I let the smoke out......(Part two of three)

[W3WN]

Referring to the "What Would You Do With Five Trillion Dollars?" thread: I'd buy all the tooling and equipment from the now-shuttered Svetlana tube factory in Russia, move it all to the US and start manufacturing again.

That, and add all the tooling and equipment that Taylor Tubes had purchased from Eimac.

[W3WN]

No, I think he'd be better suited for inflating the tube envelopes in the glass blowing department.

Ummm, no.

Put him in the orchestra. After all, he does appear to prefer blowing his own horn... :twisted:

[W3WN]

Ahem.

Not to diverge too far off topic, but...

When we had to have the furnace replaced a few weeks back (and there's a lot of shekels that would have been better spent on radios & antennas, but I digress), I had to move a lot of stuff out of the way. Which led to the Boss making some suggestions about permanent re-arranging of all the stuff in the basement. So, it means I finally got the shack rebuild project un-stalled and back in business, albeit slowly.

To make room for my "work" desk, I had to remove some shelving and what had been planned as part of the operating bench. Next step will be to add some (better designed) shelving above the desk, and figure out how to move the Omni VI+ next to it, leaving the current spot for the VI for the Omni VII. This means that I'll be able to run 2 transmitters simultaneously when a friend comes over, if I want to. Or even 3, once I get the Corsair fully operational again & relocate it.

I also need to start making some coax jumper cables, and re-arrange the antenna switches, so that any of the 3 HF antennas could be switched to any rig.

I'd originally planned to get a small copper pipe from HD and run that under the bench for a common ground. I'm still planning on doing something like that, I'll just need a little more of it now.

[NQ6U]

I'd originally planned to get a small copper pipe from HD and run that under the bench for a common ground. I'm still planning on doing something like that, I'll just need a little more of it now.

That's how I have my station ground set up. In my case I mounted the copper pipe vertically since, in the tiny space I have available for my shack, I was forced to lay out my gear on a series of narrow shelves. It works pretty well; low RF impedance and very flexible—I can attach ground straps from my gear wherever it's most convenient.

[K7SGJ]

That's how I have my station ground set up. In my case I mounted the copper pipe vertically since, in the tiny space I have available for my shack, I was forced to lay out my gear on a series of narrow shelves. It works pretty well; low RF impedance and very flexible—I can attach ground straps from my gear wherever it's most convenient.

And when you get that water cooled kilowatt, you're all set to go. Now you won't have to hose it off to keep it cool.

[KG4NEL]

Ummm, no.

Put him in the orchestra. After all, he does appear to prefer blowing his own horn... :twisted:

I never trusted French horn players. Their hands naturally go places they shouldn't...

[K7SGJ]

I never trusted French horn players. Their hands naturally go places they shouldn't...

Don't mess with them. They are liable to hit you with a tuba four.

[NQ6U]

Don't mess with them. They are liable to hit you with a tuba four.

You'll look like a real bassoon.

[K7SGJ]

You'll look like a real bassoon.

Don't give me that same ole glockenspiel.

[NQ6U]

That was just viol. Don't be such an f-hole.