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End of the day

[Today’s run: 1 mile, with the dog]

We nearly  finished up the bathroom tile job today.  I have one piece of trim work to reinstall.  I did get the paint touched up on the other woodwork and we got the stool put back in.  It looks good.

I also made a bit of progress on a couple of work items.

And I got a new CQ magazine in the mail.

My GPS-DO is acting kind of funny.  I’ve been messing with it for the last few weeks.  I got the GPS antenna connection sorted out once my crimper tool and BNC fittings arrived.  It runs ok, but it seems to drift a long time in one direction.  I keep having the overpowering urge to twiddle the little screwdriver frequency cap on the oscillator.  So, I don’t really know if it will go to the voltage rail or turn around and come back toward the center.  I guess what I need to do is ignore it for awhile and see what happens.

And I’ve done a little bit of playing around with wire-on-sewing-bobbins, with the idea of maybe making my own 100 kHz IF transformers.  But it may be hard to do without a frequency domain display like a spectrum analyzer or VNA.  At least, it sure would be easier with one!

Oh, I also started touching up some scratches on the “new” car.  It came pre-scratched in a couple of spots.  I have the touch-up paint and the clear coat.  I’m following the instructions in a little boxed kit I found at the auto parts store.  At least this time I started on an out-of-the-way spot.  So if I mess up it won’t be the first thing I see every time I get in the car.  (I too often start new procedures on the most critical visual spot.  Maybe this time I am learning?)