Good morning!!!!

[scott_vt]

Good Tractor Morning,

Scotty, that looks like quite the setup. Can you talk to someone in the DR before you go there for vacation?

GM Billy, I actually have talked with the Dominican Republic. As far as contacting them now, it’s easiest to just call the resort to find out what conditions are there. It was a random contact, I have no way to reach him again without sending an email and trying to arrange another QSO. This particular HAM was located in Santo Domingo. And I don’t know how much English these guys typically speak. So far I have had QSO’s with 45 countries and counting

I'm sure the AC is protected by a surge protector,
but what do you protect the antenna lines with?

GM Drew, I should have what Steve just posted but for now when I hear of bad weather coming in I just disconnect both of my antennas from my station. I do have a devoted 8 ft copper rod that is driven into the ground with a ground wire attached to the equipment for protection, but the best protection IMHO is to totally disconnect everything from the antennas. But I will definitely get what Steve posted before long. I will be disconnecting everything this coming Monday night right before we leave for 2 weeks

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning Winter Deere and Bill,

Happy and Bride, Happy Anniversary!

Happy, enjoy your day

There is no product available on a consumer budget, that is going to protect your equipment (esp. receivers!) from a lightning strike on your antenna

GM WinterDeere, well said. The best protection IMHO is to disconnect everything when there is any chance of bad weather coming in. On my desk presently:
Icom 7610. $3600
Icom7300. $1000
Yaesu Ft891. $700
Drake R4C. $400 plus $180 cw crystals
Cat 300 tuner $300
Vibroplex $250

So almost $6500 , Drew don’t tell my wife please

 

[Happy in NC]

Good morning TBN!!
44 this morning . Going to be about 60 and breezy today. Overnight will be near the freezing mark. Coldest so far this season.
Had a great day yesterday aimlessly roaming the area north of us.
Went to a Restore store in Wilkesboro. Stopped at a couple of powersports places then up around the Blue Ridge.
Peak is well past in some of the upper elevations but beautiful colors once down a little bit. Found a nice lake in the mountains to walk around and give the dog some run time.
Stopped for Chinese and a couple of last minute items for tomorrow.
Today I am back in my garage. Will get the relay in and neaten up the wiring and the turn my attention to who knows what

Time for a second cup.
Everyone have a great and safe day!!

 

[ronjhall]

Happy belated Anniversary Mr & Mrs Happy in NC.

 

[Happy in NC]

Thanks for the well wishes guys. I got a keeper. Not sure why she has stayed with me all these years but I can safely say I am still alive on account of her!

The problem with staying busy is that I rarely take the time to fully clean up the present mess before making another. After a month or two of that, I’ve got a serious accumulation of messes to wade through. The only reward for this behavior is thinking that I don’t have a trophy shop, I have a working one.
The huge downside is that I almost always have to deal with my last mess before starting another one. Or at least push it out of the way.

I totally understand this!! What's worse (better) I having multiple projects in the same shop. Spend half my time searching for tools. Sometimes I just have to stop and put all my tools back away and then start over!

 

[B7510HSD]

Good Morning Winter Deere and Bill,

Happy, enjoy your day

GM WinterDeere, well said. The best protection IMHO is to disconnect everything when there is any chance of bad weather coming in. On my desk presently:
Icom 7610. $3600
Icom7300. $1000
Yaesu Ft891. $700
Drake R4C. $400 plus $180 cw crystals
Cat 300 tuner $300
Vibroplex $250

So almost $6500 , Drew don’t tell my wife please

But wait theres more what about the NEW IC-7300MKII it decodes CW also!

 

[WinterDeere]

The best protection IMHO is to disconnect everything when there is any chance of bad weather coming in.

Does Ham equipment still use those old UHF style threaded connectors, or have they graduated to something a little more modern? I'd guess if all your equipment plugs into a single power strip then outlet, all you'd need to pull is one power cord + one antenna connector? Or is it more involved?

What sort of transmitter power are people running, these days? Anything requiring dedicated circuits, etc.?

<-- spent the last two weeks working a 62,600 watt 0.3 meter transmitter. The connectors I use for those jobs are a wee bit bigger!

 

[Buppies]

Chilly this morning due to wind leaves falling pretty good now soon leaf blower comes out echo big boy heavy bug really blows the leaves.

May all have a wonderful and blessed day
Prayers for all silent or spoken our Country

 

[ponytug]

@Buppies sorry to hear about Holly having such trouble. I think it is hard when a spouse is being tormented by inner disease or demons, and one can't do anything more than more than stand up and be there for them. It is tough and I think that Holly is blessed to have you on deck and there for her.

All the best,

Peter

 

[FriendwithTractor]

Good Morning To All Who Celebrate! Currently 50° heading to a high of 56° and windy. Think they're calling for gusts up to 30 mph.

Snuck out of work a little early yesterday to go take multiple birds with one stone. Went down to the Messick's location that has the snowblower to look it over (It's in surprisingly good shape), ask if I can get a warranty on the sawhaul (They're debating it, waiting for a call back) and if they sell poly skid shoes for the snow-push (They don't but a similar model has two separate parts of one shoe that add up to almost $300 dollars per shoe, they'll email me with some measurements to see if the shoe will fit.)

Parts guy was very accommodating and gave great options, so thumbs up from the service perspective even if they didn't have what I needed. Think I might start some dialog about purchasing the blower.

Tree's all cut up and ready to split, might tackle that this weekend.

Watched House of Dynamite last night, I'm a huge sucker for anything Nuclear War based. WarGames, When the Wind Blows, Dr.Strangelove, Countdown to Looking Glass to name a few. Even the Non-fiction stuff is enough to keep you up at night. Like the Damascus Missile Silo Accident in Arkansas, or the weapon being released over North Carolina. "I found the arming switch, bad news, it's set to arm."

My introduction to it is to tell people "The DoD recognizes that the US had 32 Broken Arrow incidents, which is essentially an accident or loss involving nuclear weapons. No one knows how many the Soviets had. Sleep tight!"

Before I embarrass myself further, I'll summarize, it's a good show.

Parents made it out safe to the West to watch nephew parade around in his cow costume for Halloween. I'm here watching the dog and making sure the house doesn't blow away.

Goals for this weekend: Start dialog about snowblower, if it's not too spongy split the wood from the tree, make sure the dog doesn't run off.

Happy and Mrs. Happy, Many more happy anniversaries to come!
Buppies, hang in there! Pulling for you both!

All not specified, enjoy the end of October! Stay safe out there and be well!
Prayers for all Ailing and Recovering!

Edit: I apparently used a non-advertiser friendly word or two, editing to trying to bypass moderator approval as I'm sure they have better things to do than read my slop