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0. 12:08 AM - Just A Few More Days... (Matt Dralle)
1. 06:03 AM - Re: Antenna Switchbox plans/know-how?Antenna Switchbox plans/know-how? (Charles Heathco)
2. 08:34 AM - RV series belly/wing tank/cargo pod (Smcm75@aol.com)
3. 08:54 AM - Holiday Tool Frustration (Paul Besing)
4. 03:49 PM - Re: Antenna Switchbox plans/know-how?Antenna Switchbox plans/know-how? (Bill Hood)
5. 05:47 PM - Re: Antenna Switchbox plans/know-how?Antenna Switchbox plans/know-how? (Carl Froehlich)
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| Subject: | Just A Few More Days... |
Dear Listers,
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| Subject: | Re: Antenna Switchbox plans/know-how?Antenna Switchbox plans/know-how? |
This is how I have mine set up, takes a little fiddling, but its solid,
just reach under panel, twist , pull off and put on my handheldt. I have
considered bringing it out thru the panel, but havent do so. I have only
had to use my handheld once, and that was with my cherokee 140 a while
back. Charles H
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| Subject: | RV series belly/wing tank/cargo pod |
Gentleman and Ladies:
I have developed the mold and plug for a fiberglass removable belly/wing
tank or cargo pod. It is shaped like a WWII P-38 wing tank with a laminar flow
cross section and is 52" long by 12" in diameter and holds 14 gals and is
fabricated of either fiberglass or carbon fiber. I am soliciting interest to see
where I go from here with production plans. This tank/pod with fit on
practicall any experimental aircraft high or low wing.
Please let me know your interest level.
Regards,
Scott Morrow
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| Subject: | Holiday Tool Frustration |
a little tool humor to get you through the holidays
do not archive
Paul Besing
COMMON TOOLS DEFINED
DRILL PRESS: A
tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock
out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your
beer across the room, denting the freshly-painted vertical stabilizer
which you had carefully set in the corner where nothing could get to it.
WIRE WHEEL: Cleans
paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with
the speed of light. Also removes fingerprints and hard-earned calluses
from fingers in about the time it takes you to say, "Oh sh*t..."
SKILL SAW: A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short.
PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the creation of blood-blisters.
BELT SANDER: An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor touch-up jobs
into major refinishing jobs.
HACKSAW: One
of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle. It
transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion, and the
more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future
becomes.
VISE-GRIPS: Generally
used after pliers to completely round off bolt heads. If nothing else
is available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to
the palm of your hand.
WELDING GLOVES: Heavy duty leather gloves used to prolong the conduction of intense
welding heat to the palm of your hand.
OXYACETYLENE TORCH: Used
almost entirely for lighting various flammable objects in your shop on
fire. Also handy for igniting the grease inside the wheel hub out of
which you want to remove a bearing race.
TABLE SAW: A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch wood projectiles
for testing wall integrity.
E-Z OUT BOLT AND STUD EXTRACTOR: A tool ten times harder than any known drill bit
that snaps neatly off in bolt holes thereby ending any possible future use.
BAND SAW: A
large stationary power saw primarily used by most shops to cut good
aluminium sheet into smaller pieces that more easily fit into the trash
can after you cut on the inside of the line instead of the outside edge.
TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST: A tool for testing the maximum tensile strength of everything
you forgot to disconnect.
CRAFTSMAN 1/2 x 24-INCH SCREWDRIVER: A very large pry bar that inexplicably has
an accurately machined screwdriver tip on the end opposite the handle.
PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally
used to stab the vacuum seals under lids or for opening old-style
paper-and-tin oil cans and splashing oil on your shirt; but can also be
used, as the name implies, to strip out Phillips screw heads.
STRAIGHT SCREWDRIVER: A tool for opening paint cans. Sometimes used to convert
common slotted screws into non-removable screws.
PRY BAR: A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or bracket you
needed to remove in order to replace a 50 cent part.
HOSE CUTTER: A tool used to make hoses too short.
HAMMER: Originally
employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of
divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we
are trying to hit.
D*MMIT TOOL: Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the garage while yelling
'D*MMIT!' at the top of your lungs. It is also, most often, the next tool
that you will need.
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| Subject: | Re: Antenna Switchbox plans/know-how?Antenna Switchbox plans/know-how? |
I make no claims of expertise on this subject but, I came across this
site and product and it would seem to overcome the problem of sending
the signal from one comm unit to the other. Anyone care to comment?
http://www.datapro.net/products/data-switch-manual-bnc.html
bill hood rv-7 997Z
hoodcom
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| Subject: | Antenna Switchbox plans/know-how?Antenna Switchbox plans/know-how? |
This switch is for low power data, not for transmitting.
Simple antenna switches are available. Some examples:
http://www.universal-radio.com/CATALOG/switch/1864.html
http://www.hamstick.com/cs201.htm
Another way to go is to have a separate antenna for your backup radio. That
way if you have an antenna problem you don't lose both radios. A wingtip
antenna or a homebrew wire antennas in the cowl would work fine in this
backup role.
I flew my 8A for three years with a homebrew wingtip antenna, then added a
belly bent whip antenna when I took the plane down for painting. The belly
antenna works better, but I got along just fine with the wingtip one as
well. The wing tip one is now wired to "COMM 2".
Carl Froehlich
RV8A (450 hrs)
RV-10 (fuselage)
From: owner-rv-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-rv-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Bill Hood
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 6:54 PM
Subject: Re: RV-List: Antenna Switchbox plans/know-how?Antenna Switchbox
plans/know-how?
I make no claims of expertise on this subject but, I came across this site
and product and it would seem to overcome the problem of sending the signal
from one comm unit to the other. Anyone care to comment?
http://www.datapro.net/products/data-switch-manual-bnc.html
bill hood rv-7 997Z
hoodcom
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