Take a look at the Interstate U2300 .. relatively inexpensive (~$100 each, but you need a pair), easy to get (interstate stores all over the place), lotsa capacity (235AH) .. I use 4 of them in the J
Anyone have any pictures of the interior of the original Jitney? I can't find my set of deconstruction pictures and I'd like to show the original configuration in the presentation I'm working on for
Update for those interested: the Jitney is alive again .. turned out that the differential is OK, it was an axle that broke! Evidently the ebay aggregator that sold me the van picks them up in large
I'm about to embark on a road trip to the Cape Breton Isles in Nova Scotia for a week, and it occurred to me to check the grid square map .. looks like a mostly water path to damned near anyone on th
Well, despite best intentions there just wasn't any freaking *time* for radio! Looking at Hepburn there was zero enhancement that far north in any case, but I would have liked to at least try a coupl
no connection, just passing along .. Hi All. Just starting to put my shack back together after a basement renovation and the time has come to realize that some of the goodies could be better utilized
Xtof is going to be in town, so against my better judgement we're going to go out for the January 'test :) Current plan is to do FN51, FN41, FN31 on Saturday and FN30, FN20 on Sunday. FN51 will be so
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I've been roving for 5 years, and I've visited at least 20 grids in various contests .. and in a number of grids I have multiple locations I've used. So it seems that I need to create W1RT/R, and the
Firming things up .. everything seems to be working, we're gps-locked on 903 and up and have SDR. 24 is working on rx, I'd love to make a contact with it ;) all times approximate Sat 1400 FN51av (Mar
We headed out Saturday morning at 8AM, made a quick stop at Billy's Bakery for some rover fuel, and got on I95 headed east towards the Cape. Uneventful drive to the Marconi site, got set up and did s
After merging the two logs and correcting the error Zack pointed out (wrong ini file), it looks a little better .. 7 grids activated, 186 q's, 502 q points and 55 grids for 27,610 ___________________
So .. I spent a few hours mucking around with LOTW and my Jan log. It seems to have worked .. For the benefit of other rovers, here's what you gotta do .. 1. Get a certificate for your plain callsign
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for instance, item 180557984917 on ebay .. too good to be true? I've got a Mirage and a TE, both with bad transistors, that I'd love to get working again .. I wouldn't touch the "UK" variety, but how
heh .. I emailed the guy and this was his response: -- There is no new mrf247. our mrf247 is Manufacturer refurbished,the package like 170535731453 second picture,high quality. -- I think I'll have t
check out these guys .. http://www.corvus-energy.com/pdf/corvus_commercial_fact_sheet.pdf the AT6200-250-48 would make a lovely battery for running a bank of 50V amps :) unfortunately, they're pretty
I ran across a manufacturer, ASI, which is evidently manufacturing many obsolete Motorola parts. They quoted me $50/ea with 10 pc minimum. Anyone ever heard of these guys or seen their parts around?
I'm trying to un-modify the above referenced amp .. evidently someone had been using it for repeater service and decided to disable the biasing for the four output devices. My schematic is fuzzy at b
I've finished fixing my 3G issues and am planning on heading to FN31it tomorrow morning .. I'm going to try and make it up there by 7:30 or 8 (it's an hour+ away). I'll be qrv through 10G from Mohawk