[Hallicrafters] Re: Musicality -- OT

Rich Oliver Rich.Oliver at lowell.edu
Thu Feb 3 11:51:47 EST 2005


I once came across an antique (1920's) bottle of "Antenna Oil" in an 
antique shop for only $20.  I shoulda bought it!

Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose.

-Rich


> 
> This whole thing reminds me of some of the things that were happening 
> during the CB craze of the late 1970's. I was working for the Canadian 
> Department of Communications at the time, and we had to address many of 
> these issues in our daily dealings with the local CB populace. I 
> remember one product on the market caled "Liquid Boot".  This remarkable 
> chemical was supposed to ad many dB's of gain on both transmit and 
> receive simply by spraying it on your antenna..at something like 30.00 
> for a small bottle. It turned out to be nicely packaged Windex.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Brent  VE3CUS





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