In the case of these BPL lobbyists, "sewage flow analysis" would be much more appropriate :):) "Noise Flow Analysis", "Noise Floor Analysis", whatever the guy meant to say, you can take it to the ban
I tried to buy some used hardline from NL7AX. After I paid him, he claimed the site where the hardline was stored had been pilfered. As soon as I heard that, my "huckster alarm" started blaring and
commonly Seems like the autotuning interface feature needs a "hold" switch added for those situations where autotuning is a nuisance rather than a feature :) 73 de Mike, W4EF............. __________
Blake I am totally offended. How could post such a link? I am so shaken up that I may have to take tomorrow off from work :) 73 Mike, W4EF.......................... __________________________________
I am getting ready to install some kind of multiband vertical at the QTH of a bed ridden friend, so he can hopefully get on HF during his extended convalescence. Last week I stopped by his QTH just t
Hi Dan, Its my understanding of the IRS rules that the charity isn't supposed to appraise the value of a property donation anyway. The letter from the charity is only to acknowledge what was given.
Phil, Could it be that what you are observing is just the decline in solar activity rather than a decline in your antenna sensitivity (10M is definitely not what it was 2 years ago)? With regard to t
Hi Erik, I don't think you have anything to worry about with stainless steel against aluminum. In my experience there isn't a lot of galvanic action with that combination of metals. You should be con
Amost all of the interconnects in the ETO Alpha 78 RF deck are made with silver plated copper braid. Most of them are flooded with solder so that they are essentially rigid, but the connections betwe
Do you think the resistivity of the solder makes any significant difference to the resistivity of the flooded braid, Tom. When I rebuilt the RF deck in W6UE's Alpha 78 (someone cooked the bandswitch
Before you comment, I strongly urge everyone to read David Sumner's recent suggestions for filing "Thoughtful, Considered" comments in response to the FCC NPRM on BPL. From the ARRL website: http://w
It think it is unlikely that either candidate will have a significantly different position with respect to BPL. The concept of increased broadband access will sell very well to either constituency. I
be of 10ga Paul, If your goal is to make domestic low-band contacts, you will probably be quite happy with a 25 degree take-off-angle. If you want to do any DXing, you may want to reconsider settling
be BTW, Paul, the other thing for you to consider is a remote base. If you can put some kind of equipment cabinet or shelter at the summit of your hill, you could run data and power up from your farm
I hadn't thought about it before, but since the 1/4 wave lines force equal feed currents for equal input voltages, one could use a dual-trace oscilloscope at the phasing network/power splitter to set
makes like Bob/Chuck, I think most of the ferrites that Amidon sells are actually made by Fair-Rite Products: http://www.fair-rite.com/support.htm Amidon is just a distributor. I don't think they mak
Yeah, but it sure is laughable that Mrs. Yuan was telling Chuck that she didn't have time for "amateurs" when it says otherwise in big letters on their homepage :) In any case, it sounds like Amidon
the results lousy. People are either writing process documents or they are running around trying to figure out how to pass on audit. With all that its a wonder anyone has time to do any real work or
difficulty Steve, you are sort of making my point. You work for a good company that would probably do things right regardless of whether they are certified or not. I don't think ISO certification mag
Yes, perhaps Amidon has an internal process document titled, "How to Piss-Off Small Customers" :):) 73 de Mike, W4EF.................... _______________________________________________ See: http://ww