http://www.dashtoons.com/ What's up with Dashtoons en Copyright 2009 k1nss@dashtoons.com (Jeff K1NSS) k1nss@dashtoons.com Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:24:50 GMT Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:24:50 GMT RSS DreamFeeder v 2.5.2 Hams, SWLs, Electromagnetic Nerds of All Flavors! Dial up historic ham fun November 5th during the Tesla Global Radio Meet-Up, in conjunction with Tesla Conference 2001 at BrookhavenNational Laboratory. Special event stations at many Tesla sites including W3T at Wydenclyffe Lab in Shoreham NY and YU0TESLA at Tesla Museum in Belgrade. Among other lucky hams, Dashtoons' K1NSS Krew will be operating from Wydenclyffe and we hope you'll give us a listen and a shout! Tesla Conference 2011 details at: http://www.teslasciencecenter.org/ Hams, SWLs, Electromagnetic Nerds of All Flavors! Dial up historic ham fun November 5th during the Tesla Global Radio Meet-Up, in conjunction with Tesla Conference 2001 at BrookhavenNational Laboratory. Special event stations at many Tesla sites including W3T at Wydenclyffe Lab in Shoreham NY and YU0TESLA at Tesla Museum in Belgrade. Among other lucky hams, Dashtoons' K1NSS Krew will be operating from Wydenclyffe and we hope you'll give us a listen and a shout! Tesla Conference 2011 details at: http://www.teslasciencecenter.org/ http://www.dashtoons.com Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:10:16 GMT Jeff K1NSS data:text/plain,manual:1317839053975:8096089056876965:http://www.dashtoons.com/RSS%20message.rss Until now, collectors of ham radio cartoon art prints found themselves at the mercy of slackjawed bohemian gallery owners and white shoe art shark middlemen, all riding high on the Great 2011 Ham Radio Cartoon Art Bubble. Extra! Extra! Suddenly that's all changed! Read all about it -- where else but Dashtoons?! Until now, collectors of ham radio cartoon art prints found themselves at the mercy of slackjawed bohemian gallery owners and white shoe art shark middlemen, all riding high on the Great 2011 Ham Radio Cartoon Art Bubble. Extra! Extra! Suddenly that's all changed! Read all about it -- where else but Dashtoons?! http://www.dashtoons.com Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:59:58 GMT Jeff K1NSS data:text/plain,manual:1311189091382:5975067994739418:http://www.dashtoons.com/RSS%20message.rss It's shapiing up to be the most paranormal amateur radio discoverysince Hiram Percy Maxim's profile was revealed in the nooks and crannies of a Thomas' english muffin. See Dash!Reports all the details, where else but Dashtoons?! It's shapiing up to be the most paranormal amateur radio discoverysince Hiram Percy Maxim's profile was revealed in the nooks and crannies of a Thomas' english muffin. See Dash!Reports all the details, where else but Dashtoons?! http://www.dashtoons.com Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:37:32 GMT Jeff K1NSS data:text/plain,manual:1311093914270:7990773057580152:http://www.dashtoons.com/RSS%20message.rss They say every dogbone insulator has its day, but who could have imagined that our signed and numbered souvenir Dash! The Dog-Faced Ham porcelain antenna insulators would be involved with a stunning 1567.4 kilometer 500 milliwatt QSO spanning virtually the entire eastern US seaboard? Link to unimpeachable source, where else but Dashtoons?! They say every dogbone insulator has its day, but who could have imagined that our signed and numbered souvenir Dash! The Dog-Faced Ham porcelain antenna insulators would be involved with a stunning 1567.4 kilometer 500 milliwatt QSO spanning virtually the entire eastern US seaboard? Link to unimpeachable source, where else but Dashtoons?! http://www.dashtoons.com Sun, 15 May 2011 00:15:39 GMT Jeff K1NSS data:text/plain,manual:1305419144324:16509940608357254:http://www.dashtoons.com/RSS%20message.rss The old ham radio chestnut "It's all about the Dog Biscuits" is new again, thanks to dBooster -- the stunning new , free, server-based, on-screen antenna insulator enhancement technology just unveiled at Dashtoons.com. Developed by upstart Hudson Valley startup hardened software manufacturer