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- Thu Jan 02, 2020 5:50 pm
- Forum: Other Weapons
- Topic: Drozd full-auto air pistol review.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4743
Re: Drozd full-auto air pistol review.
Thread necromancy, LEVEL 13! Because that's how many years ago I made it, I think, and I have a neat update: The Drozd STILL WORKS. And I haven't had to use any of the extra seals it came with once. Nor have I had to fix anything. I do use a drop of Crosman pelgun oil on top of the CO2 cylinders, bu...
- Sat Jun 14, 2014 9:04 pm
- Forum: Communications
- Topic: Made a 100 mile contact with a handheld!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3047
Re: Made a 100 mile contact with a handheld!
I did make sure I told them that the sort of range I just got was due to how high up we were. I also told them how repeaters worked, too, and demo'd that later, so they got a good intro. I know better than to have something happen like that and try to pass it off as normal. That would guarantee a pr...
- Wed May 07, 2014 9:15 pm
- Forum: Communications
- Topic: Made a 100 mile contact with a handheld!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3047
Re: Made a 100 mile contact with a handheld!
Well, to be fair, my radio was more than a hundred by quite a bit, and my contact wasn't that well organized, it was just a fluke. I didn't expect it to work that way, I was just doing and demo and suddenly it happened. I don't know what the other guy was using...I guess I need to ask when I send hi...
- Mon May 05, 2014 8:13 pm
- Forum: Communications
- Topic: Made a 100 mile contact with a handheld!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3047
Made a 100 mile contact with a handheld!
It’s common to see people asking about ’50 mile walkie talkies’ and the like, so I figured I’d throw this in for sheer weirdness value. I went to Whiteside mountain this weekend to help one of the schools I’ve been to run a small biology expedition. Things worked great, and one of the other professo...
- Tue Feb 11, 2014 11:15 am
- Forum: Other Weapons
- Topic: My KHHI "Scourge" Khukuri Arrived!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5907
Re: My KHHI "Scourge" Khukuri Arrived!
Ah, ok. My reading comprehension is good, but my picture comprehension is awful, it seems. Thank you!
- Mon Feb 10, 2014 6:28 pm
- Forum: Other Weapons
- Topic: My KHHI "Scourge" Khukuri Arrived!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5907
Re: My KHHI "Scourge" Khukuri Arrived!
One other thing that I can't figure out from the pics, how does the sheath attach to a belt? Or is it just thrust through?
Thanks!
Thanks!
- Sun Feb 09, 2014 7:03 pm
- Forum: Other Weapons
- Topic: My KHHI "Scourge" Khukuri Arrived!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5907
Re: My KHHI "Scourge" Khukuri Arrived!
Is the back edge sharp too, or do you have to special order it?
- Sun Jan 12, 2014 10:15 am
- Forum: Disasters in Current Events
- Topic: Chemical spills into WV river
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3332
Re: Chemical spills into WV river
I've been wondering about groundwater, in my own area the lake upstream is being drained to rebuild a dam, which means the swamps in my area are flooding big time. No danger, but what does it do to my house water? I don't know. On a more relevant note, I am aware that this may be a dumb question but...
- Sun Jan 05, 2014 3:07 pm
- Forum: Bug Out Gear
- Topic: lunchtime MBO fail!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2287
Re: lunchtime MBO fail!
I don't see 'fail', I see a complete success! Ok, it wasn't what you had in mind and it could have been a disaster for real, but that's why you did it BEFORE it was real. Now those problems won't be able to bite you later. Congratulations to both of you on a very effective outing! Meanwhile, wish me...
- Wed Nov 27, 2013 9:47 pm
- Forum: Communications
- Topic: Shortwave Stations
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2310
Re: Shortwave Stations
Shortwave is a HUGE band to just try to find something in. I strongly recommend Prime Time Shortwave to help:
http://www.primetimeshortwave.com/index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
They have schedules for broadcasters by area, time, country, and so on. I use them all the time.
http://www.primetimeshortwave.com/index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
They have schedules for broadcasters by area, time, country, and so on. I use them all the time.
- Mon Nov 11, 2013 9:13 pm
- Forum: Other Weapons
- Topic: Best way to carry a Samuri Sword
- Replies: 49
- Views: 10288
Re: Best way to carry a Samuri Sword
Right, that's the sort I'm referring to. It may not be exactly what the OP is referring to, but for really carrying it around without damage to the sword, I've never found better. Close to five years and not a ding across multiple states and thousands of miles.
- Mon Nov 11, 2013 9:01 pm
- Forum: Other Weapons
- Topic: Best way to carry a Samuri Sword
- Replies: 49
- Views: 10288
Re: Best way to carry a Samuri Sword
Back to the original question, I do occasionally have this problem (most recently when doing a demo for a Children's Church class). While it's not 'ready for battle' style carry, I have a cheap sword bag from Hanwei that I've found fits a great many swords, and has a shoulder strap. The sword is ent...
