Re: looking for sheet aluminum
I will have it ready tomorrow afternoon.?
K7RND
Has to be somewhat rigid, spans a 3.5 x 6 hole.
On Wednesday, January 13, 2021, 12:13:56 PM MST, Bruce ke7sjz via <ke7sjz= [email protected]> wrote:
How about shim stock? On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 12:08, Bruce Walker Does it have to be aluminum? I might be able to get that in steel from work as a donation. On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 10:25, Harley ki7xf via There is an RLC-4 controller at each repeater site that needs a cover plate. .040 thick aluminum works just great, 4.4" x 7" is the perfect size. Can cut over sized pieces to fit.
The RLC-4 comes with an enclosure, but have modified it to make adjustments easier. Therefore, the need for a cover. I use neodymium magnets to hold the cover in place on the steel enclosure. No screws, just slide the cover away, make adjustments, and slide back into place.
Need about 10 pieces, a couple would get me by, the rest can wait until later. ERA needs 4 MRLA needs 3
Any ideas of where there might be some for the asking? Have checked Pacific every now and then, no luck so far.
Thanks, Harley
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Re: looking for sheet aluminum
Has to be somewhat rigid, spans a 3.5 x 6 hole.
On Wednesday, January 13, 2021, 12:13:56 PM MST, Bruce ke7sjz via groups.io <ke7sjz@...> wrote:
On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 12:08, Bruce Walker <ke7sjz@...> wrote: Does it have to be aluminum? I might be able to get that in steel from work as a donation. On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 10:25, Harley ki7xf via groups.io <ki7xf@...> wrote: There is an RLC-4 controller at each repeater site that needs a cover plate. .040 thick aluminum works just great, 4.4" x 7" is the perfect size. Can cut over sized pieces to fit.
The RLC-4 comes with an enclosure, but have modified it to make adjustments easier. Therefore, the need for a cover. I use neodymium magnets to hold the cover in place on the steel enclosure. No screws, just slide the cover away, make adjustments, and slide back into place.
Need about 10 pieces, a couple would get me by, the rest can wait until later. ERA needs 4 MRLA needs 3
Any ideas of where there might be some for the asking? Have checked Pacific every now and then, no luck so far.
Thanks, Harley
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Re: looking for sheet aluminum
Steel doesn't work as well with the magnets. I have some steel covers, but don't like them as well as the aluminum ones.
On Wednesday, January 13, 2021, 12:13:28 PM MST, Bruce ke7sjz via groups.io <ke7sjz@...> wrote:
Does it have to be aluminum? I might be able to get that in steel from work as a donation.
On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 10:25, Harley ki7xf via groups.io <ki7xf@...> wrote: There is an RLC-4 controller at each repeater site that needs a cover plate. .040 thick aluminum works just great, 4.4" x 7" is the perfect size. Can cut over sized pieces to fit.
The RLC-4 comes with an enclosure, but have modified it to make adjustments easier. Therefore, the need for a cover. I use neodymium magnets to hold the cover in place on the steel enclosure. No screws, just slide the cover away, make adjustments, and slide back into place.
Need about 10 pieces, a couple would get me by, the rest can wait until later. ERA needs 4 MRLA needs 3
Any ideas of where there might be some for the asking? Have checked Pacific every now and then, no luck so far.
Thanks, Harley
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Re: looking for sheet aluminum
i would check with soars manufacturing out dry creek for scrap pieces.? as much aluminum as they use, i,ll bet they might have scrap pieces that small.? but the also might just recycle it. ewz
There is an RLC-4 controller at each repeater site that needs a cover plate. .040 thick aluminum works just great, 4.4" x 7" is the perfect size. Can cut over sized pieces to fit.
The RLC-4 comes with an enclosure, but have modified it to make adjustments easier. Therefore, the need for a cover. I use neodymium magnets to hold the cover in place on the steel enclosure. No screws, just slide the cover away, make adjustments, and slide back into place.