Deluxe Luxury Laboratories, dBooster offers virtually instant antenna gain of scalar proportions by reinventing technology of a bygone electronic fundraising era. During the much of the 20th century audience members were advised to place their hand on their radio or their television screen. Implored to "feel the power," the audience was motivated to generously reward the fundraiser. Other more effective methods gradually replaced this quaint modality, but during leaner 21st century times, a brilliant, some say cocky crew of young engineers and entrepreneurs were convinced old bottles could gush new wine. Will it work? At Dashtoons, we think it just might -- especially because old metrics like return on investment no longer apply! This means we're obliged to absorb the cost of streaming infinite dBs to every ham in the world because....well, we haven't worked out that part yet. Better hurry and make hay while the sun shines...where else but Dashtoons?! The old ham radio chestnut "It's all about the Dog Biscuits" is new again, thanks to dBooster -- the stunning new , free, server-based, on-screen antenna insulator enhancement technology just unveiled at Dashtoons.com. Developed by upstart Hudson Valley startup hardened software manufacturer Deluxe Luxury Laboratories, dBooster offers virtually instant antenna gain of scalar proportions by reinventing technology of a bygone electronic fundraising era. During the much of the 20th century audience members were advised to place their hand on their radio or their television screen. Implored to "feel the power," the audience was motivated to generously reward the fundraiser. Other more effective methods gradually replaced this quaint modality, but during leaner 21st century times, a brilliant, some say cocky crew of young engineers and entrepreneurs were convinced old bottles could gush new wine. Will it work? At Dashtoons, we think it just might -- especially because old metrics like return on investment no longer apply! This means we're obliged to absorb the cost of streaming infinite dBs to every ham in the world because....well, we haven't worked out that part yet. Better hurry and make hay while the sun shines...where else but Dashtoons?! http://www.dashtoons.com Tue, 04 Jan 2011 05:55:27 GMT Jeff K1NSS data:text/plain,manual:1294124751428:7405699921463506:http://www.dashtoons.com/RSS%20message.rss It hardly gets better than a forecast for heavy snow and fixin's for your first Short Wave set, right? Enjoy it now before it gets worse, in the latest chapter of The Tickler Coil That Came For Christmas, now exlusively unfolding -- where else but Dashtoons' hep new Facebook page?! It hardly gets better than a forecast for heavy snow and fixin's for your first Short Wave set, right? Enjoy it now before it gets worse, in the latest chapter of The Tickler Coil That Came For Christmas, now exlusively unfolding -- where else but Dashtoons' hep new Facebook page?! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dashtoons/131747245635?v=wall Tue, 21 Dec 2010 01:34:16 GMT Jeff K1NSS data:text/plain,manual:1292896339746:726805623759973:http://www.dashtoons.com/RSS%20message.rss H.P. Maxim, H.P. Lovecraft, H.P. Sauce --coincidence or WHAT? Get off your big fat Geek preconceptions and surf the evolving paradigm of Lost Ham Radio History,-- where else but Dashtoons?! H.P. Maxim, H.P. Lovecraft, H.P. Sauce --coincidence or WHAT? Get off your big fat Geek preconceptions and surf the evolving paradigm of Lost Ham Radio History,-- where else but Dashtoons?! http://www.dashtoons.com Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:04:52 GMT Jeff K1NSS data:text/plain,manual:1292609329607:4190647905108861:http://www.dashtoons.com/RSS%20message.rss Catch up with a brand new chapter in this season's most cautionary Short Wave Radio Christmas tale -- now being told exclusively on Dashtoons' Facebook page, social network offspring of who else but Dash! The Dog-Faced Ham?! Catch up with a brand new chapter in this season's most cautionary Short Wave Radio Christmas tale -- now being told exclusively on Dashtoons' Facebook page, social network offspring of who else but Dash! The Dog-Faced Ham?! