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- Mon Jun 23, 2025 9:22 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Been an "interesting" month with the shingles
- Replies: 15
- Views: 431
Re: Been an "interesting" month with the shingles
. Lidocaine patches can help the acute pain - the herpes zoster ('shingles') virus hides and reappears in schwann cells, which form the insulin around nerve cells - their destruction causes all sorts of severe neurologic pain. Sometimes the methylated B's (products like MethylGuard Plus from Thorne)...
- Sat Jun 21, 2025 9:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ruger M77 Mark II BOLT GUNS
- Replies: 5
- Views: 152
Re: Ruger M77 Mark II BOLT GUNS
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Seems like some matte stainless is very rust prone (not just Rugers).
Seems like some matte stainless is very rust prone (not just Rugers).
- Sat Jun 21, 2025 9:28 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Well we just BOMBED Iran…
- Replies: 8
- Views: 240
Well we just BOMBED Iran…
. IMG_5991.jpeg In a way I guess it is kind of sad to see all the stuff there that Obama worked so hard to help them build wind up being destroyed… Hopefully this will turn out well. Watch out for awakening sleeper cells though…! (…not that they weren’t going to ‘wake up’ and cause trouble here in t...
- Sat Jun 21, 2025 2:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Great accuracy from a Henry 327 big boy
- Replies: 4
- Views: 168
Re: Great accuracy from a Henry 327 big boy
. Well thanks for posting that - it gives me some 'hope'. I bought the same gun a few years back, and couldn't find a factory load that shot within 5 inches at 30 yards or so, so I was going to actually try one more time (different scope) and if no results, return the gun for warranty or just to get...
- Sat Jun 21, 2025 2:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Been an "interesting" month with the shingles
- Replies: 15
- Views: 431
Re: Been an "interesting" month with the shingles
. It does seem the chlorine-dioxide and other things the FLCCC group publishes are helpful. There are others publishing much of the same so it isn't just a blip, but something numerous people are coming across. Once you can explain a MECHANISM why an unexpected thing works, the use of it becomes muc...
- Fri Jun 20, 2025 8:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Been an "interesting" month with the shingles
- Replies: 15
- Views: 431
Re: Been an "interesting" month with the shingles
. One thing to keep in mind is that if you get shingles it means your immune system 'dropped its guard' momentarily - sometimes due to another (hopefully mild) illness, or a week of overtime, marital stress, or minor surgery. However sometimes the other issue distracting the immune system is more se...
- Fri Jun 20, 2025 5:52 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: I wonder if Albuquerque will lighten up on 'guns'...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 92
I wonder if Albuquerque will lighten up on 'guns'...
. It is NOT a gun-friendly place compared to Indiana, but certainly seems to have 'issues' with violence against their citizens. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/albuquerque-turns-to-national-guard-for-help-with-crime-but-concerns-remain/vi-AA1H3HNR I'm not sure calling in unarmed National Guard tr...
- Thu Jun 19, 2025 1:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Primitive Irons vs Fancy Optics
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1546
Re: Primitive Irons vs Fancy Optics
. No problem quoting or forwarding or whatever. I'd be interested in other people's experience if they try this setup. I plan to get it in the hands of a friend who shoots competitively to see his thoughts. All I know is it works for me so far (need to replace the front sight with a lower one - I ov...
- Wed Jun 18, 2025 2:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sub-MOA at 200 yards with a 10/22…!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 87
Sub-MOA at 200 yards with a 10/22…!
. Granted, he put a bunch of money into the gun, but that’s better than any bolt action 22 I’ve ever shot. It would be quite fun to have any 22 long rifle that capable. https://youtu.be/mSW4xdTor9k It’s always fun to see people push the limits past what is expected I’d love to see somebody take a ‘p...
- Mon Jun 16, 2025 9:01 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Good description of the current Healthcare Mess
- Replies: 1
- Views: 128
Good description of the current Healthcare Mess
. Carlson once again interviews someone who is turning over government rocks to expose the slimy vermin underneath - this time it is the 'health care system' that is being exposed as the third-party-interference racket it is. https://rumble.com/v6pwcey-dr.-richard-bosshardt-reveals-deadly-truth-most...
