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K7QO Legacy Projects and Files [OT and Long]

 

Gang,

I lost my 1TB SSD drive this last week and I have been hunkered down
trying to restore everything to its original state as best I can.
Because of the Raspberry Pi 4 project I had not been doing the usual
due diligence in backups and for that I am hoping that I have not lost
too much. You know the drill. I wrote a program for a computer company
a long time ago to erase disks before they were drilled, compressed and
shreaded to micro-particle sizes and then incinerated at solar temperatures for final state for disposal. I also wrote a recovery routine and that I am thankful for as I can recover most, if not all, of
my files. It is just time consuming.

The good news that I am going through 40GB of backups in the process to
hopefully save some time. I found some stuff that I had forgotten about
or thought I had deleted.

Before I give the list so far, please read the fine print on my web page. It is important for my mental state of mind.

1. The CW books. I will put some of the old CW books on my web page.
I have the title and the speed listed. You should know who the author
is, so please don't ask me. The speeds are for the whole disk. Do not
ask me if I can do another speed. You adjust. These books should help you practice 'copy in your head', which isn't a big deal as people make it out to be. I prefer to know how you do at hard copy. I think I can keep them out there for some time, but you had better download them today. No guarantees. I think I have unlimited space, but I'll do
them until the web provider sends me a bill.

People ask me why I quit doing the project. I was standing at a
hamfest talking to someone that I knew. He had a buddy with him.
He introduced me to his buddy and then said. "Chuck used to do the
books in Morse code. Like the one I bought and gave you a copy of."
And he was wondering why I quit??? Duh.

I am putting the code in ISO format for each book and this includes
the text files. So they are large. They will remain the same size.
I am not going to redo them for you. AND, after I upload the ISO
file it is deleted from my drives and will not ever return. Also.
You do not have the right(s) to copy to another site and provide
them now or EVER. Please. And people wonder why I have an attitude.
Now you know.

2. The PDF documents for build projects I will post as soon as I
can find them and get time to put them online. I got an email yesterday
from someone that was wondering where the hx108.pdf document went. I
had the thing up there for almost a year. He should have downloaded.
I am not a library and I get tired of my work and I do reserve the right
to take it down. Either get the project done or download the material.

So. As a final parting shot. Do not cross post this to any other site.
Do not copy the material for purposes other than your own private use.
Do not put the files on your site or other sites. I will not be a happy
camper.

I will not list nor will I allow anyone to create a list of my material
and post it. Let them go to and do the work
themselves. If they aren't interested, then so be it.

So, keep monitoring my web page. I need the hits. I am not going to
advertise here or anywhere else as to the material placed online. And
I do reserve the right to discontinue if I feel that I am being used or
if some one pushes me in the wrong direction. No guarantees and the
sale is final..

enjoy while you can,

chuck, k7qo
 

Hi Chuck,


There are a couple of backups? of your site on the "wayback machine"
from this year that might help you as well as 20 other copies going back
to 2012.


Cheers,

Will

ZL1TAO

On 10/09/19 4:49 PM, chuck adams wrote:
Gang,

I lost my 1TB SSD drive this last week and I have been hunkered down
trying to restore everything to its original state as best I can.
Because of the Raspberry Pi 4 project I had not been doing the usual
due diligence in backups and for that I am hoping that I have not lost
too much.? You know the drill.? I wrote a program for a computer company
a long time ago to erase disks before they were drilled, compressed and
shreaded to micro-particle sizes and then incinerated at solar
temperatures for final state for disposal.? I also wrote a recovery
routine and that I am thankful for as I can recover most, if not all, of
my files.? It is just time consuming.

The good news that I am going through 40GB of backups in the process to
hopefully save some time.? I found some stuff that I had forgotten about
or thought I had deleted.
<Snip>
 

Thanks Chuck. I think you know that the Amateur community greatly
appreciates your lifetime of excellent contributions to our collective
knowledge. I am personally grateful for the learning assets that you have
worked so hard to create and share.


People ask me why I quit doing the project. I was standing at a
hamfest talking to someone that I knew. He had a buddy with him.
He introduced me to his buddy and then said. "Chuck used to do the
books in Morse code. Like the one I bought and gave you a copy of."
And he was wondering why I quit??? Duh.
I'm not sure you ought to be so quick to condemn that guy. In the Manual
for the Code course, you say:

"Also make a backup copy of
the CD if you have a CD burner on a
computer. Make copies and give them to
kids, relatives, friends, and even your
enemies (drive them insane)."