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dashtoons/131747245635?v=wall Thu, 16 Dec 2010 22:54:03 GMT Jeff K1NSS data:text/plain,manual:1292540215518:3491895916806369:http://www.dashtoons.com/RSS%20message.rss Bless us DX Hounds one and all, it's the new next chapter of The Tickler Coil That Came For Christmas, now rambling on like some eggnogged OM -- where else but Dash! The Dog-Faced Ham's new Facebook page?! Bless us DX Hounds one and all, it's the new next chapter of The Tickler Coil That Came For Christmas, now rambling on like some eggnogged OM -- where else but Dash! The Dog-Faced Ham's new Facebook page?! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dashtoons/131747245635?v=wall Sun, 12 Dec 2010 04:17:50 GMT Jeff K1NSS data:text/plain,manual:1292128289231:3467726945907543:http://www.dashtoons.com/RSS%20message.rss In a startling revelation, Dashtoons.com offers conclusive proof that Colllins Radio, the Cold War Cadillac of Hamdom's Golden Age, enjoyed a brief holiday fling with Remco Toys before tying the knot with defense giant Rockwell International. An all-but unknown world class child's toy was the product of this affair, a play set worthy of the mysterious reclusive nephew of a mysterious reclusive aerospace mogul. Take a gander at this Spruce Goose of a Christmas shocker -- where else but Dashtoons?! In a startling revelation, Dashtoons.com offers conclusive proof that Colllins Radio, the Cold War Cadillac of Hamdom's Golden Age, enjoyed a brief holiday fling with Remco Toys before tying the knot with defense giant Rockwell International. An all-but unknown world class child's toy was the product of this affair, a play set worthy of the mysterious reclusive nephew of a mysterious reclusive aerospace mogul. Take a gander at this Spruce Goose of a Christmas shocker -- where else but Dashtoons?! http://www.dashtoons.com Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:41:32 GMT Jeff K1NSS data:text/plain,manual:1291993465386:595407195226534:http://www.dashtoons.com/RSS%20message.rss The Tickler Coil That Came For Christmas is the story of getting that for which you uncarefully wished. Don't miss this overly sentimental yet grittily cautionary continuing tale of FB Ham Humbug, where else but Dashtoons?! The Tickler Coil That Came For Christmas is the story of getting that for which you uncarefully wished. Don't miss this overly sentimental yet grittily cautionary continuing tale of FB Ham Humbug, where else but Dashtoons?! http://www.dashtoons.com Wed, 08 Dec 2010 04:42:13 GMT Jeff K1NSS data:text/plain,manual:1291783809293:9212034875284112:http://www.dashtoons.com/RSS%20message.rss Thanks to free ham iPad wallpaper up for grabs at Dashtoons.com, avant amateurs can now transform their toney tablets into vintage Hallicrafters short wave receivers --plus MORE coming soon! Be the Super Boss Envy King of your radio club and accessorize with these stunning Deco Punk Digital Looks -- where else but Dashtoons?! Thanks to free ham iPad wallpaper up for grabs at Dashtoons.com, avant amateurs can now transform their toney tablets into vintage Hallicrafters short wave receivers --plus MORE coming soon! Be the Super Boss Envy King of your radio club and accessorize with these stunning Deco Punk Digital Looks -- where else but Dashtoons?! http://www.dashtoons.com Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:40:22 GMT Jeff K1NSS data:text/plain,manual:1291218594900:8969080987288799:http://www.dashtoons.com/RSS%20message.rss There's no sentimental old Fool like Dash! The Dog-Faced Ham Uncle, especially when it comes to vintage educational toys. Don't miss his latest excercise in futility, a classic Norelco electronic set Christmas gift most likely to bore the Dickens out of his Feral Nephews -- where else but Dashtoon's Old Thing of the Week Department?! There's no sentimental old Fool like Dash! The Dog-Faced Ham Uncle, especially when it comes to vintage educational toys. Don't miss his latest excercise in futility, a classic Norelco electronic set Christmas gift most likely to bore the Dickens out of his Feral