Radio Transcription

KJ7JX

Well, good morning and happy New Year to everyone out there this morning. This is KJ7JX and Robert, and yeah, I mean, going to bed early has its side effects. I woke up early, so I was up at 6.30, and well, and that's sleeping in for me. I mean, that's, yeah, anyway, I woke up, kind of sat on the couch here, covered myself with a blanket, I turned the news on and got here and just kind of snuggled with the news a little bit. I got the heaters cranked up because it was cold in the house this morning. Oh my goodness. Not having insulation on the floor really sucks this side of the year because the whole man on the floor is so cold. But yeah, got the coffee brewed. I'm sitting down enjoying a cup of coffee now and just kind of trying to plan out the day. I got a bunch of Amazon returns I'm working on. I ordered some USB-C to USB-C cables for my external monitor. And I thought that if I got nice, heavy-duty, high-quality cables, that would be the only thing I needed to focus on. Well, I was very wrong. These tables are high-quality, high-current, charging-only tables. They don't do any data. So when I plugged my monitor in, it turned it on, but they have no input, so I was pretty bummed about that. So for the reason I've got two sets of cables I'm returning and I already ordered replacement video data cables that's way more expensive, I'm pretty taken back by that, but that's what happens with cables, I guess. And then I also initiated the returns for the new LED lights I got for the Jeep. I got some really cool looking tri-LED lights for the Jeep bumper for the parking light and turn signals, because I keep burning out the halogen bulb, and I'm thinking it might be due to the fact that I like to play in water, glass, and halogen doesn't play nicely. Or it might be something else with the Jeep, I don't know. But it kept giving me a failure on the right turn signal. So I put the new LEDs in, and then I started getting a failure on the left turn signal, but only when the lights were, the parking lights were on also. Super weird, super weird. And then when we tried to check into the mic and key net on Christmas, I think it was, Christmas Eve, I was sitting there and when I keyed up the radio, I noticed that the lights went bright. I was like, that's not right. And then Robert also mentioned, I think it was Robert, mentioned that I had a pretty horrible signal. And from where I was located, I shouldn't have had a bad signal. So I turned all my lights off and wouldn't you know it, the signal problems went away. So yeah, I was pretty taken back by that and bummed because it looked really good on the Jeep. But you know, sometimes you have to have function over form. And when it comes to ham radio enthusiasts, we tend to focus on function. So there you go. Thanks for doing what you do, my friend. Very much appreciate you, and hope that everyone has a fantastic start to the year. This is KJ7JX on click back to you.