Sounds like what we had for field day for a lot of years, had to rebuild the 
carb every year the morning of field day but that thing ran anything we 
wanted to run off it and did it well. Unfortunately we switched to a smaller 
one and that one sat figuring it would be fine, we went to grab it a couple 
years ago due to a problem with the smaller Honda one and found the running 
gear it was on completely rotted away.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: NJ Storm and Emergency Power; was: Report On Today's 40-meter 
East Coast Mid West Blind Ops Round table


> Our radio club had an old, W W II generator.  Rated at 10k, could
> have done three times that.  Six cylinder Continental engine, awful
> "mileage" but it ran and ran.  It was at a tornado and ran for two
> weeks straight.  Outlived most of the newer generators.
> We finally ditched it; needed carbeurator work and no one could find
> the parts/replacement.  But what a workhorse.
> Pat, K9JAUAt 06:09 AM 11/14/2012, you wrote:
>>Not true.  Just double the poles on the generator and you are good to go.
>>Most industrial single cylender generators such as Onan run at 1800 RPM, 
>>and
>>most of the old military 4 cylender generators run at 1200.
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Howard, W A 9 Y B W" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 7:49 PM
>>Subject: Re: NJ Storm and Emergency Power; was: Report On Today's 40-meter
>>East Coast Mid West Blind Ops Round table
>>
>>
>> > Hi Russ,
>> >
>> > How do you get 60 hertz out of a generator rotating at 1800 RPM?  1800 
>> > RPM
>> > would produce 30 hertz unless the generator is geared to run at twice 
>> > the
>> > motor speed.
>> >
>> > 73
>> >
>> > Howard #3
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Russ Kiehne" <[log in to unmask]>
>> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 9:26 AM
>> > Subject: Re: NJ Storm and Emergency Power; was: Report On Today's 
>> > 40-meter
>> > East Coast Mid West Blind Ops Round table
>> >
>> >
>> >> An 1800 rpm generator will run a lot longer than a 3600 rpm generator.
>> >> Plus
>> >> the 1800 rpm generator runs a lot quieter.
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Gary Tillinghast
>> >> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 7:24 PM
>> >> To: [log in to unmask]
>> >> Subject: Re: NJ Storm and Emergency Power; was: Report On Today's
>> >> 40-meter
>> >> East Coast Mid West Blind Ops Round table
>> >>
>> >> How long can you run a generator on propane?  Gary KB2YAA
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Jim Kutsch" <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 8:31 PM
>> >> Subject: NJ Storm and Emergency Power; was: Report On Today's 40-meter
>> >> East
>> >> Coast Mid West Blind Ops Round table
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Colleen and all,
>> >> Thanks for the good wishes.  Power was restored here Sunday afternoon.
>> >> That
>> >> was day 13 without power.
>> >>
>> >> I highly recommend portable home generators.  Not only can they run 
>> >> the
>> >> ham
>> >> shack but can run other essential services.  By the way, as a blind
>> >> person
>> >> with no need for gasoline for cars or lawn mowers, I didn't want to 
>> >> store
>> >> gasoline for long periods and risk it turning bad.  So, I found a 
>> >> propane
>> >> generator that runs on the 20 pound tanks used for BBQ grills.  It 
>> >> worked
>> >> great and has no fuel storage issues.
>> >>
>> >> Now all that's left is to get the HF antenna back up.  Maybe next
>> >> weekend.
>> >>
>> >> 73,
>> >> Jim, KY2D
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: For blind ham radio operators
>> >> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> >> On Behalf Of COLLEEN ROTH
>> >> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 2:01 PM
>> >> To: [log in to unmask]
>> >> Subject: Re: Report On Today's 40-meter East Coast Mid West Blind Ops
>> >> Round
>> >> table
>> >>
>> >> Hi Jim and all who were impacted by Hurriane Sandy, I hope that you 
>> >> all
>> >> get
>> >> your power back and that all of you are safe.
>> >> I know that most of us cannot know what you endured because we have 
>> >> never
>> >> experienced such an event.
>> >> I am glad that there wasn't more loss of life.
>> >> I am sure that the loss of possessions and special cemorabilia will be
>> >> difficult to endure.
>> >> I am praying for all who have experienced Hurricane Sandy and xs'
>> >> aftermath
>> >> including the Storm which followed.
>> >> I hope everyone will be careful when trying to get things back 
>> >> together.
>> >> God Bless!
>> >>
>> >> Colleen Roth, N8TNV;
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: Tom Behler <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> To:  [log in to unmask]
>> >> Date: Sunday, Nov 11, 2012 10:12:45 AM
>> >> Subject: Re: Report On Today's 40-meter East Coast Mid West Blind Ops
>> >> Round
>> >> table
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Really sorry to hear of the storm damage and power outage, Jim.
>> >>>
>> >>> Hang in there!
>> >>>
>> >>> Hopefully you guys are done with storms for a while.  Thankfully, the
>> >>> last one didn't amount to as much as they originally thought.
>> >>>
>> >>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>> >>>
>> >>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>> From: "Jim Kutsch" <[log in to unmask]>
>> >>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> >>> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 9:32 AM
>> >>> Subject: Re: Report On Today's 40-meter East Coast Mid West Blind Ops
>> >>> Round table
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> > Tom and all,
>> >>> > I haven't been able to join you.  Half of my HF antenna came down 
>> >>> > when
>> >>> > a
>> >>> > tree and telephone pole broke during Sandy.   I'm in day 13 with no
>> >> power.
>> >>> > The generator can run the Elecraft KX3 easily but I have to get the
>> >>> > antenna up first.  Can't do that until the electric company gets 
>> >>> > all
>> >>> > the wires out of my front yard.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Hope the rest of you did OK in the storm.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > 73,
>> >>> > Jim, KY2D
>> >>> >