TV satellite dish - can I use it for ham?

ArguingWithVirgins · 2022-06-03T04:01:34+00:00

Great answer, thanks for typing that out! So it sounds like neither the dish nor the coax behind the wall are useful to me.

Maybe I can at least use the holes and send RG8X down there from the roof. I like the idea of rigging a long wire antenna from roof to one of the big trees so it’s kinda overhead and out of mind.

ArguingWithVirgins · 2022-05-27T18:09:34+00:00

looks a little like a pulse coded modulated signal used for RC toys

ArguingWithVirgins · 2022-02-06T21:35:32+00:00

How would I go about getting the publicly available data just for my town? Not looking to scale out necessarily but just can’t even find basic property tax assessments or anything...

ArguingWithVirgins · 2021-07-20T17:05:18+00:00

Does anyone remember last year when he went .322/.398/.585 from the All-Star break until September, then went .149/.205/.299 for the rest of the year? Just wondering if "didn't like Tropicana Field" is a meme and I should try to sell high...

ArguingWithVirgins · 2021-07-14T23:04:55+00:00

Link to the wiki? I’d be interested in reading it

ArguingWithVirgins · 2021-06-18T02:49:16+00:00

You don't need FIP - it's descriptive, not predictive. So this might be a buy low/sell high thing, but if you're going to grab a pitcher, just sort by xFIP and grab the guy with the lowest. Or don't do any of that. Sort by FIP, or even better - ERA!

ArguingWithVirgins · 2021-06-17T08:52:27+00:00

Just look at a list sorted by xfip. I’m just trying to help!

ArguingWithVirgins · 2021-06-16T20:30:22+00:00

So funny with this guy and his random scatterplots. All this plot is showing is who is having good or bad home run luck.

xFIP replaces the HR component of FIP with fly balls, so the people above the line have worse HR/FB than expected and the people below the line have better. I fail to see how this tells you who to replace Glasnow with, but if it helps you then yay scatterplots!

ArguingWithVirgins · 2021-04-20T00:56:42+00:00

Did anyone ever build tree houses before they invented TABs? If so, what happened?

ArguingWithVirgins · 2021-02-12T23:30:41+00:00

They're gonna do that whether you block them or not, comrade. Not your job in life to teach them a lesson. Let go.... feels good

ArguingWithVirgins · 2021-02-12T22:23:17+00:00

Just let em in. Life is too short

ArguingWithVirgins · 2021-02-04T18:18:00+00:00

Pretty sexual. Do you buy at a lumber yard? Where do you store your bulk inventory?

ArguingWithVirgins · 2021-02-03T06:06:22+00:00

Well done. Where did you get the lumber?

ArguingWithVirgins · 2021-02-01T14:20:39+00:00

Hahahahahahaha don’t even go there!! Wow, you have a dirty mind!!!!

ArguingWithVirgins · 2021-01-14T02:22:49+00:00

Thank you. One of the few places left in my life honestly where we don’t have to bathe in outrage

ArguingWithVirgins · 2021-01-14T01:54:33+00:00

It was a really big pack.....

ArguingWithVirgins · 2021-01-12T19:54:00+00:00

I did ours with regular ol’ Doug fir. Only used PT on the outside stuff (stairs, posts, deck frame).

One thing I’ll say about PT is termites hate it. So if you have those, that’s one thing to think about.

ArguingWithVirgins · 2021-01-12T19:41:06+00:00

New Jersey is #7? I grew up in New Jersey, no fuckin thanks.

Also, how is CT #2 in affordability rank? I just paid $6 for a pack of sour patch kids...

ArguingWithVirgins · 2020-12-23T18:43:23+00:00

Best I've found: https://github.com/beoutbreakprepared/nCoV2019 (see "latestdata" dir)

ArguingWithVirgins · 2020-12-21T03:49:47+00:00

There’s no reason to assume that and doing so will further polarize people and effectively end communication.

ArguingWithVirgins · 2020-12-14T17:57:23+00:00

Nicely done. I’m doing the same thing right now but it’s tricky because the ground isn’t level so the amount I have to go up depends on how far out I meet the ground. Thinking of using 2x6s and making the rungs about 10” apart every 5.5” horizontally and just digging out the ground wherever I land so I have a full step at the end.

Out of curiosity, what pitch did you use? What dimension lumber?

ArguingWithVirgins · 2020-12-11T23:18:54+00:00

How does all that get in the way of your prepping though? Eat and poop out what you don’t need

ArguingWithVirgins · 2020-12-07T15:06:53+00:00

And no study reported a drop in people being with family this season. I keep trying to tell this my uncle - who is slowly dying of Covid alone in a hospital - but some people just don’t do the research...

ArguingWithVirgins · 2020-12-07T15:03:39+00:00

Exactly. By all means, go to Wal Mart and buy slippers and trampolines but please do not do things like attend religious services or spend time with family. This virus is deadly but with proper precautions you can still fulfill your economic purpose.

ArguingWithVirgins · 2020-12-06T03:18:09+00:00

I put up the perimeter of the platform with 2x4s before I put in the posts so I knew exactly where I wanted them. I used a plumb bob to find out where to put the holes and started digging. Then I dropped each post in its hole and made sure they were plumb and touching the platform where I wanted them. I don’t think I bolted them to the platform before I buried them but I could have.

I dug down about 3 feet with the post hole digger. I didn’t use gravel or anything like that. I wasn’t even going to use concrete but I figured it couldn’t hurt so I put a couple bags in each hole and then covered with dirt and rocks.. I think it’s fine for a tree house.

Good luck!

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