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Just Plan Burr November 12th 10 03:19 AM

Happy DXer
 
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



[email protected] November 12th 10 03:25 AM

Happy DXer
 
Have you heard that Moscow is building 5,000 bomb shelters by 2012?
cuhulin


Kevin Alfred Strom November 12th 10 03:58 AM

Happy DXer
 
On 11/11/2010 10:25 PM, wrote:
Have you heard that Moscow is building 5,000 bomb shelters by 2012?
cuhulin



Well, with the Evil Empire's recent track record of killing innocent
people by the hundreds of thousands in Iraq, Afghanistan, and now
Pakistan; and with all the "hate Russia" propaganda that keeps
popping up in the Evil Empire's media (like Fox News and _USA
Today_); and with the obvious fact that the Inner Party always runs
the Evil Empire no matter which political party wins, I can hardly
blame them.

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.
--
http://nationalvanguard.org/
http://kevinalfredstrom.com/

[email protected] November 12th 10 06:25 AM

Happy DXer
 
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.

Brenda Ann[_2_] November 12th 10 01:29 PM

Happy DXer
 


"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?"


dave November 12th 10 01:53 PM

Happy DXer
 
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.

dave November 12th 10 02:08 PM

Happy DXer
 
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.


dave November 12th 10 03:16 PM

Happy DXer
 
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.

RHF November 12th 10 07:27 PM

Happy DXer
 
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

dave November 13th 10 02:58 PM

Happy DXer
 
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.


John Smith November 13th 10 06:47 PM

Happy DXer
 
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

John Smith November 13th 10 06:58 PM

Happy DXer
 
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

[email protected] November 13th 10 08:35 PM

Happy DXer
 
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


John Smith November 13th 10 08:48 PM

Happy DXer
 
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


BDK[_7_] November 13th 10 09:13 PM

Happy DXer
 
In article ,
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!

[email protected] November 13th 10 10:39 PM

Happy DXer
 
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


John Smith November 14th 10 09:22 AM

Happy DXer
 
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

dave November 14th 10 02:11 PM

It's safe to assume you're not in a gated community
 
wrote:
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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