[GreenKeys] popular relays?

[Jack]

And everybody has been laughing at me for hoarding polar relays......!

 

They can also be used as a "poor man's" RS232-to-Loop converter.

 

Jack K0TTY

 

 

 

From: greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David Burns
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 9:19 PM
To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [GreenKeys] popular relays?

 

I have a theory that amateur/hobbyist astronomers have discovered that
if you take a 255 polar relay and couple it to a silicon power diode,
two Heineken bottle caps and half a toasted acorn, you can make a
small warp-drive engine powerful enough to launch the entire assembly
to Alpha Centauri.  But rather than shooting for the stars, they aim
it at the dark side of the moon and watch for the flash of plasma when
it hits.  I think this also explains why someone can ask for triple
digits for a 255 on eBay:

OLD VINTAGE HAM RADIO PART D91711 HIGH VOLTAGE TELETYPE RELAY W. E.
255
<http://www.ebay.com/itm/OLD-VINTAGE-HAM-RADIO-PART-D91711-HIGH-VOLTAG
E-TELETYPE-RELAY-W-E-255-0-SHIP-/380235225219?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&ha
sh=item5887c91883> 

-Dave in Boston

P.S. If the government suddenly bans the sale of polar relays, you'll
know my theory is true.

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