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Our propane lantern has been giving us problems recently. After it runs for 10 minutes, the light diminishes by about half, and it starts making a loud fluttering noise. If we turn it off and let it cool off, it runs fine again for another 10 minutes. We have tried new mantles and new propane...

Now that I have my General, I don't anticipate needing this for a while, so I put my ARRL General Class License Manual up on ebay starting at $0.99. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280523674694

...for the Range Rover is today. Happy Birthday! Our 89 was the best vehicle we ever owned.

We were camping recently with another dutch oven user. he commented that our dutch ovens are the most thoroughly seasoned he had ever seen, so it was obvious we use them a lot. We started trying to figure out how we got into dutch oven cooking, and it just came to me. New Year 2002 or 2003...

School is out, and my daughter announced she wants to get her ham license. Is there any advice you all have for how to study at a 4th grade level? eham and QRZ are surprisingly sparse on the topic. James

Cleaning out the storage unit, I found a pair of Series Land Rover half shafts still in the original packaging. I put them up on ebay starting at $0.99. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280499522989

April 28, 2010 2 p.m. – please arrive early Pima Community College, northwest campus (2nd Floor Amphitheatre), 7600 N. Shannon Rd Tucson, AZ http://www.pima.edu/newsreleases/nr2010-04/goodall.shtml Tucson, AZ – On April 28, 2010, Pima Community College (PCC) will host a presentation at the...

I just programmed the CB frequencies into my HT so I could monitor them. I have looked at a few different charts of the frequencies of CB channels, and they all show the frequency of each successive channel higher than the previous, until you get to Channel 23. It is higher than Channels 24...

We did a little exploring of the right bank of the Gila upstream of Winkelman this past weekend. Didn't see anyone else, it was a great time. We had 3 families, each with girls between 5 and 9 years old. Camped overnight and spent some time in the water. The road was one you need low range...

I am pretty sure it is electrically powered, but has no label on it.

and promptly ate it! My daughter made this cake for my birthday.

The rest of the article is here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703427704575052010228653210.html I would say this lament could be extended to many more outdoor activities besides hunting and fishing.

One of the electrical engineers I works with is a former FCC enforcement officer. When I was talking to him about the antenna hookup for my rig, he was surprised to learn that a lot of dual band radios (ie, the Yaesu FT-8800R) use a UHF connector (PL-259/SO-239). He says those connectors are...

Now that I have spent as much on my speedometer as a nice GPS would cost, only to have the cable break again, I am thinking I just need to buy and permanently mount a GPS to use as a speedometer/odometer. Our Garmin etrex Venture may be pressed into service for this, but I was wondering if...

Today we were driving around the area northeast of Florence, Arizona, looking for some specific mines. We had the USGS 7.5 minute quads for the area, but they are pretty out of date when it come to the roads in the area. Just when we came to a particularly confusing set of roads, the GPS shut...

After wasting a lot of time trying to find a place to buy new seals for my Blitz metal gas cans, I discovered if you ask customer service, they will send you seals for free: http://www.blitzusa.com/feedback.htm My cans still leak a tiny bit, more of a smell or a little bit of a weep, but they...

We want to make custom door trim for the rear doors on the Dormobile, trim with at least a map pocket in it, and perhaps a speaker housing. What material would you all suggest? Years ago on one of the customization shows on Speed Channel, they showed some sort of plastic that you could cut...

The link in you signature is not working, and I want to show my wife some of your improvements.

As I peruse the vehicle mounted antennas for 2m/70cm, I see the antenna gain in dB over a dipole. I would think bigger numbers are good, but there are so many unity gain ones that I was wondering if there is an advantage to that?

What better way to test my newly acquired Salisbury axle building skills, and to bring the Dormobile out of year-long mothballs, than to go straight off on a 1500 mile trip from Tucson, around Death Valley, and back. It behaved like a champ, and the only real mechanical issue was a cracked...