Re: [AMRadio] high-priced accessories and audiophools revisited
Mike Said: >Well, thank God for small favors and no price increase!!! However, if one >looks carefully, they will see a green dot on each receptacle. This means >they are hospital grade and may be used where oxygen is in use. I usually use Hospital Grade 20 A outlets in recording studio installations and never ran into any gold plated but the isolated ground and overall heavier construction is far better than the cheap 15 A ones found at most electric depts. Sure glad I picked up a 5 gallon bucket of military shelter pulls years ago. Bill, KB3DKS/1 __ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Parts For Valiant I
I am collecting parts to restore a Viking Valiant I. I Need a 12k 25 watt power resistor, 12k 50 watt power resistor, the plate filter choke, the long screws that hold the case on to the front panel, the crystal cover knob. Don W5FFK __ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] CW Font
Neat! Thanks! K3PID Ron H. __ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] high-priced accessories and audiophools revisited
Geoff said: >From the 'you're kidding me, right?' files... I mentioned a while back, that there was little that could surprise me anymore. Once in a while, it happens. http://hcmaudio.com/comp.asp?compID=335 >From the website: ...Never to leave well-enough alone, the 381 wall receptacle returns for 2000 with several improvements and no price increase. Well, thank God for small favors and no price increase!!! However, if one looks carefully, they will see a green dot on each receptacle. This means they are hospital grade and may be used where oxygen is in use. I don't think this justifies a that kind of price but as P.T. Barnum said, "No one ever went broke under-estimating the intelligence of the American public..." Mod-U-Lator, Mike(y) W3SLK __ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] USPS Changes May 14
Hi Bry, I do a great deal of Priority Mail shipments. The nice thing is the USPS allows me to do everything on the web and even schedule for the mail carrier to pick it up when they deliver the mail. All the Priority mail boxes are sent to me "free of charge" (packs of 25 boxes) also via web order. So with all the down sides, especially those I read about the overseas Global Priority mail, the USPS has made something very easy for the shipper. Note, that anyone can use these services. So it's been a long time since I've stood in those lines. Now I just need to do some research on what direction I'll be going with my international shipments. 73 Don N9OO Bry Carling wrote: USPS has been going to hell in a handbasket for some time now. They just get worse and worse. I tell them they should bui;d another post office nerar us so we won't have to CONSTANTLY wait in line for 30-35 minutes. They ignore me. I would pay 50 cents for a stamp, but really they are so messed up it is pathetic. Thank God for FEDEX! As you know I ship a lot, so it is interesting to me the changes that USPS is putting in May 14. Rate increases on everything of course--that's standard. But their parcel post service is actually changing quite a bit. Foreign surface mail shipping has been eliminated. It's all air mail as of May 14th. That should really cut down on the number of boatanchors crossing the pond. Global priority mail is now limited to 3 ounces. That kills the best way to ship small parts, mics and accessories overseas inexpensively. Parcel Post--ALL packages now have to be measured and are charged more as size goes up--not just weight. That should certainly drive a lot of shiping into UPS/FedEx camp. There's many other small changes. If you ship a lot, you probably ought to visit USPS.COM and check it out. 73, Don Merz, N3RHT __ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. __ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. __ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] CW Font
CW dead? Hah! Check out the cool font at http://www.1001freefonts.com/rfonts.htm Look at the font called RADIOS IN MOTION. Not too shabby... 73, Don Merz, N3RHT __ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] A little known USPS fact
and for that USPS insurance, you pay 3 times more than UPS or FedEx charge. USPS, both, charges too much to cover the claims, and, have way too many claims. But, you say, they don't pay most claims? Well that's simple, they have bureaucrats involved that must be paid for handling those claims. Its a government blessed scam. Government is the penalty for having civilization. The choice of retreating back to caves, is not a reality; and for most of us, becoming an activist to change such matters of postal insurance is not a reality either. (No morals implied). Gene, WB6SZS - Original Message - From: "charles L." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 4:58 AM Subject: [AMRadio] A little known USPS fact I'm sure everybody purchases insurance or delivery confirmation when you ship by USPS. But just in case you don't, for that little item going across town, when USPS loses it, its gone forever. USPS, unlike everybody else, has no way to track any package or letter unless you get the insurance or delivery confirmation, at extra cost, albeit not much in most cases. If they do lose it without the above, you fill out a bunch of paper work, and wait a month or two, they might just find it, but usually they dont. What's really neat is when you get this plastic bag with a mangled, grease covered item in it, where the post office sent it back saying it got caught in the machinery, "so sorry". W4MEC, Charlie in NC __ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] FS: Gates BC-1H at HamCom
