Node 7217 Is back online, 445.900 Simplex mhz with a PL tone of 91.5hz

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More Information Can be Found here regarding the JARC Program meeting, 2/23/10, or by clicking on "Forums" at the top of the page.

N0ALE.com is now integrated with facebook, you can connect by clicking on the Login Link under the main login box to the right.

Ebay Sucks Blog

1. They are Anti 2nd Amendment
2. 5% of all eBay purchases are returns (if you are a seller) which can result in unexpected charge-backs at any time
3. Non-paying bidders happen 15% of the time.
4. They will fight tooth and nail to not refund sellers fee's that are credited when closing an account.
5. It takes 180 days to close an eBay account.
6. eBay does not protect their buyers from malicious feedback.
7. Policies are changed without proper notice which may negatively effect your buying or selling.
8. eBay customer service acts like a bunch of automatons, you can obviously tell they are reading from scripts. Rarely do you get to talk to someone who knows what they are doing.
9. eBay charges ridiculous fee's, upwards of 5%, on top of that you pay paypal fee's of up to 10%. Add it up, its a lot.
10. They could care less about their sellers reputation.

I installed a new weather station today, However I wont have an interface cable for it for several days as its in transit so the weather data will be down. I installed a Davis Vantage Pro 2 6153, Which seems to be an excellent weather station as far as accuracy again CWOP and the NWS checking nearby stations.