Need about 10 pieces, a couple would get me by, the rest can wait until later. ERA needs 4 MRLA needs 3
Any ideas of where there might be some for the asking? Have checked Pacific every now and then, no luck so far.
Thanks, Harley
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Re: looking for sheet aluminum
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On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 12:08, Bruce Walker <ke7sjz@...> wrote: Does it have to be aluminum? I might be able to get that in steel from work as a donation. On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 10:25, Harley ki7xf via groups.io <ki7xf@...> wrote: There is an RLC-4 controller at each repeater site that needs a cover plate. .040 thick aluminum works just great, 4.4" x 7" is the perfect size. Can cut over sized pieces to fit.
The RLC-4 comes with an enclosure, but have modified it to make adjustments easier. Therefore, the need for a cover. I use neodymium magnets to hold the cover in place on the steel enclosure. No screws, just slide the cover away, make adjustments, and slide back into place.
Need about 10 pieces, a couple would get me by, the rest can wait until later. ERA needs 4 MRLA needs 3
Any ideas of where there might be some for the asking? Have checked Pacific every now and then, no luck so far.
Thanks, Harley
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Re: looking for sheet aluminum
Does it have to be aluminum? I might be able to get that in steel from work as a donation.
On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 10:25, Harley ki7xf via groups.io <ki7xf@...> wrote: There is an RLC-4 controller at each repeater site that needs a cover plate. .040 thick aluminum works just great, 4.4" x 7" is the perfect size. Can cut over sized pieces to fit.
The RLC-4 comes with an enclosure, but have modified it to make adjustments easier. Therefore, the need for a cover. I use neodymium magnets to hold the cover in place on the steel enclosure. No screws, just slide the cover away, make adjustments, and slide back into place.
Need about 10 pieces, a couple would get me by, the rest can wait until later. ERA needs 4 MRLA needs 3
Any ideas of where there might be some for the asking? Have checked Pacific every now and then, no luck so far.
Thanks, Harley
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looking for sheet aluminum
There is an RLC-4 controller at each repeater site that needs a cover plate. .040 thick aluminum works just great, 4.4" x 7" is the perfect size. Can cut over sized pieces to fit.
The RLC-4 comes with an enclosure, but have modified it to make adjustments easier. Therefore, the need for a cover. I use neodymium magnets to hold the cover in place on the steel enclosure. No screws, just slide the cover away, make adjustments, and slide back into place.
Need about 10 pieces, a couple would get me by, the rest can wait until later. ERA needs 4 MRLA needs 3
Any ideas of where there might be some for the asking? Have checked Pacific every now and then, no luck so far.
Thanks, Harley
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Reminder: 88 repeater net
When:
Tuesday, 12 January 2021, 8:00pm to 9:00pm,
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Where:146.88- 100Hz
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Re: starlink this evening...
I would have slept through that anyway!?? :-)
And, it was cloudy tonight, so....
Don, n7flt
On 1/5/2021 6:52 PM, Harley ki7xf via
groups.io wrote:
Sorry, I goofed.Today's pass
was this morning.
Harley
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Sorry, I goofed.Today's pass was this morning.
Harley
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starlink pass w/clear a sky forecast tonight
They say a clear sky will allow us to see this pass of 48 or so starlink satellites tonight.
6:26 pm first one rising in the SW 6:33 pm last one rising in the SW
rising to 72¡ã to 82¡ã in the SE
6:30 pm first one setting in the ENE
6:40 pm last one setting in the ENE
Face South or Southeast, watch them rise in the SW and set in the ENE.
Let there be clear skies this evening....
If it is clear, there will probably be a UFO invasion listed in the Chronicle police reports Wednesday. Just like the last good pass.
Harley
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Reminder: 88 repeater net
When:
Tuesday, 5 January 2021, 8:00pm to 9:00pm,
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Hello all,
The January meeting will be held on the 88 repeater at 7:00 this Thursday.
I'll start the meeting and Norm KD7TQM the new president will step in.
Hope to hear you then.