Seems like he possibly thought sharing was okay.

Anyway, if you are concerned about the cost of making available all of the
wonderful content you have created, may I suggest reaching out right here,
to the people who care. Many zero-cost (to you) mechanisms exist for
keeping information available to all.

--
MC
VK1MC
 

The problem was not with the code course. It was with the Morse
code books....

thanks,

On 9/10/19 12:21 AM, Mike Carden - VK1MC wrote:

I'm not sure you ought to be so quick to condemn that guy. In the Manual
for the Code course, you say:
"Also make a backup copy of
the CD if you have a CD burner on a
computer. Make copies and give them to
kids, relatives, friends, and even your
enemies (drive them insane)."
 

On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 12:49 AM chuck adams <chuck.adams.k7qo@...> wrote:

I lost my 1TB SSD drive this last week and I have been hunkered down
trying to restore everything to its original state as best I can.
I have heard that those large (1TB+) Solid State drives don't last
very long? That is why I make backups on DVDs. I wrote a small shell
script that tells me how big the current working directory is, and
when that gets to 4.5GB, I rename it to yyyymmdd-backup/ then make an
ISO image of it, and burn it to a DVD. Then I start a new current
working directory and keep on trucking. Last week my DVD drive broke
as I was getting ready to burn a backup. A quick trip to the local
computer store with $25 got me up and going again with a new DVD
drive. The funny thing is, I rarely look back. I have stacks of
backups, but I only look for something when I cannot find it on the
Internet anymore. Go figure. With the Internet, the only constant is
change.

Thank you for everything you do for the CW community, Chuck. I for one
appreciate it tremendously.

Regards,
Ken, KM4NFQ "Not Fully Qualified"



Because of the Raspberry Pi 4 project I had not been doing the usual
due diligence in backups and for that I am hoping that I have not lost
too much. You know the drill. I wrote a program for a computer company
a long time ago to erase disks before they were drilled, compressed and
shreaded to micro-particle sizes and then incinerated at solar
temperatures for final state for disposal. I also wrote a recovery
routine and that I am thankful for as I can recover most, if not all, of
my files. It is just time consuming.

The good news that I am going through 40GB of backups in the process to
hopefully save some time. I found some stuff that I had forgotten about
or thought I had deleted.

Before I give the list so far, please read the fine print on my web
page. It is important for my mental state of mind.

1. The CW books. I will put some of the old CW books on my web page.
I have the title and the speed listed. You should know who the author
is, so please don't ask me. The speeds are for the whole disk. Do not
ask me if I can do another speed. You adjust. These books should help
you practice 'copy in your head', which isn't a big deal as people make
it out to be. I prefer to know how you do at hard copy. I think I can
keep them out there for some time, but you had better download them
today. No guarantees. I think I have unlimited space, but I'll do
them until the web provider sends me a bill.

People ask me why I quit doing the project. I was standing at a
hamfest talking to someone that I knew. He had a buddy with him.
He introduced me to his buddy and then said. "Chuck used to do the
books in Morse code. Like the one I bought and gave you a copy of."
And he was wondering why I quit??? Duh.

I am putting the code in ISO format for each book and this includes
the text files. So they are large. They will remain the same size.
I am not going to redo them for you. AND, after I upload the ISO
file it is deleted from my drives and will not ever return. Also.
You do not have the right(s) to copy to another site and provide
them now or EVER. Please. And people wonder why I have an attitude.
Now you know.

2. The PDF documents for build projects I will post as soon as I
can find them and get time to put them online. I got an email yesterday
from someone that was wondering where the hx108.pdf document went. I
had the thing up there for almost a year. He should have downloaded.
I am not a library and I get tired of my work and I do reserve the right
to take it down. Either get the project done or download the material.

So. As a final parting shot. Do not cross post this to any other site.
Do not copy the material for purposes other than your own private use.
Do not put the files on your site or other sites. I will not be a happy
camper.

I will not list nor will I allow anyone to create a list of my material
and post it. Let them go to and do the work
themselves. If they aren't interested, then so be it.

So, keep monitoring my web page. I need the hits. I am not going to
advertise here or anywhere else as to the material placed online. And
I do reserve the right to discontinue if I feel that I am being used or
if some one pushes me in the wrong direction. No guarantees and the
sale is final..

enjoy while you can,

chuck, k7qo
Paul
 

Good stuff and TU Chuck.

