the batteries for cordless tools have gotten so much better and cheaper the 
last few years that I find I can get away with cordless tools for most jobs, 
even the heavy duty stuff that requires allot of tork, or cutting or 
whatever.
A 200 dollar cordless drill with a pair of batteries will last you all day 
and then some with constant heavy use...they are amazing.
The really cheap 40 dollar ones aren't that great I agree, but if you spend 
a bit more and get contracter grade stuff, it'll last a long time and will 
work really well...even better than the less expensive corded tools.
IE, don't buy your cordless tools at wallmart...black and decker ain't one 
of the quality brands lol.
Bosh, milwaki, riobi just to name a few of the better ones.
And you get one brand and batteries will fit multiple tools which is great.
Anyway, your right though, corded tools can be more reliable if one doesn't 
have the means to get the high end cordless stuff.

73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: G5RV and RFI/TVI?


> I've found some of those power tool chargers to be the worst, either 
> they're
> horrible for noise or nothing at all but like you, I charge mine so rarely 
> I
> don't worry about it. In fact more often than not I just drag out the
> extension cord and use plug in tools because my projects are so rare 
> though
> now that I'm in my own place with big ideas, it seems like it's happening
> more and more so I may change that but up to this point I used the plug in
> tools more.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 12:06 PM
> Subject: Re: G5RV and RFI/TVI?
>
>
>>a surger? well that is the device that causes all those pulsating noises
>> right in the middle of your favorite 75 and 40 meter rag chew 
>> frequencies.
>> speaking of noise, I came down to the shack the other night and found 
>> that
>> my noise level on all bands had dramatically increased.  Higher up in
>> frequency, the noise on SSB got worse, and when I switched to AM, the
>> noise
>> was this wailing worbling carrier kind of noise.
>> I've never heard this particular racket from my radio, so I started
>> thinking
>> about what had changed in the house as far as new electronics or
>> electrical
>> devices since the last time I had turned the radio on.
>> After powering the new internet modem down, turning off the shack 
>> computer
>> and a few other random things that might have started to cause noise, I
>> realized that I had put my cordless drill battery on the charger the 
>> night
>> before after I turned the rig off and was about to leave the shack.  I 
>> use
>> the charger probably once every 6 months.  It's not plugged in unless I'm
>> charging the battery.  This was the direct cause of the big racket.  I
>> don't
>> know why this particular charger was noisy, but was it ever.
>> It sounded like the processor in the charger that regulates the charge 
>> and
>> has over charge protection and all that fancy stuff for charging a 
>> lithium
>> ion battery was creating this noise.
>> I'm not planning on getting into it and attempt any filtering because I
>> only
>> need it rarely and for a few hours only at a time.
>> But it was a bit of a head scratcher for a few minutes.
>> So, it just confirms that you never know what might be generating random
>> noise on your HF receiver, and sometimes it's hard to track it down.
>> In this case, I would imagine even a neighbor using one of these chargers
>> would have given me noise.
>> Since my last neighbors moved out, I've had no additional noise on HF.
>> They
>> turned something on every few days for several hours that gave me a good 
>> 3
>> S
>> unit noise level on 20M and above.
>> generally, my noise is zero acording to the meter on everything above
>> 14MHZ.
>> 73
>> Colin, V A6BKX
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 2:06 AM
>> Subject: Re: G5RV and RFI/TVI?
>>
>>
>>> John, it is nearing fall again, and I am thinking about that ultralyte.
>>> I
>>> have heard that one of its nulls is very close to the 17 meter band.  An
>>> installation might land in that null given local conditions.
>>> I want to use it on 160 through 17 meters.  I have the i-max 2000 for 10
>>> 12
>>> and 15.
>>> What do you think?
>>> Right now I am using a dipole that's 88 feet on a leg fed with 450 ohm
>>> ballenced line.
>>>
>>> Lots of noise which is generated from with in this house.  My XYL has
>>> never
>>> found a piece of electronic toy that she doesn't like.  DVD players seem
>>> to
>>> be particularly bad.
>>>
>>> Even the sewing machine has a computer in it.  I don't know about the
>>> quilting machine or the surger, what ever that is!