Changhong TV

Newegg.ca was offering 50" TVs for $385 shipped!! Plus only Ecomental fee and Free Health Care. The black levels are nothing to write home about, but otherwise perfectly fine. Outstanding.

FibreOP

We finally got REALLY connected to the Interweb a few weeks ago. Bell Aliant FibreOP at a reliable 175 Mbps down (30 Mbps up). Wonderful. Plus really nice phone service. But not TV since they're missing key channels. I've connected a total of three routers to provide three WiFi hotspots across the 2.4 GHz band. Plus I'm wiring up some devices with Cat 6 (Cat 5e is so 'last year', LOL). The wired PC confirms 175.04 Mbps. It's nice. Really nice.

Yaesu FRG-7 is on the way

Arrived slightly dead. Mostly dirty switch contacts, some wiggling of the knobs brought it to life. The thing needs a complete alignment, even the main tuning dial is way off and runs out of dial in the wrong place. Oh well, good price. I'll fix it up later.