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Hello again.just got in tonight. had several sets to fix today, such as a ctc-169, no vertical(cap connections), Sony with no conv(bad stk's), NAP- no vert(bad chip), ctc 187, (bad fly), and a mits., picture rolling, (bad SMD caps on PIP module.) All in all, less than three hours of real work, ( mostly done during the Andy mini-marathon on TVland(one big advantage of working on tv sets-- there is ALWAYS one available, to WATCH!!)

Anyway, on the way home, get a call, power is off at home. Sister and mom are hungry, and want food. SO-- pick up some food, then a little fuel for the van,(15 dollars wortth of gas doesn't do much nowdays) and come home. All of this time, (at least an hour, since the power had gone off), the computer is on, sans monitor, running on my UPS(45 dollar ups, hooked to an AVR,which was acquired for free at last years Hamfest in Dayton.)

As soon as I walk in the door, seeing candles around the house, and hand a flashlight to my mom, the power comes back on, the computer was STILL running on the UPS, before. I turned on the monitor... Still booted, except for road runner.(cable had gone off, too.) refreshed explorer. CAME RIGHT BACK UP, no problems!!!My little UPS sure did my proud, tonight.

(something I should remind FReepers about.. It is NOT a good idea, to have all digital, or cordless phones at home. Every household needs at least ONE line-powered, old-fashioned touch-tone phone, that will work WITHOUT the power being on.Otherwise... when the power goes off, NO phones. Now.. I had TWO messages on the answering machine, I had been saving since last Nov, from GWB, and those are most likely lost forever(it is a digital TAD.)AND-- this new "digital" phone service, where the phone is on the cable... DONT!!!! Cable around here is NOTORIOUSLY unreliable, and I would NOT want my phone service to depend on my cable servicer!!

ANYHOO, as for the discussion at hand... NO I am NOT a HAM, the club is for ANTIQUE radios, tv's, etc, but there are a number of hams there.

And yes.. I sometimes get into the "what if" game, too. I love history, especially WWII.

(something I should remind FReepers about.. It is NOT a good idea, to have all digital, or cordless phones at home. Every household needs at least ONE line-powered, old-fashioned touch-tone phone, that will work WITHOUT the power being on.Otherwise... when the power goes off, NO phones. Now.. I had TWO messages on the answering machine, I had been saving since last Nov, from GWB, and those are most likely lost forever(it is a digital TAD.)AND-- this new "digital" phone service, where the phone is on the cable... DONT!!!! Cable around here is NOTORIOUSLY unreliable, and I would NOT want my phone service to depend on my cable servicer!!

I know, where I live, the cable goes out everytime a grackle (bird) farts. B-) Well, not THAT bad, but you'll get the idea. B-D. No cable, no phone. Better have at least a cellphone handy but much better is to keep a wired phone with a regular phone as you put it. Heck, my grandmother used a rotary phone until she died in 1997.

ANYHOO, as for the discussion at hand... NO I am NOT a HAM, the club is for ANTIQUE radios, tv's, etc, but there are a number of hams there.

I figure you would have a number of amateur radio operators there.

And yes.. I sometimes get into the "what if" game, too. I love history, especially WWII.

Cool. My favorites in history are the Victorian/Edwardian Eras, World War II and the Cold War.