[TVARC] Ham Radio Outlet and (unrelated) Covid 19 Home tests

[Ken Peters]

Hey Y'all,
  In reverse order: 
COVID SELF TEST
     Someone wrote about these self tests several days ago. We just received ours.  To begin with, I find the feds sending these on request to be an enormous waste of T/P money, but since we’ve overpaid into the bottomless federal coffers, we decided to get a few dollars of our tax money back. They came in yesterday. One of you mentioned that yours were made in China. In our kit, we noted that some of the materials we manufactured in South Korea (the good guys) high quality people! We noticed that the nose swabs (those little Q-tip like thingies with the bio-particles that swipe inside your nose) are made in Red China. My wife asked me, “Would you trust anything made in China? Especially a biological product to go in your body?”.  We have no intent to use them - and will not give them to people we like.

NEXT SUBJECT …. HAM RADIO OUTLET
My wife and I took a ride the other day the the Ham Radio Outlet that is near Sanford. We took a route that avoided expressways. It was a very pleasant ride through countryside. It’s well over an hour but, hey, what else are you doing?  The purpose was to get an antenna - a SuperAntenna mp1dxtr80. Very nice portable, HF antenna complete with matched Radials and everything. (Look it up and also YouTube it if you’re on a budget and want to do a lot and need an antenna.) It is also a very high quality product, we were impressed. We also spoke to a couple people that use these. All good reports.
   It was the last one in any of their stores nationally. (Very popular, huh!) I am very new all this - lots of head knowledge, very minimal practical knowledge. The  guys there, Joe, the store manager, and Peter were extraordinarily helpful, not condescending (a concern for those of us still learning), and went out of their way to coach and help, and also saved us some bucks too.  My wife even enjoyed the trip and store experience and learned a lot too. 
  I highly recommend this store. BTW, we did call ahead to confirm that they had the product we were looking for.
  73
Ken Peters - KO4OAT



“To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.” 
           ― Ludwig van Beethoven

“To make mistakes in life is insignificant (it’s part of life and learning); 
  But to live your life without passion ... that’s inexcusable!”
         - Ken Peters (with credit to L.V. Beethoven)



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