Chris Smolinski W3HFU

This reminds me of a joke between me and my daughter - whenever we see a bizarre road sign, there's a reason that sign exists - someone did something stupid.

Like when an overpass has a warning about how tall it is, and there's an obvious dent from when a large truck tried to go under and hit it.

Question @newsguy.bsky.social - How do we know these were shortwave radio transmissions? I don't see a mention of shortwave in the ABC article, or any other that I can find (which all seem to reference the ABC article as their source).

Overall I liked Enterprise. Hit or miss, but some great episodes. Especially any with Shran. Plus it was nice to see Vulcans weren't so squeaky clean after all.

A Woman Found a Folder in a Drawer. When She Opened It, She Discovered 35 Forgotten Rembrandt Etchings Charlotte Meyer's grandfather acquired the artworks between 1900 and 1920. Now, they're going on view for the first time in more than a century

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Thank you to shortwave pirate radio station Truth Radio International for this #eQSL for their broadcast earlier this morning.

...I'm still searching for 23 out of 64 Buffalo nickels and 22 out of 33 Liberty nickels. I completed the Jefferson series with box 238. The quest goes on.

Box 309 of my quest/personal challenge to build complete Liberty and Buffalo nickel collections just from circulation via coin roll hunting.

I found a 1937 Buffalo nickel, two silver war nickels: 1943-P and 1945-P, and two Canadian nickels...

Another recently received shortwave pirate radio #eQSL card, this time from The Seekers Radio.

...I'm still searching for 23 out of 64 Buffalo nickels and 22 out of 33 Liberty nickels. I completed the Jefferson series with box 238. The quest goes on.

Box 308 of my quest/personal challenge to build complete Liberty and Buffalo nickel collections just from circulation via coin roll hunting.

Not quite as fun as box 307, but I found a 1943-S silver war nickel...

Cool! I wonder if they picked up inventory when Radio Shack went under?

I used to live in Buffalo and used to eat Arby's, not necessarily at the same time. Does that count?

The recall notice even lists the exact ingredients involved:

"Anyone who purchased the products is advised not to eat it if they have an allergy or sensitivity to cashews or macadamia nuts."

"Unspecified" refers to the missing ingredients, not the recall itself.

Hence the recall.

A recall due to "undeclared allergens" means the food has something like, milk, eggs, soy, etc. in it that wasn't listed on the ingredients label.

Yes, a problem if you're allergic to them, hence the recall. But a non issue for the other 99% of us.

...The 1945-P silver war nickel came from another roll. The other 48 rolls were duds, like most customer rolls.

I'm still searching for 23 out of 64 Buffalo nickels and 22 out of 33 Liberty nickels. I completed the Jefferson series with box 238. The quest goes on.

Box 307 of my quest/personal challenge to build complete Liberty and Buffalo nickel collections just from circulation via coin roll hunting.

9 proofs! All from one customer wrapped roll, which also had the 1966 which I suspect is SMS, plus the nicer later year nickels...

The teller said she had $1.50 in halves.

A fuse with non-negligible resistance :)

...I also found a 1916 and 1937 Buffalo, as well as a Bermuda nickel, my 33rd.

I'm still searching for 23 out of 64 Buffalo nickels and 22 out of 33 Liberty nickels. I completed the Jefferson series with box 238. The quest goes on.

Box 306 of my quest/personal challenge to build complete Liberty and Buffalo nickel collections just from circulation via coin roll hunting.

This was the box with a reverse Buffalo ender I posted a pic of a few days ago. That was a 1935-S which I needed for my CRH collection!...

An upcoming California law requires operating system providers to enforce basic mandatory age verification It's basic, and by the looks of it, near unenforceable.

Today's episode of "Politicians Don't Understand How Technology Works"

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Perfect! I'll set up an SDR to record.

If it was still December, I'd have a much better chance of catching stuff locally here in the USA. I had to hop into a KiwiSDR in Romania to listen to the Farsi numbers on 7910 USB.

Has anyone created a comprehensive list of SW broadcasts related to Iran?

Dinner last night: Italian beef after adding the giardiniera, and then the provolone.