Nephews -- where else but Dashtoon's Old Thing of the Week Department?! http://www.dashtoons.com Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:46:00 GMT Jeff K1NSS data:text/plain,manual:1291060334377:36172116883267340:http://www.dashtoons.com/RSS%20message.rss Why shiver and shake? LAUGH at the looming expiration date of your 2010 ham shack calendar -- it's easy with your very own copy of Dash!2011 Year of the Dog-Faced Ham! This colorful cartoon calendar includes four brand new panels plus eight digitally remastered Dashtoon favorites for twelve big months of ham radio hi-hi-hilarity. Great for giving or receiving from yourself just because you're you and the last person in your county who knows Morse Code. Get your Year of the Dog-Faced Ham in gear now -- where else but Dashtoons?! Why shiver and shake? LAUGH at the looming expiration date of your 2010 ham shack calendar -- it's easy with your very own copy of Dash!2011 Year of the Dog-Faced Ham! This colorful cartoon calendar includes four brand new panels plus eight digitally remastered Dashtoon favorites for twelve big months of ham radio hi-hi-hilarity. Great for giving or receiving from yourself just because you're you and the last person in your county who knows Morse Code. Get your Year of the Dog-Faced Ham in gear now -- where else but Dashtoons?! http://www.dashtoons.com Tue, 23 Nov 2010 02:57:39 GMT Jeff K1NSS data:text/plain,manual:1290483194183:3346192781412487:http://www.dashtoons.com/RSS%20message.rss When Dash! The Dog-Faced Ham was selected by the International Telecommunication Union to promote their pending helmet rule, he never anticipated becoming the center of a global kerfuffle over Non-Contact Radio Sport. Suss-out all the fuss right now -- where else but Dashtoons?! When Dash! The Dog-Faced Ham was selected by the International Telecommunication Union to promote their pending helmet rule, he never anticipated becoming the center of a global kerfuffle over Non-Contact Radio Sport. Suss-out all the fuss right now -- where else but Dashtoons?! http://www.dashtoons.com Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:36:03 GMT Jeff K1NSS data:text/plain,manual:1288799419266:9358410830195304:http://www.dashtoons.com/RSS%20message.rss Is Dash! Dog-Faced Ham enough to simultaneously celebrate Halloween and terrorize the competition in this year's CQ WW DX SSB test? Get a sneak peek at his costume and don't jump to conclusions - where else but Dashtoons?! Is Dash! Dog-Faced Ham enough to simultaneously celebrate Halloween and terrorize the competition in this year's CQ WW DX SSB test? Get a sneak peek at his costume and don't jump to conclusions - where else but Dashtoons?! http://www.dashtoons.com/ Tue, 19 Oct 2010 04:35:00 GMT Jeff K1NSS data:text/plain,manual:1285907669210:5693355963520677:http://www.dashtoons.com/RSS%20message.rss Intoducing Old Thing of the Week, a startling, some say downright shocking new feature at Dashtoons -- QTH of Dash! The Dog-Faced Ham. Dash! creator Jeff K1NSS put down his crayons long enough to dredge up images of Our Radio Past, frightening yet curiously mesmerizing to anyone old enough to remember when Hoover was in the White House and ham radio hadn't impressed girls since Wilson was in the White House. You Boomer kiddos will be captivated as well. Were you one of those Boomer kiddos who thought Buster Brown's dog Tige looked cooly strange as all get out? Oh yeah, Old Thing of the Week is right up your alley, Old Shoe! Old is the new ham New -- where else but Dashtoons?!! Intoducing Old Thing of the Week, a startling, some say downright shocking new feature at Dashtoons -- QTH of Dash! The Dog-Faced Ham. Dash! creator Jeff K1NSS put down his crayons long enough to dredge up images of Our Radio Past, frightening yet curiously mesmerizing to anyone old enough to remember when Hoover was in the White House and ham radio hadn't impressed girls since Wilson was in the White House. You Boomer kiddos will be captivated as well. Were you one of those Boomer kiddos who thought Buster Brown's dog Tige looked cooly strange as all get out? Oh yeah, Old Thing of the Week is