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  1. Captain Kilowatt

    Why?

    I wouldn't touch it again. My personal feelings mind you but stuff like this can lead to a blemish on your reputation. Nom telling if he does the same stunt again what he might say about the cause.
  2. Captain Kilowatt

    A Baofeng field telephone for multiple users

    Why use wires to communicate via a wireless system? It WILL radiate so it will NOT be private. If you want privacy and a closed system use old telephones with the carbon mikes, a battery of some voltage 12-48volts and you have private comms.
  3. Captain Kilowatt

    EXCESSIVE COAX

    I must admit that any time I hear someone say that coiling up coax forms an inductor, I assume they are talking about the inner conductor, mainly because they usually are talking about that. Lots of folks think that coiling it up will somehow reduce the power output because the cable forms an...
  4. Captain Kilowatt

    EXCESSIVE COAX

    That would be due to common mode problems where a less than ideal ground plane is present and RF is flowing on the OUTSIDE of the cable where it is not supposed to be.
  5. Captain Kilowatt

    EXCESSIVE COAX

    Wrong. The turns are shielded from each other and it does not act like an inductor. Only the outer shield is not shielded from each turn next too it and it will form an inductor aka choke to prevent common mode currents on the OUTSIDE of the cable. It has ZERO affect to the inner conductor.
  6. Captain Kilowatt

    Winter is coming!!!

    Holy crap Jeff. We had about 18-24 inches total so far this winter. When we left for Jamaica a week ago we had about 12 inches on the ground. The week we were away we had record temps and heavy rainfall at home. We got home last night and there is no snow left. NOTHING except a little bit left...
  7. Captain Kilowatt

    Taking a little break from reality.

    No difference now than in 2015 when we were first down. In fact we were here in 2018 during the state of emergency when the government had a major crack down on gang violence. Police and JDF troops everywhere. Tour busses were waved through checkpoints while local transit and private vehicles...
  8. Captain Kilowatt

    Taking a little break from reality.

    Like the title says. Decided to say to hell with the cold. It has been far to long since we have been away. Currently sitting by the pool in Ocho Rio's Jamaica. Got here about suppertime Monday. It's a bit cooler here today than yesterday. Barely making 81 degrees. Not sure we will survive.
  9. Captain Kilowatt

    Did Solar Flares Cause Yesterday's Network Outages ?

    I highly doubt the two flares caused any outages to the cellular network. They were X-1.7 and X-1.8 level and although quite strong, were nowhere near the class X-20+ level we had a number of years ago that occurred without any major problems. It was rated as a 20+ because the true level was...
  10. Captain Kilowatt

    Missing tower, been missing, gofundme fraud?

    OK that is not the image I saw on the other site I am on. I checked it again and the other tower I was thinking of was not stolen. It had its guy wires cut and it fell. THAT is the one we were talking about being a case of fraud. Sorry about that.
  11. Captain Kilowatt

    Missing tower, been missing, gofundme fraud?

    Keep an eye on the news. Pretty sure this is a case of fraud. One site I frequent made up of current/former broadcast techs and engineers has been discussing this and one mentioned it was a potential fraud/insurance scam.
  12. Captain Kilowatt

    Yaesu FT-710 for sale.

    Cannot view it. Says it is not shared.
  13. Captain Kilowatt

    Tantalum Caps VS Electrolytics

    Tantalum caps have a much better thermal stability than electrolytics and are prefered in some situations because of it such as oscillators etc. I would not simply sub out and replace them with a regular electrolytic unless they were simply in a bypass or audio series feed application.
  14. Captain Kilowatt

    Turner Mics a No-go with New Anytone 5555n ii !!!

    Any microphone can be made to work on any radio if you wire it properly. You have a wiring mistake somewhere. Been using the Turner +3B since the late 70's and never found a radio yet it wouldn't work with.
  15. Captain Kilowatt

    Benin now on the air......

    A good operator will either announce his listening frequency or simple say something like "listening five up" meaning he is listening five kilohertz higher.
  16. Captain Kilowatt

    Daiwa 901 meter issue

    I did commercial electronic servicing for 22 years and things like this really get too me. LOL I get almost obsessed with trying to find out WHY. LOL
  17. Captain Kilowatt

    Daiwa 901 meter issue

    OK now that I have read it again......and again......I am thinking they left out a ground. I;m guessing the meter lights use a single power wire and simply connect to the chassis on the other side. Sounds like that jack should have been connected to chassis ground. Both + and - wires from the...
  18. Captain Kilowatt

    Daiwa 901 meter issue

    OK so the power cord is good but the jack is bad. One normally assumes the jack is good hence my suggestion that the cord was bad.
  19. Captain Kilowatt

    Daiwa 901 meter issue

    The power supply going to the meter has a broken negative lead somewhere. ONLY thing it can be. Try a different cord to the meter.
  20. Captain Kilowatt

    New Cobra 19 mini (anytone)

    Maybe because FM is legal and some people actually like the quality of FM.