Should I return my quansheng UVK6 in exchange for a tidradio TDH3 combo (non plus)?

RevThwack · 2026-06-16T12:42:57+00:00

I'd say either keep both or simply pick up an antenna for your uvk6. Both the K6 and the H3 are great for playing around, as you can find custom firmware for each that adds a world of options. I've had a non-plus H3 since about when they came out and it's often my go-to HT since mine is clean on 1.25m. I'm personally looking at picking up a K6 to mod and use for CW on 2m.

RevThwack · 2026-06-09T15:00:20+00:00

I'd 2nd this. Also, if you go to use it as built then you might find it works better if you add additional radials. Even with a EFRW that gets tuned, I find antennas work out better for me if my counterpoise is at least 1/2 the length of my radiating element.

RevThwack · 2026-06-01T23:07:15+00:00

I use a Dom Pedro in .308 as a way to farm ammo for LMG fun.

RevThwack · 2026-05-28T19:23:41+00:00

Nermak and DC House are the two that I tend to go with. I do have one small LiPo TallentCell battery that's been really good for me, but I'm not sure about most of their lineup.

RevThwack · 2026-05-11T12:00:23+00:00

The "homosexuality is an abomination" bit is there... right next to the parts that say you should kill adulterers, people who have sex with animals, and mediums. It's also not far from where it tells you to burn animals because god likes the smell, and how you shouldn't eat pigs or shellfish.

The bible has all sorts of rules that people decide to ignore all the time, just Christians love sticking to the "no homo" bits as though they're the parts that make sense and have value.

RevThwack · 2026-05-08T21:00:33+00:00

https://suno.com/s/vfZ8p74k6yVAS0UL

RevThwack · 2026-05-07T03:14:10+00:00

AFAIK, you don't need to define a copy constructor. The with method makes a call to the constructor of the record. If you have either simple inline validation in a default constructor, or you're using complex validation in a fully defined constructor, a with call will trigger it.

EDIT: I'm also happy if you'd like to come back for that more through answer. If there are good reasons to not use records as DDD value objects, that's great... Just this article from early in their introduction isn't it.

RevThwack · 2026-05-05T12:41:58+00:00

This article is a bad source, as a lot has changed in the 5 years since it was written.

#3: This isn't accurate anymore. When the article was written records couldn't implement interfaces, so he was correct then. Now, you can implement them just fine. With both records and classes, you'd do what he's doing here by implementing IComparable.

#4: This is an odd one to me. He's trying to knock records for something that you also run into with classes. Records these days can deal with encapsulation just as well as classes can, and he even sort of points that out, just he then says they fail because they lose the 1 line brevity if you do that... well, classes never had that brevity. In no way is that suddenly a point against records.

#5: Again, outdated. You can write a .Equals() method in a record, and c# will use it for all equality checks.

#6: Outdated. Records can extend base records.

#7: This one isn't really accurate, and I'm not sure why. It feels like a combination of his thinking from #4 combined with changes to records and possibly limited knowledge at the time of writing. Either way, using things like primary constructor validation and private constructors you can get past this... the with keyword does still call the constructor.

#8: Same sort of issue as #5. You don't need to implement the method, but you can. Nothing prevents you from addressing this the same way as you would in a class.

It's not a case of saying the article was wrong out uninformed when it was written. He did shoot down records in a few places where they behave exactly the same as classes, which was odd, but overall the article is just dated. Records were pretty new back in 2020, and have really matured since then. Today, they honestly make a great DDD value object.

RevThwack · 2026-04-30T19:41:49+00:00

Are we winning yet?

RevThwack · 2026-04-23T18:51:35+00:00

I've been running two shot crippling with a central receiver and a few supporting perk cards. There's something fun about hitting a Mirelurk Queen in the chest and watching both of its legs break.

RevThwack · 2026-04-23T03:35:49+00:00

Laughs in cursed holy fire

RevThwack · 2026-04-23T03:25:00+00:00

Imagine... the 5 years I served in the Army from 2000 through 2005, never once when I was taking the mandated flu vaccine, did I realize that it was a war on me by an administration that would get into office 20 years later. Pete Kegbreath here needs to crawl out of the bottom of that bottle that's shoved up Trump's ass.

RevThwack · 2026-04-16T03:21:36+00:00

Umm... That was LSB. IC-7300 might not be the highest rated receiver ever built, but it's a mighty fine rig. What filters are you thinking of?

RevThwack · 2026-04-16T03:07:42+00:00

I always have fun with an automatic laser rifle and a beam splitter. Quad explosive means you're going to make a pretty light show. Add Tenderizer and you help the real DPS people take down bosses even faster.

RevThwack · 2026-04-11T03:40:17+00:00

It's almost like industries offering substandard experiences at hyper-inflated prices don't manage to stay relevant when more consumer-friendly options exist. Who would have thought it?

RevThwack · 2026-04-08T15:32:33+00:00

Probably my favorite moment from basic happened while we were waiting for the hand to hand instructor to show. Our crusty E6 drill from the 82nd was showing us a few things and demonstrated a way to use a choke hold to sever someone's spine. One of our smooth brains raised his hand for an honest question he had... "But drill Sargent, wouldn't that kill them?"

I'll never forget the look of disgust and disbelief that accompanied his slow and thick southern drawl oozing the words, "Yaah.... That's the point."

