Gor

Gor

(62 comments, 27 posts)

UK Ex-pat. Husband, Dad, RF Engineer, Music Snob, Drummer. Love all science & tech. PHP coder. Spotter Network & Skywarn Severe Weather Spotter. Callsign K5GWH.

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Facebook Severe Weather Page

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May 22, 2013
by Gor in , , ,
My personal Facebook page gets overrun with severe weather updates in the spring and autumn.  This is probably fine if you can use the information, and you’re  living in Oklahoma. What if you’re not though? I have lots of friends back in my homeland of the UK and some in Australia and other places [...]
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Weather Apps & Social Media

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February 11, 2013
by Gor in ,
Note: A lot of my links focus on Oklahoma, because that’s where I am. Many severe weather enthusiasts, spotters and chasers use smartphones and tablets for live (or almost live) weather information from Radar, alerts, advisories, etc. Here are my favourite Apple iOS apps for such things. Going from [...]
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New Callsign

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February 9, 2013
by Gor in ,
Alright! So, my new Vanity Callsign is now valid. I changed from K5GWH (Kilo Five Golf Whiskey Hotel) to N5GOR (November Five Golf Oscar Romeo).  I find it rolls off my English accented tongue much easier.  Plus, it’s what I get called.  Gor!  Obviously the main title of this website will now [...]
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iPhone Jailbreak Apps & Tweaks

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February 6, 2013
by Gor in , , ,
The Process There are several REALLY GOOD reasons to Jailbreak your iOS device. Firstly, the evasi0n team has released an Untethered Jailbreak for almost all iDevices running iOS6 & 6.1.  Check out http://evasi0n.com/ for more information. Secondly, Jailbreaking isn’t illegal.  I don’t know where [...]
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The Union Jack – The Final Word

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January 30, 2013
by Gor in ,
It’s been an obsession of mine for a while to see how many Union Jack flags I can find which are orientated wrongly. You’d be surprised at how many are actually flown upside down. If you didn’t already know, the Union Jack is made up using the flags of the constituent countries. England, Scotland [...]
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Website Bugs

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January 22, 2013
by Gor in , ,
Apologies to anyone today if you found this website down.  Also, apologies if you found the website looking differently!  This site uses a WordPress theme by digitalnature called “Mystique”.  I think it is far and away the best WordPress CMS style out there.  I have used this style for years now, [...]
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Baofeng UV-5R : Modulation Fix!

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December 4, 2012
by Gor in ,
Colin G4EML from the UK, (my Motherland!), posted a comment in my Baofeng UV-5R low TX modulation mods article, detailing a method of fixing the low modulation characteristic of this radio by using the transistor usually used for amplifying audio used by the “VOX” function. I had seen this method [...]
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Yaesu FT-7900R Service Manual

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December 4, 2012
by Gor in ,
I stumbled across this tonight quite by accident.  It contains everything you’d need to technically take care of your Yaesu FT-7900R.  I will definitely be using it! The Yaesu FT-7900R is a magnificent dual band mobile ham radio – I’ve had mine for over a year now and I still love it.  I have not [...]
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Baofeng UV-5R hints and tips!

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November 20, 2012
by Gor in , ,
I just stumbled across this document (in RTF format) that lists a whole bunch of hints, tips and useful information about the UV-5R. I hope it proves useful! http://handiham.org/manuals/Baofeng/Baofeng-UV5R-eyes-free.rtf Also, here’s a link to lots of UV-5R information, including a comprehensive [...]
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Six Months!

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October 8, 2012
by Gor in ,
I know it’s been forever since I made a post on here.  Almost six months to be exact. A lot has changed in that six months.  Probably the top of the change list is I have a new job. I left my old job back in August 2012 and started a new one.  For the past decade I’ve been working in RF Engineering [...]
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