Good morning!!!!

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 51 going to 57 and windy.
Got over 2" of much needed rain, but the area , once again, got hit with more falling trees on power lines.
One caught fire but was put out by the rain pretty quick, luckily none within a few thousand feet of here.

Hope the people in Jamaica made it out ok, they got hit really hard.

Lots of decorations fell and some tree branches (crape myrtles) hitting house, so did some pick up last night and will trim the Crape Myrtles once they finish going dormant.

Drew - I take Lisinopril, works pretty good , but does give me a dry cough sometimes. Happy with it and my bp numbers so far.

Buppies - sorry Holly and you having rough time praying it gets better.

Worked on humidifier last night, sensor is bad, company won't sell me one, new humidifier is 189. Found part online and with shipping under $10. So just waiting for that to show up.

When I worked radar the tubes were large , square and hollow to connect to the antenna. But I would imagine it's still coax for most of the comms equipment. Few hundred watts vs. many kw for the radar.

That's funny FwT as we watched House of Dynamite last night too. Did show that no one is really prepared for these events, but I felt it took too many views to get to the point.

Off to get some apples and maybe over to friends later if wind/rain go away to help with trick or treating as we get only the two neighbor kids and we already gave them their candy. It's been decades since we lived somewhere where we get trick or treaters, so we usually went other places with our son.

Son is going to NYC Halloween parade with his GF tonight. I started going to that parade since before it was actually organized as a parade and just a few thousand people wandering the streets.

Be well,

 

[scott_vt]

Good Tractor Morning,

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

Does Ham equipment still use those old UHF style threaded connectors, or have they graduated to something a little more modern

Yes, the PL-259 is still the predominant choice among most of the manufacturers

 

[ponytug]

@kenmbz pretty much all of the blood pressure medications that target ACE (angiotensin Converting Enzyme) have the dry cough as a side effect, but different individuals have it better/worse than others. I don't know why that is.

If you peek behind the curtain, I think that there is a lot out there to keep one up at night. A friend was a pilot for an event that didn't make the news, but he described pretty vividly the two hours of mid-air panic as they tried to sort the issue out, and he's not a guy to worry normally. (Running out of fuel while working the problem...not being safe to land or ditch safely if they didn't find the issue.)

All the best,

Peter

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
It’s 50° overcast and windy. Temperature is only supposed to rise a couple of degrees, and we should see some perks of sunshine.

Yesterday I made a mess in the wood shop with my friends Sapele project. It came out well, and he encouraged me to clean up, so we left the shop neater than we found it. He did a lot of vacuuming, went around with the dust collector hose for the big messes. Unfortunately I didn’t take any pictures of his project.

Next project was to plasma cut a sign for my mechanical contractor buddy. He rebuilt the remains of an old cabin into a pavilion that will see a party tonight.

All the lumber for the roof was milled from this tree

Just about ready to party.

And here’s the sign I cut out for him.

Not sure what I’ll get into today, hope to get back to the hangar and the little plane, have a few things to wrap up in the shop, and I’d like to get the pork shoulders in the smoker tonight.
When I made the drawing for the sign, I forgot to put holes in the corners to mount it, so I’ll drill them this morning.
After that, it will be as it comes.

 

[WinterDeere]

Yes, the PL-259 is still the predominant choice among most of the manufacturers

Got some slightly larger connectors here for you, when you need them! How's EIA 6-1/8 inch sound?



Those are hanging file drawers, for scale.

 

[Dawg in Fl]

Good Morning
It’s 50° overcast and windy. Temperature is only supposed to rise a couple of degrees, and we should see some perks of sunshine.

Yesterday I made a mess in the wood shop with my friends Sapele project. It came out well, and he encouraged me to clean up, so we left the shop neater than we found it. He did a lot of vacuuming, went around with the dust collector hose for the big messes. Unfortunately I didn’t take any pictures of his project.

Next project was to plasma cut a sign for my mechanical contractor buddy. He rebuilt the remains of an old cabin into a pavilion that will see a party tonight.

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All the lumber for the roof was milled from this tree
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Just about ready to party.
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And here’s the sign I cut out for him.
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Not sure what I’ll get into today, hope to get back to the hangar and the little plane, have a few things to wrap up in the shop, and I’d like to get the pork shoulders in the smoker tonight.
When I made the drawing for the sign, I forgot to put holes in the corners to mount it, so I’ll drill them this morning.
After that, it will be as it comes.

I love it when the old chimneys are used for something!

 

[ArlyA]

Good morning tbn folks from camp. Was 36 this am and 45 I'd predicted high. Noaa changed today's forecast to more wet. Oh well, so we will still try do some brushing at camp. Did drizzle some overnight. Last night we heard a loud honking or bugleling which might have been a moose. Never heard them before.... hope everyone's Friday is good.

 

[daugen]

Got some slightly larger connectors here for you, when you need them! How's EIA 6-1/8 inch sound?

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Those are hanging file drawers, for scale.

I can only imagine what all that brass and copper costs today; bet you have to safeguard those fittings.

PL259 was a heavy duty connector that seems to have withstood the test of time. I liked it because you could actually get a grip
on it.

 

[daugen]

good visit to endocrinologist, he said I was doing fine, but thought it was time I had a DEXA scan on my hips,
haven't had one of those yet.

then went food shopping, got annoyed that our local larger supermarket only has one checker working, with plenty of other employees
just standing around. The better more expensive supermarket in town always has a checker on every line, marvelous.

breezy out with leaves blowing everywhere

 

[WinterDeere]

I can only imagine what all that brass and copper costs today; bet you have to safeguard those fittings.

Never even thought of that! Most of those installations are outdoors, in fact they were standard hardware on TV transmitters, up until the end of analog broadcast. They're still used in the radio industry, like when you hear WMMR or WYSP advertise their "30,000 watt transmitter", Roxborough must be littered with that stuff.

Then again, I wouldn't want to be the poor bastard who starts undoing the bolts on one of those, when energized! It'd cook you through, right quick.

Oh, and sun just finally came out, after a rainy and cloudy few days. Hopefully things will dry out enough today to get some paint prep done, so I can get the final coat of paint onto my trailer tomorrow!