right up your alley, Old Shoe! Old is the new ham New -- where else but Dashtoons?!! http://www.dashtoons.com Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:43:45 GMT Jeff K1NSS data:text/plain,manual:1283892804402:8211785557861008:http://www.dashtoons.com/RSS%20message.rss We're less sure about intelligent ham life at Dashtoons than we are about Japan. That's why we're out to break the 599 QSL VIA BURO 73 Barrier and make even more meaningful contact with the advanced civilization that brought us Icom, Yaesu, Kenwood and Godzilla, among so many other coolnesses that feed our inner need for advanced digital signal processing and wrestlers in monster suits rolling around wrecked toy cities. Is our Japanese up to snuff? Can you say Domo Arigato Mister Roboto? Can you Karaoke Sukiyaki? Come on. Thanks to Yahoo's Babel Fish, these days it's like shootin' koi in a barrel, this Katakana Benihana stuff. So grab your iPod, turn up The Vapors, and get your bad ham self Turning JA -- where else but Dashtoons? We're less sure about intelligent ham life at Dashtoons than we are about Japan. That's why we're out to break the 599 QSL VIA BURO 73 Barrier and make even more meaningful contact with the advanced civilization that brought us Icom, Yaesu, Kenwood and Godzilla, among so many other coolnesses that feed our inner need for advanced digital signal processing and wrestlers in monster suits rolling around wrecked toy cities. Is our Japanese up to snuff? Can you say Domo Arigato Mister Roboto? Can you Karaoke Sukiyaki? Come on. Thanks to Yahoo's Babel Fish, these days it's like shootin' koi in a barrel, this Katakana Benihana stuff. So grab your iPod, turn up The Vapors, and get your bad ham self Turning JA -- where else but Dashtoons? http://www.dashtoons.com Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:27:03 GMT Jeff K1NSS data:text/plain,manual:1283344451749:8743543302249048:http://www.dashtoons.com/RSS%20message.rss The electromagnetic world remains stymied after the newly-uncovered visage of a certain Swiss amateur radio operator of yesteryear has defied all descriptive attempts. Many have tried, all have failed - from the merely glib to golden throated orators,, whether informed by fresh eyes, jaundiced eyes, eyes focused like laser beams or indirectly like Perseus, all tongues are turned to stone by his likeness. Step right up, the price of admission is far less than a thin dime...where else but Dashtoons?! The electromagnetic world remains stymied after the newly-uncovered visage of a certain Swiss amateur radio operator of yesteryear has defied all descriptive attempts. Many have tried, all have failed - from the merely glib to golden throated orators,, whether informed by fresh eyes, jaundiced eyes, eyes focused like laser beams or indirectly like Perseus, all tongues are turned to stone by his likeness. Step right up, the price of admission is far less than a thin dime...where else but Dashtoons?! http://www.dashtoons.com Mon, 16 Aug 2010 03:30:49 GMT Jeff K1NSS data:text/plain,manual:1281930144887:8484207248035175:http://www.dashtoons.com/RSS%20message.rss We have the negatives! In a bizarre twist, balloon animal party favors, so-called balloon "haminals,"reputed to have been passed out after an Arcade Fire rock concert are now thought to be linked to a guerilla marketing scheme first uncovered by...where else but Dashtoons?! We have the negatives! In a bizarre twist, balloon animal party favors, so-called balloon "haminals,"reputed to have been passed out after an Arcade Fire rock concert are now thought to be linked to a guerilla marketing scheme first uncovered by...where else but Dashtoons?! http://www.dashtoons.com Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:34:48 GMT Jeff K1NSS data:text/plain,manual:1281196025363:9967778333965256:http://www.dashtoons.com/RSS%20message.rss There's a ham radio firestorm raging across the web due to the apparent sampling of ARRL's iconic logo by Arcade Fire, a typically iconoclastic Canadian rock band backed by American Express and other Ragers Against The Machine. Find out who's REALLY playing fast and loose with our