Sad news
Gents, Zyg AF4MP contacted me this morning to let me know his XYL Shirley passed away over the weekend. Zyg found her unresponsive Saturday morning, called 911, and administered CPR until the EMTs
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Dave Moss
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#8589
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1000pF polystyrene capacitor anyone?
Anyone got a couple of 1000pF, 500Volt,? polystyrene capacitors in their component stock they don't need? (Yes Ebay has them, but I only need 1 for a repair, and maybe 1 for a spare, but not a pack
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Edmund Thompson
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#8588
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Re: Keys 'n' Paddles
Hey Eddie, I've been trading e-mails with Wendy over the weekend and my impression is that the website, including prices, hasn't been updated except to post the banner at the top of the home page.
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Nick Hecker
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#8587
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Re: Keys 'n' Paddles
Hi Roger, The prices shown on the website already look discounted. Are you saying we'll get an extra 33% off if we combine our order with yours? AE4TQ? Sent from AT&T Yahoo Mail on Android On Mon,
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Edmund Thompson
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#8586
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Keys 'n' Paddles
Morning y'all, You might already know that Marshall N1FN who ran morsex.com a.k.a. https://mtechnologies.com/keys.htm passed away a few years back. His storefront has been closed since then, but I
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Nick Hecker
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#8585
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Re: Me vs. Computer
I paid double for direct burial lmr400 at Lawrenceville
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Gary McConville
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#8584
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Re: Me vs. Computer
I just made an order and they gave me some good prices but you have to call and talk to them.
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Huel Halliburton
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#8583
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Re: Me vs. Computer
I just dropped $200 at the Wireman this week. Coax is already crazy expensive. 2x? ouch Jeff n1kdo wrote:
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Jeff Otterson n1kdo
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#8582
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Re: Me vs. Computer
FYII just talked to the Wireman folks and coax and rotor cable is going to double in price in the next few weeks?They still have some cable at the old prices so you may want to stock up on your cable
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Huel Halliburton
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#8581
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Re: from arrl letter -- what do you think?
And anyone can throw an inverter in their hybrid snd get on the air as a 1E as in easy peasy. Ran that two years ago and our subdivision actually had a blackout in the middle of it all. Xyl was pissed
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Gary McConville
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#8580
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Re: from arrl letter -- what do you think?
I think every 11 months would work great for GA. Late June to mid-September would suck pretty much just like FD has forever with the heat and humidity. But the other 2/3 of the year would be GREAT!
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KE4UW Dave
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#8579
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Re: Question for the experts
So, after a quick run to Home Despot, I can report that the Scotch ¡°Extremely Strong¡± stuff¡ªadhesive on one side, Velcro-like on the other side¡ªis indeed ¡°extremely strong¡±. I believe that
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KE4UW Dave
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#8578
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Re: from arrl letter -- what do you think?
All of my KH6 buddies will tell you that limiting FD stations to 150w is the kiss of death for them. They all run 500-1500w just to get a signal past the West Coast on any band other than 15 and 10m.
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Mike / K5JR
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#8577
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Re: from arrl letter -- what do you think?
Yea, but anyone can throw a dipole up and get on from home in an ¡°emergency-like¡± setup. Tons of 1A or 1B operations would be better IMHO than tons of 1D, and all can still play. But if they keep
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KE4UW Dave
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#8576
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Re: from arrl letter -- what do you think?
I agree to a point.? Consider instead in the context that COVID or any of it's variants aren't going away anytime soon. It's all about publicity and participation in a national ARRL event really,
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Edmund Thompson
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#8575
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Re: from arrl letter -- what do you think?
Great Dave. Field Day is about emergency preparedness and how to maximize your effectiveness in the field given minimal setup time to simulate a real need. Take that out of it and the event is
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James Nail WA2MBP
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#8574
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Re: from arrl letter -- what do you think?
On point Dave. > On Jan 6, 2022, at 20:00, KE4UW Dave <mossdj@...> wrote: > > ? > I¡¯m going to respond to ARRL too. I would like to do away with home stations working other home stations
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Roger Hackler
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#8573
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Re: from arrl letter -- what do you think?
I¡¯m going to respond to ARRL too. I would like to do away with home stations working other home stations for points. In that world, high power stations with the best antennas money can buy and
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KE4UW Dave
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#8572
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Re: from arrl letter -- what do you think?
I get ya. ? Sent from AT&T Yahoo Mail on Android On Thu, Jan 6, 2022 at 19:17, Jeff Otterson<otterson_nospam@...> wrote: I thought about this for a short minute, and I think that they should
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Edmund Thompson
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#8571
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Re: from arrl letter -- what do you think?
I thought about this for a short minute, and I think that they should try adding a "bragging rights" score: a second score calculated differently. Unique to the FD callsign, there is a
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Jeff Otterson n1kdo
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#8570
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