[Hallicrafters] Re: Hallicrafters digest, Vol 4 #360 - 2 msgs

[Mike]

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>    1. HT-37 tuning dial (Waldo Magnuson)
>    2. Tune In Saturday HCI 40 Meter Net (Duane Fischer, W8DBF)
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> Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:58:08 -0800
> Cc: Waldo Magnuson <magnuson at mac.com>
> To: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
> From: Waldo Magnuson <magnuson at mac.com>
> Subject: [Hallicrafters] HT-37 tuning dial
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> Everything is working fine and I've gotten the operational issues
> solved on my HT-37.
> But one problem remains:  The tuning dial rubs on the red index wire at
> the top.  It appears that the phenolic tuning dial has, over time,
> developed a curvature (dished out actually) so that the clearance at
> the top is inadequate.  Has  anyone run into this problem and/or have a
> suggested cure?  Thanks.  Skip Magnuson
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> Message: 2
> From: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com>
> To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 00:06:41 -0500
> Subject: [Hallicrafters] Tune In Saturday HCI 40 Meter Net
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> Please join us on Saturday November 15th for the Hallicrafters Collectors
> International 40 meter Net. The pre-Net portion will commence with Taps
for
> Bambi and friends at 12:30 PM EST, (1730 UTC). Hoof it on in for the
official
> start of the Net at 1:00 PM EST, (1800 UTC). The frequency will be 7.280
Mhz lsb
> +/- for key clicks, mike splatter and the sound of foaming at the mouth
Deer
> slayers blasting at anything that flicks a speck of white or moves with
their
> high powered portable cannons capable of turning a railroad boxcar into a
filet
> of steel with one titanium  jacketed steel piercing hollow slug filled
with C4
> like a Twinkie stuffed with fake banana cream putty! If it hits an
unfortunate
> Deer, and it is a male, all that is left are the horns to mount on the
hood of
> their SUV, a hoof to use as a soup bone and a rump roast with a piece of
tail
> still attached! I am not opposed to hunting as a sport, but too many of
these
> weapon toteing tree stand dwellers got their gun safety training from the
Grand
> Theft Auto video game!
>
> I have three Deer 200 feet from my house in the field just south of my
Pine
> woods. They are closer than normal due to a neighbor who dumped several
bushel
> baskets full of carrots there for them to feed on. He is not a hunter,
just
> likes to watch them. A Doe and two large Fawns. This is a residential
area, the
> wooded area is land locked, no houses directly east, but within two
hundred feet
> in all other directions. No rifles are allowed in this part of the state.
There
> is no hunting of any kind allowed in the woods or field, as it is way too
close
> to houses and places humans lives in danger. The Department of Natural
> Resources, DNR, has been put on notice about the presence of the Deer and
> potential danger to nearby residents. They ignored all requests for
assistance
> from concerned/worried neighbors.
>
> Hopefully nobody gets so incredibly stupid at dawn tomorrow morning as to
start
> shooting out back, but I would bet somebody does. I hope none of the slugs
come
> my way, if so, perhaps they will trim the top of the GAP Titan off and
improve
> its overall performance!
>
> Here's hoping to hear you tomorrow and not a fire fight as fleeing Deer
trample
> my antenna farm into a wire wound cow pie!
>
> Duane Fischer, W8DBF
> NCS: Hallicrafters Collectors International
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