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There was about a 7-inch mound between the front sidewalk, and the start of the existing lawn that was put in on Sept 11th. I checked with the laser level, and I'm within 2 inches from the sidewalk, and the tower base and start of the existing lawn. Tomorrow I will put the landscape rake on the tractor to get the rocks out, and so I should be able to smooth it all out even more.

This is a seemingly long video covering 3 topics. Hopefully you'll take the time to watch the whole thing, as I tend to be long winded, and my video skills are not the best.

Working on the last stretch of fence - ~160 feet in the Northwest corner.

Ok, I'm finally done with cleaning up the side yard area in the woods, and ready to do the final wood chip spreading operation. Enjoy!

This stage of the property clearing is taking FOREVER. ...Probably because I never really finished the final brush cleanup/disposal when I did the initial property clearing back there.

Listening to the Street Corner on my Tecsun PL-368 portable shortwave radio.

Rained all night last night, and I just seeded some bare spots, and covered the spots with peat moss at 10PM. Then the rains came, and it poured all night long, and all day today. This video shows the extent of the puddling (which used to be full-on flooding). I'm happy with the increase in absorbancy of the new grass area which was planted on Sept. 11th, 2023.

This is Stihl's answer to Honda's infamous FG-100 mini cultivator, which quickly became the Honda FG-110. They are very similar, and both basically have all the same attachments, with the exception of the Stihl MM 56 C which also offers a weed-wacker attachment. Coupled with the optional wheel kit, this weed-wacker attachment looks like it would essentially make a mini DR brush hog. It comes wi...

Receiving Ken (VA7IR) in Canada fine with 100 Watts.

This is a proof of concept test of a device I call the "Klacker Keaner 1.0" which will attempt to clean/polish the contacts of the TR relay inside an Ameritron linear amp. This should work on any kind of TR relay, be it an "open frame" (Potter Brumfield type), or a sealed PCB mount relay. To make a portable version, one would need to devise a little circuit with maybe a 555 timer, and possibly ...

PART 2 of 2: Box blade vs. old gravel road Boy, what an adventure. I bought this box blade implement when I bought my tractor exactly 2 years ago with the sole intention of re-grading this private gravel road behind my property (my property is the one you see in the video with the nice new wooden fence). Fast-forward 1 year or so after I bought my property (and the tractor and box blade impleme...

PART 1 of 2: Box blade vs. old gravel road Boy, what an adventure. I bought this box blade implement when I bought my tractor exactly 2 years ago with the sole intention of re-grading this private gravel road behind my property (my property is the one you see in the video with the nice new wooden fence). Fast-forward 1 year or so after I bought my property (and the tractor and box blade impleme...

I've done electrical work for years, and in my early years, I was actually going to be an electrician. But I managed to avoid working with conduit for all those years. Until now, when I need to do it in a garage which is already sheet rocked.

So my recent interference problem on my HF ham bands (mainly 14, 15, 17 meters) is caused by a failing mercury vapor street lamp on the back alley behind my property about 100 yards. I did a test, it it doesn't look like the interference being generated from this faulty mercury street lamp has and RF component in the AM broadcast that can be picked up on an AM radio. This video illustrates such...

Newfound noise problem on HF with my HexBeam. Argh!!

Attempt to null out the new 20m noise with the back side of the Hex beam antenna.

This is a follow-up on the previous video of the new-found 20 meter intermittent noise issue.

Another jerky video showing the latest status of the property clearing.

Velodyne HGS-18 BG repair attempt

Testing Chinese 5200 chainsaw after oil pump replacement, fuel line replacement, sharpening.

"YASR" - Yet Another Stump Removal ...

Latest update video on the yard projects.

Do NOT use blue PVC "retro" (old work) electrical boxes in ceilings !

Status update: Heat pump defrost cycle noise

Noise on 160 meters on Kenwood TS-890

I fired up the 'Mr Heater' garage heater for the first time.

Banging/crashing sound from Daikin DZ16SA036 Heat Pump defrost cycle.

The old new 160 meter inverted V gets re-incarnated.

Smoked MFJ-998RT - time for another repair job