I can get all of those parts.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 7:26 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
>> >>> >
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