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Tech Corner – Merry Christmas!

* Changes in 2018

* Email subscribers – currently send email every post. Will be doing just a weekly email with all the blog posts and podcast episodes in it. It will also be more personalized rather than just a “here is what was posted†type email
* I am going to be writing more blog posts than I have in the past two years
* I am going to change my website to include a news area where I can put news type articles in that won’t be included in my email.
* I would also like to find some people who might want to write some articles for my site, even some regular contributors.
* As far as my podcast goes, I will be sticking with an every other week show. I might end up shortening it though to like half an hour rather than a full hour or more. This I haven’t decided on yet though.
* My 100th episode is coming up in 6 weeks, it will be on March 15th if my math is correct. I am wanting to do something really special for it. Maybe have some items to give a way or something.

* What are you wanting to different in the new year?

* I would like to get y’all, my audience, involved a little more as well. I would like to challenge y’all to get out and do something that you haven’t done before or haven’t done much before and tell me about it. Either record a short audio clip on your computer and email it to me or record a speak pipe message on my website and tell me what you want to different next year.

* Arrl grid chase

* New year long ARRL sponsored contest that starts on January 1, 2018 and run through December 31, 2018
* The goal is to make as many contacts in as many maidenhead gridsquares per month as you can. Each month your total resets and you can rework every grid square
* Contacts can be made on any band except 60m and on CW, SSB, and digital. Each contact for the three mode types count as a contact
* Contacts must be logged through the ARRL LoTW

* Millennials and amateur radio

* Millennials are killing ha Radio by N0SC – http://n0ssc.com/posts/583-millennials-are-killing-ham-radio
* Millennials are Reinventing Ham Radio by KB1LQS – http://www.amateurradio.com/millennials-are-reinventing-ham-radio/

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As yall know, I’m sure, I have been making signs for my listeners for a couple months now. I have a few and have really enjoyed myself doing it. You may also know that I have been trying to find a way to bring in some extra money for my family after we adopted our 4 kids back in July.
They say that if you do what you love you will love you job. That is very true. I love what I do and I love my job, most of the time. I also love doing woodworking, so why not do that to bring in some extra money for my family, right? So that is what we are doing. My wife and I are starting our own business, making handcrafted items, more than just signs.