It’s been a busy week here which has me really looking forward to a little getaway on the shores of Lake Michigan at the end of this month. New posts have been skinny this week, but you may have noticed I’ve resurfaced many older blog posts. Visit the archive to see. I lost count of how many have been added, but more are on the way. With a back catalog of over four-thousand previously published posts, there’s a lot to choose from.

A few older resurfaced posts include:

  • Gilded Age - a wave of grant money is flooding into ham radio, and while it could fund real innovation, it also risks creating winners, losers, and hidden strings for clubs chasing it.
  • The Third Act - after 40+ years as an engineer, retiring at 62 into life's third act — no set plans beyond more writing, more ham radio, and the endless to-do list that comes with owning a home.
  • It's Rare if You Don't Have It - an unexpected all-time-new-one on ten meters via FT4 — and a reminder of the eternal DX truth: it's rare if you don't have it.

I still want to assemble a proper about page though writing about myself has never been enjoyable. It’s why my QRZ bio remains blank after all these years. Whenever I read self-written bios, especially those penned in the third person, “Bob enjoys good coffee and 40 meters” waves of nausea wash over me and I can’t do it that way. I’ll come up with something that might not look like a traditional colophon but it should provide the necessary backstory to better understand my goals for the site.