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It would really be fun back in my proffesional days.....


The figure 9 was shorthanded by a long dash and a dit... Figure 8 a long dash, 2 dit. 7 could be long dash 3 dit - but most guys didn't -...

I keep threatening to stick the 2 meter back in the car...

Wonder if there's anybody out there? Is the link machine still active?


Dennis N8NCQ (and yup - it's a great CW call. . :) )

My qualifications -

5 years USCG Radioman (defunct rate) and 32 years as licensed ham radio operator (general class)....

Probable diagnosis -

Smoke tested.....

Remedy - buy another one....

SE Allegan Co here. 1900 gallons from 219 taps. Start at 2.4 Brix - dropped off after 2 days - now down to 1.2 Brix. Many of the trees are shut down.

Towel thrown in.

Stick a fork in it.


It's done.


Sap is down to 1.2 brix. Might as well boil pond water...

The warm nights shut it down. It may pick up again after the cold nights forecast for this weekend - but I am not holding my breath....

Yup it's running hard - sugar is down from last year. Picked up 450 gallon sap on 219 taps.

Now boiling 24 hour UFN....

It ran better overnight than it did yesterday - and it's still running well.. I will go pick up before dark.

I had 1 barrel running over this morning. 6 trees on a 25 gallon drum....

Yup. It will run some today with it being sunny. But tomorrow it should take off... I have my 500 gallon feed tsnk insulated - so timing is important. I only want the coldest possible sap in it - so...

Nice!

Over here in the west - sugar seems to be down from last year... Running about 2.0 brix...

:(

Yeah.. Good idea....

How about Villiage Inn in Allegan... Maybe we can donate them some syrup and get them to make it an event.....

We ought to have a pancake breakfast in Allegan for producers sometime in the next few weeks

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:)

I am in the southeast corner - between Otsego and Merson Corners..... 216 taps.

I expect we will have enough to start boiling Monday...

My sympathies.....

We ditched the bucket brigade 4 years ago.

Do you have all matching buckets - or have the lids number matched to the buckets?

Ran out of tubing at 216 taps.

Close enuf.

:D

I have 170 taps in so far.

Going out today to sink some more.

Shooting for 250 or so.

I am on the west side of the state...

I try not to bite off more than I can chew....

My storage capacity is about 1000 gallons - and I can boil about 250 gallon a day... (18 hour). When I get...

Ya haven't tapped yet have ya?

70 taps in today.... This old gimp is one tired puppy.

Only a couple hundred to go.

My arch is more or less a typical 275 gallon oil barrel type.

But one large difference - my preheat consists of two "saddlebag" tanks on each side on the firebox end. The idea being to capture the...

Has anyone got a nice simple design for maintaining inflow to the preheat tank?

I am on my third generation of 275 gallone fuel oil tank arch.

Generation 1 had a fixed grate at 15 inch from grate to pan.

Generation 2 had a swing grate with counterbalances that allowed the...

I may tap Sunday. (2/16/20)

It's hard to guess what is optimum now.

It's not like years back when you planned on the 2nd or 3rd week of March...