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by ke7vux
Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:24 pm
Forum: Login Problems? Check Here!
Topic: Login Problems
Replies: 4
Views: 30227

Re: Login Problems

Logged out and logged back in without incident, Jim.

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by ke7vux
Fri May 07, 2010 10:01 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Tower dealer in Cascade
Replies: 4
Views: 7168

Re: Tower dealer in Cascade

I forgot to note that the towers are self-supporting - no guy wires running around your yard.

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by ke7vux
Thu May 06, 2010 9:25 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Tower dealer in Cascade
Replies: 4
Views: 7168

Tower dealer in Cascade

I have no affiliation with the folks, just happened upon them when looking for parts for a new-to-me HDBX40 tower. ChinookDistributing.com in Cascade, MT sells wind turbines made in Montana. That's interesting and has some appeal, but to support the installation of their wind turbines, they are also...
by ke7vux
Tue May 04, 2010 2:33 pm
Forum: Trivia
Topic: Field Day
Replies: 2
Views: 5996

Re: Field Day

1 year before the Glacier-Waterton hamfest started.

And since Field Day is not a Contest, everyone who participated were winners. :D
by ke7vux
Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:46 am
Forum: Trivia
Topic: First Live broadcast of a Major League Baseball game
Replies: 4
Views: 8677

Re: First Live broadcast of a Major League Baseball game

Hummmm, here is the information I have, although my sources say it wasn't in Oakland. ::) The first baseball radio broadcast was on August 5, 1921. The game was broadcast by KDKA 1020 AM of Pittsburgh, and the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Philadelphia Phillies, 8-5. It was broadcast by Harold Ar...
by ke7vux
Tue Mar 16, 2010 4:07 pm
Forum: Trivia
Topic: First Live broadcast of a Major League Baseball game
Replies: 4
Views: 8677

Re: First Live broadcast of a Major League Baseball game

The stadium no longer exists. It was torn down around 1970. My father watched many games there, but I never knew it. Home plate is inside of a University dormitory now - I almost stopped to see it, and a section of the outfield wall, but my then 8 week old had other plans. The stadium was located in...
by ke7vux
Fri Mar 12, 2010 10:20 am
Forum: Trivia
Topic: First Live broadcast of a Major League Baseball game
Replies: 4
Views: 8677

First Live broadcast of a Major League Baseball game

Sports don't seem to generate quite the fervor around here as they did back where I'm from - which is OK, since I wasn't as rabid as the rest, though I'm having a new appreciation for my father's habits as I grow older. ;) In any case.. First Live broadcast of a Major League Baseball game took place...
by ke7vux
Fri Mar 12, 2010 10:18 am
Forum: Trivia
Topic: Resistor Color Code
Replies: 6
Views: 10894

Re: Resistor Color Code

N7YO wrote:You got it right Tom! Thanks for your input. Now, do you have a trivia question for us? 8)
Hey, no one said that was part of the deal!

OK. I'll play.

New post..
by ke7vux
Fri Mar 12, 2010 12:24 am
Forum: Trivia
Topic: Resistor Color Code
Replies: 6
Views: 10894

Re: Resistor Color Code

As above, from the left to right, Black is 0, Brown is 1, Red 2, Orange 3, Yellow 4, Green 5, Blue 6, Violet 7, Grey 8, White 9.

BBROYGBVGW - Black Brown Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Violet Gray White. (...But Violet Goes Willingly)
0123456789
by ke7vux
Thu Mar 11, 2010 9:16 am
Forum: Trivia
Topic: Resistor Color Code
Replies: 6
Views: 10894

Re: Resistor Color Code

BBROYGBVGW - Black Brown Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Violet Gray White. (...But Violet Goes Willingly) 0123456789 Gold, Silver, or lack of specifies tolerance of 5, 10, or 20% Take the first two colors, then multiply by 10^(third color) I cheated and pulled out the reference book though. I memorize...

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