I just put on version 1.10.1. The spectrum waterfall is really washed out still, though I think it's maybe better than before. This used to be my job, I was a Geophysicist before I retired, and tweaking data display parameters was an important task, so not being able to make the display "pop" is really frustrating. Everything looks so dim compared to other SDRs or commercial ham rigs will built-in waterfalls. Does anyone have any suggestions, secret cheats?

.... and it will mandatory after October 18, 2026. Per Dave Enna

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It's very simple to fix this. You have to remove the batteries and take out the screw in the battery compartment, then the screw in the lower-right corner of the back. Separate the two halves of the radio. Slide the swivel stand assembly out, what you may find is that the spring which pushes on the swivel stand needs to be re-mounted beneath the screw and washer. Mine slipped out and was no longer providing positive downward pressure on the stand foot. Easy! Five minutes.

My urologist put me on Anastrazole to control my Estradiol levels, problem is, it comes in small 1 mg tablets, and splitting each of them four ways into 0.25 mg doses is really fraught... the tabs just crumble into randomly-sized little fragments and dust.

I solved this problem by crushing a 1 mg tablet into 4 mL of whiskey, then drawing 1 mL of that oral solution at a time and taking it down the hatch. Ethanol (the alcohol in liquor) does not breakdown and degrade Anastrazole. NEVER USE METHANOL OR RUBBING ALCOHOL, that's deadly poisonous.

You will need a small container that will seal tightly so the alcohol doesn't evaporate, but also you want a material the alcohol won't attack. I'm using a tiny Nalgene container. It should be good.

This method allows me to side-step the expense and bother of using a compounding pharmacy to get accurate 0.25 mg doses of Anastrozole.

I was in a extreme rush to move in 2025, and I selected a Gexa plan with bill credits only kicking in after 1000 kw-hr per month. It turns out my new house is very efficient, and I never got to 1000 except for one month in the year! (in my defense how could I have known... it was a new build).

Anyway, I called up Gexa, and started fibbing. I told them I was ready to leave and pay the $295 cancellation fee, and I'd still be ahead because I had already looked at EnergyOgre and found another plan elsewhere where I could gain a net savings (this was a lie). I then asked to speak to a retention specialist.

I put on my Presidential makeup and started ranting and lying again. I reiterated multiple times my desire to leave Gexa. They let me switch to a Gexa fixed rate plan and they waived the $295 exit fee! Victimless lies. Only a "corporate person" was slightly harmed, no actual human beings.

But the great news is my 1900 sq ft house averages 600 kw-hr per month, I think I'm looking at $900 per year for electricity. Per year. My old house would've have been a better fit for the variable rate plan.

Getting rid of Energy Star has been the worst thing for this country. This house is built to the latest specs. Now the specs are no more. I guess I lucked out.

We're in a gated community in west Harris County still being build-out by the builder, but the performance of the management company and their sub-contractors is unacceptably bad! There's no getting around that. They suck!

When the builder finally finishes and leaves, the first role of the newly-elected Board of Directors could very well be to fire the existing management company and hire a new one. If we have to do that... who do you suggest we interview as a replacement management company? Do any of you simply adore your management company?

TIA.

We're in a gated community in west Harris County still being build-out by the builder, but the performance of the management company and their sub-contractors is unacceptably bad! There's no getting around that. They suck!

When the builder finally finishes and leaves, the first role of the newly-elected Board of Directors could very well be to fire the existing management company and hire a new one. If we have to do that... who do you suggest we interview as a replacement management company? Do any of you simply adore your management company?

TIA.

We're in a gated community in far west Houston (Energy Corridor, within the city limits) still being build-out by the builder, but the performance of the management company and their sub-contractors is unacceptably bad! There's no getting around that. They suck!

When the builder finally finishes and leaves, the first role of the newly-elected Board of Directors could very well be to fire the existing management company and hire a new one. If we have to do that... who do you suggest we interview as a replacement management company?

TIA.

This caught my eye. Which way's it gonna break? That wedge tapers to a point pretty soon!

From Mark Ungewitter, Bluesky u/mark-ungewitter.bsky.social

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Dear Pedestrian-Bicyclist Subcommittee Members and Others,

This is a reminder ...

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This other bicyclist and I successfully biked from E Chicago to Hammond today after we had to disembark our Westbound train due to the partial service outage.

We found that Google Maps gave a good route; just be sure to click the Bike icon.

It took us 15 minutes. It was hot.

Not sure if nighttime would be a good idea!

The live map is here. Is this viable? From Munster IN south to north, Monon Trail, Douglas, Sohl, Hoffman, Torrence, (Dunkin stop), 142nd, Marquette Greenway, Illiana Marina Trail over Wolf Lake, 112th, Burnham Greenway, S. Ewing, S. LSD, South Shore Cultural Center and LFT. I left Chicagoland in the 1970s before any of this bicycle infrastructure existed. I've always wanted to do this ride. I lived with my Mom near the South Shore Cultural Center. My Dad lived in Munster. I got shuttled back and forth in cars, and it felt jarring at times, like I was split up. I wonder if I cross the same space with my own (old) body at a slow space that I might reconcile those split-up memories and feelings. That's the theory anyway. We'll see how it goes. Child psychologists, please chime in. When I got to the top of the LFT I'll take the #36 bus back to DT Roosevelt Rd Station (Randolph St. elevators out of service?) and the South Shore back to Munster.

Now Shell has spoken, adding to previous statements by ExxonMobil and Chevron.