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  • 23cm PC Board Yagi

    03/11/2021 1:02:06 PM PST · by tbw2 · 17 replies
    Wunderwood Blog ^ | 06/25/2017 | Walter Underwood
    I wanted a bit more “oomph” from my 1W 1.2 GHz HT, so I purchased a PC board Yagi to get another 6 dB. I have a Yaesu FT-911 1.2 GHz HT. It is a 1990’s rig gifted me by the wife of a Silent Key at my work. It is a sweet handheld, but with limited power.
  • Lawyer says Dungeons & Dragons gamer was acting out a fantasy when he killed co-worker with a sword

    10/30/2006 10:32:50 AM PST · by presidio9 · 127 replies · 2,639+ views
    Court TV ^ | 10/29/06 | Matt Pordum
    An avid Dungeons & Dragons player "became his fantasy" when he slashed his co-worker to death with a homemade sword in October 2004, his attorney said Wednesday. Defense attorney David Roby said his client, James Flemons, was in the throes of a schizophrenic episode on Oct. 27, 2004, and believed he was a ninja killing a foe when he attacked and killed his 43-year-old co-worker Anthony Williams. "He became his fantasy," Roby said. "He was a ninja doing an honorable thing with a person he perceived to be his confederate who he had a beef with." Roby contends Flemons, 32,...