"Ajacks' I Don't Know Why, I just do": September 2020

Friday, September 25, 2020

Short Wave Listening = SWLing.com

Short Wave Listening is much easier now with the moderon receivers. When I started some some 55 or 60 years ago the dial was a guess at best. Now with digital readout you just dial the frequency and if you have propagation you hear the station. ...... Jack

Friday, September 18, 2020

Air Force Birthday

The official Air Force Birthday is recognized as September 18, 1947, which is the date of the passage of the National Security Act of 1947. That legislation created what would later become to known as the United States Department of Defense. ... The 73rd Air Force Day will be celebrated on Friday, September 18, 2020.

Monday, September 07, 2020

History of Labor Day

https://www.dol.gov/general/laborday/history

Tuesday, September 01, 2020

My Favorite QSL Card

ZE3JJ from Rhodesia 1980 on 10 meters

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I attended Versailles, Indiana grade and high school I was considered the class clown and was voted most likely to not succeed. I spent most of the school time in the study hall. I obtained my diploma from the army (GED) later the school sent me a diploma. I enlisted in several electronic classes at the Vocational school at Versailles. I have a home based business of computer repair and I do HTML language creating web pages for local businesses. I edit photos and create video presentations. I have been an Amateur Radio Operator for over 50 plus years. I am proficient, sending and receiving, international Morse code. I have several beacon transmitters that are heard world wide and are operated 24 - 7. I have conducted hundreds of radio telephone patches allowing displaced military, missionaries, and Nation Science Foundation groups located at the South Pole. I have relayed emergency messages to the State Dept from ships at sea. I am an Viet Nam-era army veteran. I did institution on military explosives while stationed at Ft. Ord, Ca. I worked twenty-seven years for United Parcel Service and retired. I have been married to my wife Betty for over 54 years. I am a member of the American Legion, NRA, and the American Radio Relay League (ARRL). I think I've done OK, What do you think ......
Jack Demaree

"Ajacks' I Don't Know Why, I just do"