- Wed May 29, 2013 6:42 pm
- Forum: Other Gear
- Topic: I need a suggestion on a cookset
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2425
Re: I need a suggestion on a cookset
Here's mine, based on a small Kelly Kettle. The bright side is it boils water in under five minutes. The downside is it is a bit bulky. But you don't have to carry fuel, so that offsets it a bit. http://www.zombiehunters.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=84404" onclick="window.open(this.href);return fa...
- Sun May 12, 2013 6:14 pm
- Forum: Communications
- Topic: Questions for HAMS
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2669
Re: Questions for HAMS
It's a very similar problem to what the OP described in terms of reception. The triband antenna (either the mag-mount or the diamond on the handheld, as well as the factory duck) is nearly useless for shortwave listening, CB, HF, and so on. It works great for analog scanning, the air band, and the l...
- Sun May 12, 2013 2:38 pm
- Forum: Communications
- Topic: Questions for HAMS
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2669
Re: Questions for HAMS
One thing I've done myself with my TH-F6A (2m/440/220) is my usual diamond triband antenna on the radio when portable, but when I'm in my car and want something better I have a tri-band magmount antenna, AND an old CB antenna that's worked well for HF/Shortwave listening. I have an antenna switch so...
- Mon Apr 22, 2013 4:54 pm
- Forum: Other Gear
- Topic: KKCK- Kelly Kettle Cook Kit
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2194
Re: KKCK- Kelly Kettle Cook Kit
Thanks for the comments, I didn't expect this thread to return after so long. The reason for the silicon pot holder is just that it's sometimes easier to deal with hot things if you have it, and it doesn't hold dirt like cloth if I use it to set a spoon on, etc. It's proven it's worth. The cotton ra...
- Sat Apr 20, 2013 8:51 pm
- Forum: Other Gear
- Topic: Parker razor with 'full' blade?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1128
Parker razor with 'full' blade?
I noticed these 'disposable' straight razors that take double-edges blades cut in half. I had an idea of using one to get more 'life' out of my non-shaving quality blades, seeing as a dull razor is still a very sharp knife. The thing is, does the blade HAVE to be cut in half to work, or can it use a...
- Tue Apr 02, 2013 7:03 pm
- Forum: Other Gear
- Topic: Whistles
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3180
Re: Whistles
I have a small cylindrical brass one that I found, about the thickness of a pencil and an inch and a half long, on my keys. Very small but very loud. It's rather scuffed up but ten years on it's still there and still works.
- Fri Mar 08, 2013 5:29 pm
- Forum: Other Gear
- Topic: straight razor use in PAW
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2535
Re: straight razor use in PAW
My normal razor is also an old Gillette twin-edge! Works great, and I have (once) managed to resharpen and reuse a blade. Wasn't really worth it, but handy in an emergency. Plus a small razorblade, even after being past 'shaving' use, can have plenty of other possibilities. Wish there was a knife ha...
- Mon Feb 18, 2013 7:58 pm
- Forum: Communications
- Topic: Good Quality COMBO Radio (AM/FM/SW/Wx)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6098
Re: Good Quality COMBO Radio (AM/FM/SW/Wx)
Nice choice! I have two favorites. The cheaper end is a Grundig G6 aviator, the smaller version of the G3, which gets everything you want EXCEPT weather, and the SSB isn't the best. The G3 is a lot better. I can understand SOME ham talk on my G6 but it doesn't tune very well in the ultra-fine ranges...
- Tue Feb 05, 2013 6:57 pm
- Forum: Communications
- Topic: Weekly Net - what mode/freq/time/day?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3389
Re: Weekly Net - what mode/freq/time/day?
Unrelated to making a new one, there is a preparedness net on 3.818 at 9 p.m. EST on Sunday. I only have a THF6A, but I listen in by hanging a wire from a tree. Works great and last Sunday learned a great deal about REAL off-grid construction from several people who have been living like that for so...
- Mon Jan 14, 2013 6:57 pm
- Forum: Communications
- Topic: Looks like there’s some CB enforcement starting…
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1359
Looks like there’s some CB enforcement starting…
I sometimes wonder if I have the only fully legal CB station on the entire I-95 corridor. I’ve heard truckers on 19 say that the FCC has been parking at truck stops and spotting overpowered CB’s, but I didn’t think much was coming of it (I know for a fact that Channel 6 is unusable and I noted a few...
- Mon Jan 14, 2013 6:51 pm
- Forum: Communications
- Topic: The second time, but still funny (pirate vs ham radio)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4434
Re: The second time, but still funny (pirate vs ham radio)
Don't have a flag, but there IS a house here in town that always flies a pirate flag from one of the roof points. I have no idea why. Maybe they're a pirate station who's having to figure out how to explain they're not an amateur...
- Sun Jan 13, 2013 2:33 pm
- Forum: Communications
- Topic: The second time, but still funny (pirate vs ham radio)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4434
The second time, but still funny (pirate vs ham radio)
In a parking lot someone asked me what the ‘funny’ antenna on my car (a triband mag-mount) was for. I told them it was for a ham radio, they didn’t know what that was, so I said “Amateur radio, for a hobby mostly, but it can be handy in an emergency too.” They said “So long as you don’t get caught.”...