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  1. MikeOH
    UGH! Received my plane's personal property tax assessment from the Los Angeles Assessors office....up 28%!!!! Anyone had any luck with the protest process?
  2. MikeOH
    Well, crap! That was the ONE answer I didn't want to hear
  3. MikeOH
    I've just got to ask, what happened earlier in your lives that your shoulders are shot?
  4. MikeOH
    LOL! My physics teacher made us race snails...and then express their speed in furlongs per fortnight
  5. MikeOH
    Dude, you need to stay home and watch well researched documentaries! Clearly, entertainment movies are not your thing!
  6. MikeOH
    Ah, good point! I wasn't thinking dipole. I deleted my post; bad info.
  7. MikeOH
    Well, if you look at the overlap, most of the LA basin is covered regardless of which particular TFR is actually active. IOW it blocks nearly the entire LA basin, anyway! It's a colossal CF. Gawd I hope they just go back to the one-and-done version.
  8. MikeOH
    I've flown in LA airspace since before TFRs were a thing....this "Venn Diagram" is something NEVER seen before. It's usually just one centered around LAX; 30 mile outer, 10 mile inner no-fly. Why this incomprehensible nightmare is needed is, well, incomprehensible
  9. MikeOH
    Well, it displays them alright, but damn if I can figure out how to select one of the inner ones...it just brings up one of the outer ones! What a disaster!
  10. MikeOH
    LOL! I kept losing count every time I tried
  11. MikeOH
    Probably just me, but the upcoming Los Angeles area TFRs this week are a bit daunting to me! Makes the DC SFRA look like a walk in the park. I think it's safe to fly tomorrow....???? We'll see if the briefer can figure it out when I call tomorrow
  12. MikeOH
    @Ragsf15e I agree; I certainly use my STEC-30 w/alt hold. And, for the reasons you state; more CPU cycles for the 'big picture'. My comment was not meant to denigrate auto-pilots. I was actually more focused on over reliance on GPS/glass; I have to believe the ability to fly on partial panel and raw data becomes degraded over time, and when the TV goes on the fritz I think many pilots may struggle in IMC, IMHO.
  13. MikeOH
    Are you measuring from the center conductor to ground, or the outer shell on the connector? The outer should be low, like 5 ohms. Inner to ground should be open; if low, that’s a problem. Inner to antenna should be low. All of these should be done with the coax disconnected at the radio. Really, a DC check like this is only going to find gross problems. Short or open. Proper feedline/antenna testing requires special test equipment.
  14. MikeOH
    You got me beat! I had to demonstrate intersection holds, but I had TWO navs! Honestly, I have more trouble with all the button pushing on my Garmin. I've never completely bought the claim that GPS/glass is safer because of better 'situational awareness'...that's true while it's working! Pre-GPS/glass you had to form an accurate mental image to maintain SA, ALL the time! I worry that that skill, in general, has been highly degraded as it's only natural to tacitly become dependent on the pretty pictures!
  15. MikeOH
    Gawd, must have been a miracle that I got my IA rating completely WITHOUT any type of autopilot. All this talk of how long the rating takes with a less than Garmin A/P is a bit hard to swallow, IMHO.
  16. MikeOH
    If you are just checking DC continuity, just check to the antenna itself (I'm pretty sure the VOR whiskers are bare metal). If no continuity, and you've already checked to the base of the tail, then you can start taking things apart. Or, maybe I misread and you've already done this.
  17. MikeOH
    Sorry, but I have ZERO appreciation for how doctors do colonoscopies!!
  18. MikeOH
    Yeah, sounds like the transmitter is more inefficient than I thought! Holy cow! I suspect you haven't noticed because you don't normally touch the display; it's not so hot that it's radiating. But, next time, after you've been flying awhile, put your finger tip on the display lens. It will be warm. Really, this discussion is relevant because of the comparison to how much less an LED takes, and a LCD is virtually nothing in comparison.
  19. MikeOH
    That is worst case, but if half the segments are on, probably a bit more realistic, more like 5-6 watts. To be fair, they are likely not run at 100%, either (duty cycle dimming). My point is only that they do run pretty warm if you put your finger on the display after the unit has been on for awhile. Also, that 10 W transmitter section takes more like 20W to run.
  20. MikeOH
    Typical anode to cathode voltage is around 150V, the segments must be multiplexed as they draw around 5 mA per segment...doing the math, if all 7 segments are on you are looking at 0.65 Watts per digit! The KX-155 has, what, 20 digits? 13 Watts in that small an area gets pretty warm!
  21. MikeOH
    I believe the original KX-155 used gas plasma displays which are pretty power hungry vs. LED. LCD much much less than that.
  22. MikeOH
    Just curious, were the burial costs covered by insurance, or was that on you?
  23. MikeOH
    I prefer sex where she brings the pizza (and beer)
  24. MikeOH
    Well, my pool isn't big enough, anyway
  25. MikeOH
    Really neat!
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