Richard Halquist

Well done to Logan today who braved the cold to set up a @SOTAbeams linked dipole in the school grounds for his first go on HF. We heard stations from Italy, Netherlands and UK. We talked about dipoles, antenna resonance and SSB to reinforce his Foundation lesson last night.

It’s been many radio amateurs dream to maybe own just one Collins rig..🫣

The new Willys 4-wheel drive 1-ton truck, ad circa 1955! Have an outstanding Tuesday! ........................... #jeep #jeeplife #legendary1941 #tuesday #willys

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@APompliano BREAKING: trash should go in a trash bin You are welcome Make common sense common again

New Radio coming soon from Icom ! The Icom ID-5200 ! More info on the link icomjapan.com/news/4617/ @icomamericainc @icomjapan

The new Jeep Tornado-OHC engine! You'll be amazed at its performance, circa July of 1962! Have an outstanding Monday! ........................... #jeep #jeeplife #legendary1941 #monday #kaiser

How do you like our newly updated logos ? #HamRadio #HamRadioBasics

Another successful graduate of The NotARubicon GMRS licensing course.

What goes up… eventually comes down. 🇺🇸✈️ Another afternoon of precision flying and smoke trails over Vero Beach as air show weekend wraps up. America250 is right around the corner, and there’s still nothing quite like looking up and hearing American aviation overhead. #America250 #AirShow #VeroBeach

@DSOfficer405 There's still hope?😁

So for everyone commenting about my “fire department” shirt yesterday…

Just another Sunday in #Polk County 🐊 Thanks Deputy Angulo for grabbing this intruder til the licensed trapper can get here.

Jeep 4-wheel drive takes 'em all in stride, December of 1966! Have an outstanding Sunday! ........................... #jeep #jeeplife #legendary1941 #sunday #kaiser

In Florida, we need a fighter as Governor. Not a candidate shoved down our throats by the RNC who still hasn’t proven he’s ready to run a state as complex and vulnerable as Florida. We deal with real problems here every year. Hurricanes, flooding, the insurance crisis, infrastructure issues, border security concerns, and growing pressure on first responders and emergency services. In Florida, leadership is tested fast. You either show up when people need help or you don’t. I’ve at least seen @JayCollinsFL show up after disasters when I’ve volunteered. I’ve seen him on the ground. Where has Byron Donalds been? There is zero real enthusiasm across this state for Donalds. Instead, shady poll results get pushed by out-of-state influencers, and now they do not even want debates scheduled. That should tell people everything they need to know about how this game is being played. What Floridians actually want is being pushed to the back burner. Florida deserves a Governor who is ready on day one, not someone being pushed through by political insiders trying to make kings out of jesters. When things go bad in this state, I want someone I can call who is actually going to answer, show up, and get shit done. I’m voting for Jay Collins.

2-11 Alarm / Mayday on the 6700 block of S. Crandon have been struck and secured. There are two civilians transported red. There are no additional injuries or transports. No further information.

Made a thing! Its going to house electric connections in another few min.

Join ADG at the 2026 Station Design Conference as Rodney McManus presents on Trauma-Informed Design in Public Safety Environments on Wednesday, May 20 at 1:00 pm. Rodney will explore how thoughtful design can support the psychological and physical well-being of the community.

The Jeep FC Lafian Power Hoe created by John Lafian around 1956-1957 built on the FC-170! Have an outstanding Friday! ........................... #jeep #jeeplife #legendary1941 #friday #willys

Field Report 📊 Garrick Higgo had a 7:18am tee time this morning Second major of the year First tee at Aronimink Kinda a big deal His playing partners Micheel and Brennan were there His caddie was there His bag was there Higgo was not He arrived at 7:19 One minute late Micheel had already hit his tee shot Rule 5.3a Two-stroke penalty Played the round in 67 69 adjusted Could have had a share of the outright lead at three under The model was built on a simple principle Early is on time Boss man operates the same way Twelve to fifteen minutes Every time That is the standard Both raised to believe it matters Ran the numbers $19 million purse at Aronimink this week First place takes home $3,420,000 Second place takes home $2,052,000 That gap is $1,368,000 Thirty-fifth place earns $87,100 Thirty-sixth place earns $83,630 That gap is $3,470 Last place takes home $24,240 Miss the cut and you leave with $4,000 That gap is $20,240 Two strokes Different number at every level of the leaderboard Same math Higgo knew this The model suspects he knows it better now Be there before it matters The ROI of being early remains undefeated Continuing analysis Sent from my Mac

You used to sell stuff on eBay. Maybe an old camera. Maybe Beanie Babies. Maybe a coat that didn't fit. You paid a small fee. The buyer got the thing. Everyone went home. That eBay is gone. The website looks the same. The logo is the same. The 135 million buyers are still there. But the company isn't really a marketplace anymore. It is an advertising business with a marketplace attached for distribution. Last year, sellers paid eBay $2 billion just to make sure their own listings showed up. Read that again. The board calls this growth. A Canadian who runs a video game store called it something else. Here is what actually happened. In 2020 the board hired a new CEO. His name is Jamie Iannone. He arrived with a strategy called focused categories. In plain English, that means leaning into the stuff people pay extra for. Sneakers. Watches. Trading cards. Auto parts. The everyday seller, the person with the camera and the coat, was no longer the customer. The customer was now the seller who would pay to be seen. In 2025 eBay did $80 billion in transactions. They kept $11 billion of that as revenue. Of that $11 billion, $2 billion came from advertising. Sellers paid them $2 billion to promote listings on a website those sellers already pay fees to use. That is the growth story. In the same year, the number of enthusiast buyers, eBay's own term for their best customers, was 16 million. It was also 16 million the year before. And the year before that. And the year before that. Four years. Zero growth. They mention this on every earnings call without mentioning it. So what does a company do when growth stops? It buys back its own stock. In 2025, eBay returned over $3 billion to shareholders. Most of that was buybacks. In February the board authorized another $2 billion on top. Buybacks shrink the share count. Earnings per share goes up even when earnings stay flat. The stock price follows. The stock was $68 a year ago. It is $108 today. The company did not improve. The denominator got smaller. Then a man from Canada noticed. His name is Ryan Cohen. He runs GameStop. He started his career selling pet food online and sold it to PetSmart for $3.35 billion. He looked at eBay. 135 million buyers. $80 billion in transactions. Real margins. Real cash flow. A board harvesting the business instead of running it. He bought 5% of the company through derivatives and stock. Then on May 4, he offered to buy the rest. $125 per share. $56 billion total. On May 12, the eBay board rejected the bid. They called it not credible. The math is credible. What the board means by not credible is we would have to explain why we sold. Then Cohen went on Piers Morgan. He said eBay is run by a bunch of losers with perverse financial incentives. He pointed out that eBay's CEO has been paid $144 million over six years. He pointed out that he personally takes no salary and has put $128 million of his own money into the company he runs. You do not have to like Ryan Cohen to notice he is making a point that is hard to argue with. eBay used to be a place where regular people sold things to other regular people. Now it is a $48 billion company whose largest growth driver is charging its own sellers to advertise to a buyer base that stopped growing four years ago, while spending billions a year buying its own stock to make the chart go up. The board calls this strategy. A video game CEO from Canada called it what it is. The market is now waiting to see who else agrees. Plz fix. Thx. Sent from my iPhone