Free Grill

Went out yesterday to get groceries, I nited the neighbor across the street had a gaf grill on the drive, free for the coming.  Back from the store, it was still there and the wife was in the yard.  Talked with her a little.  Dennis then brought it of to me, put it in the back yard.  Now, gonna move it is the shed or sun porch. And need to get a bottle of propane - regulator is with the grill.It will probably kept in the sun porch, more convenient to grill on the patio.

Had thought about picking up a grill, but doubt I would use if much.  Too much hassle  for what little I eat.  But, when (if) have company, it will be nice to have it.

Dinner at The Local Brewhouse

After my appearance at Field Day, I went home and processed thet photos.  Field Day Chairman wanted the photos up on Facebook during Field Day,

Did not feel like fixing some food for dinner, so made the short drive (under a mile) to The Local Brewhouse.  Normally, I prefer to eat out on the pasio.  The problem was if was very windy.  Was going to eat at the enclosed porch, but there was a noizy child or two where a couple families were eating.  Ended up sitting on the bar.

Asked for a pint of Kilt Lifter, but they were out, so had theit Local Brewhouse Amber.  For food, had thei pub burger.  The purger seemed to be larget than the last time, but same price.

Field Day 2019

The weekend of June 22/23 was Field Day - a day for Amateur Radio Operators to show their emergency preparedness.  The High Desert ARC set uo at Enchanted Trails RV Park West end of Albuquerque.  The club set up a phone station, CW station, and GOTA (Get On The Air) station. 

I visited the site and operations for several hours, taking photos for the club.  Then when home, posted them on the club's Facebook page.

Lunch at Chili's

Had a busy paperwork morning.  Went to Office Mas for supplies to construct a copy of my memoirs to send to Aunt Audrey.  Did a little editing while printing a copy of my efforts, so far.

Soon, it was past lunch time.  Chili's is about a milr away, so headed there.  Had a weekday lunch special combos -- Caesar salad, double cheeseburger, and fries.  Washed down the food with a 22 oz of amber ale.

I figured that while the salad would lower my INR, the 22 oz of beer should raise it.   zero sum?!

Not surprising, when I got home, I was too tired to do any work, even on the computer.

Presentation to High Desert ARC

At the June meeting of the High Desert ARC, I presented a talk on county hunting.  This was the first time I did a talk since my stroke 14 years ago.  The were a couple rough spots inn  my  speech, but made through.  Got many cudos from the members.

Here's a photo of me with my certificate.

Ham Radio Equipment

This afternoon, I unpacked my ham radio gear.  Guess it was about time as it has been sitting in the garage for the last 3 years!

On the bottom, the lineat power supple and Icom 707 transceiver.  Middle row are two of my antenna tuners.  On the top row were the Ramsey crystal 2 'm transceiver, Kantonics TNC and the antique CW key.

I also have Hustler mast and resonators, a mobile antenna tunor and a keyer.  They had unpacked shortly after I moved to New Mexico.  One of the paddles of the keyer is damaged.  Guess will have to repair of replace it if I want to do some CW.