Tony N (Michigan)
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it should get here by Wednesday of next week. 
How's that for service?
How's that for service?
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Minelab is sending a replacement Sov. GT and . . .
- Thread starter Tony N (Michigan)
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I am glad you got that taken care of, this way it should work good for you.
I have sold many of Sovereigns and out of all of them I had one XS with a bad sensitivity control right out of the box. These Sovereigns are built well and can take some serious abuse and like the Energizer rabbit just keep on going, but you get a bad one once in a while.
Good luck when you get it back and hope next week you will be posting some great finds found with the GT
I have sold many of Sovereigns and out of all of them I had one XS with a bad sensitivity control right out of the box. These Sovereigns are built well and can take some serious abuse and like the Energizer rabbit just keep on going, but you get a bad one once in a while.
Good luck when you get it back and hope next week you will be posting some great finds found with the GT
Tony N (Michigan)
Active member
They are sending me a brand spanking new one no questions asked. All I have to do is send the broken one to the company I purchased it from and that company will deal with it.
I know that when it was working for the 15 minutes it did not have much sensitivity problems when I was about 30 or so yards from the transformer and electric line. I could bump the sens up full force without it being erratic. But maybe that was due to the thing being bad? When I got near the transformer and line I had to lower the sens.
Also, I find I am going to have to learn the Sovereign language. I know the Explorer language inside out. It seems the Sovereign speaks a language with fewer sounds.
I know you love the S-12 coil. Do you have a coin garden? And if so, do you know how much deeper the S-12 gets?
I know that when it was working for the 15 minutes it did not have much sensitivity problems when I was about 30 or so yards from the transformer and electric line. I could bump the sens up full force without it being erratic. But maybe that was due to the thing being bad? When I got near the transformer and line I had to lower the sens.
Also, I find I am going to have to learn the Sovereign language. I know the Explorer language inside out. It seems the Sovereign speaks a language with fewer sounds.
I know you love the S-12 coil. Do you have a coin garden? And if so, do you know how much deeper the S-12 gets?
Tony from Tidewater
Member
If you need some help with the new one, just ask
funkyoldude
New member
Hey W6pea:
Just a quick note, way off topic, but directed to a fellow Ham operator. Folks on this forum know me, and know I don't do this very often. I am a Sov Elite beach hunter, and my wife and I hunt a beach in Thailand almost every day.
Jane and I were in Phuket, Thailand 5 days after the Tsunami hit. 5,000 dead, 2,000 missing. I was looking to help out the local Hams, but there weren't any to be found. (I got my ticket in 1963, W9UBB).
Instead, in less than 24 hours, the local cell phone companies built towers, and gave out free phones and phone cards to thousands of survivors. Also, the internet providers in Thailand all got together, setup tents with tables loaded with hundreds of PCs, brought in satellite dishes, and gave away free internet to anyone that needed to send emails. The Army brought in generators and light towers and hospital tents, the Red Cross brought in supplies and water, thousands of donations of food and clothes were trucked in from all over Asia, were flown in and arrived in less than 48 hours. The childrens foundations came from around the world to care for the little ones that lost their families.
It was a massive effort, unbelievable in scale, but well orchestrated and efficient. Amazing, really. Even the processing of 4,000 bodies, autopsy and ID, freezer trucks for storage, even caskets, as morbid and as emotionally difficult as it was for us to comprehend, this operation was well planned and executed by trained professionals from all over the world.
Every year my Ham Radio club went out into the boonies for Field Day. I never expected to see anything like this disaster, but it was sad not to see the Ham Radio operators there. Ham Radio is very popular in Thailand, even the King is a Ham. But they were not needed in this emergency. But I have a feeling that they were waiting silently, thousands of operators, just in case they were needed.
fod
Just a quick note, way off topic, but directed to a fellow Ham operator. Folks on this forum know me, and know I don't do this very often. I am a Sov Elite beach hunter, and my wife and I hunt a beach in Thailand almost every day.
Jane and I were in Phuket, Thailand 5 days after the Tsunami hit. 5,000 dead, 2,000 missing. I was looking to help out the local Hams, but there weren't any to be found. (I got my ticket in 1963, W9UBB).
Instead, in less than 24 hours, the local cell phone companies built towers, and gave out free phones and phone cards to thousands of survivors. Also, the internet providers in Thailand all got together, setup tents with tables loaded with hundreds of PCs, brought in satellite dishes, and gave away free internet to anyone that needed to send emails. The Army brought in generators and light towers and hospital tents, the Red Cross brought in supplies and water, thousands of donations of food and clothes were trucked in from all over Asia, were flown in and arrived in less than 48 hours. The childrens foundations came from around the world to care for the little ones that lost their families.
It was a massive effort, unbelievable in scale, but well orchestrated and efficient. Amazing, really. Even the processing of 4,000 bodies, autopsy and ID, freezer trucks for storage, even caskets, as morbid and as emotionally difficult as it was for us to comprehend, this operation was well planned and executed by trained professionals from all over the world.
Every year my Ham Radio club went out into the boonies for Field Day. I never expected to see anything like this disaster, but it was sad not to see the Ham Radio operators there. Ham Radio is very popular in Thailand, even the King is a Ham. But they were not needed in this emergency. But I have a feeling that they were waiting silently, thousands of operators, just in case they were needed.
fod
Tony N (Michigan)
Active member
The PM about the weight and balance or the one about if I had the Explorer SE? I answered both.
Art (NWOH)
New member
n/t
funkyoldude
New member
Hey Art(NWOH):
Just got back, and I'm going through my headphone stuff. Did you say you would like to play with it? I got all kinds of goodies: coil cords, jacks and plugs, various headphone parts, lots of Radio Shack stuff, and I got to get rid of it, cause Jane and I are going to Michigan for the summer and I can't take it with me. Somebody mentioned on the forum or in an email that they wanted it but I can't remember who it was.
I would love to pack it all up in a box and send it to anyone that can use it. I hate to toss out good stuff.
fod
Just got back, and I'm going through my headphone stuff. Did you say you would like to play with it? I got all kinds of goodies: coil cords, jacks and plugs, various headphone parts, lots of Radio Shack stuff, and I got to get rid of it, cause Jane and I are going to Michigan for the summer and I can't take it with me. Somebody mentioned on the forum or in an email that they wanted it but I can't remember who it was.
I would love to pack it all up in a box and send it to anyone that can use it. I hate to toss out good stuff.
fod
Art (NWOH)
New member
Maybe someone else could use it. Thanks anyway.
Have other projects eating up my time and patience right now. Mostly gunsmithing problem.
Glad you are still up and around. Have not heard much out of you.
Watch out for those tidal waves and nutty muslims.
HH
Have other projects eating up my time and patience right now. Mostly gunsmithing problem.
Glad you are still up and around. Have not heard much out of you.
Watch out for those tidal waves and nutty muslims.
HH