Oh yes, Mike(y) - we put many of them to good use through cooking. Wife makes a nice pecan-crusted chicken breast, I'm gonna give the pecan pie a try for Thanksgiving. Pecan trees ae abundant down here, but you'd be surprised how many friends you never knew you had once word gets out.
Todd, haven't you noticed that the tallest trees grow under powerlines. Same for pecans near RF but they are not nuts in the strictest sense.
Good point, Jim. I'd always figured it was due to that special fertilizer the power companies spray along the power lines, but I bet it really is the electricity causing it. Our power pole is right next to this tree, so that must really be helping with the 40m dipole.
We don't have to worry until Todd starts sending pictures of himself sitting on his KW1
We're not getting along so well right now due to a HV issue in the plate supply. Spent part of yesterday afternoon
cursing tracing it out. Narrowed down to 3 caps or 2 chokes. Both chokes and one cap test okay for continuity (no hard short to ground), haven't checked the other two yet. Something could be breaking down under load, so it's megger time.
My plan was to bring a tub of pecans to NEAR-Fest, but with only one tree actually producing (the nearby tree is young and only has 5-6 on it) as well as having to head up there before they're all harvested, chances are slim there will be enough. We've got about a 5 gal. pail full so far, should have 3-4 times that number. If I can collect enough to cover needs and commitments here, I'll haul some up for ya Frank.
Meanwhile, it's time to go run more RF through the ones left on the tree.
