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	<title>KB9VBR Amateur Radio</title>
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	<description>Musing about Ham Radio, Antennas, Scouting, and life in the great outdoors</description>
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		<title>Independence Day Pizza</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pizza Night is a long time Friday evening in our house. I have a few beers and make pizza from scratch. Anything goes for pizza toppings but the first pizza will usually have pepperoni on it, since that&#8217;s the kids favorite.  The second pizza may have Italian sausage, ham, goat cheese, or anything else that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kb9vbr.net/2010/07/independence-day-pizza/</link>
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		<title>New Year&#8217;s Day Brunch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New Year&#8217;s day is usually a pretty relaxing holiday the family. The stress of the holidays is over so New Year&#8217;s is about relaxation and slowly getting back into the regular work/school grind. After getting up at a reasonble time, I put together our traditional New Year&#8217;s Day brunch. This year&#8217;s meal featured: Belgian waffles [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kb9vbr.net/2010/01/new-years-day-brunch/</link>
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		<title>Starting fire without matches</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The consummate skill of any Boy Scout is to start a fire without matches. One of the Second Class requirements is to properly prepare and light a camp fire, but you no longer need to light the fire without matches. None the less, starting a fire without a math is a fun and very rewarding [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kb9vbr.net/2009/11/starting-fire-without-matches/</link>
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		<title>Bicycle Mobile Amateur Radio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This weekend I gave a short presentation on bicycle mobile amateur radio at the Wisconsin ARES/RACES Leadership Conference. Ever since I&#8217;ve been an active cyclist I&#8217;ve carried a small HT with me. I&#8217;ve also ridden in several Bike Wisconsin rides across the state as a member of the SAG team and a bike mobile ham. Cell [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kb9vbr.net/2009/10/bicycle-mobile-amateur-radio/</link>
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		<title>AB429 an affront to Wisconsin Amateur Radio Operators</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Inattentive driving is a big concern in today&#8217;s society. Recent traffic accidents that are the result of texting while driving has brought the matter to the state legislature. Assembly bill AB429 focuses on this issue by outlawing the use of any type of wireless communications devices. Unfortunately amateur radio is also caught in this net [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kb9vbr.net/2009/10/ab429-an-affront-to-wisconsin-amateur-radio-operators/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Out of the Northwoods&#8221; Uncovers Paul Bunyan&#8217;s Wisconsin Roots</title>
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&#8220;The real Paul Bunyan of lumber camp storytelling lives through Michael Edmond&#8217;s superbly researched, richly illustrated, and engagingly written study.  The last and best word on Bunyan!&#8221;-James P. Leary, professor and director of the Folklore Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison 

Who has heard tall tales about the lumberjack hero Paul Bunyan and his big blue ox. &#8220;Out of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kb9vbr.net/2009/10/out-of-the-northwoods-uncovers-paul-bunyans-wisconsin-roots/</link>
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		<title>Canning Beans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year was a bumper crop for green beans. We had so many from both our garden and the CSA box that I decided to try canning green beans. With the proper equipment, canning vegetables is easy and a great way to enjoy the bounties of summer any time of the year.
If you want to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kb9vbr.net/2009/09/canning-beans/</link>
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		<title>Emcomm Ten Essentials</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the backpacking world, the ten essentials are considered to be the 10 items that anyone should have before going out into the wilderness. The list has evolved since it was first proposed back in the 1930&#8217;s and there is still ongoing debate of what is considered essential. But the ten essentials can be considered [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kb9vbr.net/2009/03/emcomm-ten-essentials/</link>
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		<title>The Rib Mountain Trail</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Rib Mountain Trail is a meandering 12 mile loop located south of Rib Mountain near Wausau. The bulk of the trail runs through and around the Nine Mile Recreational Area, but some of it is on private land. The trail is maintained by Boy Scout Troop 453 of Rib Mountain. The trail is marked with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kb9vbr.net/2009/03/the-rib-mountain-trail/</link>
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		<title>The price and the promise of citizenship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[President Obama says it so succinctly in his inaugural address:
Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success depends &#8212; hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism &#8212; these things are old. These things are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kb9vbr.net/2009/01/the-price-and-the-promise-of-citizenship/</link>
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