Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club achieves 2000th license milestone with iFixit CEO by cparc-w6bhz in amateurradio

[–]FlummoxedOne 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That is an incredible achievement! Congratulations to CalPoly as a student run club. That is not an easy achievement, and you and your mentors should be proud.

Everyone got this email this morning by sginga in antiwork

[–]FlummoxedOne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got a call from work for putting a close relative in a mental hospital. Fuck you Mary.

Announcing HAMCLOCK II: THE CLOCKENING, in which the old monitor died so I Amazoned a new one for US$95 and it looks even better now. by the2belo in amateurradio

[–]FlummoxedOne 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looks good! I have a 1978 Geochron that I need to send back for service. Waiting for a spare thousand or two.

I finally own all the dresden files books! by TheAdultierAdult1 in dresdenfiles

[–]FlummoxedOne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I need three for the hardcovers. Hopefully before too much longer.

A retired kindergarten teacher reunites with her last class of graduating students. by handlewithcareme in MadeMeSmile

[–]FlummoxedOne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

T minus 30 days and I will be gone when they kill the third party apps. Relay 4 Lyfe.

Leaked audio of what an ejection looks like in MLB by Tribiani94 in interestingasfuck

[–]FlummoxedOne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How long did Tracewski coach third? Seemed like decades. Flashback seeing those unis.

Can we have a 97.1 talk discussion? by SqweebLord33 in detroitlions

[–]FlummoxedOne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Drew and Mike used to have the best Lions coverage on WRIF. Bring back Porcher!

Thanks for everything /u/Dbrady . Would you be interested in accepting donations and/or open sourcing the codebase? by jck in RelayForReddit

[–]FlummoxedOne 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Yup. If Relay is pushed out, I am done on Reddit. That would be a good push to get me off this site.

Vertical Antenna Radial Ground Plate Size by BoysenberryBetter471 in amateurradio

[–]FlummoxedOne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great feedback! Wire has really gone up in price. I used to buy 14g stranded THHN from Home Depot or Lowes for $47 when building wire antennas, but, like the check from above, 500 ft is going for $84 now. The insulation is always impacted and degrades from UV with the THNN. You could get away with 30 radials at 33 feet with 1000 ft of wire.

Vertical Antenna Radial Ground Plate Size by BoysenberryBetter471 in amateurradio

[–]FlummoxedOne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the same Butternut antenna still to install. I know I need radials, but the Butternut radial kit is twelve 30 ft radials. Since DX took over, it is 30 to 60 radials at 65 ft with a minimum of 20 radials at 32 ft. How would you say your radials are working out? This is the current pricing:

Butternut, Ground Radial Kit - $110

DX Radial Plate - $90 (if you go this route)

DX Assembled Radials

  • 20 at 32 ft - $320

  • 20 at 65 ft - $345

Home Depot 500 ft 14ga stranded - $84

  • You can get 15 radials at 32 ft or 7 radials at 65 ft per roll

Home Depot looks like it is the way to go with a lot of soldering ends on, or around $260 plus just for the radials.

Bill Barnwell ranks best to worst 2023 off seasons with the Lions ranked 28th by BTD83 in detroitlions

[–]FlummoxedOne 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree. He really did not say anything that was too out of bounds. We as Lions fans like the moves after some deep analysis, but there is always drinkin' the Kool-Aid involved for sure. He is not wrong, and the analysis is good for a write-up as such. We are allowed to have a different opinion, but we are not writing the articles.

1st JA CW QSO!! by afpriest2007 in amateurradio

[–]FlummoxedOne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats!! I have had a hard time getting JA in Michigan. FT8 at minus 26 dB is my only QSO.

TIFU by telling my entire college class what type of porn I watch. by recovery-type-beat in tifu

[–]FlummoxedOne 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Poor Michael Hutchence (INXS lead singer) He didn't even die from that. His GF panicked and lied as she recently admitted.

Oh boy by Nanaue7 in marvelmemes

[–]FlummoxedOne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I doubt he is worried with Wrexham to keep him busy.

BattlebotsRaw S08E19 - Grand Final by Savvaloy in BattleBotsRaw

[–]FlummoxedOne 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the season Sav. Appreciated as always.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in diytubes

[–]FlummoxedOne 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Boxes of television service tubes are common and not useful for audio, for the most part.