tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post355339454697316406..comments2024-03-26T20:17:30.126-07:00Comments on Every Blade of Grass: Radio Ops From DN70drjimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-76026505785170144962018-11-20T17:30:03.821-08:002018-11-20T17:30:03.821-08:00I should make a banner....."Coming Spring 201...I should make a banner....."Coming Spring 2019!!".drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-66883919137188203912018-11-20T17:29:31.770-08:002018-11-20T17:29:31.770-08:00I've been interested in this stuff since I was...I've been interested in this stuff since I was 10 years old.<br /><br />Guess a lot of it stuck with me....drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-58497431938903252552018-11-20T17:28:52.221-08:002018-11-20T17:28:52.221-08:00I built a Tesla coil back in high-school. It was a...I built a Tesla coil back in high-school. It was about 6' tall, and I could get 30"~36" discharges from it.<br /><br />I "unbuilt" a few months later after it arced into the phone lines, and popped the circuit protectors, mandating a service call from Ma Bell, and the attending bill.....drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-55288071490908015492018-11-19T18:56:42.673-08:002018-11-19T18:56:42.673-08:00Good luck, waiting for the pictures! :-)Good luck, waiting for the pictures! :-)Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-13363809696403915092018-11-19T10:49:19.680-08:002018-11-19T10:49:19.680-08:00This was interesting, even though I know diddlysqu...This was interesting, even though I know diddlysquat. Brighttps://brighidsplace.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-44551993433348653592018-11-18T21:45:45.643-08:002018-11-18T21:45:45.643-08:00That was a fascinating post and I don't know w...That was a fascinating post and I don't know why but it's inspired me to make a Tesla Coil(!). Also, it reminds me of our old battle, the War on Weather.<br /><br />Seems the Sun's against global warming and about to kick off an ice age. Wrap up warm!LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-26918813855312594232018-11-18T12:45:30.203-08:002018-11-18T12:45:30.203-08:00That would have been during the Great Cycle 19, bu...That would have been during the Great Cycle 19, but even when the sunspots are sparse, Morse code contacts to EU from CO are quite doable.<br /><br />My high school buddies were also amazed that I could turn on the radio, hear somebody on the other side of the country, and then "just talk to him".drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-49949902555242894652018-11-18T12:43:07.938-08:002018-11-18T12:43:07.938-08:00And yes, I have a Honda EU2000i generator, a pair ...And yes, I have a Honda EU2000i generator, a pair of 100 Watt solar panels, a charge controller, and a couple of 100AHr deep cycle "yellow top" Optima batteries. I can pretty much stay on-the-air indefinitely.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-89674070107087139682018-11-18T12:41:02.904-08:002018-11-18T12:41:02.904-08:00A low background noise level is good *always*.
Th...A low background noise level is good *always*.<br /><br />The Tower and Antenna Project was going to be my "last grand project", and the main reason I was holding on to certain equipment.<br /><br />Since that's most likely a dead project, I'm not sure what I'll do with that stuff.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-17353045535602526992018-11-18T11:41:08.343-08:002018-11-18T11:41:08.343-08:00Around 1959 in Northwest Colorado a kid two years ...Around 1959 in Northwest Colorado a kid two years ahead of me in high school communicated daily, by Morse code, with someone in France. Always amazed me. His equipment was bits and pieces he had assembled.<br /><br />I had access to a shop and welded up some shelving for his equipment.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-30914385516184008882018-11-18T00:21:10.745-08:002018-11-18T00:21:10.745-08:00Will the lesser noise environment allow you to kee...Will the lesser noise environment allow you to keep some of the equipment you were talking about getting rid of after your wife nixed a triangle cross-section antenna tower?<br /><br />I hope so. Your skills will be very useful in times of a blizzard or other not-good period of time.<br /><br />You do have a decent generator or backup power system, right?Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.com