The Old Folks Home

[perchie.girl]

I would but I'm so tired, I'd probably fall over.

I'm still tired this morning so I don't imagine I'll be getting much done today except resting my brain, LOL.

Thanks everyone for the congratulations. Yes, it was hard work but a very sweet victory.

You really should check into the program. I took a tutoring program on Youtube. The manual is 35 chapters of pure hades but a guy that goes by the name The HAM Whisperer compresses it and delivers a synopsis using study questions that he explains one by one. Makes it a lot easier. I would knock off a chapter or two a day then went to a self testing site that gave you a sample of questions from the pool of 400 questions that they use. It was amazing to track my progress with the tests, starting out at an abysmal 47 and winding up with 100%. The whole process cost me 35 dollars. 20$ for the manual on Kindle and 15$ for the test. Right now we are using hand held radios that DH found for 25$ each on Banggood.com to use until he gets his big receiver and transmitter going. They work okay but are kind of limited. It's not a cheap hobby but considering the public services they do it's well worth the expense.

DH was trained in radio electronics when he was in the Army and repaired tape recorders for the agency so he's well prepared to do a rebuild on a receiver that he bought 10 years ago. We still have to figure out a tower or antenna to use. Right now the challenge is where to put it and how to ground it so it doesn't turn the house with it's metal roof and siding into a huge lightening rod.

Mom tried going for her license back in 67-70 Dad built her an antenna from a Heathkit. That was when CBs were the "big thing" around here. No Cell phones. She still keeps a scanner in her bedroom.

Some of the clubs would do rabbit hunts around town it was fun to listen in.

She never tried to do the test though.

Congratulations... A skill well needed

deb

 

[Peep_Show]

Yay deb! Glad to see you stopped in for an update AND that you're healing up. Soon it'll be in your rearview mirror.

The flu crud going around is a menace to society. Trying to limit exposure and trips to the store or gas station until the season passes.

Congrats, chicki. What's your handle?

We had grapple -- small snow pellets -- this morning. Specks here and there... Looked like someone fertilized the lawn with a push spreader.

Looks like the Santa Fe place is going to be a "go" as the repair estimates are coming in far lower than what we expected. We -- and 5 other folks -- put in a bid the first day it came on the market.... However, I had a late showing and got to personally meet the owner, and I admit I have a soft spot for frail elders. Found out she's moving to Fort Worth so her daughter can take care of her as her mind is slipping. Sweet senior and I think I made a positive impression. Anyway, so now we get to deal with the joys of deferred maintenance -- Why is this the norm for little old lady residents? Not my first rodeo as Mom was infamous for putting stuff off -- of replacing rotted lintels, a rotted utility roof shed, radon mitigation and eventually replacing the pumice-based roof which, hopefully, we can squeeze five more years out of. (Pumice as a roofing material was banned in Santa Fe in 2009, so reroofing will be expensive as tons of it will have to be removed and hauled away.)
On the whole, this has been quite a learning experience, filled with excitement and assorted disappointments. I will be most happy once this is a done deal as my studio and garage has been usurped for storage of items that need to be offloaded to new environs.

 

[ronott1]

There s some glitch in the system. It isn't showing the first attempt to download the pic and is showing it as a broken link but when I go to edit, it isn't there. I just love technology......not.

Try clearing the cache in the browser

 

[MrsMistyReal]

Mom tried going for her license back in 67-70 Dad built her an antenna from a Heathkit. That was when CBs were the "big thing" around here. No Cell phones. She still keeps a scanner in her bedroom.

Some of the clubs would do rabbit hunts around town it was fun to listen in.

She never tried to do the test though.

Congratulations... A skill well needed

deb

Love the cb. How ya feeling today? Glad to see you're out & bout. Stay rested and hydrated

 

[perchie.girl]

My husband is rebuilding a R390A:

It's an 80 pound beast of a receiver but he was trained to repair and maintain them during his days with the agency. This unit is 55 years old and cost the US government 2800 dollars new. The price of a new car back then.