Neil Ramhorst KL7JGS
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Reminder: Club Meeting
When:
Thursday, 7 January 2021, 7:00pm to 8:00pm,
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Where:SAR Building
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NO meetings in July & August
NO MEETINGS DUE TO COVID-19
MEETINGS ARE HELD ON 146.88- 100Hz
Arrive early for informal chit-chat.
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Reminder: 88 repeater net
When:
Tuesday, 29 December 2020, 8:00pm to 9:00pm,
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Hello all,
I just had to post this email from one of my groups. The group
name is repeater-builder. This is a cut and paste.
Just couldn't help but getting a good belly laugh.
Neil
Re: Tkr751 issue cause found!
From: skipp025
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 18:09:52 PST
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On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 03:41 PM, Pierre Martel wrote:
My electronic teacher told me to always check
the power source as the first step with any debugging of
any circuit.?
?
It always helped me solve many strange problems other
tech were not able to fix.
?
My High School Electronics Teacher told us he liked Tesla
Coils... so we built
and all enjoyed testing them. I built one out a large 10
inch dia sewer
pipe/tube, probably 8 foot vertical standing height.? It
operated with a large
neon sign transformer controlled from/through a variac.
Fast forward, aka "smash-cut" about 8 to 10 years later... I
was asked to sub
teach back at my old High School, so I went by the
electronics classroom to
see if anyone I knew was still around.
The instructor had left, new guy in place and things were
kind of the same. One
learns you can rarely ever "go back" and expect all to be as
it was. After some
nice back and forth with the current instructor, I spotted
my old 8 foot high Tesla
Coil stored in the back of the room.?? "Hey, there's my old
Tesla Coil"...?
"You're the one who built that Tesla?" ... the instructor
then proceed to tell me a story...
Years before, someone had stolen/borrowed the control variac
from the Tesla Coil base
unit. I had never operated the Tesla up at anything above
20% of the Variac's full
range potential.. it was quite the monster.
Another person had later found the unit and decided to plug
it in (less the variac)
direct to the way, full mains supply potential ... and off
it went.
It started plasma cutting bolts across the room, keeping
students pinned behind
benches and around corners. Anyone attempting to move away
from cover was
quickly punished.? Someone managed to cut the building power
about 25 minutes
later, the AC power cord was quickly cut off the Tesla
supply...? The class room still
has hundreds of etch marks all over the walls and roof.
Wasn't my fault...?? left the school that day, never saw
that Tesla Coil again. Wonder
if whom ever ended up with it... ever plugged it in.
cheers,
Hamm's Beer Neon Sign Power Transformer
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Reminder: 88 repeater net
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oops: Starlink pass 22 Dec Tues
Upon re-checking the next pass, I found that it is on Tuesday the 22nd. Sorry. I think that the prediction changed, although, I could have had a "brain fart".
A high and bright pass of Starlink satellites is forecast for Tuesday evening, 22 December. A string of 53 satellites should start at 5:15pm in the West Northwest at 10¡ã above the horizon. They should pass nearly overhead. From 80¡ã to 90¡ã above the horizon.
And set at 5:30pm, in the Southeast at about 10¡ã above the horizon.
Hope it is a clear evening, Harley I saw nothing Sunday, too cloudy.
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Re: Belgrade Christmas Convoy
I attended the parade it was quite the show lots of cool trucks all lit up?
On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 10:26 AM, Larry kf7l <kf7l@...> wrote:
It was advertised in the Belgrade paper but don't know about any
place else. I remembered it too late to watch so thanks for the
link.
Larry
On 12/15/2020 10:15 AM, Harley ki7xf
via groups.io wrote:
Truckers of the small town of
Belgrade, just west of Bozeman, put this
together
As far as I know, it was not
advertised. A friend sent this link to me.
Quite a bit of clever electronics
went into it, like inside of the rotating
wheels etc ...
Looks like helicopter and drone
video.
Merry Christmas,
Harley
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Harley ki7xf