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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 9h

...We even took a field trip in elementary school to see the rock, that is we walked from school to the center of town :) Back then the myth was the scratchings on the rock were Viking, vs a Scottish Knight. Funny how these stories change over the years.

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 9h

Another fax image on 6950 USB today, received 1904 UTC, promoting what seems to be an upcoming Art Bell show called Art Bell Encounters, this time featuring the Westford Knight. I used to live in Westford, MA in the 70s...

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 12h

Was the cereal as bad as the Atari 2600 video game?

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 17h

There needs to be a dedicated encyclopedia of things taught in schools under the highest scientific authority of the age, that then turned out to be not so.

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 29/09/2026

I received this fax, yes, fax, transmission on 6950 USB a few minutes ago. Looks like Art Bell will be back on the air this Halloween with a new show!

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 29/09/2026

This might be the greatest passport photo ever. Ukrainian Makar Oliynychuk decided sure, I'll use a photo of me drinking vodka (or is it horilka?) The border guard takes one look at it and asks... "Business or pleasure? Pleasure. Enjoy your stay!"

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 29/09/2026

...At least it was a proof plastic toy nickel, 1999-S. Hey, beats finding another Canadian nickel. :) I'm still searching for 17 out of 64 Buffalo nickels and 20 out of 33 Liberty nickels. I completed the Jefferson series with box 238. The quest goes on.

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 29/09/2026

Box 472 of my quest/personal challenge to build complete Liberty and Buffalo nickel collections just from circulation via coin roll hunting. I found four Buffalo nickels: 1918, 1920, 1930, 1936; two silver war nickels: 1944-D, 1945-P, and a plastic toy nickel...

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 28/09/2026

Apparently blackboards were the data centers of 1830: In 1830 a massive student revolt occurred at Yale University, known as the Conic Sections Rebellion, where 43 out of 96 students (nearly half the class) were expelled for refusing to use the newly introduced blackboard during their math exams.

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 28/09/2026

Last night's dinner, caveman style; beef rib bones

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 27/09/2026

A shortwave pirate radio station just signed on 6935 USB a few minutes ago, a very good signal here in Westminster MD USA at 2205 UTC, they ID'd as Motown Anthology Part 2. www.hfunderground.com/board/index....

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Motown Anthology Part 2 6935 USB 2200 UTC 27 SEP 2026

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 27/09/2026

What do you use for a light source?

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 27/09/2026

...and two Canadian nickels. Pac Man grew a bit more. I'm still searching for 17 out of 64 Buffalo nickels and 20 out of 33 Liberty nickels. I completed the Jefferson series with box 238. The quest goes on.

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 27/09/2026

Box 471 of my quest/personal challenge to build complete Liberty and Buffalo nickel collections just from circulation via coin roll hunting. I found a 1939 nickel in surprisingly good condition, a 1945-P silver war nickel, two proofs: 1976-S and 1987-S...

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 27/09/2026

...It also looks like it was stored in that box with the battery installed, leaked and ruined the 9V connector. No damage to the inside of the case, and I've got a bunch of 9V connectors, so it was easy to replace it, also some shots of the inside, likely hand assembled...

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 27/09/2026

Yesterday's flea market purchase, a 1975 TI-1250 calculator, even with the box for $5. Looked like it was stored in the box most of that time, the exterior is in great condition...

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 26/09/2026

...and sadly my ten box streak of no Canadian nickels ended, with one found. Pac Man grew a little. I'm still searching for 17 out of 64 Buffalo nickels and 20 out of 33 Liberty nickels. I completed the Jefferson series with box 238. The quest goes on.

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 26/09/2026

Box 470 of my quest/personal challenge to build complete Liberty and Buffalo nickel collections just from circulation via coin roll hunting. I found four Buffalo nickels: 1916, 1916-S, 1917, 1926; a penny; what I think is a Black Beauty (improper annealing) 1959 nickel...

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 24/09/2026

...I'm still searching for 17 out of 64 Buffalo nickels and 20 out of 33 Liberty nickels. I completed the Jefferson series with box 238. The quest goes on.

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 24/09/2026

...Also a 1943-D silver war nickel (lowest mintage of them) and three pennies, one was an ender. I was concerned when I saw the queen, but it was a Bermuda nickel. My streak of boxes without a Canadian nickel is now ten!! Pac Man shrinks a little more...

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 24/09/2026

Box 469 of my quest/personal challenge to build complete Liberty and Buffalo nickel collections just from circulation via coin roll hunting. I found a needed Buffalo nickel! 1917-D. It was very smooth and shiny, might have been plated? Nic-a-date still worked...

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 23/09/2026

...My streak of boxes without a Canadian nickel is now nine. Pac Man shrinks a little. I'm still searching for 18 out of 64 Buffalo nickels and 20 out of 33 Liberty nickels. I completed the Jefferson series with box 238. The quest goes on.

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 23/09/2026

Box 468 of my quest/personal challenge to build complete Liberty and Buffalo nickel collections just from circulation via coin roll hunting. 50 customer wrapped rolls from several branches. I found a very rough 1920 Buffalo nickel...

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 21/09/2026

We're being invaded by the Tholians!

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 21/09/2026

I'll politely disagree with that definition. In Marxist theory, Socialism is a step along the path to Communism. Denmark/etc. are capitalist nations with a large public safety net. In the case of Norway, a large public safety net funded by petroleum :)

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 21/09/2026

I'm sure if the German government continues to alienate (no pun intended) citizens, they'll do better in the next election!

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 21/09/2026

Not only does the seller have to pay to have the panels removed, they also have to pay to have the roof fixed after the panels are removed. It's worse than trying to sell a house with a pool.

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 21/09/2026

...Heck, typically better than I do manually. This is a great tool for genealogy.

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 21/09/2026

I am floored by how amazing online AI tools are today for transcribing handwritten text and then translating into English. I've been feeding them 19th century handwritten vital records like this marriage from Russian occupied Poland from 1889. I double check the results, and it's nearly perfect...

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 21/09/2026

Guards at the Lancaster County, PA prison could tell prisoners "if you keep acting up, I'm taking you to the dungeon!" and they might not be bluffing.

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 21/09/2026

...I'm still searching for 18 out of 64 Buffalo nickels and 20 out of 33 Liberty nickels. I completed the Jefferson series with box 238. The quest goes on.

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 21/09/2026

Box 467 of my quest/personal challenge to build complete Liberty and Buffalo nickel collections just from circulation via coin roll hunting. I found a 1943-S silver war nickel, and an impaired proof 1961 nickel...

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 20/09/2026

...I'm still searching for 18 out of 64 Buffalo nickels and 20 out of 33 Liberty nickels. I completed the Jefferson series with box 238. The quest goes on.

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 20/09/2026

Box 466 of my quest/personal challenge to build complete Liberty and Buffalo nickel collections just from circulation via coin roll hunting. Nothing! ...

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 19/09/2026

Look at all the heart healthy sugar in that box of cereal! :)

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Chris Smolinski W3HFU @hfunderground.com · 19/09/2026

Adam West was born 98 years ago today

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