[HCARC] 10 meter Loop

[Gary and Arlene Johnson]

Already sent the email to omniglobal.net.  Should know by sometime tomorrow 
whcih to use.

Why can't things just be simple??  This wire for this and that wire for 
that.  It reminds me of being the logistics officer for NAS Pt Mugu, CA. 
Pacific Missile Test Center was doing R&D for  the Tomahawk missile System 
and in my job I was tasked with parts support developement for the system. 
One day I get a list of parts needed for the system.  Well, we had 
identical, but higher spec and more capable parts in stock and already in 
the Navy Supply System in massive numbers.  It nearly took an act of 
Congress to get the engineers to use the parts we already had vs the parts 
(less capable mind you) that they had specked out in their plans. Yes I know 
that one kind of line does this and such and another does that and such, but 
if there had been some kind of standardization a long time back, each of the 
systems would have been designed around parts that are common, not parts 
that are different.  Specs could have been designed and decisions made to 
use one kind of part or the other.  Just my rant for the day.

Gary J





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kerry Sandstrom" <kerryk5ks at hughes.net>
To: "Gary and Arlene Johnson" <qltfnish at omniglobal.net>
Cc: <hcarc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: [HCARC] 10 meter Loop


> Gary,
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> Yes, I understand your concern about wireless.  Mine is on all the time so 
> I doubt it lets anyone know much about the status and since I'm close to 
> 500 feet from the road, I don't think it is very detectable out there. 
> And it is secure so its not going to be easy for someone to get into it. 
> I'm just running the normal home wireless system, low power and standard 
> antenna.
>
> Thick net, thin net and UTP Cat 5 or 6 are all ethernet cables.  It has 
> been a long time since I saw a computer that had anything but RJ- type 
> connector so I believe the current standard is the Cat 6 cables which are 
> good for about 100 meters.  It has been a long time since I saw thick net 
> or even thin net .  Anyway, before I planned on LMR-400 for the network, I 
> would make sure that my computers could interface with it.  Mine can't.
>
> Kerry
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