There are two BC-1H's that will be available during HamCom in Plano this year. Both are working units, ready to go on 160 meters as is with simple re-tuning. I have already spoken for one of them. The other is missing only a panel meter, otherwise totally complete. I may have a source on a meter that will work. They must both be picked up and the transaction made at the same time due to time constraints of the seller. This is a one kilowatt rig using a pair of 833's modulated by a pair of 833's. Again, complete except for one panel meter. If you are interested, and going to HamCom, please contact me OFF-LIST for more details and price. Please do not wait until the last minute, as I need to contact the seller to confirm the sale(s). I can likely get some photos of the unit as well. Email me direct off the list at ars.w5ami "at" gmail.com. Change the "at" with a @ of course. 73 Brian / wa5am - ex w5ami -- Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them. - Bill Vaughan __ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] USPS Changes May 14
I read somewhere the USPS uses DHL for lots of its International mailings. Pete, wa2cwa On Fri, 04 May 2007 09:21:24 -0400 "Bry Carling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Don I have switched from Fedex and UPS to DHL (also known as > > Airborne). The have been much gentler with my packages than > > UPS and much less expensive than Fedex. > > For international, yes. __ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] USPS Changes May 14
Bry, Contact your Congressman. Get your neighbors to do so as well. 73, John At 09:20 AM 5/4/2007, you wrote: I tell them they should bui;d another post office nerar us so we won't have to CONSTANTLY wait in line for 30-35 minutes. They ignore me. I would pay 50 cents for a stamp, but really they are so messed up it is pathetic. __ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] high-priced accessories and audiophools revisited
From the 'you're kidding me, right?' files... I mentioned a while back, that there was little that could surprise me anymore. Once in a while, it happens. http://hcmaudio.com/comp.asp?compID=335 Their claims is: "If you are building your own audiophile power cords to improve performance in your audio or home theatre system then you’ll definitely want to use the 381. Why build a performance power cable and then plug it into a ordinary receptacle? The WattGate™ 381 is the perfect way to fine tune the power source for your high-end audio or home theatre system. The construction of the 381 is very durable and features glass-filled, nylon-tough front and rear housings for UV and chemical resistance. The mounting strap, rivets and grounding strip are gold plated, solid brass. Installation of the 381 is simple and efficient due to rear wiring and large, #10 brass terminal screws. The terminal clamps are gold plated, solid brass and shaped to better grip the conductors. Like the 330 and 350, the 381 leaves the competition behind with its contacts. They are configured in a triple-wipe design to allow the plug blade to be gripped at three separate points. Additionally, the contacts are made of very heavy-duty material to maximize the clamping spring-rate and ensure conductivity and the three-layer plating process is also completed on the 381: Oxygen free copper plating, electroless nickel, and finally 24k gold plating dramatically improves conductivity and prevents corrosion. Receptacle is 125V, 20 amp." Comparatively speaking, you can get the 'lesser' model, for -only- $147 ($140ea, if you purchase 4 or more) -- Driving your AM Rig without a scope, is like driving your car at night, without headlights. (K4KYV) -- 73 = Best Regards, -Geoff/W5OMR __ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] USPS Changes May 14
> Don I have switched from Fedex and UPS to DHL (also known as > Airborne). The have been much gentler with my packages than > UPS and much less expensive than Fedex. For international, yes. __ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] USPS Changes May 14
