I live outside of a city and last year received a notification from a neighbour that wanted a variance.  They wanted to add an access ramp to their home and they were moving a disable family member in to take care of them.  Why they needed a variance I do not know.  I had no objection to what they were doing.  Their notification included property info as well as a hearing date.
 

Go to radio shack.  Buy a  9V buzzer.  Buy a  9V battery.  Buy a 9V battery clip.  Attach the + to the buzzer.  Attach the - to the J-38.  Attach a wire from the J-38 to the buzzer.  Start practicing. 

When I learned I put the 9V and buzzer in an Altoids tin and use a 3.5mm mono jack on the tin.  A bit elaborate but works.

Chris

Ditto here.  I have both.  I use both!

Why can't you have both.  You can use PowerSDR at home on Windoze and when you go out to the field you can leave that an home and use the LCD interface on the cube.

I use the Schumacher charger to charge my batteries then I maintain them with a float charger. 

The whole "CW is dead" topic is basically used for trolling.

I can say this.  If CW had been a requirement when I got licensed in 2007 I would have not even bothered.  I saw CW as a major obstacle that I was unable to surmount.  I got licensed.  I upgraded and then upgraded again.  In 2008 i realized that to really get some enjoyment out of this hobby I needed CW skills.  Low power operation is something that I like and CW is the way to go.  In 2009 a local club offered a 6 week course.  More of a support session where we practice at home.  It was the catalyst I needed.  I'm now a 13-15 wpm op and am having a blast.

In the end CW was not required but there are many of us that choose to do it anyway.  Those are the people you want to have a QSO with.  The ones that enjoy it and do it because they wanted to.

Here is one that I've thought of.

My first call was KI4YMD.  As the previous station holder is it possible for me to transfer this call to our club so we can use it on a repeater?

Chris

I think one problem might be Christmas lights.  I get a lot of "bacon frying" this time of year but it seems to go away after people take down the decorations.

I will agree.  Do not buy unless you are willing to buy the warranty too.

We just purchased a set and after seeing what my parents and a friend went through we bought the warranty.  These washers are computer controlled.  Not like your cheap top loading models.  My parents washer failed one day and it took two weeks and at least 5 calls for the tech to come out.  I believe the warranty he bought stated that it took 5 calls before they would replace it.   They refunded his money 100% and he had to purchase a new one.  He paid about $800 for it.

Are the girls on the page free?

I have a noise problem with my Ethernet.  Originally I thought that it was cheap switches so I consolidated them all into one Cisco 2900.  The long runs radiate noise mostly in multiple places of the 20M band.  I've put chokes on them but I need more. 

In my experience, Ethernet can produce more interference.

It reminded me of the first time I did something else...

I was nervous and shaking.  It was quick and only took minutes.  It was all over but the crying.

I'll tell you what I did today.

I made a contact with AA1TJ in VT, me in GA.  This was with CW.   AA1TJ is an experimenter.  He gets joy out of using as little power as possible.  His rig of choice today was made on a bread board using a Raytheon sub-miniature tube.   Total power around 40mW with a perfect match.   For those that do not know, 40mW is about the amount of power you get when you rub a balloon on your head

I gave him a 339 and he was weak but if he had slowed down and increased the length of the elements we could have carried a conversation.  920 miles with only 40mW.  It is contacts like those that make every minute invested learning CW well worth it!

Wow,  We go from 2002 to 2010.  What gives?

IMO, I don't think any operation should listen across 20kc.  It just goes to show how poor of an operation is taking place.   If they can't make contacts over 5-10Kc then they suck.

This is exactly what I've been trying to say.  To make the 718 closer to what comes standard on the 450, the original poster will either need to buy it with the filters or add extra money.   I'm not quite sure why the TXCO option would be needed on the 718.  Does it drift? 

You can use the notch filter on the 450 to make the cw filter even narrow. 

I replaced a 706MKII with the 450 because all I had on the 706 was the DSP and it was crap.