KH6JRM's Amateur Radio Blog
This has been a busy week in the newsroom, with budgetary issues raised by President Barack Obama and Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie dominating the local news. In short, Hawaii, like many states on the U.S. mainland is defacto bankrupt. In his state of the state address on 24 January 2011, Governor Aber- crombie vowed to implement a round of tax and fee in- creases to reduce Hawaii's $844 million deficit. Of course this pales beside the nearly 15 trillion dollar shortfall projected by federal economists. For amateur radio operators, that means available dollars will buy less of what's available. It's time to make do with what we have, spend wisely for things we need, and stay out of debt. I still have that Elecraft K-3 somewhere in the future, but for now, it's time to buckle down and get creative. The older rigs will just have to run a bit longer and those antenna projects will focus on the home-brew variety. The operating situation isn't