[Elecraft] Lead Weights and Fishing Line while Operating Portable

[Fred Smith]

Same here Rick.

 

73,

Fred/N0AZZ

 

From: Rick Johnson [mailto:w3bi.rick at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 8:21 AM
To: Fred Smith; 'eric norris'; kx3 at yahoogroups.com
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Lead Weights and Fishing Line while Operating
Portable

 

I have determined that all the iron in my blood has turned to
lead in my butt.  Only problem seems to be my get-up-and -go
has got up and went.
 
73,
Rick W3BI

 

> From: mfsj at mo-net.com
> To: gliderboy1955 at yahoo.com; kx3 at yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 04:57:21 -0500
> CC: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Lead Weights and Fishing Line while Operating
Portable
> 
> Just a side note as a shooter & reloader my wife and myself for over 40
> years I have handled 10's of thousands of lead bullets in different cal.
> during reloading of handgun rounds. As a Trap and Skeet shooter I would
> guess well over a ton of lead shot we shoot 3 nights a week and 1 day a
> total of 5 cases a week for both of us. 
> 
> We advised both of our doctors over the years and they have told us that
> nothing show's up in our systems above normal. Now if you eat enough lead
it
> will cause you a problem. Also inhaling the vapors when melting lead,
which
> I wore a mask during casting of bullets that can cause problems also.
> 
> But handling a lead fishing weight causing you problems very, very rare.
If
> so many would stop fishing I guess.
> 
> Fred/N0AZZ
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of eric norris
> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 3:44 AM
> To: kx3 at yahoogroups.com
> Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] Lead Weights and Fishing Line while Operating Portable
> 
> Please consider NOT using lead fishing weights when operating portable.
>  Lost lead weights can harm wildlife, and handling them won't do you any
> good, either.  Elecraft recommends using 5/8" stainless steel nuts for
> portable antenna weights on page 10 of the KXAT1 Manual (the atu for the
> KX1--this section should go in the KX3 manual as well).  I have had great
> success with stainless nuts and have never lost one in the field.  The
shack
> is another story. Stainless steel nuts are available at many hardware
stores
> and online.  
> 
> Also, monofilament fishing line is nasty stuff.  It does not degrade for
> centuries.  Birds like to gather it up and use it for nests, where it can
> then entangle them.  I use instead the 3/32 or 3/16" dacron antenna rope
> from HRO which is much less likely to get tangled and broken or ensnare
> birds.  There are many other alternatives.
> 
> See you in the field!
> 
> 73
> 
> Eric, WD6DBM  KX3 #944
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