- Mon Jun 16, 2025 6:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: To our UK Members
- Replies: 5
- Views: 292
- Mon Jun 16, 2025 6:04 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Is China as Smart as Israel...???
- Replies: 1
- Views: 276
Is China as Smart as Israel...???
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Given the internal-drone attack Israel set up against Iran, and all the farmland parcels near military bases in the US now owned by Chinese, I think there is a potential problem...
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/0 ... side-iran/
Given the internal-drone attack Israel set up against Iran, and all the farmland parcels near military bases in the US now owned by Chinese, I think there is a potential problem...
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/0 ... side-iran/
- Sun Jun 15, 2025 8:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Primitive Irons vs Fancy Optics
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1546
Re: Primitive Irons vs Fancy Optics
. I got the fiber-optic front (unfortunately guessed the wrong height, so have to get a lower one - it will only be 0.07" taller than the original factory front sight, which was a fairly standard little nub labeled 0.180" in the parts diagram (1911 9mm double stack Rock Island). So any con...
- Sun Jun 15, 2025 7:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What's your percentage?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 635
Re: What's your percentage?
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Slightly over half of my rifles are leverguns, then in descending order, semiautos (including a bunch of 10/22's each destined for each one of the kids and grandkids), bolt actions, and a couple single-shots.
Handguns are about 50% revolvers and 50% semiautos.
Slightly over half of my rifles are leverguns, then in descending order, semiautos (including a bunch of 10/22's each destined for each one of the kids and grandkids), bolt actions, and a couple single-shots.
Handguns are about 50% revolvers and 50% semiautos.
- Sun Jun 15, 2025 11:11 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Can top eject 94 be modified to angle eject?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4289
Re: Can top eject 94 be modified to angle eject?
. If you have any pictures of what you did that would be cool. Did you use a Dremel, or hand-file, or what (for the receiver work)...? I do agree that unless one has an 'irreplacable collectible' that is is fine to modify it if you need to (after all it is YOUR gun). If there is an affordable new gu...
- Sun Jun 15, 2025 11:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy Birthday...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 101
Re: Happy Birthday...
. Yep. The primary function of the Federal government, and one it still does reasonably well (powerful and capable, but bureaucratic and ineficient). Most of the other things are far less important, and many aren't even really in the purview of the Feds. Too bad all the imbeciles are out there 'prot...
- Sun Jun 15, 2025 11:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lite primer strike
- Replies: 6
- Views: 296
Re: Lite primer strike
A complete disassembly of the bolt and locking block will show you the cause. Yep - you MIGHT be able to use some brake-cleaning fluid or WD-40 or whatever to spray right into the firing-pin hole in the bolt-face, and see if that helps. But if it doesn't you'll need to disassemble it to figure out ...
- Sun Jun 15, 2025 10:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Interesting comparison between the .44 Magnum and .44-40
- Replies: 40
- Views: 6926
Re: Interesting comparison between the .44 Magnum and .44-40
That's very useful expansion over 36 grains of Swiss FFg. The late Mike Venturino and others have mentioned the thinner case neck on the .44 WCF vs the .44 Magnum as being more delicate. I have not yet loaded enough of the former to have any issues with the brass, but have used mostly Starline. The...
- Sat Jun 14, 2025 8:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The 454 Casull best information ever posted about it
- Replies: 55
- Views: 25792
Re: The 454 Casull best information ever posted about it
Just resurrecting this thread Tutt as it was such a great read. It was interesting to hear NKJ mention that the first three years of Rossi 454's had the early production run issues and they sorted a lot of it out by 2005. I was trying to find another thread where testing was done in the 80's I thin...
- Fri Jun 13, 2025 7:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: When do you need to add trailer brakes..?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 241
When do you need to add trailer brakes..?
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How heavy would a 2" ball-towed trailer need to be before it would need its own brakes wired in (pulled by a half-ton pickup truck)...???
How heavy would a 2" ball-towed trailer need to be before it would need its own brakes wired in (pulled by a half-ton pickup truck)...???
- Fri Jun 13, 2025 1:45 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: I think of Germany in the 1930's...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1397
Re: I think of Germany in the 1930's...
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If it weren't for some coincidences, I would have grown up in Oregon, which isn't much better.
