[Boatanchors] Re: Boatanchors digest, Vol 4 #209 - 4 msgs

John P. Cummins, Sr. [email protected]
Wed, 16 Jul 2003 05:50:55 -0400


I have the manual and the ST-6.. so if you don't find it, let me know..!!

Pickett, AD4S

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>    1. RE: Hal ST-6 Manual (Craig McCartney)
>    2. Re: W8DBF Has Left The Stage - (Dave Roscoe)
>    3. Re: W8DBF Has Left The Stage - (Al Parker)
>    4. RE: W8DBF Has Left The Stage - (Howard L Ritter, Jr)
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> Subject:
> RE: [Boatanchors] Hal ST-6 Manual
> From:
> "Craig McCartney" <[email protected]>
> Date:
> Tue, 15 Jul 2003 05:50:24 -0700
> To:
> "Richard Davis" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
> 
> 
> Rick,
> 
> Try this site, in the Kretzman Technical Library, under Terminal Units:
> 
>      http://www.rtty.com/development/tu/index.html
> 
> That should help.
> 
> Craig
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Richard Davis
> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 6:03 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Boatanchors] Hal ST-6 Manual
> 
> 
> Help ,I'm in need of an illustrated manual for the Hal ST-6. The cards were
> removed long ago by another ham and I need the slot configuration
> identification to get this up and running. Any help-sources etc....
> appreciated. Rick K8PJQ
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> Subject:
> Re: [Boatanchors] W8DBF Has Left The Stage -
> From:
> "Dave Roscoe" <[email protected]>
> Date:
> Tue, 15 Jul 2003 09:04:34 -0400
> To:
> "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
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> 
> 
> Hey Duane....
> 
> You are just like one of my favorite Heroes..
> 
> General Douglas MacArthur.....
> 
> 
> "I Shall Return... ! ! !   "
> 
> And by God,  he DID !
> And ended up whuppin' their asses  too,  by the way.
> 
> You'll be back, and you won't have to wade ashore either !
> 
> 73  Dave W1DWZ
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 9:45 PM
> Subject: [Boatanchors] W8DBF Has Left The Stage -
> 
> 
> 
>>
>>As announced during the Sunday July 13th HCI 20 meter Net, I am leaving
> 
> all
> 
>>things Hallicrafters, vintage, SWL and pretty much everything else,
>>indefinitely
>>
>>If any of you encounter a problem with any list I currently administrate,
> 
> please
> 
>>contact Al Waller, K3TKJ, at: [email protected] He will be handling things
> 
> until
> 
>>return.
>>
>>Briefly, i went for a routine doctor's visit a week ago today. It was time
> 
> for
> 
>>my annual physical anyhow, so while I was there I had the blood work done.
>>
>>The next day the doctor called and told me that he wanted me in the
> 
> hospital
> 
>>immediately for a three unit, (pint) transfusion. I was stunned. My
> 
> hemoglobin
> 
>>was 6.8, less than half of normal. Everything to do with Iron was a mile
> 
> below
> 
>>the bottom of the scale. Such as Iron from 35-150, mine was 7. Additional
> 
> blood
> 
>>tests showed the only thing wrong with my blood, was almost no Iron.
> 
> Hence, the
> 
>>bone marrow uses Iron to produce hemoglobin, and I had no Iron. What
> 
> hemoglobin
> 
>>was stored in reserve in the liver had been used up. I was alive, he was
> 
> not
> 
>>sure why, but running on less than the fumes from an empty gas tank.
>>
>>Then he totally knocked me off the chair when he told me the probable
> 
> cause was
> 
>>advanced colon cancer. I had not had any signs of blood in the urine or
> 
> stool,
> 
>>and the urine test showed none whatsoever.
>>
>>Tomorrow morning I am in the hospital for a transfusion. Then more blood
> 
> work.
> 
>>Then I am in the hospital for colon, stomach and other intrusive tests.
> 
> The
> 
>>normal six to eight week waiting period is being waived, as he figures I
> 
> won't
> 
>>be alive by then.
>>
>>That is a brief overview of what has happened to cause me to put my life
> 
> on
> 
>>hold. I hope there is not a SK sale in my near future and I hope I will
> 
> survive
> 
>>whatever is going on inside me. Frankly, right now, my future is hour by
> 
> hour.
> 
>>Why am I still home? Well, first I had to get some areas of my life taken
> 
> care
> 
>>of in the event I could not manage them myself and second because I am too
>>blasted determined to continue on and pretend this is not really
> 
> happening. But
> 
>>if I get any weaker, I won't be here, so it is time to put my life in
