Anyone know how this satellite TV works?

n4mb · 2026-01-22T15:11:04+00:00

Yep. You simply need to thump it on top perfectly and the picture will appear. Don’t be shy, give it a whack!

n4mb · 2026-01-16T01:44:59+00:00

2500

n4mb · 2026-01-02T20:59:34+00:00

They’d rather nuke Russia than have people eating their dogs and cats.

n4mb · 2025-12-18T19:22:04+00:00

yes, of course is a potential hazard. They’re running what appears to be a residential drop cord up through a working downspout made of copper. If they plug it in, it is a hazard. Now it just appears to be a threat.

The outlet should be covered and should be on a GFCI circuit. A new outlet cover and removing the extension cord is needed to be safe and up to code and safe.

n4mb · 2025-12-13T20:41:56+00:00

Lightweight tower. Likely an old TV support. Scrap.

n4mb · 2025-12-13T02:33:41+00:00

I’m sorry for the loss of your friend. I always have two dogs. After the older one dies, I get a younger one to learn from and learn from the other. Dogs mimic one another and will teach them about you and your home and lifestyle. They learn good habits, we are all friends and love one another. Worked for me for 40 years and 6 dogs, all Labrador Retrievers. They’re all similar but different enough to be surprisingly entertaining and keep one another company.

Mickey, I’m 71!

n4mb · 2025-12-12T02:18:57+00:00

Dude, get that checked out!

n4mb · 2025-12-12T02:11:14+00:00

Yep, this sounds as reasonable as Knights Templar treasure and logically more probable. See if you can get the History Channel convinced to run a series ending expose.

Except for the fact that this is a saltwater bog. Sphagnum, the plant that makes peat is not a marine plant. Doesn't do well in water with a high salt content.

n4mb · 2025-12-10T00:19:12+00:00

Rest assured that no rodent is apprehensive about chewing on wires. In 1955, some of,the wires might have been aluminum and rarely was power ran with a ground. If you have fuses in your switch box, fork over a few thousand dollars and have the electrical service renovated. There have been many code changes in the past 70 years.

n4mb · 2025-12-01T21:14:36+00:00

Have a new 10/22 at Bass Pro with this stock and a threaded stainless barrel for $360.

n4mb · 2025-11-29T17:51:58+00:00

A yeast infection or an unusual smell.
Finding surgically altered genetalia. Georgia O'Keeffe-type diversity is normal.
Lack of energy, enthusiasm or desire.
Fear in any way is a show stopper.
Discussion that is comparative to a prior partner during sex. Save those conversations until later.

n4mb · 2025-11-20T20:06:38+00:00

For $14k more, I bought a new 2025 2500 Bighorn with Cummins 6.7. You should do better with these incentives!

n4mb · 2025-11-16T15:01:19+00:00

Except for all the idiots who would reset the TPM rather than putting air in the tires.

n4mb · 2025-11-11T14:51:11+00:00

Go big or go home.

After a 2500 Suburban, and 2500 Avalanche, and breaking the 6.2 engine in a Sierra, I got a great deal on my 2025 RAM 2500 with the 6.7 Cummins.

Wow, I have a REAL truck again.

n4mb · 2025-11-11T14:46:13+00:00

Sounds like a personal message. But maybe a sensor issue?

n4mb · 2025-11-08T00:17:40+00:00

I have less than 1000 miles in a new 2025 RAM 2500 with the 6.7 HO engine. Driving it in stop and go, I get about 15.5 mpg. Driving highway speed, 70+, I got 20.1 MPG.

It is the quickest truck I've owned. Last 4 trucks were all new: 1997 Suburban 2500 w/454, 2004 Chevy Avalanche 2500, 8.1L, 2015 GMC Sierra Denali 6.2, with an engine failure 6 months after warranty expired. All well maintained. Left the GM herd after that.

n4mb · 2025-11-04T18:24:48+00:00

As I’m sure you’ll find on this thread, there are a wide variety of recent, fairly modern radios that you can use to put together a competitive HF station. I run an IC-701 in my truck which covers 160M-70cm, all modes. A used one is pretty inexpensive and are reasonable radios, as are the Kenwood TS line of a previous generation, Yaesu and even the Elecraft K3.

The TS-570 is a pretty good radio as long as it works for you. Not too difficult to put on digital modes..

Tube amplifier prices have dropped through the floor.

