Author Archives: Brian

About Brian

Engineer. Aviator. Educator. Scientist.

BaoFeng UV-B5

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Brian

The BaoFeng UV-B5 is a handheld transceiver that does wide and narrow FM on 136-174 MHz, 400-470 Mhz, and receives commercial FM(65-108 MHz).  Power out is 1 watt or 5 watt output.  A brand new one from eBay set me … Continue reading →

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Meal Reimbursement for Military Reservist Annual Tour TDY

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Brian

After 2 years of appeals, the DOHA Claims Appeal Board denied my request for reconsideration of a travel expense while doing duty as a military Reservist.

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IRS Form 8965 Anathema and Socialism

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Brian

Welcome to 2015. The graphic below is an IRS form 8965 “Health Coverage Exemptions”. Aside from the trite question of why we need 8,965 forms to file taxes, this hurts me for deeper reasons.

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Cyber Security Reality Negates Chip and Pin Executive Order

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Brian

President Obama issued Executive Order “Chip and Pin” to make us all more secure.  I became aware of this order when reading an email about government travel credit cards which will use the new technology.  Uggh.. what a show-piece.  Rampant unfamiliarity with cyber … Continue reading →

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SSL Mac Client with Windows Server – Toys

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Brian

My toolset for Mac OSX 10.6.8 SSL into a Windows XP Pro SP3 computer is complete.

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