Hey Pat. Thanks for the info. Take care. 73 Aimee Lewis KK4JHF "Be well, do good work and keep in touch." (Garrison Keillor) -----Original Message----- From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Pat Byrne Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2013 9:44 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: New Vgs-1 chip installed and working Aimee, According to Google, gibbous describes the moon when more than fifty percent is visible, but not 100 percent. Waxing indicates increasing, waning decreasing. And bveing a lifelong total, this is all kind of mysterious to me. I work for a social service agency and have absolutely no boubt when it is a full moon. You sorta hate to answwer the phone!! Hope this helps. PatAt 11:45 PM 1/4/2013, you wrote: >Hi Pat. > >You mentioned a "waning gibbous,"I've been wondering what the definition of >a gibbous was. I looked it up on dictionary.com once and all it said was >that it had something to do with the moon. I don't remember the exact >wording. Anyway, that doesn't tell me anything. I know what crescent >shaped is, so I know what they mean when they talk about a crescent moon. >Maybe you or someone else could shed a little moonlight on this subject. Hi >hi. Take care. > >73 >Aimee Lewis >KK4JHF >"Be well, do good work and keep in touch." (Garrison Keillor) > > >-----Original Message----- >From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >On Behalf Of Pat Byrne >Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 2:35 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: New Vgs-1 chip installed and working > >Jim, >You know the reason it worked; waning gibbous, which I think is a >partially empty moon!! >Nice to win one, isn't it. >PatAt 11:37 AM 1/4/2013, you wrote: > >Hi list, just wanted to give you a foblow up about the Vgs-1 > >chip. I got a new one from HRO yesterday, installed it and the > >rig started talking again. Now I think I will take the old chip, > >dip it some salsa and eat it. No, on second thought if I did > >that, I may stop talking just like it did! Sorry to Bob who I > >sent a similar message to last night thinking it would go to the > >list. I plan to call Kenwood and ask them there thoughts about > >why a chip would just quit after working fine for more than two > >years. Jim WA6EKS