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Re: Best wishes to our friends in India
I defer to Gordon on this stuff, but here's my impression: It will be a year or so before everyone everywhere can be vaccinated. When a health care system is overwhelmed, lack of compressed oxygen may
By Jerry Gaffke · #87984 ·
Re: Best wishes to our friends in India
Thanks Gordon. That clarifies a lot. Next question: Are cheap ventilators still needed...in the US, in India, or elsewhere? What is the next step...if any? Arv _._ wrote:
By Arv Evans · #87983 ·
Re: Best wishes to our friends in India
Well let me see if I can straighten a few things out. I¡¯m not completely sure about the website not being updated but I think we had to freeze the design and there was some concern about some thing
By Gordon Gibby KX4Z · #87982 ·
Re: Homemade Circuit Boards
Would swimming pool muriatic acid ( 14% ) work? We always have a lot of that laying around...to maintain our pool. - Jerry KF6VB
By [email protected] <jerry@...> · #87981 ·
Re: Best wishes to our friends in India
Let's hope that the many countries that have the resources are mobilizing support quickly to help fill these needs that so suddenly hit you. Tom, wb6b
By Tom, wb6b · #87980 ·
Re: Homemade Circuit Boards
Hi, I switched a long time ago to the hydrogen peroxide method.? I use hydrogen peroxide from the drug store combined with HCl, hydrochloric acid.? The acid is available at hardware stores, sold as
By Mark - N7EKU <n7eku@...> · #87979 ·
Re: Talk: Does price buy Performance or Satisfaction in an HF Transceiver? by Frank Howell K4FMH
Hi, Jack, your point of view is not much different from mine. Bear in mind I am a mostly CW ham. I am thinking about putting in more than one controller. The primary controller is to operate the
By Bill Cromwell · #87978 ·
Re: Best wishes to our friends in India
Arv: Off topic, but one of my grad school buddies took a job in DC at a small agency. A few months into the job, the director of the agency came around and told everyone to let the "In Box" stack up
By Jack, W8TEE <jjpurdum@...> · #87977 ·
Re: Homemade Circuit Boards
Hi, This method seems fascinating. The person uses pages torn out of glossy magazines as a toner transfer paper to the PCB boards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVhSCEPINpM Are there any chemistry
By Tom, wb6b · #87976 ·
Re: Best wishes to our friends in India
Jack Maybe Pogo was right "*We have found the enemy, and he are us!*". After all the FDA as a government entity is just the government employees that we hired to do things in our name! 8-) 8-) Arv _._
By Arv Evans · #87975 ·
Re: Best wishes to our friends in India
Arv: I really don't know. All I know is that things were progressing rapidly and I know Gordon had one working on his coffee table! Then everything was turned over to the U of F team so they could
By Jack, W8TEE <jjpurdum@...> · #87974 ·
Re: Homemade Circuit Boards
Most people who are doing at-home PCB etching are now using Vinegar for the etchant acid and Hydrogen-Peroxide as an accelerant. This seems safer and easier on the environment. Thin it with water and
By Arv Evans · #87973 ·
Re: Best wishes to our friends in India
Jack Seemed that things died just after being submitted to the University of Florida. Was this killed by the FDA, or by the University of Florida? While it doesn't matter much now, it could be that
By Arv Evans · #87972 ·
Re: Talk: Does price buy Performance or Satisfaction in an HF Transceiver? by Frank Howell K4FMH
You could sell a lot of simple radios with little more than a power switch, mic/speaker Jack an antenna jack, and a USB port. You would control it with CAT commands, no front panel at all. Heck, you
By Ken N2VIP · #87970 ·
Re: Talk: Does price buy Performance or Satisfaction in an HF Transceiver? by Frank Howell K4FMH
Farman, I would have to agree with your assessment of the IC-7300 vs the uBITX series of radios on features and power. The one thing I do not get from my 7300 is the ability to make modification and
By Evan Hand · #87969 ·
Re: Talk: Does price buy Performance or Satisfaction in an HF Transceiver? by Frank Howell K4FMH
Ashhar, I agree with you. I have QRP radios but am looking for a tabletop portable radio with more power and a built-in tuner. I was thinking of the XEIGU but decided on using the 7300 in the
By Mike N2MS · #87968 ·
Re: Talk: Does price buy Performance or Satisfaction in an HF Transceiver? by Frank Howell K4FMH
Bill: Exactly. Al and I thought the uBITX was so good, we tried to extend it via the JackAl board. Not my best idea. However, we learned a lot and one message I keep hearing a lot is the "complex
By Jack, W8TEE <jjpurdum@...> · #87967 ·
Re: Best wishes to our friends in India
<sarcasm>I heard they started an exploratory committee to define the parameters to establish a committee to investigate specifying the proper footwear for auto foot to gluteal striking.</sarcasm> --
By Doug W · #87966 ·
Re: Talk: Does price buy Performance or Satisfaction in an HF Transceiver? by Frank Howell K4FMH
Satisfaction to me is being able to use and to exploit minimalistic HF rigs, render them effective beyond imagination. Apart from HF Signals, I really have fun with Softrock RXTX. What is missing from
By iz oos · #87965 ·
Re: Talk: Does price buy Performance or Satisfaction in an HF Transceiver? by Frank Howell K4FMH
Hi Jack... ......Farhan, I have a uBitX V3 and have helped a few others by aligning and setting them up. I also have some toys from uBitX real competition, QRP (fill-in-the-blank). Both outfits have
By Bill Cromwell · #87964 ·