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David Gerhart
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Childless cat herder. Tiny Farmer.

Tech refugee. Emancipated Entrepreneur. Analyst. KK7WXV.

Fair weather rider, all weather friend. Recovering Chaplain. Prisoner visitor. CADC/SUDs Therapist.

S. Oregon Coast - State of Jefferson... Orphangelical.
Cottage remodel project. Official announcement of name and offer of reciprocity stays.

Tha "Puzzle Box." will be open for stay-trading sometime soon. If you have a cottage or a B&B or an Airbnb somewhere nice, we'll trade you visits.

Dogs welcome. Feed the cats.

That's all.
November 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
#HamRadio #Ham

Recently operated a station for a big foot race. Attended the pre-race operations briefing breakfast.

Three days later? Covid (my first time, yeah.) Wife has it too now. It's our 40th Anniversary.

It's been a week. Still very puny. So bored I'm reading my spam folder. 😂

#GoDucks
September 28, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Was asked: Why have you been so long away from SM?

Ah. You were expecting someone with lots to say. Maybe I have been that way... Thanks for checking in! But right now?

"There's so much not to say..."

#news #social #bluesky #busy
September 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Thanks bro. The cottage remodel project is not a linear process. Tons of noodling that I enjoy. (Nothing is exactly straight, using found material... etc.)

The calendar is showing slow a bit, yes?

Some stuff (especially bucket list stuff) one should not rush.

Savor, might be the word.
August 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
She was tiny, very round person. Jeans so tight - hilarious.
July 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A long list of ARES repeater definitions for our region arrived via email. A PDF.

I scraped & cleaned to .CSV table. Imported to CHIRP & cloned some radios.

Love to help, but no one listens. Old guys, fumbling at #hamradio buttons... 😂 seldom get it right. Always get frustrated.
May 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Another commercial " #Church ." Pardon me for objecting.

Dan Foster's "Back Yard Church" has 28,000 followers on Medium - alone.

Here's the paywall.

No, seriously ... Fundamentally? This is NOT real faith. Pay to play? Another rich "pastor." Ugh.

#christian #christianity #cult #
May 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
1/4 rye, 1/4 white, 1/2 WW. Enriched. #bread
April 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Using the back of sheets, quartered for notes? For decades.

Maybe not so much because I’m frugal. Its probably more like how limited and fractured my thinking processes are. I just don’t have attention span to fill much space?

Ok, next.
March 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
#hamradio #amateurradio

The 10W Xeigu (rear) via a little POTA antenna and the old tablet PC sent an email over the 20m band today … target station was 1200 mi distant.

To me? That’s massively cool.
March 5, 2025 at 5:11 AM
#hamradio #amateurradio #winlink

Sent m’ first #winlink msg today. An Email sent over HF from my #qrp POTA rig and an old tablet PC.

Cool😊😄😄😁🤣🤣🥲

A little freaky to get up, but fun for an old hacker.
March 4, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Yup. 50/50. 85% #sourdough #bread #bake
February 17, 2025 at 6:28 AM
DX QSO - fellow ham calling CQ FROM Japan! 75w on my end.

My first.

#hamradio #amateurradio
February 11, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Xeigu x6100 … my secret is tuned EFHW long wire.

Just snagged a “shack in a box” Yaesu ft-857d mated to a sweet tuner. Used gear, all.
February 10, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Testing my new POTA antenna. From Southwest Oregon Coast I’m at 14.250 for the time being.

QSO?

#hamradio #amateurradio
February 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM

#hamradio NanoVNA calibrated just prior to the sweeping my DIY 10M dipole antenna.

S2 port not connected.

Screenshot via Windows tablet connection.

Result? Will shorten the antenna a couple of inches… and measure again. 🥸
January 15, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Contemplating companionship…

An aspect of “just being” together is found in unconscious faultlessness.

Just being has no vector for assessment. Companions swim together in scalar fields of empathy and compassion…

My dog is great at companionship. I mostly suck at it, unfortunately.
January 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Made a 10m dipole, and had my first HF QSO on my new (to me) #hamradio

Tried FM Phone, then made an SSB Contact in 12m band. Which means the onboard ATU works!

#ham
December 21, 2024 at 6:20 AM
This fellow asks me in a rhetorical way: "How do you know if they are good people?" Referring to neighbors' questionable proclivities.

I answered: "Have them empty their pockets. Anybody with a doggie dew-dew bag, is good people."

#dogpeople
December 10, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Great day for a chilly walk…
December 8, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Aleppo peppers!
November 21, 2024 at 10:34 PM
12 hour fridge ferment!
November 21, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #5,553,626!
September 17, 2024 at 3:00 PM
A tone junkie: Deeply admires the composition.

Heart. Dog and Butterfly.

youtu.be/UxifjRjSkwo?...
September 7, 2024 at 6:20 PM
@xkcd.com

There's a metaphysical in-variance and kind of cosmic symmetry in (slow to fast burn) throughout nature.

Erm... Maybe if you squint?

Not the first analogy between gravity and love; that which compels the universe pervades nature.

😉

Happy Memorial Day.
May 27, 2024 at 11:44 PM