Quick Jump: 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006

2011:

March 12: tested voice-net radio and Micro-Trak AIO; generated 76 valid packets but lots of QRM into HT
March 17: tested voice-net radio and Micro-Trak AIO; generated 107 valid packets; no QRM until mile 6.5 but remained thereafter
March 19: tested voice-net radio and new Micro-Trak AIO; no spots appeared on aprs.fi; no QRM until mile 16.5 but it remained low enough to squelch out
April 03: Athens Marathon
April 21: 1^st CR ride; regular 8-mile loop
May 08: 2^nd CR ride; out to Old 33
May 25: evening practice ride to work; home-fairgrounds-home
May 28: evening practice ride to work; home-Armitage-home
June 08: evening practice ride to work; home-West State Street Park-home
June 12: practice ride to work; home-Eclipse-home
June 19: practice ride to work; home-Hamley Run-home
June 22: to Concert Under the Elms and back
June 29: to Concert Under the Elms and back
July 03: Delaware to a bit beyond Prospect
July 31: Flight of the Bumblebees
August 16: tested voice-net radio and Micro-Trak AIO for upcoming Pelotonia
August 20: Pelotonia sweep Hocking College to Athens
August 21: Pelotonia sweep Athens to Hocking College; heavy rain
September 13: biked to work; A-frame-house Jeff yelled obscenities at me three times on Long Run and Gura Road on the ride home
September 25: discovered now-paved Angell Road
October 09: moved copperhead from bike path during ride with Miles
November 02: night-ride on the bike path; slow leak in rear tire became fast leak; pumped up tire four times the last seven miles

2010:

March 07: tested Byonics Micro-Trak AIO on bike path; position packets generated
March 18: tested Byonics Micro-Trak AIO on far end of Marathon route
March 30: tested home-made headset w/handlebar-PTT
April 03: tested N8VZ's mobile digipeater; handlebar-PTT was inop
April 11: Athens Marathon
May 01: home to Grosvenor (36 minutes) to Cycle Path to Farmers Market to home; first hills of the season
May 15: Delaware
May 16: Delaware
May 27: 1st-ever commute to work
May 29: to Farmers Market with kids; home alone
June 11: Newark-to-Alexandria on T.J. Evans Trail and back with Miles
July 22: borrowed Tim's B-O-B Yak trailer
July 25: rode from home to West State Street Park and back with loaded B-O-B Yak for Flight of the Bumblebees
August 16: home to Seigfred; back home fully dark; beautiful cool evening; clear, starry sky with half-moon
August 22: sweep of bikepath-portion of Pelatonia
November 08: night ride with Miles testing lights; the $5 1-watt flashlight works beautifully as a headlight

2009:

March 15: successful test of APRS on 144.39MHz
March 22: North Coolville loop with Kate
March 28: North Coolville loop
April 4: pre-marathon test; APRS interface intermittent; repeater seems to be going deaf
April 5: Athens Marathon; 41 miles; suberb weather
April 18: Athens Spring Tour/Tom's Trillium Tour with Miles, 30-mile loop
May 11: North Coolville loop with Kate
May 24: abbreviated North Coolville loop (Rocky Point) with Kate
July 10: home to Nelsonville pool
September 10: Kate and I found young northern copperhead on bike path just west/north of Pine Air Village
October 3: Kate and I young northern copperhead on bike path just west/north of Zook residence

2008:

