[Elecraft] !

[Fred Jensen]

On 6/7/2012 3:28 PM, kevinr wrote:
> 6 x 2 x 0.5 gives 6 cu in.  Which is 98 cubic centimeters.  at 22.5
> gm/cc that gives 2212 gms.  The going price for a gram of osmium is $61
> which makes your weight cost about $134,947 not counting machining,
> mounting, plus shipping and handling.  Quite the fancy weight for your
> rig Wayne :)

I suggest using Fruitcake.

1.  It is the heaviest thing in the universe.

2.  It cannot be destroyed, it can only be given away.

3.  All the Fruitcake in the universe was created in the Big Bang: 
Hydrogen [H], a little Helium [He], and Fruitcake [Fc].  Being the 
heaviest thing in the universe, it collected the H and He around it 
forming stars and galaxies.  Some scientists call it Dark Matter which 
makes sense, I've never seen white Fc.

4.  Galaxies merged, combining their Fc, and eventually the solar system 
was born, with it's share of Fc.  By now, supernovae had seeded the Fc 
with other elements:  Blueberry [Bb], Orange Peel [Op], Lemon Peel [Lp], 
Raisin [R], and Unknown Fruit That Sticks In Your Teeth [Uftsiyt]. 
Depending on where you go in the universe, you can also find Nuts [Nu] 
in Fc.  The unknown stuff that holds this all together is called Dark 
Energy.

5.  Fc is so dense that nothing can ionize it.  Hence it is an 
insulator, except for that collected by my weird Uncle Jack which 
attracts lightning.  I believe his is a rare isotope of Fc.

6.  Little known fact:  Sunspots are really chunks of Fc rising to the 
surface and bobbing around.  If any were ever ejected and collided with 
the Earth, civilization as we know it would end.  Some think this would 
be a good idea.  Fortunately, it has never happened, which is pretty 
obvious since were still here, civilized or not.

7.  Fc would certainly hold a KX3 down.  It would hold an SX-28 down ... 
wait, the SX-28 did that by itself.  Possibly it was made from Fc?

Science lesson for the day, right here on Elecraft.  No need to thank 
me, I'm retired, and I have a lot of time on my hands.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012
- www.cqp.org