[Hallicrafters] Re: Hallicrafters digest, Vol 4 #159 - 2 msgs

[william ross]

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>    1. S40 series IF cans (Ray Keefe)
>    2. Saturday Net Or Propagation Puffer? (Duane Fischer, W8DBF)
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> Message: 1
> From: "Ray Keefe" <baracuda at bellatlantic.net>
> To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 07:20:19 -0400
> Subject: [Hallicrafters] S40 series IF cans
>
> Does anyone know if the if cans from the S40 or the S40A are =
> interchangeable with the cans in the S40B?
>
> I have an S40B that has one that is arcing internally inside the plastic =
> base, which is apparently where the fixed cap has been built. The can in =
> question is T3 Halli p/n 50C242. =20
>
> After digging through the manals for the S40 and the S40A it appears =
> that the B model used different cans with fixed caps instead of trimmers =
> that the earlier models had.
>
> If these are not directly interchangeable does anyone know which JW =
> Miller can is?=20
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> Thanks,
>
> Ray Keefe
> KC2GMN
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> From: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com>
> To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 23:02:41 -0400
> Subject: [Hallicrafters] Saturday Net Or Propagation Puffer?
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>
>
> I just read one of those propagation forecasts about band decay and it
made me
> wonder if there is a propagation dentist to fix the cavity in the wisdom
tooth
> of wave stability caused by a failure to floss, flush or Fluoridate
properly?
> What the heck is going on the past month? Has old Sol been on a diet of
refried
> beans, barbecued bacon rinds and pickled hard boiled eggs? If so, that
would
> explain his problem with frequently breaking solar wind and an odor foul
enough
> to gag a starving rodent with a sinus condition who just discovered the
garbage
> dump behind Cuzin Ahab's gormet take out hut that specializes in poached
fish
> heads, pickled Camel humps and deep fried Skunk thighs. All that global
warming
> hype, El Meano, La Ninja, or whatever those terms are, and the national
weather
> service is about as accurate as the average American's monthly bank
checking
> account statement when compared to those numbers on the stub balance
sheets!
> With the lack of sunlight, one can always blame the nearly dead solar
power
> calculator for the blunders. In any event, the jet stream seems confused
as to
> whether it is supposed to be north of the equator, south of the equator or
on
> Spring break in Daytona observing females trying to avoid tan lines.
>
> If there is any useable propagation on Saturday May 10th, there will be a
HCI 40
> meter Net at 1:00 PM EDT, (1700 UTC). If you can tolerate the pungent odor
of
> rotten Hydrogen Sulfide vapors emanating from the south end of north bound
> critters who helped recycle the local fast food restaurant dumpster
contents
> back into the ecology cycle of life, join me at 12:30 PM EDT, (1630 UTC),
for
> the pre-Net fumigation procedure where we rid the frequency of contestors.
(I am
> not against 'contesting', just the lack of ethics aptly demonstrated by
some who
> behave worse than male teenage boys with way too much sperm on uppers!)
The
> frequency will be 7.280 Mhz lsb +/- for key clicks, mike splatter and the
sound
> of Goblow The Farting Horse trying to out stink the barking dogs doing
their
> bone marrow curdling rendition of Jingle Bells. But if the smell really
knocks
> your fungus filled sweaty gym socks off, it is probably a misguided AM'er
trying
> to make his rice paddy radio sound like a real vintage vacuum tube AM rig
by
> utilizing all sorts of speech processing devices that change his voice
more than
> a teenager hitting puberty! (Is a rice box radio one that comes in a
breakfast
> cereal like Rice Crispies as a prize? (Just teasing, no dead rats in the
mail
> please))
>
> I hoep to hear some of you tomorrow. As unstable as the band has been, I
will be
> glad to hear any of you! I will gladly take check ins from the outer
planets,
> just be sure to use your regional call sign designator, you know, like
JUP, SAT,
> URN and PLU. Sounds like the cast for a sit com on life in the back woods
of the
> Ozarks! Be there or be lost and doomed to wander shopping malls for all
> eternity.
>
> Duane Fischer, W8DBF
> NCS: Hallicrafters Collectors International
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