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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?
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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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On 11/11/2010 7:58 PM, Kevin Alfred Strom wrote:
... I hope they have kept, and improved upon, the means to defend themselves -- vigorously -- from the bombs and missiles and predator drones of that Evil Empire. With my best, Kevin, WB4AIO. It ain't no revelation, we need a revolution. Regards, JS |
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On 11/12/2010 4:07 PM, RHF wrote:
... DX Ace - Dang that is way Low ! I have an Empty {Unoccupied} House in OakTown which is required to have Gas& Electric hooked up and working : But it still used 252 KWHs @ $29.97 and even with it being 'empty'; it still used up all of the 'Base-Line' Electricity for the OCT 2010. Note - The Gas bill was $13.42 with 12 Therms which was about half the 'Base-Line'. ~ RHF . Man, I would look for a tap on your line, after the meter. I had tenets which would cut though the wall of their apartment and find the neighbors line in the wall and then run a ton of electric heaters off their neighbors line. Took me months to figure out what was going on and get rid of the crooks in my buildings! And, this was more than a decade ago; Imagine how many are doing this now! Regards, JS |
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Cutting through the wall in apartments and hooking on to their
electricity? I never heard of that one before. Note: I wouldn't do it. cuhulin |
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says... On 11/13/2010 12:35 PM, wrote: Cutting through the wall in apartments and hooking on to their electricity? I never heard of that one before. Note: I wouldn't do it. cuhulin Yes, the wall which one apartment shares with the adjoining apartment carries both lines for both apartments. They just used a tool to find the live line though the sheet rock, then cut though a hole and installed an additional outlet ... all the adjoining neighbor knew was that their electric bill suddenly went up! How I finally found out is when I started seeing electric bills on empty apartments and the PG&E wanted me to pick up the tabs. That is when I got suspicious and found reason to work on the adjoining apartments and see what was up ... it took some doing ... they had stuff hiding the extra outlets, wanted a few days before they let me in, etc. In one apartment building I had, two adjoining apartments were using each others electricity! Apparently, word on how to do this goes around VERY QUICKLY! I think I was one of the last to find out, actually ... :-( Regards, JS I worked in a building where the building next door was taking power for about half the building for about 40 years! They were owned by the same people back then, and apparently, nobody told the next two owners the power was "shared". One day the electricians came in to redo the main service as it was very old and needed to be upgraded, and they thought they had cut the power to the whole thing and then the guy who owned the restauant next door comes out and asks why his power is partly off. He shouldn't have said anything. The owner of the building I worked at ended up taking about a $20K guesstimate of the power his ovens and coolers, and other stuff had used for the last 12 years off his building..that guy cooked a lot of chicken in those big electric roasters. -- BDK- Top of the government shill heap for over 10 years running! |
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Looka here, there used to be a vacant house next door to me.Those people
who lived in that house, I reckon it got to where they couldn't pay their electric bill and water bill.The electric company finally removed the electric meter.They did something to steal electricity from where the meter was.Then, not long after that, they ran a garden hose from the water meter and along the top of the ground and through the front doorway of that house.After they moved out, the people who lived in a house catty corner across the street, up the street from them, they used to go over to that vacant house with one gallon plastic jugs and steal the water from where the water pipe connected to the water meter. Spread that wealth baby, spread that wealth! cuhulin |
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On 11/13/2010 8:25 PM, RHF wrote:
... Maybe have to have the Yard-Man to do a detailed Walk-around and Check the side Yards for Extension Cords. The would need at least 50-Ft Cords to get from that House to either of the Side Neighbors and they both Own their Houses -so- it is doubtful. ~ RHF . WOW! I never even considered theft of power from house-to-house. I was thinking it only went on in apartments. However, in these economic times and with the price of power, I could see how some might just be desperate enough! Regards, JS |
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