One good thing that happened to you today

[Ibex]

Played well when I went bowling with my dad and my cousin.
730 something.
Which is nice to do the day before a bowling match.
We should be able to win against the team we're meeting without too much of a hassle though.

[IanSaysHi]

I almost completely finished my Xmas shopping. And cooked a roast. And baked some mince pies. Oops, that was three things :/

[Cridders88]

Got the gold trophy on Rise Of The Tomb Raider on PS4

Yeah, not a lot happened today.

[InbetweenDreams]

Well after 2 days of trying to do all sorts of improvements with my ham raido stuff I did finally get everything done. Attempted to put up 30 feet of pipe to serve as a pole to put my antennas one, for several reasons decided not to go through with it and returned the pipe and so on... However, I did get the LMR-400 coax put in and it made a huge difference... The RG-8X is too lossy on VHF (and even worse on UHF). I run 75 watts and maybe 30 watts was making it to the antenna...now with the LMR-400 in addition to shortening the length by going out the window probably closer to 68-70...

Anyway really had a terrible time getting the connectors on (PL-259). Me having not done a whole lot of it didn't really know the trick to it...so because I did it wrong the first few attempts the antenna analyzer said the SWR was like 6:1 which is bad (anything higher than 2:1 is not good, really should be better than 1.5:1)... I finally decided to google around because I thought there must be a special connector for this LMR cable as it is way bigger in diameter than the RG-8X and the connectors were just barely getting in...

So I figured out the trick and with not the best tools got it all sorted out.

So yeah...geeking out big time this weekend lol

[SilverBullet]

Well after 2 days of trying to do all sorts of improvements with my ham raido stuff I did finally get everything done. Attempted to put up 30 feet of pipe to serve as a pole to put my antennas one, for several reasons decided not to go through with it and returned the pipe and so on... However, I did get the LMR-400 coax put in and it made a huge difference... The RG-8X is too lossy on VHF (and even worse on UHF). I run 75 watts and maybe 30 watts was making it to the antenna...now with the LMR-400 in addition to shortening the length by going out the window probably closer to 68-70...

Anyway really had a terrible time getting the connectors on (PL-259). Me having not done a whole lot of it didn't really know the trick to it...so because I did it wrong the first few attempts the antenna analyzer said the SWR was like 6:1 which is bad (anything higher than 2:1 is not good, really should be better than 1.5:1)... I finally decided to google around because I thought there must be a special connector for this LMR cable as it is way bigger in diameter than the RG-8X and the connectors were just barely getting in...

So I figured out the trick and with not the best tools got it all sorted out.

So yeah...geeking out big time this weekend lol

NEEERRRRD!!!!!




j/k j/k lol, glad you got it sorted out though .
I was beginning to wonder if you were gonna let a wire get the best of you .

[Emiliano]

I got to see the wine cellars in the foundation of the Brooklyn Bridge today, and I made over $50 in tips.

[InbetweenDreams]

I am saying this here. The response to my introduction here was an insult. Maybe talking about myself makes some people angry.

NEEERRRRD!!!!!




j/k j/k lol, glad you got it sorted out though .
I was beginning to wonder if you were gonna let a wire get the best of you .

Ugh!!! That stuff is difficult to work with if you don't know how to work with it... The cable is thick, very stiff.

My thumb bled a couple times and from being poked from trying to twist the copper wires are all raw...

Now that I have it figured out probably take all of a minute to put a connector on, but the other "classic" thing that I do (and did a couple of times) was forget to put the sleeve on for the connector...SOOO I would have to de-solder the tip or cut it off and try again... All while not trying to burn the shite out of myself with a hot soldering iron...

To put things in perspective...



The LMR-400 is a lot like the RG-8 at the bottom...but slightly larger and also has an inner foil jacket under the braided shield...

Then you have all the different connectors.... PL-259 (aka UHF) on the top left..

[Shawn]

Yesterday was my day off so I could sleep all day :3

[Dan1980]

Had supervision at work and it went well

[MajorasMasc]

I managed to finish cleaning up and organizing my Active Directory (computer network) at work today. I came into my job with it being a big mess and it just feels so good.