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[danlb]

That's an awfully odd way for a regulation to work. I found a discussion of it on https://hothardware.com/news/califor...-energy-law-ma...

[danlb]

It's good to hear that you are OK. I can't imagine how it must be there. It's amazing that 300+ lives were lost and not a peep in the western news channels....

[danlb]

I see that your PC checked-in today. How are you doing? Did things finally settle down?

Dan...

[danlb]

Yay! So glad to hear that you were able to do all the right things.

Dan

[danlb]

The Sten gun is easy to build in a machine shop. But it requires ammunition.

Shop weapons might include heating metal bits and throwing...

[danlb]

If there is any justice in this world, a nice guy like Plunger will come out of this OK. Good luck!

Dan

[danlb]

Gun laws are the silliest things ever. In Calif they are designed exclusively to discourage buyers and owners. I need to pick up some ammo before...

[danlb]

If you don't know what the end goal is, you might want to proceed with caution. It's easy to run afoul of regulations when you work on someone else's...

[danlb]

You have to be careful. 45 years ago I had one power tool. It was a Craftsman VSR that was built like a tank. I bought an accessory that required...

[danlb]

Thanks. The general test is 35 questions (same as tech) but from a different pool of possibilities. The general seems to require more radio theory and...

[danlb]

I finished reading through the roughly 1000 questions that are used for the HAM radio license test. Most were either a) common sense, b) same as CB...

[danlb]

As mentioned here, solid carbide bars are much heavier and stiffer, so they can go about 8 diameters deep. Even the small ones. I have bars in a variety...

[danlb]

d     k     depth
1/4  4      1
3/8  4.6   1.7
1/2  5      2.5
5/8  5.4   3.4
3/4  5.7   4.3
1     6.4   6.3

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[danlb]

I got a dual band HAM (BeoFeng U5R) radio (2 meter and 70cm) for less than $25 from Banggood. It appears to work well. I tested it on the FRS / GMRS...