Thankfully, Indiana is pretty 'redneck' when it comes to firearms.
If it weren't for some coincidences, I would have grown up in Oregon, which isn't much better.
Thankfully, Indiana is pretty 'redneck' when it comes to firearms.
- Fri Jun 13, 2025 6:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Here We Go Again
- Replies: 5
- Views: 572
Re: Here We Go Again
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I realized I have had four AMT firearms - a 'Government' 1911, a 'Backup' in 380, and a 'Lightning' and 'Hunter' in 22 LR (clones of the Ruger Mk2 pistol and 10/22, respectively).
I agree with keeping your 'car kit' upgraded when times show more risk present, for sure...
I realized I have had four AMT firearms - a 'Government' 1911, a 'Backup' in 380, and a 'Lightning' and 'Hunter' in 22 LR (clones of the Ruger Mk2 pistol and 10/22, respectively).
I agree with keeping your 'car kit' upgraded when times show more risk present, for sure...
- Fri Jun 13, 2025 6:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Vintage Airplane videos - pretty cool
- Replies: 2
- Views: 209
Vintage Airplane videos - pretty cool
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The planes are better now, in practical ways, just like the cars - but the planes of the 50's, like the cars, were pretty cool...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peoplea ... i-AA1FhFh1
The planes are better now, in practical ways, just like the cars - but the planes of the 50's, like the cars, were pretty cool...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peoplea ... i-AA1FhFh1
- Thu Jun 12, 2025 6:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who bought the last guns you sold?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 945
Re: Who bought the last guns you sold?
I've gotten so upset with myself for selling guns that I miss now that I don't sell guns any more, I just buy them. Although I was always careful to do due-diligence so as not to sell one to anyone 'shady', after 50 years of gun ownership, I seldom sell anything now other than to friends or relativ...
- Thu Jun 12, 2025 6:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Reports Of My Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated
- Replies: 13
- Views: 650
Re: Reports Of My Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated
. Glad to hear you're doing ok. It is in the nature of some folks to move along from time to time, and sometimes return, sometimes not. Just like moving physically from place to place, or state to state. Some are natural-born wanderers, and others seldom leave their zip code their entire life. I'm i...
- Thu Jun 12, 2025 6:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lathes and 'Mini-mills'...???
- Replies: 9
- Views: 423
Lathes and 'Mini-mills'...???
. I doubt I'll ever venture into the metal lathe thing, but have always been curious as to the 'mini-mills'... I'm sure if I posted this question on a machining-site or forum, I'd get a bunch of folks telling me that if you don't spend $20,000 on a 'real' setup, you are a fool, yet those are the sam...
- Thu Jun 12, 2025 5:37 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: What do Doris Day, the Beach Boys, Charles Manson, and MK-Ultra have in common...?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1605
Re: What do Doris Day, the Beach Boys, Charles Manson, and MK-Ultra have in common...?
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... further connecting the dots between C and I and A is this interview of Jeffrey Sachs by Tucker Carlson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=677g2SsetMs
It is fascinating (and frightening) to see history in such a perspective.
... further connecting the dots between C and I and A is this interview of Jeffrey Sachs by Tucker Carlson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=677g2SsetMs
It is fascinating (and frightening) to see history in such a perspective.
- Tue Jun 10, 2025 3:06 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Religion of Peace...???
- Replies: 0
- Views: 164
Religion of Peace...???
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It seems like the Muslims are even more eager for violence than the 'progressive' Democrats and Liberals...
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/0 ... ch-terror/
That is pretty sad.
It seems like the Muslims are even more eager for violence than the 'progressive' Democrats and Liberals...
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/0 ... ch-terror/
That is pretty sad.
- Tue Jun 10, 2025 6:01 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: "An interview nobody will listen to".. ???
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2490
Re: "An interview nobody will listen to".. ???
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LOL I had to laugh - a patient just sent me this link to the INDEX of Carlson's many interviews - https://rumble.com/c/TuckerCarlson
It is one I can now 'browse' before I commute to work to see if there is an interview worth listening to on my car radio via BlueTooth - generally I find one.
