West Highland Way – All packed

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All packed & ready (for anything) | richardgoeswalking.

So tomorrow I am off to Scotland, and the West Highland Way, with my optimistic walking companion Richard. See his blog entry above.

I have everything packed, but it looks a very small pile of kit – although I have included two backpacks! I had packed my Karrimor 25l day pack, but I have changed my mind and I now have decided to use my Golite Jam 2, it compresses quite well and will give me the extra comfort and space for the day we have to carry our overnight kit (there is one B&B where it will cost too much to ship our large case there).

Another thing I needed to sort before leaving – my iPhone has gone wrong again. See this post – I have tried the “putting the earphone plug in and out” and the “restore my iPhone completely” options but still no phone audio. I was really impressed by one of the Apple Support suggestions – “turn the volume up!”. So I am off to Scotland with a phone that only half works, I will be using the blue tooth earphone and hope the charge on the iPhone lasts all day!

You can follow our adventure, day by day, by following the links below to the daily blog entries and photos…

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Bob Heil at the National Hamfest

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Bob Heil visited the National Hamfest, from the US, to give two lectures on “sound” and to demonstrate some of his equipment. You may not have heard of Bob but you have probably heard his work, see his Wikipedia entry – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Heil.

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Everyone he spoke to, he thrilled!

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Bob and Sarah Heil at the National Hamfest

As part of his visit he was making a video, which he is planning to show on his video podcast – Ham Nation.

HAM Nation is the new TWIT show about ham radio.   Bob Heil, with various co-hosts and guests will cover the excitement and importance of ham radio – from tossing an antenna wire in a tree allowing you to talk to the world, to the importance of ham radio operators in time of disasters.

If you use iTunes you can subscribe to his feed, both audio and video. I was not able to hear his lecture at the show (as the Hamfest Co-ordinator, I had no time to even look around the show as a “visitor” but that did mean I did not spend any money!) so I am looking forward to this broadcast.

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The National Hamfest 2011 – Saturday

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Showtime!

It has been a busy day – with no chance to blog until after the LSWC end of show Chinese meal.

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This is Bob Heil and his wife Sarah. Bob came over from the US to demonstrate his audio equipment and to give some lectures at the show. The National Hamfest and LSWC took him out to Lincoln for the evening, which included an opportunity for him to play the organ in Lincoln Cathedral.

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