March 3 -- night ride
March 16 -- Gura-Long Run-North Coolville-Rocky Point-Long Run-Gura -- hillier than I'm used to
March 26 -- night ride
April 4 -- trainer recalled
April 6 -- Athens Marathon support; 63 miles--1st metric century
April 8 -- arranged for replacement trainer components
April 10 -- tested two speaker-mics over 12 miles chatting with W8KVK; both mics good; need headset for bicycle-mobile
April 16 -- night ride
April 19 -- Tom's Trillium Tour (30-mile route) with Miles
April 24 -- tested rewired GST-1 and APRS
April 30 -- tested APRS on national freq; no successful packets; GPS couldn't keep lock
May 1 -- ride with Miles to test APRS; GPS kept lock but unproto path wrong for repeat by node
May 5 -- ride with Miles to test APRS; a plethora of packets reached node and were disbursed--success!
May 22 -- tested Pryme headset and 1/4-wave whip; whip broke and headset seemed to have lots of wind-noise on transmit
May 24 -- tested Pryme headset w/foam windscreen; microphone still has far too much wind-noise
May 28 -- tested KC8OVB military behind-the-head headset; audio good but cord much too short
June 5 -- successful test of home-brew headset and remote PTT; PTT cable too short
June 8 -- Granville-Johnstown-Granville on bike path
June 10 -- first outdoor ride on Raleigh Technium since 2007; suffered puncture in rear tire
June 19 -- night ride with Tim
July 7 -- from home to Eclipse Mining Town and back; not easy but easier than before
July 9 -- from home to ABC in The Plains
July 10 -- climbed Lemaster Road hill
July 12 -- evening ride from home to Nelsonville pool; climb over ridge on CR25 easier
July 16 -- Poston Station Rd to SR691 to bike path
July 20 -- home to ABC in the Plains
July 23 -- home, over uptown, to Armitage and back home
July 26 -- home to Farmers Market with Miles; home alone
July 27 -- 8 miles on bike path with QRP Station in a Backpack; 22 additional hard miles
July 30 -- home to Longview to US33 (and Old Coach) and back
August 2 -- home to Farmers Market with Miles; home alone
August 5 -- home to fairgrounds
August 8 -- home to fairgrounds via uptown with Miles
August 9 -- home to Farmers Market with Miles; home alone
August 10 -- New England Road (CR48)
August 11 -- home to library via uptown, Eclipse Mining Town, and eastern end of path
August 16 -- home to Farmers Market with Miles; home alone
August 19 -- home to Longiew to US33 (and Old Coach/Carroll) and back
August 25 -- home to North Coolville to CR75 to home
September 1 -- home to North Coolville to CR75 to home
September 2 -- home to North Coolville to CR75 to home with Miles
September 8 -- evening ride: home to North Coolville to CR75 to home with Miles
September 10 -- evening ride: CR19 to CR17A to CR17 and back; attacked by Wakefield dog before getting on bike
September 13 -- home to Farmers Market with Miles; climbed out-bound in largest chainring; home alone via Creamer's place
September 17 -- climbed Lemaster Road hill
September 20 -- home to Farmers Market with Miles; climbed out-bound in largest chainring; home alone
September 22 -- evening ride: home to North Coolville to CR75 to home with Miles
September 24 -- evening ride: home to Walmart (to pick up processed film) to home
September 27 -- home to Homecoming Parade uptown to Farmers Market with Miles; to Cycle Path and to home alone
September 28 -- home to Longview to 33 back to Angel Ridge to Coal Hill to home with Miles
September 29 -- evening ride; out the back way to Angel Ridge and back via Coal Hill to home with Miles
October 1 -- evening ride; home to North Coolville to CR75 to North Coolville and back home
October 5 -- hill-climb extravaganza with Miles--Gura Road, Angel Ridge, Laughlin, Coal Hill
October 9 -- night ride on bike path; headlight batteries failed and spares were worse
October 12 -- hill-climb extravaganza--Gura Road, Angel Ridge, Laughlin, Rock Riffle
October 13 -- night ride; bike path
October 15 -- home to North Coolville to CR75 to home with Miles
October 20 -- night-ride; home to North Coolville to CR75 to home; tested 1-watt Mini-Mag in borrowed mount
October 22 -- night-ride with three headlights; Longview Heights loop; North Coolville loop
October 23 -- night-ride on bike path with two headlights
October 29 -- night ride on North Coolville Road loop; three headlights
November 2 -- 68 degrees; North Coolville Road loop
November 3 -- 68 degrees; North Coolville Road loop with Kate
November 5 -- 54 degrees; night-ride on bike-path with two headlights
November 13 -- night-ride on bike-path with two headlights

2007:

April 1 -- rode with Athens Marathon leader; GT Arette with APRS
May 16 -- J.K. & I were verbally assaulted by "IM TOO EZ" in Union County
June 1 -- rock thrown at me by driver of oncoming vehicle near Rickenbacker AIP
August 1 -- first round-trip home-town-home via Hooper; the hills coming home are a real slog
August 15 -- beginning to notice late-summer allergy-related shortness of breath
August 22 -- night ride
August 29 -- night ride
September 3 -- rode from Granville to OSU-N and back on Johnstown-Granville-Newark bike path
September 5 -- night ride
September 12 -- night ride
September 13 -- night ride
September 19 -- night ride; headlamp bulb (6v system) burned out
September 29 -- Delaware-Radnor-Delaware with Miles; saw Stearman biplane multiple times and one CSX train
October 4 -- night ride; headlamp bulb (3v system) burned out
October 9 -- night ride with Miles
October 18 -- night ride with Miles
October 28 -- round-trip home-town-home via Rock Riffle; the hills coming home are still a slog
October 31 -- night ride; headlamp bulb (6v system) burned out
November 4 -- one-way home-town via Rock Riffle
November 7 -- night ride, 44 degrees; tested borrowed Princeton EOS and Cateye EL530 lights--I much prefer the EOS
November 8 -- night ride, 48 degrees; tested borrowed Princeton EOS
November 28 -- night ride, 46 degrees; used own Princeton EOS and two sets of NiMH batteries
December 1 -- bought new trainer
December 2 -- Delaware: cold, windy, and raining
December 22 -- Delaware: 50 degrees and windy

2006:

July 17 -- bicycle accident resulting in broken wrist and trashed GT Arette
September 17 -- purchased used, low-miles, Raleigh Technium 400 road bike (circa 1992) ($100)
September 22 -- first post-accident ride (on Raleigh)
September 22 -- GT Arette repairs complete; new fork and front wheel ($150)
October 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 -- 106 miles, Nellis AFB, Nevada
October 28 -- acquired used Nashbar bicycle trainer (with fan for load)
November 26 -- 22-miles in hilly Kentucky
December 17 -- fan load of Nashbar trainer destroyed in bearing replacement

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