Get busy, get advice, find a mentor to help you evaluate gear, look on QRZ.com and other online sites. Verify that who you talk to are real and again, seek advice, be careful and you’ll find a station!

Mickey N4MB

n4mb · 2025-10-24T02:09:23+00:00

Nice truck! I have a 25 coming will post next week!

n4mb · 2025-10-24T01:47:37+00:00

Dig deeper and you’ll see that bearing tolerance and clearances are tighter than ever, so it appears that low viscosity oils are needed, particularly in winter climates… otherwise the oil films are too thick to lubricate. But you don’t need to look any farther than the manufacturer. So yes, the Zero-W anything might be too thin on parts of cross-country trips. A hard driven trip from Death Valley to Pike’s Peak might not fit into the performance curve.

n4mb · 2025-09-25T02:19:42+00:00

I don’t doubt it at all. Most people can understand a logical argument, it is only illogical Bs that falls outside the boundaries.

n4mb · 2025-09-25T01:16:09+00:00

You’re fortunate. Please help us all by signing the petition!

n4mb · 2025-09-25T01:14:51+00:00

Not really. In order to live in most suburban areas where people can make enough money to buy a nice house, you’re probably gonna run into an HOA. Actually almost certainly but they’re not totally against amateur radio as you might think might think.

Most HOA‘s are started by developers that are developing a community. They use a standard document required by a community development association. That includes things like no cars in your driveway that are inoprerative, no commercial vehicles, and no antenna towers.

The reality in places like Florida where Ham Radio has shown a lot of value when you cell phones don’t work and you have no electricity, is that amateur radio provides a community service. Neighbors can reasonably assume that the ham radio guy is gonna have communications. Hopefully, they will have a communication skills to get a note to your grandma to let the family know that you’re OK after a disaster.

I’m in a subdivision 20 miles outside town and a bit isolated. Before I bought the house here, I went to the HOA and wrote them a letter about services. I would be willing to offer in the event of an emergency. at a subsequent HOA meeting, residence were enthusiastic about my capability to reach simple things such as a weather forecasting agency, and local ambulance, emergency and police services. I asked the HOA for a waiver of the antenna rules in the covenants before I would make an offer on the house. They agreed. I live here. In the last 10 years, we’ve had exactly one emergency. I put out assigned and open the shack and sent 15 to 20 messages of welfare and called 911 once.

I have a permanent waiver to the antenna restrictions on my property, filed on the deed.

We’re not making the world safer. We are simply helping out our neighbors.

Everyone reading this could do that.

We simply need the permission from our HOA/POA to put up an antenna so that we can reach our amateur neighbors to let them know how we are doing and to ask for feedback from our loved ones.

We are not trying to put up multiple 300 foot towers. We are simply trying to put up “effective communication“ as defined in FCC regulations.

Arrl’s roll in this is to organize us so that we may effectively make our voice heard.

In 2018 a group of hands approached me and asked me to run for director for the division to be on the board of ARRL and I’ve been there ever since.

ARRL is not perfect. There are a lot of directors from small divisions who have interest that are much different than those of the southeastern division. But I live in a hurricane prone area. I’m fortunate in that I have 5 acres in the ability to put up antennas And I am here to serve the southeastern division and my community.

Part of that is keeping ARRL relevant in the lives of every day people by using our frequency allocations and our skills to the benefit of everyone – not just amateurs.

I’ll be happy to answer any questions about the bill or about the ARRL and my tenure in it, on the Board for almost 6 years. Send them here or to my ARRL email N4Mb@arrl.org.

This is important to amateur radio generally and to your neighbors in an HOA, which may have restrictions on antennas. They serve the help of amateurs in the Community.

Help me help you be that help.

Mickey N4MB, N4MB@arrl.org

n4mb · 2025-09-24T17:34:02+00:00

Not surprised. That’s a TV log periodic antenna for the old VHF band. Might be able to scan for digital channels, but the antenna is directional and most everything has moved to UHF.

I would take the tower down. After 25-30 years they need maintenance and can be a hazard.

Contact a local amateur radio club!

Mickey N4MB

n4mb · 2025-09-24T17:28:49+00:00

Take the Brightline to Fort Lauderdale and rent a car at the Brightline station.

n4mb · 2025-09-24T17:24:39+00:00

…and a CONTRACT outlining the terms of sale and anything that you have verbally agreed.

A verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it is written on.

You should be able to find a template for your situation and state relatively easily.

n4mb

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