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Busy weekend

[Saturday: 8 miles, Sunday: rest, today: 5 miles]

It seems like the weekend zoomed by.

Saturday morning we were at the running group.  Had a bit of a problem toward the end of our scheduled run and we called for a ride at after 8 miles.  Then we visited a bit at the in-law’s house (very nice!).

After that we picked up some luggage which we purchased off an internet swap list then it was back home.

In the afternoon I wrestled with the wifi configuration on my new Beaglebone Black.  No joy there.

In the evening I went in to the ham radio club’s field day event.  I operated on the radio from approximately 7 pm to 11:30.  Radio conditions were kind of poor but we did get a few contacts on 20 and 40 meter sideband.  We had some visitors to the station also.  It was a nice evening.

Sunday morning was relaxed.  Then we went to church, ate a hamburger at Christy’s and came home. At home we packed up the boat with #1 son and went to Lake Columbus for fishing.

Home again in the evening it was more Beaglebone Black and a warm bath reading the latest issue of Electric Radio magazine.

Picture today is the autonomous weather station doing it’s thing in Starkville.

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