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  1. OPCOM

    (no-MV) road trip DFW-Roswell-Los Alamos May 31-June 6

    Visited the Black Hole yesterday, Great surplus place, Ed the owner is a veteran of 25 years and a great guy. 108 pictures here: The Black Hole and the pictures of that capacitor for Armada attached The cap there, it has an energy storage of 3096 Joules. In English, that means it can hold...
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    (no-MV) road trip DFW-Roswell-Los Alamos May 31-June 6

    The return route is still open, but I remember passing more than one interesting place on the way to Roswell including on I-20. Today I checked out a few places in Albuquerque. Jones Surplus Barn Inc 10921 Central Avenue Northeast Albuquerque, NM 87123-2729 (505) 298-9295 This is an Army...
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    (no-MV) road trip DFW-Roswell-Los Alamos May 31-June 6

    Not having the benefits of a wife, I am surely not entitled to the benefits of an in-law. The knife switch, I suppose I can give it away, is in the 9th picture of the topic. I suppose one is to straddle the rocket like Slim Pickens, close the switch thereto attached, and see what comes next.:o...
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    (no-MV) road trip DFW-Roswell-Los Alamos May 31-June 6

    That sounds pretty good. I am driving the pickup truck this time though because time is too short. -looking at military surplus, and electronic surplus on the way. Made it to the VLA today. nice setup. The "tour" is self guided and the facility has a video that describes how the array works...
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    (no-MV) road trip DFW-Roswell-Los Alamos May 31-June 6

    no, that's the "other" knife switch in that picture. The one I'm asking for is easier to see. But as a consolation prize you get to look at these armor pics. -a surplus place in Roswell, with an MV. I don't know what kind, looks modded.
  6. OPCOM

    (no-MV) road trip DFW-Roswell-Los Alamos May 31-June 6

    In Roswell is the Roswell Museum and ART Center in Roswell,NM. (This is the official museum, not the UFO museum.) Goddard is the father of rocketry, and many military rockets come from his research. There is his entire workshop preserved there and you can see the innards of the earliest of...
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    (no-MV) road trip DFW-Roswell-Los Alamos May 31-June 6

    Remember Memorial Day! On the way from Dallas, we passed some wind farms belonging to innovenergy. there are several open non-signed, unfenced entrances along the highwas and we went in and took some picutres, but stayed on the dirt road and well away from the machines proper as I doubt they...
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    (no-MV) road trip DFW-Roswell-Los Alamos May 31-June 6

    Any last minute suggestions of MV/surplus related places to see or rummage in New Mexico? Come on, it is going to take me exactly 15 minutes to find the aliens in Roswell, haha..
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    (no-MV) road trip DFW-Roswell-Los Alamos May 31-June 6

    I am leaving Sunday to pass thru Roswell, Albuquerque, and to Los Alamos. Pickup truck trip this time, as the M8109 is not road ready yet. The goal is to retrieve a 42uF 12,000 volt oil capacitor. It's free. It can't be shipped because of PCB, but it is no leaking. I am not yet sure exactly...
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