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My interests include Amateur Radio, Message Traffic Handling, Disaster Preparedness, Space Weather,

Terrestrial Weather, APRS, Doppler Radio Location Direction Finding, Emergency Communications, Packet-Radio,

Scottish Kilts, Smoking Pipes, Sustainable Organic Gardening, Composting, Worm Farming, Constitutional Rights,

Food Preservation, Microbiology, Soil Microbiology, Sustainability, Long-Term Food Storage, and much more.

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Updated: 09/02/2020

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#77 - 2019 Radio Propagation Predictions.

RC Anderson, Ph.D. - WH6FQE

Nov 15, 2018
4 min

#77 - 2019 Radio Propagation Predictions.

You may have noticed that for the past several months radio propagation has become extremely difficult, and it only seems to be getting w...

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#75 - New BBS Message Board & E-Mail Server

RC Anderson, Ph.D. - WH6FQE

Oct 20, 2018
2 min

#75 - New BBS Message Board & E-Mail Server

I recently became the Hawaii Regional Liaison for Radio Relay International (RRI) and am responsible for the efficient, and timely relay ...

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#73 - Hawaii to Australia HF Link Established

RC Anderson, Ph.D. - WH6FQE

Oct 12, 2018
2 min

#73 - Hawaii to Australia HF Link Established

Since becoming involved with Radio Relay International (RRI), along with handling message traffic to and from Hawaii to the Continental U...

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RC Anderson, Ph.D. - WH6FQE

Feb 15, 2018
2 min

#43 - Text Messaging via HF Radio

For the last couple days I have been playing around with a new program that I have installed that eventually will replace the popular Win...

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RC Anderson, Ph.D. - WH6FQE

Jan 6, 2018
3 min

# 37 - Worldwide Email via HF Radio

One of the main things that we have to consider in our preparations for a SHTF event is communications, both outgoing and incoming. We ha...

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RC Anderson, Ph.D. - WH6FQE

Dec 26, 2017
3 min

# 36 - Serious SHTF Comms

Merry Christmas everyone. I hope that everyone has had a safe and joyful holiday weekend with their families. I started building my Emerg...

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RC Anderson, Ph.D. - WH6FQE

Dec 16, 2017
2 min

# 34 - Base Station Radios

Well, I got both the BTech UV-50X2 50 watt dual band mobile radio and the Yaesu 857D HF/VHF/UHF radio set up and programmed now and I mus...

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#153 - Which Plastic Containers Are Safe For Gardening?

#152 - Is Drip Irrigation Really The Best Way To Water Your Garden?

#151 - Easy D.I.Y. Air-Pruning Grow Containers

#150 - How To Keep Birds From Eating The Fruit In Your Garden

#149 - Targeted Tomato Hornworm Control

#148 - Gardening Quick Tips - Blossom End Rot & Epsom Salt

#147 - Gardening Quick Tips - The Best Tomato Plant Pollination Method

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#144 - Is Using Wood Chips As A Garden Mulch A Bad Idea?

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