There is, it’s just a poorly designed poll so it’s hard to spot: “Please offer All Titanium, not with Copper”

Flashlights, currently.

It doesn’t look like the TS10v3 is going to have a titanium version out of the gate. The guy posting early numbers on it started a survey to encourage Wurkkos to make it with fancy metals: https://budgetlightforum.com/t/would-you-like-a-fancy-metal-wurkkos-ts10v3/235834

Guess I was mostly wondering about how trust and accountability would work here. I guess keeping a bunch of lights in one post would allow sellers and buyers to report on the transaction outcomes and have some sort of public record.

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Thanks, will check it out.

Coming in late, but it’s interesting to see this while currently being bombarded with marketing for the HD02. It’s kind of hilarious that they have it as the default text in the search box of their website right now.

The HD02 is why we need a flashlight club in our area. I just have it drilled into my head from so many different tool ‘experts’ that multitools are always compromise tools. I can get over that if the utility is obvious. I carried a Leatherman professionally for four years and it did 80% of what I needed, when I needed a tool.

But I can’t grasp the wing light design that’s popular right now, really. Are people finding that helpful in real life? I confess I have also not gotten into lasers. I can see wanting a UV light, but I think I’d want a good one instead of a poor one attached to my EDC.

I was going for the Star Wars stormtrooper color scheme. The aesthetics do make it more fun to handle. Fun to have flashlights that don’t look like flashlights.

Ha, I was just pretending to make a joke about influencers and Star Trek. But those are some interesting lights!

Kinda what I was thinking, great minds etc

Affiliate link and discount code?

I do have something like a “tacticool purse.” Defeinitely rock it sometimes.

My Triangle Mutual Aid Communications club inherits “points of unity” from our parent TMA org. We sometimes reference them when comments get out of hand on Discord, so in that way the Points act like a more positively-framed code of conduct.

My more traditional ARRL-affiliate club does not have a code of conduct. I’ve only been a member a short time, so I don’t have any experience with the club managing conflict. I think individuals are mostly left to resolve things on their own…or not.

.ODF is listed as an extension for “formulae, mathematical equations” on that Wikipedia page.

Yeah, looks like my Ubuntu copy of OnlyOffice only writes ODT or OTT, not ODF.

Right, just a typo.

Why do you need DC to pass through the protector? This is one of the things I don’t understand!

Fair warning, this rabbit hole goes deep … very deep!

I haven’t met a shallow ham hole yet!

laws and requirements for grounding (and associated lighting protection) vary across the globe and within a country

Yes, was curious to get an international picture of practices here…

your best bet is a locally licensed electrician or better yet, one who is also an amateur.

Fair enough, you’ve inspired me to at least ask my club if we have an amateur radio electrician in the area. I do have a pretty simple station, however, so I had planned to do this myself. [edit: grammar fix]

Cool study, good report! Lots of interesting things there, including the variability of the Baofengs.

Yes, seems like the consensus here is towards a separate bruiser that’s not too precious.

I’m not suggesting anything illegal. I think we’re having a misunderstanding based on the different ways this works in the US vs Australia? I’ve edited my question to clarify I’m in the US, where “public service” (being communications support for primarily bike and foot races, where I live) does indeed happen on the amateur VHF/UHF bands.

This is who I volunteer with, for context: https://hpsnc.org/