Monthly Archives: May 2012

Plant Growing Attempts

Posted on 2012-05-31 by Nigel VH

Howdy all, Time for another blog post! In this episode, Nigel tries to reverse his lifetime failure record of plant stewardship and attempts to make something actually grow! In not TV land, I really do suck at taking care of … Continue reading →

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2012 Balloons Launch

Posted on 2012-05-21 by Nigel VH

On Saturday, May 19th, 2012 we traveled to Moses Lake, WA to launch our high altitude balloon for the ESS205 : Access to Space class at the University of Washington. The balloon made it to over 100,000′ before popping, and … Continue reading →

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IC-706MKII-G Install

Posted on 2012-05-07 by Nigel VH

Ordered the head extension cable and a mounting bracket for my Icom 706MKII-G last week, and they showed up in the mail on Saturday, so I had a good time on saturday afternoon figuring out how to get the rig … Continue reading →

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Break In Period

Posted on 2012-05-07 by Nigel VH

My new car hit 1,000 miles on Friday morning, so the engine is officially out of it’s “Break in period.” Granted, I got it with 213 miles on it (Must have had a good number of test drives), so really … Continue reading →

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