USPS has been going to hell in a handbasket for some time now. They just get worse and worse. I tell them they should bui;d another post office nerar us so we won't have to CONSTANTLY wait in line for 30-35 minutes. They ignore me. I would pay 50 cents for a stamp, but really they are so messed up it is pathetic. Thank God for FEDEX! > As you know I ship a lot, so it is interesting to me > the changes that USPS is putting in May 14. Rate > increases on everything of course--that's standard. > But their parcel post service is actually changing > quite a bit. > > Foreign surface mail shipping has been eliminated. > It's all air mail as of May 14th. That should really > cut down on the number of boatanchors crossing the > pond. > > Global priority mail is now limited to 3 ounces. That > kills the best way to ship small parts, mics and > accessories overseas inexpensively. > > Parcel Post--ALL packages now have to be measured and > are charged more as size goes up--not just weight. > That should certainly drive a lot of shiping into > UPS/FedEx camp. > > There's many other small changes. If you ship a lot, > you probably ought to visit USPS.COM and check it out. > > 73, Don Merz, N3RHT > > __ > AMRadio mailing list > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > __ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] A little known USPS fact
And of course if you buy tubes from Mike Forman 2242 Prosperity way San Leandro CA 94578 Be ready to have your tubes packed in a pizza box - I kid you not. In this case 3 HF-300s - all toast when they arrived. Then have the post office completely reject the claim because of improper packing. But of course its not really the post office in this case. Its Mike Foreman shipping it this way and then refusing to make good. Serious weasel factor. de KA4JVY Mark Darn small world - even smaller when it comes to things Corvair. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] A little known USPS fact
If you file an insurance claim with USPS it can take well over 6 months for them to process it and pay you back. They charge a LOT for insurance, in my opinion, considering the poor service and the frequent losses. > I'm sure everybody purchases insurance or delivery > confirmation when you ship by USPS. But just in case > you don't, for that little item going across town, > when USPS loses it, its gone forever. USPS, unlike > everybody else, has no way to track any package or > letter unless you get the insurance or delivery > confirmation, at extra cost, albeit not much in most > cases. If they do lose it without the above, you fill > out a bunch of paper work, and wait a month or two, > they might just find it, but usually they dont. > What's really neat is when you get this plastic bag > with a mangled, grease covered item in it, where the > post office sent it back saying it got caught in the > machinery, "so sorry". > > W4MEC, Charlie in NC > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > __ > AMRadio mailing list > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > __ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] A little known USPS fact
I'm sure everybody purchases insurance or delivery confirmation when you ship by USPS. But just in case you don't, for that little item going across town, when USPS loses it, its gone forever. USPS, unlike everybody else, has no way to track any package or letter unless you get the insurance or delivery confirmation, at extra cost, albeit not much in most cases. If they do lose it without the above, you fill out a bunch of paper work, and wait a month or two, they might just find it, but usually they dont. What's really neat is when you get this plastic bag with a mangled, grease covered item in it, where the post office sent it back saying it got caught in the machinery, "so sorry". W4MEC, Charlie in NC __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] WAS:Spy radio - Swapmeet and Auction Ethics
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Erm...oops! Please ignore my previous post re: what's in a name; I dint read all the way thru the accumulated posts like I should have. See what happens when you move and don't have your PC on for a week? (and digest mode would help, too, eh? HI.) I don't care for digest mode. I agree that quotes should be trimmed, and the headers and footers of the message should be trimmed, as well. But, as an old-time reader of electronic messages (land-line BBS's were popular from around 1985, or 86 when I got into computers, with a 300-baud modem on top of that!) I find that sometimes it's desirable to sort the messages, that are filtered from my 'in-box' to the 'AM-Reflector' folder I created for the messages to be put, by subject. This is called 'reading by thread This is why digest mode doesn't work for me.. Then again, there are those who insist on changing the subject line when they reply. That certainly doesn't do a thread reader any good, either. Oh, I'm sure I'll get 'yet another' private message (with a different subject on it, so I'll have to guess what's being talked about) saying that someone else complained about what I said, and my membership would be held under review, pending my reply... yes I'm serious - that actually happened. Brian, I hope your neck surgery came out for the positive. You've always been, at least to me, a valuable asset to the AM community by providing the am Reflector for those of us who wish to participate in it. All the best to you, m'friend. -- 73 = Best Regards, -Geoff/W5OMR __ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