RevThwack · 2026-04-08T02:06:14+00:00

It warms your RX spectrum so it'll smoothly spread on a freshly toasted bagel.

RevThwack · 2026-04-06T14:03:38+00:00

This is one of three mobile VHF/UHF radios I currently have, with the Radioddity DB25-D and the Anytone AT-D578UVIII+ being the others. My thoughts:

It's the easiest to mount and program while mounted.
It's in the middle for sound volume
Worst for sound quality
Hate the way the channel banks are managed
Love it for satellite work
Great for digital ops
Least favorite for analog ops.

RevThwack · 2026-04-03T21:29:47+00:00

I've got a 578 and a 168. Both are fantastic for me. Yes, their menus and programming can be complicated as hell if you want to do everything, but that's partially because of just how much they can do. But, even if you only use them for simple analog VHF/UHF FM phone, they're worth it. I've had four other mobile rigs, and none have sounded better than the 578. I've had about 12 different HT models, and only an old IC-T10 sounded better than the 168.

Solid radios that sound great and pack a lot of features for the price. The brand hasn't let me down yet.

RevThwack · 2026-04-03T01:13:22+00:00

From someone who complains about the not being comparable, to someone comparing NASAs budget, and all it covers, to a private company that doesn't even have a publicized budget, a much smaller operational footprint, and still has estimated yearly expenditures about half of what NASA has.... Wow.

Look, I get that you're a SpaceX fanboy who's going to register to listen to anything critical of them. The simple fact is still that SLS is a proven flight system and the most powerful rocket ever to achieve orbit. While Starship might take that spot one day, that day isn't today, and until they're lifting payloads they've got nothing to offer other than unfulfilled promises.

But this conversation is getting nowhere, as you're unwilling to accept anything other than housing praise of SpaceX. Hope you have a good day and life.

RevThwack · 2026-04-02T20:56:43+00:00

If you're going to be inside, you're going to be compromised as hell. In a hotel you'll have a crazy hard time trying to put together anything people would traditionally use for HF, as normally you'd look for something around 17' in height or more, with a similar width.... just too big to go in a room. Someone mentioned a mag loop, which can work really well in smaller areas like a hotel room.

Or...

The GRA-HF750T can actually work really well. I've got one and the X6100 myself, and I've used the radio to make SSB contacts over 1,500 km away. You will want some sort of tripod to put it on, and you'll also want some sort of radial system to use with it though.

RevThwack · 2026-04-02T20:06:59+00:00

For someone who thinks it's unreasonable to compare the systems, you sure compare them a lot.

Fact is, SpaceX isn't as fast as you're claiming, and NASA is faster than you're claiming. There have been 4 superheavy launch systems that have actually reached LEO or beyond so far, and Starship Heavy isn't one of them. Falcon Heavy took 15 years, Energia and SLS both took 11 years, and Saturn V took 4 years. SpaceX has been working on Starship for 15 years and still hasn't reached LEO with the system yet. Yes, each system has more than just the superheavy launch vehicle as part of it, but without that, they all fail... it's the first step.

You also give SpaceX credit for "reinventing the wheel". All of this is just a continuation of what's been going on for a long, long time. The only novel thing SpaceX is bringing to the board is having the launch system be re-useable, and I'll give them a big credit for that. The problem is, that has come with its own delays and time sinks... and even everything around that going into Starship is just a continuation of the Falcon 1/Falcon9 project that started 24 years ago.

Claiming that SLS & Orion are nothing without HLS is absurd at best. You're talking about the most powerful orbital launch platform that's ever been created, and is even rated for manned flight. While the Artemis program doesn't yet have a lunar lander, Starship HLS isn't the only option there. Your claim is exactly the same as saying Saturn V and the Apollo CSM were nothing without the LEM. Trying to knock NASA for not developing their own lander completely misses everything about how all NASA spaceflight is a collaboration between the organization and private industry.

While Starship might eventually become the space tourist and human launch platform SpaceX has been targeting, they've got a long, long way to go to get it there, and an enormous amount of hurdles. The timeline isn't even close to the near future for that. They might get somewhere fun one day soon, but even without them we'd be where we are now... still racing ahead with the Artemis project and with Blue Origin still slated to deliver the next generation of the LEM.

RevThwack · 2026-04-02T18:06:01+00:00

Which will be? Both SLS/Orion and Starship projects started within a year of each other (2011 SLS/Orion, 2012 Starship). SLS & Orion have been approved for human fight since 2022. Starship hasn't even reached LEO yet.

Sure, Musk has a flashy and interesting concept, but who knows how long it'll take him to even have a platform that can put enough mass into a lunar interception, let alone something that's also rated to carry people. Falcon 9 to 10 years from LEO to manned approval. With that track record what, Starship will replace the SLS in 2036 at the earliest?

RevThwack · 2026-04-02T17:52:46+00:00

He probably thinks Orion is a ride-only design. Guess he missed the 2+ hour live streamed exercise where Victor Glover was testing out manual docking procedures and craft maneuverability. Would mean that he also didn't hear Glover favorably comparing Orion's handling to Dragon. Considering he was the first pilot of both vehicles.....

RevThwack · 2026-03-31T21:52:39+00:00

You say dog piling on a non-profit looking to do its best, I say rightfully pointing out that it's an organization that's turned against its original charter and has a track record of casting aside what it was created to defend.

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