I used to design rack mount equipment for the Telecommunications industry... You can buy drawer slides to fasten to those screw mounts and setup a small rack for dealing with the weight and bulk. They will extend out fully so you can get around all six sides of the electronics for repair work and maintenenence.

All the components can be bought including the racks at military surplus stores. We have a few here in San Diego... So let me know later if you need something and I will go dig. Me LOVES surpluss stuff.

Built a whole test unit for proof of life.... With components from a trash bin at work and some Teflon coated wire from the surplus store.

I miss those days. BTW I am the Mechanical end for designs... I leave the sparky stuff to the experts.

deb

 

[CapricornFarm]

Wish me luck. I am searching for bunny water nipples, cage pliers and clamps, as well as nuts and washers for the trailer today. Send the search and rescue as i may be pinned under avalanche of stuff in the shed!

 

[microchick]

Thanks Ron, I'll do that.

Don't have my FCC ID yet. It will begin with a K is all I know. All US HAMS call signs begin with a K or a W. DH's begins with K, then a letter, then a number then 3 more letters. You can get vanity call numbers but usually around here to ID on the radio it's your FCC number so mine will be Becky, K_-_-___ You add your own first name because as soon as you log in they ask you what your name is.

Perchie. Call your local chapter of the American Cancer Society concerning transportation. I think they offer a service for cancer treatment patients.

Man o man, what is that old saying about God looking after fools and idiots and people like me?

I went out this morning to discover that I had left the pop door open on the bachelor pen. To make it even worse it was down to 5 degrees this morning. No carnage, no piles of feathers. Just little faces eagerly watching for me to come with the water jug and a slice of bread for them.

I was so tired last night but thought I had locked it up. Poor babies. Guess they are tougher than I thought they were.

 

[perchie.girl]

Looks like the Santa Fe place is going to be a "go" as the repair estimates are coming in far lower than what we expected. We -- and 5 other folks -- put in a bid the first day it came on the market.... However, I had a late showing and got to personally meet the owner, and I admit I have a soft spot for frail elders. Found out she's moving to Fort Worth so her daughter can take care of her as her mind is slipping. Sweet senior and I think I made a positive impression. Anyway, so now we get to deal with the joys of deferred maintenance -- Why is this the norm for little old lady residents? Not my first rodeo as Mom was infamous for putting stuff off -- of replacing rotted lintels, a rotted utility roof shed, radon mitigation and eventually replacing the pumice-based roof which, hopefully, we can squeeze five more years out of. (Pumice as a roofing material was banned in Santa Fe in 2009, so reroofing will be expensive as tons of it will have to be removed and hauled away.)
On the whole, this has been quite a learning experience, filled with excitement and assorted disappointments. I will be most happy once this is a done deal as my studio and garage has been usurped for storage of items that need to be offloaded to new environs.

Peep.... Are you moving? Santa Fe is an awesome place.

deb

 

[microchick]

Thanks Perchie! DH says thanks also and he will let you know . At the moment he has been finding capacitors and the like on Ebay. Amazing that they are still around.

Yes, the R390A is one hundred percent vacuum tubes. Completely old school. He thinks there is 26 tubes in it.. We are amazed how popular they are in the HAM world. He's had it up and running already but needs to replace some capacitors and the like. There are already people wanting to either buy it from him or trade him for a more modern transceiver. Don't know if he will or not as this is his baby.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I used to design rack mount equipment for the Telecommunications industry... You can buy drawer slides to fasten to those screw mounts and setup a small rack for dealing with the weight and bulk. They will extend out fully so you can get around all six sides of the electronics for repair work and maintenenence.

All the components can be bought including the racks at military surplus stores. We have a few here in San Diego... So let me know later if you need something and I will go dig. Me LOVES surpluss stuff.

Built a whole test unit for proof of life.... With components from a trash bin at work and some Teflon coated wire from the surplus store.

I miss those days. BTW I am the Mechanical end for designs... I leave the sparky stuff to the experts.

deb

Wow good morning happy to see here