Well, ran the lawnmower and string trimmer for the first time yesterday evening. Did all of the front yard, and it came out nice. Only problem was I didn’t have time to do the back, but since that’s behind a fence and people can’t see it I was less concerned. At least nobody will complain about the front looking bad :> Mower works very well, and the trimmer does too once it gets started. My only issue today is that my hands hurt from holding the handle, and the arms are a little sore. Hey, maybe I’ll finally lose some weight doing yardwork…
In other news, ARRL Field Day is this weekend, and our plan was to setup in Mercer County Park. Unfortunately, the weather may not cooperate – currently calling for an 80% chance of rain and thunderstorms all weekend, with a total rainfall between 3 and 6 inches. So we’re going to setup at the club shack, and run a smaller Field Day operation there. Also planning on setting up at the Mercer County Emergency Operations Center (EOC), and I’m trying to get in touch with N2HX about opening up the State EOC for a little bit too. So if you’ve got a shortwave radio, tune around 20m (14MHz) and give a listen for Whiskey Two Zulu Quebec, Whiskey Two Mike Echo Romeo, and maybe November Juliet Two Echo Mike (though the latter two will probably only be on 80m, 3.5-4MHz)