Paul, W8AEF

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Subject: [qrp-tech] K7QO Legacy Projects and Files [OT and Long]

Gang,


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Hi Chuck,

Thanks for the heads-up. I bookmarked your site and then downloaded several things of interest to me. I will look in from time to time to see what you have on there.

There is a Swedish ham with a lot of interesting, useful, and even inspirational content on his site. One day I went there to review something and his site was *gone*. It soon reappeared on a new service. I have my own copies now. I am dealing with yours the same way.

I understand how you feel about some violations. I took a lot of flak for refusing to use illegal copies of commercial or shareware software. -shrug- but I do sleep well:)

73,

Bill KU8H

On 9/10/19 3:43 AM, chuck adams wrote:
The problem was not with the code course.? It was with the Morse
code books....
thanks,
On 9/10/19 12:21 AM, Mike Carden - VK1MC wrote:

I'm not sure you ought to be so quick to condemn that guy. In the Manual
for the Code course, you say:

"Also make a backup copy of
the CD if you have a CD burner on a
computer. Make copies and give them to
kids, relatives, friends, and even your
enemies (drive them insane)."
--
bark less - wag more
 

Chuck:
I, too, have benefited from your postings and videos, especially on Muppet construction and the 1W-5W assembly manuals. It's too bad that every kit doesn't use the build-and-test paradigm. I also think most people know how I feel about copying/downloading material without permission, so we share that sentiment.
I'm in Jasper, AL, Canada, now so don't have the resources to download your posts/videos. I hope you'll leave them up until after the 21st!
Tnx again, Chuck.
72,?Jack, W8TEE

On Monday, September 9, 2019, 10:49:13 PM MDT, chuck adams <chuck.adams.k7qo@...> wrote:

Gang,

I lost my 1TB SSD drive this last week and I have been hunkered down
trying to restore everything to its original state as best I can.
Because of the Raspberry Pi 4 project I had not been doing the usual
due diligence in backups and for that I am hoping that I have not lost
too much.? You know the drill.? I wrote a program for a computer company
a long time ago to erase disks before they were drilled, compressed and
shreaded to micro-particle sizes and then incinerated at solar
temperatures for final state for disposal.? I also wrote a recovery
routine and that I am thankful for as I can recover most, if not all, of
my files.? It is just time consuming.

The good news that I am going through 40GB of backups in the process to
hopefully save some time.? I found some stuff that I had forgotten about
or thought I had deleted.

Before I give the list so far, please read the fine print on my web
page.? It is important for my mental state of mind.

1.? The CW books.? I will put some of the old CW books on my web page.
I have the title and the speed listed.? You should know who the author
is, so please don't ask me.? The speeds are for the whole disk.? Do not
ask me if I can do another speed.? You adjust.? These books should help
you practice 'copy in your head', which isn't a big deal as people make
it out to be.? I prefer to know how you do at hard copy.? I think I can
keep them out there for some time, but you had better download them
today.? No guarantees.? I think I have unlimited space, but I'll do
them until the web provider sends me a bill.

People ask me why I quit doing the project.? I was standing at a
hamfest talking to someone that I knew.? He had a buddy with him.
He introduced me to his buddy and then said.? "Chuck used to do the
books in Morse code.? Like the one I bought and gave you a copy of."
And he was wondering why I quit???? Duh.

I am putting the code in ISO format for each book and this includes
the text files.? So they are large.? They will remain the same size.
I am not going to redo them for you.? AND, after I upload the ISO
file it is deleted from my drives and will not ever return.? Also.
You do not have the right(s) to copy to another site and provide
them now or EVER.? Please.? And people wonder why I have an attitude.
Now you know.

2.? The PDF documents for build projects I will post as soon as I
can find them and get time to put them online.? I got an email yesterday
from someone that was wondering where the hx108.pdf document went.? I
had the thing up there for almost a year.? He should have downloaded.
I am not a library and I get tired of my work and I do reserve the right
to take it down.? Either get the project done or download the material.

So.? As a final parting shot.? Do not cross post this to any other site.
Do not copy the material for purposes other than your own private use.
Do not put the files on your site or other sites.? I will not be a happy
camper.

I will not list nor will I allow anyone to create a list of my material
and post it.? Let them go to and do the work
themselves.? If they aren't interested, then so be it.

So, keep monitoring my web page.? I need the hits.? I am not going to
advertise here or anywhere else as to the material placed online.? And
I do reserve the right to discontinue if I feel that I am being used or
if some one pushes me in the wrong direction.? No guarantees and the
sale is final..

enjoy while you can,

chuck, k7qo

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