There are some really cheap (under $200) 2-way radios made in China. One brand is Wouxun. A company that sells them online is Powerwerxbr>Some version...

There are federal laws that allow the metric system under some conditions. You would want to have a lawyer connected with whatever agency is making th...

I've been involved in licensing Red Cross radios. "Base" in this context means bolted solidly to a building or tower and staying in one place for year...

There seems to be a lot of detective work among surveyors about whether a fence is a shared boundary fence or a convenience fence. Shouldn't surveyors...

If the judge is so concerned about how things look, rather than substance, perhaps he might not want to let his frivolous doodling become public. It m...

They're still in business, seePersonally, I don't by it a ton at a time, so I buyit from suppliers like this:And being an electrical engineer rather t...

A key phrase in the RI land survey statutes is "'Practice of land surveying' means any service or work, the adequate performance of which involves the...

Copper what???There is copper weld wire, which is steel on the inside and copper on the outside. It is used in grounding systems and amateur radio wir...

Ashton, Should You Be Automatically Approved Per Software?If I were designing a modern question, I would, perhaps, present a report from a least squar...

I can't help but notice there is a huge gulf between the calculating tools a surveyor uses professionally and what one is allowed to bring in to the t...

Posting jokes as if they are about employment is rubbing salt in the wound. Do your pink slips have jokes on the other side?

In my state the land surveyors board is only interested in regulating boundary surveying. The statute does not prohibit land surveying by "licensed or...

Reading the documents you like so much, an engineer should not be allowed to authoritatively state that two foundations are 25 feet apart, or to state...

It is not within the purview of a board of land surveyors to interpret the statutes regulating engineers. If those statutes say engineers can measure ...

The problems with the inclusive/exclusive material are1. The only state board involved was the land surveyors board, so they had no authority to make ...

Engineers, architects, and landscape architects must manage the spatial relationship of the objects they are designing, and other nearby objects and t...

The NCEES Model Rules are created in coordination with the NCEES Model Law and should not be interpreted in isolation from the Model Law. The Model La...

There is no clear lower limit to what an engineering survey is. It's absurd to claim engineers aren't allowed to own a tape measure, so how do you dra...

Excel Degree MODE?It seems to me that Excel has very few modes. I think one of the few is whether to follow the Windows version of date calculations, ...

I tried removing the Wild light and pointing a flashlight in thehole,and I was able to see the reticle. Next I'll try a brighterbulb in the Wild light...