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An update on Earl, he is home! He got home yesterday and is recovering. I received a text stating his thanks and the text sounded upbeat. Keep praying, he still has a tough recovery, but it's looking promising 👍

Back in 79 I began working working on transmitters along the nato circuit. Some of the stories they would tell us rookies were things like "cook your eggs, skin peeling, loss of hair, and you only get one chance at falling) lol Overall that job was a belling for me as it changed my life in many ways. This year Norm my very good friend and climbing partner past away from a very aggressive brain cancer topped off during recovery with covid 19. Now to be fair Norm also had been exposed to industrial chemicals much more than I. I on the other hand have been on the hill of melanoma since the age of 25. No history of that in the family yet... So I was advised to always wear a shirt in the sun, which I have done till this year. Looks like I have managed to stay a step ahead of the disease having just removed one tumor this year and likely one more coming off my hip down the road. But if I pause and think yah I may have removed my shirt prior too when working in the hot swamps or climbing on breathless days, but my pants nope. Standing in front of a transmitter that crosses oceans from what they educated us as a safe distance was not the same as standing in an open field... There kind of a vib you feel in your upper body. Around 83/84 they began building and installing microwave towers and transmitters throughout the circuit which coincided with a couple of accidents I was recovering from I decided to finish my term out on the old technology some of which dated back to WII. Here we go again 5G networks being argued for all kinds of reason but I was totally ignorant to what Sabine covers in the video below.

Sure would be nice to have a 'Like Button" that was a... thumbs up 👍, rather than a heart 💙. The heart seems so Facebook, and it's a bit creepy for me to put a heart next to a post of a fellow M/C forum friend just to show that you liked a comment they made 👍 No big deal, but if it's an easy change I'd bet others agree.

Not that It makes much difference to me. But I admit If I was to indicate my preference, 👍 would be it.

Gary is great to deal with. I have an older version of the Ampli-Rider installed on another bike that I've been using for probably 10 years to mix signals from GPS, radar, and music (either MP3 player or Sirius). Mine has the remote volume control hardwired on both ends. It works well, though I do get some whine/noise that I believe is caused by the GPS, despite adding a noise filter. Some years ago the unit stopped working, so I emailed Gary about it. He had me send it to him, whereupon he fixed it and sent it right back with terrific communications. I originally had the volume control mounted in a dash fairing that I drilled a small hole through just so the threaded part under the knob stuck through and then was held in place by the retaining nut on top (with the knob in place above that). Worked well and was a clean/neat install. I later moved it to just underneath the left switch pod and attached it with two-way tape for automotive applications. I love it there as the knob extends out just enough that I can use my index finger to easily raise/lower the volume without ever taking my hand off the grip or eyes off the road. Good product and good maker/seller.