> 
> God's
> 
>>hands, do what the doctor says and try to think positive thoughts. I am
> 
> not yet
> 
>>ready to write Frogzilla's last chapter!
>>
>>Keep the Hallicrafters, and other vintage tube gear, glowing for me and
> 
> keep
> 
>>this list active, productive and peaceful. If there is any way to be on
> 
> the air
> 
>>Wednesday night, I will be there! If it is possible to do the Saturday and
>>Sunday Nets, I will be there! But if I am not there, I hope that one or
> 
> two of
> 
>>you will step up to the plate and pinch hit for me as NCS.
>>
>>Keep the HCI web site furnished with material and help the Web Master Fred
>>Mooney, KA1DGL, keep it going. Fred and I have carried the web site on our
>>shoulders through thick and thin. Craig Carter has done a marvelous job
> 
> handling
> 
>>the 'forsale-swap' area the past year and a half. (thank you Craig!)
> 
> Whether I
> 
>>go on, or not, I want the HCI concept, the HCI Nets and the HCI web site
> 
> to
> 
>>survive. So please keep those things that still go glow in the night lit.
>>
>>I will not be answering e-mail for a while, but if I am able, I will be
> 
> reading
> 
>>it. If I have the strength, I 'may' answer a few now and then.
>>
>>Take care my friends, thank you for everything over the years, keep
> 
> Frogzilla
> 
>>out of the Sport's Illustrated swim suit photo sessions, keep those
> 
> Halli's lit
> 
>>and God willing, I shall return.
>>
>>Duane Fischer, W8DBF/W9WZE
>>[email protected]
>>
>>
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> Subject:
> Re: [Boatanchors] W8DBF Has Left The Stage -
> From:
> "Al Parker" <[email protected]>
> Date:
> Tue, 15 Jul 2003 09:45:58 -0400
> To:
> "WBob" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
> 
> 
> Actually, the song went, "it isn't easy being green,"   as sung by Kermit
> the Frog.
> 73,
> Al
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "WBob" <[email protected]>
> 
>>As I understand it, Kermit was the name of the frog hand puppet
>>used by Stan Freeberg and was transferred to Jim Hensen to start
>>the Muppets. I am old and don't 'member things too good no more..
>>
>>WBob
>>
>>J. Forster wrote:
>>
>>>I meant Kermit the Frog...  as in the Muppets.
>>>-John
>>>
>>>WBob wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>This might have been the original. Buddy recorded it in 1952, I
>>>>think. I have it here somewhere...long before Stan Freeberg and
>>>>Kermit..
>>>>
>>>>WBob
>>>
> 
> 
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> Subject:
> RE: [Boatanchors] W8DBF Has Left The Stage -
> From:
> "Howard L Ritter, Jr" <[email protected]>
> Date:
> Tue, 15 Jul 2003 15:25:52 -0400
> To:
> "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
> 
> 
> Duane--
> 
> I'm terribly sorry to read what you shared with us in your email. Please be
> assured that out best wishes are with you.
> 
> It may be helpful to know that I am a hematologist and oncologist (blood and
> cancer specialist) in private practice in Toledo. I would hope that your
> doctor's assessment of "advanced colon cancer" is a knee-jerk reaction,
> since from the sound of it he had no evidence of any such thing prior to
> finding out about your iron deficiency. Certainly iron-deficiency anemia can
> be produced by CURABLE colon cancers as well as by advanced ones. All that
> it takes is for the tumor to bleed into the colon over a long period of
> time. The "advanced" part of advanced colon cancer is not required for the
> development of iron deficiency, and actually does not contribute anything in
> that respect. So if your doctor has no other reason to suspect advanced
> colon cancer, please keep your chin up. Also bear in mind that not all iron
> deficiency is due to cancer of any kind in the first place, but certainly in
> a man it causes us to look for it without fail.
> 
> Obviously your doctor's recommended course of action must be followed, but I
> hope it will prove his suspicions incorrect. Hopefully what you are told by
> your doctor(s) there will be perfectly understandable, but I know how
> patients are often left wondering just what the doctor meant when new
> concepts are discussed, and if I can contribute in any way to your
> understanding of what is found or what is proposed, please feel free to
> email me at any time.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> --howard n7exn
> [Howard L Ritter, Jr, MD]
> 
> 
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