LOL I had to laugh - a patient just sent me this link to the INDEX of Carlson's many interviews - https://rumble.com/c/TuckerCarlson
It is one I can now 'browse' before I commute to work to see if there is an interview worth listening to on my car radio via BlueTooth - generally I find one.
- Tue Jun 10, 2025 5:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Neat little Engine - 'Sterling' type
- Replies: 4
- Views: 379
Re: Neat little Engine - 'Sterling' type
That looks fun - looks like something that even someone with my minimal 'engineering' skills could make...Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Mon Jun 09, 2025 4:19 pm They are very cool. Wish Pitchy were here to comment.
Here's one of those wee little toy steam engines I have packed away somewhere.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aQ2evHZZCs4

- Tue Jun 10, 2025 5:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 454 Casull Rossi barrel taper
- Replies: 2
- Views: 255
Re: 454 Casull Rossi barrel taper
. NKJ here will know. I had a gunsmith install a rail on a 12 gauge M-66 breakopen Ithaca shotgun, and they 'solved the problem' of the tapered barrel by simply bending the rail so it followed the S-shaped contour of the shotgun barrel where it tapered... :shock: I kept wondering why the scope could...
- Tue Jun 10, 2025 5:38 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Evil Military versus Kind Environmentalists
- Replies: 0
- Views: 172
Evil Military versus Kind Environmentalists
. Looks like the environmental wackos wonderful plan was killing wildlife, and the evil military wound up having to clean up the mess... https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/2-million-tires-dumped-in-the-ocean-florida-s-100m-eco-disaster/vi-AA1GmF3s I wonder if the 'left' will ever gain enou...
- Tue Jun 10, 2025 5:29 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Pretty wood
- Replies: 15
- Views: 757
Re: Pretty wood
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I'd be wanting to steal that one piece and make a gun-stock out of it...!!!
I'd be wanting to steal that one piece and make a gun-stock out of it...!!!

- Tue Jun 10, 2025 5:28 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Education idea for Journalists...
- Replies: 0
- Views: 127
Education idea for Journalists...
. Since they think that "merely throwing rocks, bricks, and bottles" is an ok thing, when the left-wingers do it to the rest of us, in order to become more empathetic and 'culturally aware', perhaps we should tie journalists to stakes, and throw rocks and bricks and bottles at them. Heck, ...
- Mon Jun 09, 2025 2:00 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: I always liked Australia...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 293
I always liked Australia...
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....so I guess it's natural I'd like Sky News - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UgNfyCgXyk
They manage to point out on their 'Lefties Losing It' segments just how hypocritical the US 'news' media and 'entertainment' media are...
....so I guess it's natural I'd like Sky News - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UgNfyCgXyk
They manage to point out on their 'Lefties Losing It' segments just how hypocritical the US 'news' media and 'entertainment' media are...

- Mon Jun 09, 2025 12:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Neat little Engine - 'Sterling' type
- Replies: 4
- Views: 379
- Sun Jun 08, 2025 3:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ruger 96 is a tack driver
- Replies: 6
- Views: 443
Re: Ruger 96 is a tack driver
. I may try a box... that's great. My 96/44 is one of my favorite deer guns. Is the LeveRevolution brass shorter than normal for 44 Mag..? (I bought a box of 444 Marlin and was bummed in that the brass was shorter so going to be weird to reload.) I've got a 92/22 Mag, and swapped out the barrel for ...
- Sun Jun 08, 2025 1:55 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Who’s lying ?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 422
Re: Who’s lying ?
. It would be nice to know for sure. Probably hinges on 'semantics' - I'm guessing there are lots of semi-useless tapes that would just re-expose innocent young women and need not be made public, but there are also lots of tapes no doubt showing identities of VIPs who partook of such things. I'm gue...
- Sun Jun 08, 2025 1:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: YouYube 44-40 Levergun videos
- Replies: 19
- Views: 923
Re: YouYube Levergun videos
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I like the background music. Looks like a very good quality presentation to me...!
I like the background music. Looks like a very good quality presentation to me...!
- Sun Jun 08, 2025 1:42 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: WTB-Two Marlin Deluxe rifles
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7699
Re: WTB-Two Marlin Deluxe rifles
. No such rifles I have to offer, but isn't it amazing how so many of us have this compulsion to 'complete a set' - whether of guns or whatever...? I have many times bought a firearm I in no way 'need', just because I have the 16" version, and the 24" version - so of course I have to have ...