sacred black diamond -- where else but Dashtoons?! There's a ham radio firestorm raging across the web due to the apparent sampling of ARRL's iconic logo by Arcade Fire, a typically iconoclastic Canadian rock band backed by American Express and other Ragers Against The Machine. Find out who's REALLY playing fast and loose with our sacred black diamond -- where else but Dashtoons?! http://www.dashtoons.com Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:14:12 GMT Jeff K1NSS data:text/plain,manual:1281050938492:8464161362852494:http://www.dashtoons.com/RSS%20message.rss Electronic hobbyists who follow a certain popular TV series and never heard of Dashtoons may be surprised to learn that long before Snooki and The Situation were but gleams in their parents' eyes, two of amateur radio's own set off for Seaside Heights in a beat MGA with a Multi-Elmac mobile rig between their Jersey knees. If this is news to you, don't miss Dash! The Dog-Faced Ham as a half-baked young rocker and his Extra Class bird Justine as they get sidetracked from a Chatterbox audition to the last days of the fabled streets of New York's Radio Row by a mysterious high school ham guitar buddy. A stretch? All the way back to Route 22 in the summer of 66...where else but Dashtoons? Electronic hobbyists who follow a certain popular TV series and never heard of Dashtoons may be surprised to learn that long before Snooki and The Situation were but gleams in their parents' eyes, two of amateur radio's own set off for Seaside Heights in a beat MGA with a Multi-Elmac mobile rig between their Jersey knees. If this is news to you, don't miss Dash! The Dog-Faced Ham as a half-baked young rocker and his Extra Class bird Justine as they get sidetracked from a Chatterbox audition to the last days of the fabled streets of New York's Radio Row by a mysterious high school ham guitar buddy. A stretch? All the way back to Route 22 in the summer of 66...where else but Dashtoons? http://www.dashtoons.com/LS%20Arch.html Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:57:46 GMT Jeff K1NSS data:text/plain,manual:1280676040335:22730025805339416:http://www.dashtoons.com/RSS%20message.rss Before there were Couch Potatoes, giant RADIO POTATOES lay about the Earth listening to short wave broadcasting...and the proof was just defrosted...where else but Dashtoons! Before there were Couch Potatoes, giant RADIO POTATOES lay about the Earth listening to short wave broadcasting...and the proof was just defrosted...where else but Dashtoons! http://www.dashtoons.com Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:09:42 GMT Jeff K1NSS data:text/plain,manual:1277252669854:13720926083227702:http://www.dashtoons.com/RSS%20message.rss Dude up your new device like a vintage Hallicrafters portable with a Dash! of Dog-Faced Ham. Our ipad ham comics wallpaper is free for personal use, where else but Dashtoons?! Dude up your new device like a vintage Hallicrafters portable with a Dash! of Dog-Faced Ham. Our ipad ham comics wallpaper is free for personal use, where else but Dashtoons?! http://www.dashtoons.com Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:30:17 GMT Jeff K1NSS data:text/plain,manual:1277138139935:8498917251298622:http://www.dashtoons.com/RSS%20message.rss Ham radio iPadders now have easy access to Dashtoons on the fly! Introducing our iDash! mobile homepage, -- it gives you the essentials front and center right off the bat. You get the latest Dash! The Dog-Faced Ham cartoon, plus a simplified menu for diggin' deep as you please into Dashtoons, no fuss or muss -- where else but you know where?! Ham radio iPadders now have easy access to Dashtoons on the fly! Introducing our iDash! mobile homepage, -- it gives you the essentials front and center right off the bat. You get the latest Dash! The Dog-Faced Ham cartoon, plus a simplified menu for diggin' deep as you please into Dashtoons, no fuss or muss -- where else but you know where?! http.www.dashtoons.com Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:28:24 GMT Jeff K1NSS data:text/plain,manual:1276740084091:7401857959431078:http://www.dashtoons.com/RSS%20message.rss