UPDATES from the Radio Room 15

N1GY- The simple Approach to Ham Radio

and My Model Railroad Hobby

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May 25, 2025

      I am trying to keep this site up to date, but old age and fatigue are slowing me down significantly. Consider this an apology of sorts. My various hobbies do seem to sometimes interfere with one another. As an example, the local airport, Sarasota Bradenton International has recently built a very nice viewing site on the East side of the airport. I have yet to partake of it's facilities although I am an Aviation Enthusiast of long standing. (9 years at Oshkosh, the worlds biggest airshow and fly-in plus 25 years as a Search and Rescue Specialist with Civil Air Patrol). Another example, although I have plenty of leather and leather-working tools, So far I have made only two holsters for the same pistol. I was not happy with the first one, which came as a kit. The second one I designed myself as a "pancake" outside the waist holster and I am very pleased with the way it came out. My son has promised me that he will send me some of his fishing knives so that I can make sheathes for them. I sit and await their arrival. In the meantime, I see a short nap in my immediate future.

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May 8,2025

       As I noted below, it has been too long since I added anything of note to this web site. I should however point out that the amateur radio projects herein are still quite valid and worthy of consideration. You will not that I do have several different hobbies besides amateur radio. These include model railroading, currently on hiatus because I have no more room for my collection of locomotives and rolling stock, Photography, which I started as an adjunct to the model railroading, shooting sports, which led to another avocation, leather work so that I could construct my own holsters and other accessories for that sport. Needless to say I am a devotee of many things but a master of none. I just noticed that I failed to provide a date for the previous entry below. I cannot remember the exact date that was written but it probably was in the fall of 2024.

       It has been too long since I updated this site, and I do apologize profusely. Since I last updated the site I have added another hobby, that of Photography. I am getting too old and infirm to spend a lot of time and effort on model railroading, although I still enjoy belonging to my club, The Sarasota Bay Model Railroad Society. I currently operate the Facebook page for the group and plan to continue in that role for as long as I am able. Similarly, my participation in Amateur Radio has likewise tapered down. I still have a complement of radios in my office and my car but since I do not like driving at night, I no longer attend most meetings of the club, although I am still a member and when I can, I still provide material to the club newsletter. 

       Likewise, I do not provide new projects to my website, in part because I have trouble wielding a soldering iron these days, I am 82 years of age, after all. The projects that are on the website are still pertinent to the hobby and useful to those members of the fraternity who are still able to build and use such projects. Likewise, my model railroad layout and my collections of various locomotives and rolling stock still exist and I take much pleasure in them. One of the reasons I decided on Photography as a hobby was so that I could improve my skills in Photographing my layout and others. I also enjoy photographing aircraft of all types and classic cars both racing and street machines. I have even modified a basket for my mobility scooter so that it can carry my camera gear. I promise, as soon as my skill set is up to par with a camera, the images will be posted here and occasionally on Facebook. 

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