Friday Music : Rickie Lee Jones

Unless you came of age in a vacuum you remember this one – got tons of airplay when it was popular – and it’s still a great song . . .

Rickie Lee Jones made a lot of good music besides just the big hit “Chuck E” – several albums well worth listening to . . .

Here’s “Flying Cowboys” for your Friday listening pleasure – Enjoy!

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

Busy is An Understatement . . .

Several home improvement projects underway – trying to get “stuff” done before the snow flies – got another antenna up – YAY! – a 10 to 12 meter dipole – and just a lot of other odds and ends – had to take a long weekend to attend a wedding – juggling “stuff” around that was not fun – the weekend and the wedding itself was fun – the getting there and the after action scramble was not quite as much fun . .

Caught a rock on the way back – Safelite is cheap / easy / and seamless . . .

Broke out a package of party favors for the wedding . . .

Still one of the best out there – Arturo Fuente . . .

For when I get caught up . . .

Got the front deck sealed dodging through rain events – and that is truly good – it’s September and we are getting rain – not snow!

Say Hi to Curtis!

not truly a fan of the paint / seal job on the porch – it smells different daddy! – lmao!

I don’t think getting the new forest green shutters up is going to happen before spring – since at this point you can crawl out of bed any given morning and find 2 feet of snow – and there are several other things that kinda sorta need to happen before then – happy happy joy joy . . .

For all the stuff that is by design CREATING SENSORY OVERLOAD RIGHT NOW – I strongly recommend everyone take a deep calming breath and remember – It is ALL Scripted . . .

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

Corruption In the Courtroom – Are YOU Surprised??

Never forget when dealing with a judge – YOU are for all practical purposes dealing with a failed lawyer – all high and mighty in their robes – in that position because – in truth – the vast majority of the time – they could not make it as a lawyer. This failed lawyer in a black robe wanted the name so he could seek vengeance on the individual (s) who busted him out – and this level of judicial malfeasance and criminal action goes on daily.

Really gives YOU faith and confidence in the court system – does it not??

The key takeaway is the failed lawyer in the black robe NEVER denied the fact that the illegal meeting took place – but wanted to know who ratted him out . . .

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

Wooferton Transmitting Station – This is London Calling . . .

Obviously the glory days of the BBC World Service are done and long gone . . .

A decent article about Wooferton transmitting station can be FOUND HERE ON WIKI –

And here’s a quick clip of Wooferton carrying some Radio Farda programming – 9/01/25 1600 South Dakota time – 2100 UTC . . .

Wooferton broadcasting Radio Farda programming

Pretty much that’s how they are keeping the station alive – selling blocks of time for someone’s programming . . .

At least it survives . . .

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

Friday Music – A Little Southern Rock

A lot of groups and great music was a part of what made southern rock popular – many artists contributed to the “genre” through their influence on many of the bands – maybe I will dig through a pile of YouTube stuff and do another Friday Music or two on the artists and bands that contributed to the groups that made “Southern Rock” a thing . . .

Of course no “Southern Rock” post would be complete without . . .

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

SCANKING HF Discone – not a re-hash . . .

So I actually covered this in a post – <<<CLICK HERE>>> – this is just some thoughts on the antenna – not the best performer until you get above 30Mhz – it does work below 30 – but it is a compromise – it performs quite well for VHF and UHF – haven’t found anything above 600Mhz yet to listen to – but I have no doubts it will work.

If you simply don’t have the “place” or the space for a random wire – the discone will get you listening – just doesn’t take up a lot of space.

I don’t think you want to use it indoors – LMAO!

Been wanting to add a “better” SDR than just another dongle – I suppose there are some out there that are ok – however – I’m six deep in them and I haven’t found any yet.

Always checking a variety of different sites – never know when you might stumble across a deal – found this on Ham Radio Outlet – sold as used at a very good price –

– this is the unit the RSPdx-R2 replaced.

The latest and greatest – the R2 . . .

The R2 has better filtering and some hardware changes – is it noticeably better? I listen daily to both side by side along with an Airspy HF+ Discovery – there are differences between the SDRplay stuff and the Airspy ( DUH! ) – but they really compliment each other. As for differences between the RSPdx and the RSPdx-R2?? After extended listening time – the differences are very subtle.

YAMMV – Your Actual Mileage May Vary depending on YOUR station – grounding – antennas – local interference – conditions – oh so many variables.

And I do literally listen to the three of them side by side . . .

So I went back to the separate keyboards and mice – the kvm switches really didn’t want to play well with the PI OS’s I’m running.

And I have a portable hooked up to the antenna setup most of the time – the little Sangean 909X2 is a real nice radio . . .

Gathering up stuff to build several frequency specific dipole antennas I’ll grab some pics and get them posted along with a link back to the loop antenna post.

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