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    Small Portable Radio's?

    That could have been one of my posts... Back in the 90s I built a rig with a car radio being fed by a Signal Magnet Antenna Noise Reduction Kit from Ramsey Electronics that responds only to the magnetic field of the desired station and ignores the electrostatic field where most interference is...
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    Best refrigerator?

    If I were buying a new fridge I'd pass on all of the current mass offerings. I would want one that will save as much energy as possible over the course of its service life. I would also like one that may be powered from a modest solar array and one that is designed to hold up better during power...
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    Anyone else gathering necessities (food, water, etc.)?

    Those looking for long term store-able food should check out Honeyville farms. They have a great shipping policy. No matter how big your order is the shipping is capped at $4.99 -- even if you order 250 lbs of food. Since the expense of putting food by has come up a couple times as an issue...
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    Big solar storm coming?

    It is a question of when not if.
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    Anyone else gathering necessities (food, water, etc.)?

    I've been 'gathering necessities' for over four decades and it has been very good for me...a good life choice. I like the suggestion(s) to buy legumes and rice and in big bags (25-50 lbs) but there are some caveats that must be thought about if you want the most bang for your buck. My cardinal...
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    suggestions for me in order not to have a regret life in the future

    To the OP: Strive to know yourself. This has had a greater impact on my life than anything else. Of course...it's not always pretty...
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    What advice would you give someone in a massive disaster

    The Subject line says we're talking about a MASSIVE DISASTER in this thread. I can not think of any type of massive disaster where any stores would be open and selling food 1-2 weeks into it. I wrote that about the aftermath of Katrina years ago as it was still unfolding. Even almost 10 years...
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    What advice would you give someone in a massive disaster

    I think a pandemic threat or a bioterror event means that a week or two of food and water is just not going to cut it. The National Government calls these 'shelter in place' events. (Read QUARANTINE). They may be long, come as you are parties where people in uniforms with guns may prevent you...
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    Anyone here a shortwave radio listener?

    I was an avid SWL for about 40 years. I can still remember listening to HCJB, "The Voice of the Andes" as a kid in the 1950s. In the 70s I got news from Europe on SW via 'the polar hop' when I lived in the Upper Kuskoquim area in Alaska. It was pretty good except for the flutter. Anyone...
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    SLA, Does this sound right?

    I also suspect the charger. I have searched and found many tables for State of Charge for AGM SLAs and they seem to be all over the place (voltage wise) for 50%. I tend to operate on the conservative side, not going below 12.50v (with the battery in a resting state) under anything but an...
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    Pak-Lite 9v LED light - what do you think ?

    I love Pak-Lites. We have many of them. (I'm only talking about the Originals and Supers, NOT THE BASICS) They come in a bazillion LED colors and combinations of colors within one light and their runtime is fabulous. They are also 9V vampires. The package is so small and discrete that few are...
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    Small Portable Radio's?

    I still drop off dead secondaries at RS and to pick up the occasional switch or indicator light. The biggest change I've noticed over the years in my area is that about 95% of their business has to do with cell phones... Thirty years ago we had four RSs downtown within six blocks selling all...
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    Small Portable Radio's?

    I do enjoy the hobby but I'll admit to being different than most here. I'd bet that people hang out here for many different reasons. My being here probably goes a long way towards proving that point. I'm ok with that. And no, I don't have any Li-on lights. They just don't do anything for me...
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    Small Portable Radio's?

    I could not agree more. While I use radios on a daily basis they are all also emergency equipment from my point of view. Between my day to day use patterns and my needing to get the most out of them when the chips are down Li-on just can't cut it for me. Besides the general lack of user...
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    An Emergency Water Epiphany

    The term comes from the title of the book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, "The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable" From Amazon: "...His main subject matter is "decision making under opacity", that is, a map and a protocol on how we should live in a world we don't understand..." It's a...
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