[BVARC] Off topic subject - Bright comet visible - first bright one since Hale-Bopp in 1992-1993

2020-07-18 Thread John Chauvin via BVARC
I'm sure that many of you know this, but for those that don't, Comet Neowise is now visible in the evening sky.  This is the brightest comet since Hale-Bopp in 1996-1997.  See the attached article for particulars. The short version is you should find a relatively dark sky with good horizon, say

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2016-11-25 Thread Tom Watson via BVARC
AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: John Chauvin Subject: [BVARC] Off topic subject The Chauvins are thinking of dropping the land line after more than 50 years. As amateur radio operators tend to be practical people, I would like to get your opinion of the advisability of this. We have good cell service

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2016-11-25 Thread Allen F. Mattis via BVARC
In Hurricane Ike most of the cell phone towers were down within 36 to 48 hours when their batteries went dead. I don't know what the cell phone companies have done since to address this issue. One of our land lines worked after Hurricane Ike and we could call our out-of-state relatives and

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2016-11-25 Thread Bruce via BVARC
We had thought of doing that as well years ago. However, there are to many friends and family around the world that have our number. So, we bought a MagicJack (voip) original one years ago and have since bought a MagicJack Go, have it plugged into our router and cordless phones. It costs us

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2016-08-30 Thread Scott Medbury via BVARC
I have a wire welder that you can borrow. I have never learned to use it Scott KD5FBA Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID On Aug 30, 2016 7:02 AM, K5IZO via BVARC wrote: > > Does anyone have a welder that can do some light work on my wrought iron > patio furniture for a

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2016-08-30 Thread Jackie Moody via BVARC
My hubby could do it. On 8/30/16, 7:02 AM, "BVARC on behalf of K5IZO via BVARC" wrote: >Does anyone have a welder that can do some light work on my wrought iron >patio furniture for a fee? I'll bring the stuff to your place. > >John, K5IZO >

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2016-08-30 Thread K5IZO via BVARC
Does anyone have a welder that can do some light work on my wrought iron patio furniture for a fee? I'll bring the stuff to your place. John, K5IZO Sent from my iPhone ___ BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org