putting together – hopefully Butch will be able to retain some shred of sanity by the time he’s through with that mess – tracking Fort Dodge council into Prairie Gold council into Mid America council – the hundreds of documents and pictures that have yet to be found and sorted through. What do you leave out vs what do you include?? Should be way cool when it’s finally done. And you’ll see it here when it’s done.

When you email Butch – say hey to him for me – were both getting to old to do any camping anymore – now it’s phone calls and text messages . . .

Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!

camera test : cellphone vs canon

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Finally dug out my Canon PowerShot SX530HS – damn fine camera when it was bought – compared to the Samsung ZFold? – it is really showing its age – as you can see above. Bestbuy has the Canon T7 2 lens kit for $639 – I may upgrade – I may not. Except a picture here and there and stuff for this site ( and I use the cellphone for all that stuff ) I just really don’t use / need a super high tech jet fighter camera. It would be interesting to use a nice camera and the T7 is right up against a mirrorless camera – but – I’m having trouble justifying the monies in my head.

modern problems . . .

Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!

How the U.S. Is Quietly Eliminating $38 Trillion in Debt

“THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INCORPORATED” is and has been steadily eliminating debt for quite awhile – by selling YOUR ass to “THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK CORPORATION” – and that has been going on continuously since 1913 – what 99.9% of you folks don’t realize about “THE FED” is three things that are given facts about it – ONE : they are not government / NOT FEDERAL – TWO : they have NO RESERVES / YOUR ASS is what they are holding as reserves – and THREE : they ARE NOT A BANK . . .

Other than that – they are pretty straight forward about what they are (satanical) and what they are doing -fucking YOU to DEATH – quite literally – turn YOU and ME and EVERY single human on this planet into a slave – or kill you – either through open warfare or starvation. Very simple game plan – it has stood the test of time hasn’t it? ( several thousand years )

I implore all of you to start with a simple primer – The creature from Jekyll Island – if you don’t do actual book reading here is <<<a link to some YouTube videos>>> to get you started.

If the actual book works for you <<<this link will get you started>>> to purchasing a copy . . .

Thanks to the cult members that are the main stream media – this country is totally fractured – approximately 50% are embracing this “Oh please – take care of me Daddy government – take from the evil (at this point MAGA is the whipping boy) people that are productive and dole it out to us” mindset- and the other 50%? The vast majority are totally splintered into literally thousands of factions.

Have a good new year – OK?

Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!

and the way this is trending you will be considered to be living large if you can afford fish heads before much longer

Happy New Year 2026 – Welcome to Smoke & Mirrors & Bullshit!

2026 is going to be a wild ride. If you get nothing else out of this – realize that there is such a thing as mortgage backed securities that are NOT secure. All mortgages written in the last 20 plus years are bundled and “on the market”. What do you think is going to happen when “The Fed” – and let’s be up front – the Rothschild’s ARE “The Fed” – liquidate “their” assets – YOUR MORTGAGE? The other thing that is important is not only the revelation that your mortgage is on the line – the lying liars lying to you in the press ARE IN FACT lying to YOU . . .

YOU need to embrace the depression era ( thank you for those fun times, you fucking bankers thieves ) (FIFY) mindset of use it up / wear it out / make it do / or do without! Do everything within your power to cut your daily expenses. Do your research on just how people scrimped during the depression. Food – house temperature – combine trips in your vehicle – lighting, there are many things you can do to cut expenses. Implement those practices then take every penny you save and put it towards the principal on your mortgage – make paying off that millstone around your neck the number one – well breathing is number one – the number two priority in your life. Because these thieves ARE NOT going to lose one thin dime – they WILL come after YOUR house to cover their exposure.

Don’t doubt it for a second!

Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!

i actually passed on two “bucket list” firearms these past two weeks – those funds go to my mortgage principal payment at the end of the month!

Six Pack Saturday – Can’t You See?

Warren Haynes & Gov’t Mule be kicking ass and not bothering to take names at the bottom – might have to do some more of them – folks there is more good “stuff” floating around on the “Tube” than you (or I) can imagine – and I don’t know about you – but I have a pretty twisted imagination – LOL!

as my Blushing Bride says – be loving me some jelly roll!

the best of the bunch for last – Enjoy!

Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!

Pay Attention Folks – It’s A Fucking Tax!!

When the democrats commie fuck cock suckers (fify) argued forcing you to buy the lie in front of SCOTUS and realized the ruling was not going to be in their favor – they switched horses in mid-stream and argued it was a tax – it was adjudicated by SCOTUS it was in fact a tax and everyone could be forced into soviet care.

And all it takes to repeal a federal tax? Just 51 votes in the senate – POOF – it’s gone. To let health insurance to be sold across state lines and thus LOWERING the cost to the consumer? That’s right – 51 votes in the senate. What I’m glad to see is more and more of you folks are becoming aware that “We The People” are being fucked to death by our so called representatives on a regular ongoing basis . . .

Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!