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How is the eagle population there, anyway? I keep seeing a lot of sites with eagle cams and lots of talk about hatchlings. Up here if we don't see an eagle at least once a day something is off. There are at least a pair of them we see soaring high and they often land in the trees in the backyard...

A full cycle is about 11 years.It is a bit lopsided however. Generally it takes a bit longer to go from a peak to a low than it does to go from a low to a peak.

I found my old one a couple of months ago, stashed in one of my MANY boxes of "stuff". Unfortunately, the bulb had all rotted and cracked.

Those are great for things like connectors. I bought one several years ago at the hardware store. It was advertised as being for doing stained-glass work. It has enough thermal mass to work quite well on coax connectors.

Every one of them is different. Some have metal shields around the tubes for extra shielding, and some do not. Some have the leads RF bypassed to prevent radiating, and some do not. Some use good engineering practices when constructed and some do not. Basically, you roll the dice and see what...

I think I know one that can't just let things go.

One side of that gas tube should just sit on the centre connector inside the housing, and the other side is grounded when the cap screws back on.

Just replace the arrestor inside. They were made to be easily replaced after a strike.

I honestly do not remember ever having changed the oil in my push mower. It just gets used to get in tight areas where the ride-on can't get. I am on only my second push mower in 35 years. The first one lasted for almost 30 years before it just simply shook itself to death over time eventually...

Please do NOT refer to truck stop hacks as "old techs". Most are not techs beyond knowing which end of a soldering iron to hold onto and know how to make a meter swing. Beyond that, they are NOT techs in the true sense of the word. Having said that, I will tell you that I AM an old tech. I...

Exactly. There is no magic to a Bird meter. There are more accurate meters out there today, but as far as versatility and ruggedness, that is where the Bird shines.

Was that a guess or just a question? The truth is that if it is a question, it is in fact the answer. LOL ᚹᚺᚨᛏ ᚦᛖ ᚺᛖᚲᚲ ᛞᛟᛖᛊ ᚦᛁᛊ ᛊᚨᛁ? = what þe hekk does þis sai aka What the heck does this say? Rune Translator

It must be the mood I am in but that almost sound incestuous. :ROFLMAO: Just think about it..........slightly change the pronunciation of the word "pasties" and try it again.

OK I'll take your word for it. Senior eyes and small phone screen makes it look like plastic. BTW I did look for specs but could not find any. I would like to see the actual inside of one. Even some metal antenna rotators like the Alliance series used at least one plastic gear inside. Not a fan...

Damn.....I wanted to be the smart ass, but you beat me to it. :LOL:

Is this the first time being on air and experience a radio black-out? Pretty weird, isn't it? I have experienced a few of them and it almost feels like the end of the world as solid S9++ signals fade out completely leaving a dead band within just a few minutes.

That "someone" was me. I said that on January 9, 2014...........over eleven years ago. It was true then. You make it sound like it was not true. What you have found is indeed a manual rotator but a VERY light duty one meant for VHF/UHF antennas like would be used on a news van. It works but I...

Were they really made that crude? I mean, the switch and lamp on the front as well as the soldering looks like it was made in someone's basement, complete with knobs from Radio Shack. Then again.....it probably was.

Definitely homemade.

Well now I feel guilty. Our licenses are free and have been for a couple of decades. Good for 99 years or can be reissued after 10 years following death if notice is given.