- Thu Jun 05, 2025 9:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: YouYube 44-40 Levergun videos
- Replies: 19
- Views: 923
Re: YouYube Levergun videos
. I've never had the time to mess with posting videos, nor thought I would likely have much that others would find of interest, but I do like all the 'gun content' that is out there now on the internet. I do see lots of people are moving to Rumble instead of Youtube, so they don't have to deal with ...
- Thu Jun 05, 2025 7:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The "Leverguns Community" forum....
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1893
Re: The "Leverguns Community" forum....
. I think that one of the reasons that led to the gathering of the type of personalities we have here is the fact that in the firearms world, 'leverguns' are the classic example of practical, 'down-to-earth' firearms that also have an extra amount of 'Americana' in them. They aren't necessarily the ...
- Thu Jun 05, 2025 5:41 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: The difference between the Bush and Clinton families...
- Replies: 0
- Views: 222
The difference between the Bush and Clinton families...
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.... Probably isn't as great as some people think...
https://youtu.be/Ad-6mQHcVH0
I don't know the guy who is filling in for this podcast but some of the content is pretty much in agreement with what I've read in numerous places.
.... Probably isn't as great as some people think...
https://youtu.be/Ad-6mQHcVH0
I don't know the guy who is filling in for this podcast but some of the content is pretty much in agreement with what I've read in numerous places.
- Thu Jun 05, 2025 5:37 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Help with Marlin 336
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3414
Re: Help with Marlin 336
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Great looking gun now. Still has stories to tell.
Great looking gun now. Still has stories to tell.
- Wed Jun 04, 2025 1:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Why on Earth would anyone want one of thes. . . I WANT ONE...!!!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1269
Why on Earth would anyone want one of thes. . . I WANT ONE...!!!
. https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.i5pYhcYQ5dgnwKVzoX61HwHaEK%26pid%3DApi&f=1&ipt=c653923829c85fdc42c77837fbd73fc9c661ad65525d93a6c01e7f658066a682&ipo=images https://advancedtactical.com/exothermic-technologies-under-barrel-ubf-...
- Wed Jun 04, 2025 9:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Primitive Irons vs Fancy Optics
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1546
Primitive Irons vs Fancy Optics
. This may be the best pistol sight setup I’ve seen yet; it has the advantages of the handgun red-dots, but no batteries, less obstructive view, and (for me at least) is way easier to ‘acquire’, plus costs $200 less than a decent electronic dot sight. Works in all light levels, down to and including...
- Wed Jun 04, 2025 8:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The "Leverguns Community" forum....
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1893
The "Leverguns Community" forum....
. ...is so much MORE than just a place for those of us weird enough to like what most would call obsolete, mediocre, guns that aren't as accurate as bolt-actions, nor as fast as semiautos. As with Tycer's recent post that still brings tears to my eyes, many of us here (who mostly have never been in ...
- Tue Jun 03, 2025 6:56 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Artificial Intelligence - it really IS getting creepy...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1060
Artificial Intelligence - it really IS getting creepy...
. This podcast illustrates how much it has changed in just the past year, and how an individual (pretty much anyone) can create in just a few minutes a 'scene' (or with more time/money, an entire 'movie' or 'news story') complete with SYNTHESIZED characters that look and act very very real. https://...
- Mon Jun 02, 2025 6:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bye my love. I will miss you.
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3792
Re: Bye my love. I will miss you.
. From the post I can tell you were BLESSED to have had many years of love together. That is precious. All things do come to an end, sadly, but it sounds like you closed that chapter of your lives with grace and tenderness. Sounds therefore like SHE was a lucky woman as well. God bless you both as y...
- Sat May 31, 2025 7:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: HAM radio - over my head but interesting
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3554
Re: HAM radio - over my head but interesting
i've been looking at those videos. i like the one on using fiber optic cable for sensors. he showed pictures of the Ukrainian drones that are flying on fiber, it's laying on trees and on the ground from the mile long spools. it's a way to stay off the airwaves. I guess at least one good thing would...