SteveShannon Posted Tuesday at 05:13 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 05:13 PM I just heard that in Lebanon, reports vary from eight killed to 3,000 injured) Hezbollah fighters have been injured when all of their pagers exploded. Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeBo Posted Tuesday at 07:44 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 07:44 PM What we know so far about the deadly pager blasts in Lebanon? | Reuters WRUU653 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davichko5650 Posted Tuesday at 08:57 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 08:57 PM 3 hours ago, SteveShannon said: I just heard that in Lebanon, reports vary from eight killed to 3,000 injured) Hezbollah fighters have been injured when all of their pagers exploded. Wow! google was my friend!!! "On 17 September 2024, communication pagers used by Hezbollah members simultaneously exploded across Lebanon and Damascus, Syria. 16 people were confirmed killed: nine in Lebanon and seven in Syria. Reports say that more than 3,000 were injured. Wikipedia." gotta watch those LiFePO batteries I guess? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OffRoaderX Posted Tuesday at 09:00 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 09:00 PM RayDiddio, JoCoBrian, WRHS218 and 3 others 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveShannon Posted Tuesday at 09:04 PM Author Report Share Posted Tuesday at 09:04 PM 17 hours ago, OffRoaderX said: https://youtu.be/t9wmWZbr_wQ?si=UbyYQZA6vKW4cMyw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdmiralCochrane Posted Tuesday at 10:16 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 10:16 PM Reuters seems to know more about this than Massad RayDiddio and SteveShannon 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OffRoaderX Posted Tuesday at 10:30 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 10:30 PM 1 hour ago, SteveShannon said: https://youtu.be/t9wmWZbr_wQ?si=UbyYQZA6vKW4cMyw I will see your martian, and raise you with one of the best no-go-boom scenes in television in history: WSDV256 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveShannon Posted Tuesday at 10:39 PM Author Report Share Posted Tuesday at 10:39 PM 11 minutes ago, OffRoaderX said: I will see your martian, and raise you with one of the best no-go-boom scenes in television in history: I bow in your direction... That's one of the funniest videos I have seen lately. Timely too. In rocketry we have a lot of little gadgets. One of our members had built a nice little business making kits (like Heathkit, but rocketry related). A couple of his kits are wifi switches, tiny little circuit boards that connect to a battery and to the rocketry electronics. The switch is very reliable and allows a person to arm the ejection charges while standing a safe distance away. $15 for the miniature version: https://eggtimerrocketry.com/home/altimeters-av-bay/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeoG Posted Wednesday at 12:13 AM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 12:13 AM 3 hours ago, OffRoaderX said: I stole this. WRYZ926, SteveShannon and WRUU653 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRUU653 Posted Wednesday at 02:13 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 02:13 PM 13 hours ago, LeoG said: I stole this. The photo or the 72 vir… never mind, I don’t really need to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveShannon Posted Wednesday at 02:40 PM Author Report Share Posted Wednesday at 02:40 PM In this video some guy says that the 5,000 pagers had their batteries replaced with battery assemblies containing explosives as well. It may have been done while they were being held in customs at a nearby country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeoG Posted Wednesday at 04:06 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 04:06 PM 1 hour ago, WRUU653 said: The photo or the 72 vir… never mind, I don’t really need to know. What they don't tell them is the 72 virgins are other suicide bombers so they're all guys. WRUU653 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveShannon Posted Wednesday at 04:18 PM Author Report Share Posted Wednesday at 04:18 PM More explosions have occurred. This time it appears to have involved handheld radios. An Icom is displayed during the video: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lscott Posted Wednesday at 04:22 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 04:22 PM Reminds me of the story of the interrogator walking in to the cell of a soon to be executed terrorist and gave him a box of condoms. The terrorist thanked the interrogator for thinking of him. The interrogator looked at the terrorist, smiled, and said they weren't for him, but for the 72 virgins where he would soon be going to. SteveShannon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppyjr Posted Wednesday at 04:26 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 04:26 PM Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of people. SteveShannon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveShannon Posted Wednesday at 04:33 PM Author Report Share Posted Wednesday at 04:33 PM 6 minutes ago, Hoppyjr said: Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of people. Yeah, for two days I’ve been chortling. I’m pretty sure I’m going to hell. Hoppyjr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tip10 Posted Wednesday at 04:34 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 04:34 PM Obtaining your tech from the enemy you vowed to destroy isn’t very smart….. just sayin’ “The walkie-talkies were booby-trapped in advance by Israeli intelligence services and then delivered to Hezbollah as part of the militia's emergency communications system“https://www.axios.com/2024/09/18/israel-detonates-hezbollah-walkie-talkies-second-wave-after-pager-attackNever engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed person. SteveShannon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeoG Posted Wednesday at 04:58 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 04:58 PM You mean like the US buying their computer chips from chyna and putting them in war equipment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppyjr Posted Wednesday at 05:14 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 05:14 PM Disregard. Odd app behavior Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lscott Posted Wednesday at 05:16 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 05:16 PM Can anyone identify the Icom radio model from the photo? Note the serial number was cut out of the tag on the radio on the left side of the photo. I'm guessing the antenna port is the silver thing on the left. Most of the Icom radios have the antenna port on the other side. Plus it only has one visible knob on the top which should narrow down the model. It could be an air band or a VHF marine band radio, since those seem to be primarily the Icom models that would have the antenna port on that side. https://www.atlanticradiocorp.com/collections/icom-portable-radios?srsltid=AfmBOop8gMs5sD9LSqWHCyBfgpZmtLuaE0mSdNQXEfZYr5fFQ9axPeCm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeoG Posted Wednesday at 05:18 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 05:18 PM Only on a radio forum would you have guys asking what radio they used before they were "blowed up" Tip10 and Lscott 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lscott Posted Wednesday at 05:22 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 05:22 PM 2 minutes ago, LeoG said: Only on a radio forum would you have guys asking what radio they used before they were "blowed up" Hey, it adds a new element to the thread and keeps it from getting stale. SteveShannon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OffRoaderX Posted Wednesday at 05:27 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 05:27 PM NotABOOMphang! Hoppyjr and SteveShannon 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tip10 Posted Wednesday at 05:40 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 05:40 PM Only on a radio forum would you have guys asking what radio they used before they were "blowed up" Hey, it’s far more relevant than a lot of the conversations on a radio forum…..Never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed person. SteveShannon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveShannon Posted Wednesday at 05:57 PM Author Report Share Posted Wednesday at 05:57 PM 39 minutes ago, Lscott said: Can anyone identify the Icom radio model from the photo? Note the serial number was cut out of the tag on the radio on the left side of the photo. I'm guessing the antenna port is the silver thing on the left. Most of the Icom radios have the antenna port on the other side. Plus it only has one visible knob on the top which should narrow down the model. It could be an air band or a VHF marine band radio, since those seem to be primarily the Icom models that would have the antenna port on that side. https://www.atlanticradiocorp.com/collections/icom-portable-radios?srsltid=AfmBOop8gMs5sD9LSqWHCyBfgpZmtLuaE0mSdNQXEfZYr5fFQ9axPeCm Here’s the web page for the marine radios from the European distributor for the Middle East: https://www.icomeurope.com/en/radio/handhelds-for-marine/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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