What Are You Doing Right Now
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@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Been a weekend of no real report. Rebuilt a toilet that wouldn't flush well (American Standard) because the flush tube was to short (insufficient tank fill), ran a few 3D prints including two F-Bombs using TPU filament (flexible) and made some digital FT8 contacts both US and abroad. Longest contact (heard only) over 6,000 miles, Confirmed contact (heard and reply) +4,000miles... and only running 5w of power. Maps shows I got into South America and Europe and (IIRC) Japan.. Things have been working decently - maybe come June I'll make a few points in Field Day for the club.
How legal are amps for your radio? I know my gramps was able to talk to China when the winds were right. He was running a homegrown amp for his. Pops said it was supposedly 4Kw.
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@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Been a weekend of no real report. Rebuilt a toilet that wouldn't flush well (American Standard) because the flush tube was to short (insufficient tank fill), ran a few 3D prints including two F-Bombs using TPU filament (flexible) and made some digital FT8 contacts both US and abroad. Longest contact (heard only) over 6,000 miles, Confirmed contact (heard and reply) +4,000miles... and only running 5w of power. Maps shows I got into South America and Europe and (IIRC) Japan.. Things have been working decently - maybe come June I'll make a few points in Field Day for the club.
How legal are amps for your radio? I know my gramps was able to talk to China when the winds were right. He was running a homegrown amp for his. Pops said it was supposedly 4Kw.
By the rules set by the FCC, I have a legal limit of 1,500watts.
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@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Been a weekend of no real report. Rebuilt a toilet that wouldn't flush well (American Standard) because the flush tube was to short (insufficient tank fill), ran a few 3D prints including two F-Bombs using TPU filament (flexible) and made some digital FT8 contacts both US and abroad. Longest contact (heard only) over 6,000 miles, Confirmed contact (heard and reply) +4,000miles... and only running 5w of power. Maps shows I got into South America and Europe and (IIRC) Japan.. Things have been working decently - maybe come June I'll make a few points in Field Day for the club.
How legal are amps for your radio? I know my gramps was able to talk to China when the winds were right. He was running a homegrown amp for his. Pops said it was supposedly 4Kw.
By the rules set by the FCC, I have a legal limit of 1,500watts.
So build you an amp and keep upping the wattage until the neighbors complain about hearing your transmissions and then turn it back down?
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93 degrees here (34 for the non-Americans). Feels good in the house (no AC in my office) but it makes one feel a bit lazy.
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@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Been a weekend of no real report. Rebuilt a toilet that wouldn't flush well (American Standard) because the flush tube was to short (insufficient tank fill), ran a few 3D prints including two F-Bombs using TPU filament (flexible) and made some digital FT8 contacts both US and abroad. Longest contact (heard only) over 6,000 miles, Confirmed contact (heard and reply) +4,000miles... and only running 5w of power. Maps shows I got into South America and Europe and (IIRC) Japan.. Things have been working decently - maybe come June I'll make a few points in Field Day for the club.
How legal are amps for your radio? I know my gramps was able to talk to China when the winds were right. He was running a homegrown amp for his. Pops said it was supposedly 4Kw.
4kW? THat sounds like a pirate radio to me. That's a LOT of power.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Been a weekend of no real report. Rebuilt a toilet that wouldn't flush well (American Standard) because the flush tube was to short (insufficient tank fill), ran a few 3D prints including two F-Bombs using TPU filament (flexible) and made some digital FT8 contacts both US and abroad. Longest contact (heard only) over 6,000 miles, Confirmed contact (heard and reply) +4,000miles... and only running 5w of power. Maps shows I got into South America and Europe and (IIRC) Japan.. Things have been working decently - maybe come June I'll make a few points in Field Day for the club.
How legal are amps for your radio? I know my gramps was able to talk to China when the winds were right. He was running a homegrown amp for his. Pops said it was supposedly 4Kw.
4kW? THat sounds like a pirate radio to me. That's a LOT of power.
It pretty much could. We could hear grampa talking over our TV sets during the first gulf war. He was Retired from the Navy, and worked with the military for a long time after as a HAM operator. I think that's why he got away with it.
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@gjacobse i need to get back into the radio swing of things
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Why is it that much of the spam posts about plumbers in Texas? Seems - targeted...
well - I target back.. I delete you.. (eyeroll)
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@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Why is it that much of the spam posts about plumbers in Texas? Seems - targeted...
well - I target back.. I delete you.. (eyeroll)
Yeah, it's super weird how specific and odd that is. Why only Texas and only plumbers?
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Idiot on a motocycle went too fast around our corner, never hit the brakes and face planted into the stone wall of our neighbour. Broke his neck and his bike ran him over breaking a lot more. Bled out on the sidewalk. Medical examiner is dealing with the body now. It's a huge mess over there.
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@scottalanmiller Sounds like your rental house Leon is in a great location.
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@scottalanmiller uhg, what a mess. I'd be going straight back inside and closing the curtains.
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fuel's gone up around $0.40c per gallon, or $0.09c per litre in 2 weeks where I am.
it's going to be great when they want us all to drive electric vehicles, because you can be certain they will increase the price of fuel to push people into them.
christ life has become convoluted, confusing and expensive in the last 20 years.
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@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
christ life has become convoluted, confusing and expensive in the last 20 years.
You are in the wrong place. Life is pretty easy here.
I'll post that in the video channel, too.
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@jaredbusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller Sounds like your rental house Leon is in a great location.
Oh no, that was at the beach!
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@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller uhg, what a mess. I'd be going straight back inside and closing the curtains.
I had to go see if I could ID him. Looked like a zombie movie set. There was a lot of stuff from his head all over.
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@scottalanmiller oh no. not a pleasant thing to do.
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@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller oh no. not a pleasant thing to do.
Luckily that stuff doesn't bother me. But that was a mangled mess. Everyone was like "get an ambulance" and I walked over and was like "what are you talking about, that guy's dead".
