{"id":62235,"date":"2019-01-19T23:12:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T06:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=62235"},"modified":"2019-01-19T21:13:08","modified_gmt":"2019-01-20T04:13:08","slug":"trippin-and-winter-ham-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2019\/01\/19\/trippin-and-winter-ham-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"Trippin… and Winter Ham Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well since the last edition we have traveled back to colorado\u2026 spent a couple weeks in Oklahoma and then back.   First up\u2026 I guess it has been pretty wet and muddy in Oklahoma\u2026 He didn\u2019t have time to clean the car, just a spot for the yearly update tag..<\/p>\n

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Look close\u2026 <\/p>\n

Well on the day back we had to leave early , needed to be back in Colorado by 5pm so we hit the road and headed out \u2026 wasn\u2019t too bad up to Blackwell and the stop there to visit with Elmore but when we left there it got pretty thick\u2026 <\/p>\n

\"1-SAM_6757\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It was this or worse all the way till about Russell , Kansas\u2026 then POOF it cleared up\u2026 <\/p>\n

We missed the big storm (so far) they got about 17 inches of snow at the Colorado House a few days before we got back\u2026 fortunate the new snowblower worked fine, cleared the drive and the roads were clear so we got in ok\u2026 <\/p>\n

Out east of the Springs we drive through a big new wind farm\u2026 and I had not been around much when they were having to get them ready\u2026 but as were passing a few I spot a big blue and white thing hanging from one\u2026 I wondered if they used the winch to get up and down so took the picture and found they were lowering tools and stuff\u2026 but them were some big bags of stuff\u2026 <\/p>\n

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The picture is a bit decieving in the size of the bags\u2026 but they looked big enough to be a basket for workers to ride in but on zoop they were just big tool bags\u2026 <\/p>\n

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And the back door hatch they came out of\u2026 again the pictures don\u2019t really show how big things are.  but up close that box thing on top could be a rather large garage \u2026 <\/p>\n

It had been clearing and pretty nice here since we got back this week and they weather guys predicted a smallish storm through yesterday (Friday).  We were supposed to get from 1 to 3 inches\u2026 well that turned out to be 6 to 9 inches and 30 mph winds\u2026 so we had some really nasty stuff here all Day Friday\u2026 I went out early and it was not bad then about 8am there were a few flakes\u2026 then all out snow then blow then snow\u2026 and living on Palmer Ridge we seem to get the worst of things here\u2026 just glad I didn\u2019t need to get out\u2026 From the reports all the roads through here were blocked.  accidents everywhere\u2026 guess people don\u2019t slow down\u2026 just barrel ahead till they get caught..<\/p>\n

https:\/\/gazette.com\/news\/crashes-massive-delays-on-i–north-of-colorado-springs\/article_e0901bb4-1b4a-11e9-a2fa-d3c001b684bf.html<\/a><\/p>\n

20 car pileups on I-25, jackknifed semi on 105 and ? not sure but they said north 83 was blocked as well\u2026 We stayed in\u2026 but I figured that they would have the roads cleared and I could slip out today and make a winter Ham Fest up in Loveland, Co.  and sure enough the streets in the area were horrible but in 3 miles or less I get to I-25 and it was wet but not nasty for about 10 miles then cleared up and by Castle Rock it was clear all the way\u2026 and the temps were good up north as well\u2026 just to show the differences\u2026 leaving the housing area\u2026 multiple cars with dents, crashes and way off the roads..<\/p>\n

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Then south of Castle Rock\u2026 the road it clear but the train moving more windmill parts is going south..<\/p>\n

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I got to Loveland a little before 10am and knew the fest would be over by noon so I had to make the round quick\u2026 stopped at several spots to talk to people that I know or needed to know\u2026ha! It was a large gathering for most of the ham deals out here.  likely everyone was tired of winter and needed to dump some stuff that had been collecting\u2026 dust? <\/p>\n

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I guess that all the real good stuff sold before I got there\u2026 I saw several guys carrying things out as I was headed in\u2026 but my review didn\u2019t show much of real value\u2026 although on some things the prices seemed pretty good\u2026 <\/p>\n

\"1-SAM_6762\"<\/a><\/p>\n

For those not into it\u2026 it is a Model 15 Teletype machine, the case is behind n the floor and it worked\u2026 he turned it on and all the parts worked\u2026 I have not need for anything that weights 50 to 100 lbs and makes more noise than the grandsons\u2026 I had a model a bit newer than this one back in 1978 and built the demod box to make it work on the radio\u2026 got it going once and decided it was way too much trouble\u2026 especially when it took two to carry it in and out\u2026 <\/p>\n

I stuck around for the drawing\u2026 although I hadn\u2019t bought any of the tickets\u2026 <\/p>\n

\"1-SAM_6763\"<\/a><\/p>\n

At these things you an tell when you need to leave\u2026most of the stuff is hauled out and everyone is just waiting to see if they won something\u2026 <\/p>\n

I got home and since I left early the drive was still covered with the snow from Friday\u2026 I used the jeep to get out and back\u2026 so I had to pull the snowblower out and clear the drive\u2026 not too bad\u2026 last year the old one took 3 hours and lots of shoveling and this year the 6 to 9 inches in our drive was moved out in about 1 hour\u2026 and no shovels\u2026 well a little to clear the edges that you just can\u2019t get that close to with the blower\u2026 glad I got up at 4 to get to Home Depot on BlackFriday and picked up that blower for 40% off\u2026 <\/p>\n

So that has been the past week.  nothing new or exciting other than lost of little radio projects, staying in where it is warm.  and trying to find some project parts for the next go\u2026 mostly I had spent a few days getting some new software going on the radio hotspots and putting a few together and testing\u2026 oh and starting to sift through stuff in preparation for tax season\u2026 <\/p>\n

WD0AJG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well since the last edition we have traveled back to colorado\u2026 spent a couple weeks in Oklahoma and then back.   First up\u2026 I guess it has been pretty wet and muddy in Oklahoma\u2026 He didn\u2019t have time to clean the car, just a spot for the yearly update tag..<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Look close\u2026 <\/p>\n

Well on the day back we had to leave early , needed to be back in Colorado by 5pm so we hit the road and headed out \u2026 wasn\u2019t too bad up to Blackwell and the stop there to visit with Elmore but when we left there it got pretty thick\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

It was this or worse all the way till about Russell , Kansas\u2026 then POOF it cleared up\u2026 <\/p>\n

“And Now the Rest of the Story – “Trippin… and Winter Ham Fest<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,5,8],"tags":[33,64,109],"class_list":["post-62235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-life-and-or-living-daily","category-travel-going-places-seeing-things","tag-ham-radio","tag-snow","tag-taxes","odd"],"yoast_head":"\nTrippin… and Winter Ham Fest - And That was How it Went<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2019\/01\/19\/trippin-and-winter-ham-fest\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trippin… and Winter Ham Fest - And That was How it Went\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Well since the last edition we have traveled back to colorado\u2026 spent a couple weeks in Oklahoma and then back.   First up\u2026 I guess it has been pretty wet and muddy in Oklahoma\u2026 He didn\u2019t have time to clean the car, just a spot for the yearly update tag.. 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