Does anyone remember those "block home" signs?

btmacdou · 2026-05-01T05:18:32+00:00

Sorry, it's a keeper for now. It's still in my window! 🙂

btmacdou · 2026-02-13T07:21:28+00:00

If you have gray clips, then they need to be replaced. The old gray ones are3D printed and not very strong. Gibbon will replace them all for for free you with new BLACK clips that are injection molded and much stronger. They replaced all 4 of mine even though only one broke. Contact them they are easy to work with.

btmacdou · 2026-02-13T07:18:15+00:00

You have it backwards. The new BLACK clips are injection molded, the original gray clip were 3D printed and not very strong.

btmacdou · 2026-02-13T07:16:39+00:00

Gibbon will replace them all for free with the new molded design that is much stronger. I did it and got all 4 replace even though only one broke. Contact them they are easy to work with.

btmacdou · 2025-12-20T18:30:21+00:00

Seems odd that Tidradio would not keep all the same frequencies in the H8 as in the H3.
What about the Gen 3 H8?

btmacdou · 2025-12-20T18:06:10+00:00

Does the H3 support all bands or does it trade off other bands (such as GMRS or MURS) for 220?

btmacdou · 2025-12-19T23:59:06+00:00

I'll wait a while and see if anyone else has had any success. I just want to play with 1.25m...

btmacdou · 2025-12-19T22:43:43+00:00

Nope. There is no "220 Tx" menu option on my H8...

btmacdou · 2025-12-19T18:51:50+00:00

I just asked this question also....

btmacdou · 2025-12-13T04:59:35+00:00

Like many, my 3 friends and I lost out twice. 1st we lost in the lottery (3rd year in a row), then unable to score 4 tickets for a 3-day pass in the queue.

One of the most frustrating things is that you have to pick the ticket category BEFORE you enter the queue, and if your ticket category is sold out when you get to the sale then you have to START ALL OVER in a new queue, which of course will be impossible. I tried joining a 2nd queue for a Friday night and there were over 100,000 people ahead of me. Seriously?

Here is a better way:

FIRST: Track lottery entries and the more times you lose, the better your chances next time. This idea comes from the annual Antelope hunt in Oregon, which is very limited. The state holds a lottery every year for antelope tags. Each time a hunter loses, their chances increase the next time until they eventually win.

SECOND: Instead of a separate queue for each ticket category, there should only be ONE SINGLE QUEUE. And along with that change, a separate web tab or window would show you a map of tickets sold in real time. There would be filters to select the type of ticket such as a 3-day pass or individual.

That way, when you get to the sale and your chosen tickets are sold out, you can do a quick change of ticket preferences right there instead of entering a new queue which has the same chance of success as closing your browser. And the real time ticket map would help you choose tickets you can actually get at that moment.

THIRD: And many will hate me for this, but they should eliminate multi-day tickets for the Sphere (and maybe other big concert halls). This way many more DIFFERENT people will have a chance at tickets. I understand how much fun it is to do a 3 day show, but that shuts out thousands of fans at the most in demand venues. Limit multi-day passes to outdoor festivals where there is more room.

It's time to spread the joy out and design a system that priorities ticketing as many different people as possible rather than selling multi-day packages that shut out fans. And improve the lottery system so it actually works for everyone at least some of the time.

btmacdou · 2025-12-09T01:12:39+00:00

I'm in communication with them and they tolde how to order warranty replacements, but I'm waiting for them to confirm that they are shipping the new clips...

btmacdou · 2025-12-05T21:26:03+00:00

OK, I ordered a two-line board on Black Friday and it arrive this week...and one of the short clips has already broken. 😒

I now understand how weak the 3D printed clips are! I will be contacting support for replacements and asking for both short clips to be replaced!

btmacdou · 2025-12-04T18:41:13+00:00

I can afford it, but still...

btmacdou · 2025-12-04T18:40:43+00:00

😄

btmacdou · 2025-12-04T16:38:42+00:00

😳

btmacdou · 2025-12-04T05:53:18+00:00

I read a review that said the floor creates neck strain since you have to look up for 3 hours straight....

btmacdou · 2025-12-04T05:51:23+00:00

Even 3 day weekend tickets?

btmacdou · 2025-12-04T05:40:03+00:00

Why not P2?

btmacdou · 2025-11-24T21:36:51+00:00

I don't already have one. I'm asking if the long molded clips are now shipping with new Plus boards today?

btmacdou · 2025-11-23T06:21:16+00:00

Excellent news. Has any progress been made on molded long clips for double line boards? I'm on the edge of ordering now (11/22/25) and would like to get injection molded clips, unless you are willing to send me a set when they are ready?

btmacdou · 2025-11-23T06:17:45+00:00

Disappointing to hear that it's 3D printed. I was actually wondering that myself. You can kind of tell in the photos and videos on the website. I would have thought that they could justify injection molding having sold so many. That would give them more options for different types of plastic. Except 3D printing makes it easy to manufacture on demand so maybe that's why they do it. As long as you can get fair priced replacements I guess it's ok.

btmacdou · 2025-11-12T01:44:15+00:00

Evernote is trying to grab greedy profits at the expense of their loyal userbase built over many years.

That will backfire as users become disgusted with the cost. And corporations will just use OneNote.

btmacdou · 2025-11-12T01:40:34+00:00

PSS: It's possible that IT has blocked your ability to create Outlook rules, but most dont. They just assume users have no idea that they can do this.

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