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Got my Drake SW8 installed in a book case beside my great chear. Antenna's
run behind cases and power busbar mounted to the top of shelf. Also have my scanner power wart and PDA wart in power bar. Have local AM set in first 5 presets and local FM set in the next 5. Have BBC, CRI, Aust and Russia in the next presets then it's dialing as wanted. Life's wonderful, enjoy. Burr |
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Have you heard that Moscow is building 5,000 bomb shelters by 2012?
cuhulin |
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On Nov 11, 10:25*pm, wrote:
Have you heard that Moscow is building 5,000 bomb shelters by 2012? cuhulin What did they do to the shelters built in the '39-'89 time period ? The country, as a whole actually lost about half it's population since the break-up in 1991. |
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"dave" wrote in message . .. I'm replacing all my wall warts with switch mode power supplies (some also wall wart form factor). My ICOM R75 had a 1500 mA linear supply. I cut the cable and attached to my Astron SS-12 station supply. The Drake SW2 has an AC/AC adapter, but I still unplug it when I' not using it. I have to get below 700 KWH/month. SMPS' are greener, yes... but for RF they are horrid. Especially on the LW/MW bands. 700KwH? Dunno how much that would cost you, but here it's about $270. Bump it to 800, and it's over $350. We have a graduated system of billing. 200 KwH is only about $6. Be nice if it was a level system at that rate. 1MwH would be just $30, instead of the nearly $500 it actually is. Can you say "ouch?" |
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Just Plan Burr wrote:
Got my Drake SW8 installed in a book case beside my great chear. Antenna's run behind cases and power busbar mounted to the top of shelf. Also have my scanner power wart and PDA wart in power bar. Have local AM set in first 5 presets and local FM set in the next 5. Have BBC, CRI, Aust and Russia in the next presets then it's dialing as wanted. Life's wonderful, enjoy. Burr I'm replacing all my wall warts with switch mode power supplies (some also wall wart form factor). My ICOM R75 had a 1500 mA linear supply. I cut the cable and attached to my Astron SS-12 station supply. The Drake SW2 has an AC/AC adapter, but I still unplug it when I' not using it. I have to get below 700 KWH/month. |
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dxAce wrote:
wrote: On Nov 11, 10:25 pm, wrote: Have you heard that Moscow is building 5,000 bomb shelters by 2012? cuhulin What did they do to the shelters built in the '39-'89 time period ? The country, as a whole actually lost about half it's population since the break-up in 1991. Must be one of those 'shovel ready' projects as popularized by our Washington D.C. clown 'tard. Play with your radios, Steve. |
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Brenda Ann wrote:
"dave" wrote in message . .. I'm replacing all my wall warts with switch mode power supplies (some also wall wart form factor). My ICOM R75 had a 1500 mA linear supply. I cut the cable and attached to my Astron SS-12 station supply. The Drake SW2 has an AC/AC adapter, but I still unplug it when I' not using it. I have to get below 700 KWH/month. SMPS' are greener, yes... but for RF they are horrid. Especially on the LW/MW bands. 700KwH? Dunno how much that would cost you, but here it's about $270. Bump it to 800, and it's over $350. We have a graduated system of billing. 200 KwH is only about $6. Be nice if it was a level system at that rate. 1MwH would be just $30, instead of the nearly $500 it actually is. Can you say "ouch?" All my antennas are outside. My house is a Faraday cage. We have tiered electricity as well; I'm trying to avoid the 38 cents a KWH rate. I can get a 250 Watt Mexican station on 540 KHz right now, on a 50' wire antenna from the back of the ICOM, through the window, to a 6' wood fence up a hill and around a corner. Very clean QRN, no noticeable QRM. Now if I tune to 30 KHz it gets really interesting. Just had a nice deep fade, still no buzzing or whistles. |
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On Nov 12, 7:16*am, dave wrote:
Brenda Ann wrote: "dave" wrote in message ... I'm replacing all my wall warts with switch mode power supplies (some also wall wart form factor). My ICOM R75 had a 1500 mA linear supply. I cut the cable and attached to my Astron SS-12 station supply. The Drake SW2 has an AC/AC adapter, but I still unplug it when I' not using it. I have to get below 700 KWH/month. SMPS' are greener, yes... but for RF they are horrid. Especially on the LW/MW bands. 700KwH? Dunno how much that would cost you, but here it's about $270. Bump it to 800, and it's over $350. We have a graduated system of billing. 200 KwH is only about $6. Be nice if it was a level system at that rate. 1MwH would be just $30, instead of the nearly $500 it actually is. Can you say "ouch?" All my antennas are outside. My house is a Faraday cage. - We have tiered electricity as well; - I'm trying to avoid the 38 cents a KWH rate. Winter PG&E Rates : Winter Season is 1 NOV 2010 through 30 APR 2011. http://www.gosolarnow.com/pdf%20file...20Schedule.pdf Shows the Energy Use Tiers (Baseline) Off=Peak = $0.09112 per KWH Partial-Peak = $0.10319 per KWH The Phony 'Base-Line' : The whole concept of the 'Base-Line' is Phony -aka- a Fraud. -cause- the 'Base-Line' is set at 50%~60% of the Average Useage -thus- Short Changing you the Energy User by 40%~50%. -so- On the Average you should be "Exceed" the 'Base-Line' each and every Month by 40%~50% -cause- The "Average" 100% User will have a usage that is designed to use-up all of the 50%~60% 'Base-Line' [Tier 1] and use-up all of the Tier 2 plus part of Tier 3 to get to the other 40%~50% of normal average usage that is "Above" the 'Base-Line'. california 'puc' = phony-r-us ~ RHF |
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dxAce wrote:
My most recent bill shows me using 186 KWH/month for a cost of $27.15. dxAce Michigan USA I'm not an elderly shut-in. We're still using the cooler once in a while, and I have to keep the place humidified or the wood will shrink. |
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