Author: jfillian
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2nd Amendment Resistance
Lean in to the 2nd Amendment I’ve been haunted by a substack I read. “The Existential Republic: I researched every attempt to stop fascism in history. The success rate is 0%” outlined 4 options for defeating our growing fascism, and while I feel paralyzed when considering what I can, as an individual, do, to resist,…
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Changing the Frequency of repeater VXR-5000
I doubt anyone will need to read this post but I had to write it. We are swapping repeaters between sites and therefore want to swap the frequencies those repeaters use. One of them is an ancient Vertex VXR-5000. It still works fine despite being I-don’t-know-how-old-it-is. Most of the repeater control can be done using…
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View From the Beach in Êtretat, FR
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Reblog of BullFrog:
Reblog via BullFrog
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Sand Hill Crane
While I was taking my walk in Cherokee Marsh this afternoon I heard a noise to my right and there, about 15 feet away was a wonderful Sand Hill Crane. I asked him if he planned to stay there long enough for me to get my phone out of my pocket to take the picture…
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On Tyranny
I’ve just discovered the next book I need to buy, On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder. John Lithgow reads his twenty lessons from the twentieth century. This should whet your appetite as it has mine https://open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p/twenty-lessons-read-by-john-lithgow?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=3m2i7
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Hands off 2025 -2
Here are a few photos from today. #handsoff2025
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Handsoff2025 -1
Just getting warmed up here in Madison WI.
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Basketball Bully
No matter how well you play, if you are consistently a bully on the neighborhood basketball court eventually the other kids won’t invite you to the game and will play without you. We have become the bully and the rest of the kids are going to start enjoying the game of b-ball without us. #tariffs…
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Playing Radio
I can’t tell you how long operating on any digital mode has not worked for me. Years perhaps? Finally today, a new laptop and going back to my original Signalink, I played radio. WInlink VARA HF, SSTV, FT8, almost without a problem. In the process I managed to get FT8 QSOs from Alaska, Venezuela, Cuba,…