[Hammarlund] Re: Hammarlund digest, Vol 4 #236 - 2 msgs

Sun, 21 Dec 2003 11:15:18 -0500

Jeff;
Do you have the RF gain dual pot with switch available?
Thanks.
George
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>    1. HQ-170 parts (Jeff Wilaby)
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> From: "Jeff Wilaby" <[email protected]>
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> Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 20:14:23 -0600
> Subject: [Hammarlund] HQ-170 parts
>
>  I have for sale the following parts for a Hammarlund HQ-170.
> The main tuning cap asking 10.00, Vernier tining cap asking 5.00 and the
> Slot / Freq cap asking 5.00. these prices do not include shipping and I
have
> pics of these to email if you would like to see them. 73s Jeff
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> From: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 01:26:48 -0500
> Subject: [Hammarlund] Santa To Host Sunday HCI Net
>
>
>
> As always, all flavors and cents of vintage gear are welcome - (if it is
not
> vintage, just don't tell us!)
>
> You heard it straight from the reindeer's hoof, jolly old Santa will
co-host the
> Sunday December 21st HCI 20 meter Net. With a hardy Ho Ho Ho the pre-Net
will
> commence at 12:45 PM EST, (1745 UTC), if you can't tell time because your
> digital device has a dead battery, or when it comes to time conversions
you are
> zone impaired, just pick up your telephone and call your local number for
time!
> Or listen to 10 Mhz or 15 Mhz to WWV for the 'coordinated universal time',
> called UTC. Don't ask, it is a French thing ...
>
> The Net proper will begin with a stirring rendition of "Santa Claus Is
Watching
> You!" by Ray Stevens, with old Santa playing the spoons and belching out a
> little harmony, at 1:15 PM EST, (1815 UTC). No, I am not playing music
over the
> air ways,  it is just Christmas magic by the Elves. Remember that Santa
Claus
> knows who's been naughty or nice, so clean up your act, and don't serve
those
> carolers your home-brew eggnog, where the main ingredient is 100 proof
Vodka,
> like you did last year when they got busted for indecent exposure in a
manger
> scene!
>
> The frequency will be 14.293 Mhz usb +/- for key clicks, mike splatter and
the
> pounding, thumping and clattering of 36 little hoofs on your rooftop,
depending
> on what material you have covering your rafters,  as Santa greases himself
with
> graphite and tries to slide down your chimney without getting part of his
> anatomy caught in your flu! Remember last year when Colonel Fred Mooney,
KA1DGL,
> got tired of the neighborhood brats stripping naked, greasing themselves
with
> lard, sliding down the chimney, dashing through the house butt naked,
grabbing a
> candy cane off the Christmas tree as they streaked by and exiting through
the
> patio? Leaving his wife in a state of shock, his teenage son and daughter
> roaring with laughter and the youngest child shouting "Cool! This is way
better
> than those dumb old family movies we gotta watch every Christmas!" Fred
placed
> motion sensors in the fireplace chimney, wired up a military surplus
turbine
> blower from a scrapped Navy Tomcat and blew those punks back up and out of
the
> chimney like somebody used an air compressor to power a pea shooter! But
being
> about as sharp as a dull razor blade after fifty times of shaving the wire
> bristles off Queen Elizabeth's legs, they thought it was a new ride at the
> Disney theme park and knocked on the front door asking if they could buy
> tickets!
>
> Remember, now Santa is old, like he is pushing four hundred years, give or
take
> a century depending on which historian you consult. So be sure to leave
him a
> stool softener capsule or two on the plate with his fresh baked cookies
and
> glass of half percent milk. Tune your Hallicrafters to 7.255 Mhz lsb,
ECARS, as
> Santa has been showing up there and taking requests from children!
(Truth!)
>
> I hope to hear many of you tomorrow for a festive Net with things that
still go
> glow in the dark, without Radium or batteries! Hang that mistletoe with
care, as
> nowadays you may not want to kis what wanders in and you get caught
beneath it
> with! Hang up your stockings, if you have a fireplace, or drape them over
the
> back of the couch if you do not, and hope that old Saint Nick fills them
with
> fresh fruit, walnuts, chocolate candy, assorted trinkets or delicious
candy
> canes, and not a delinquent tax bill!
>
> Keep in mind it is more blessed to give than to receive, but that does not
apply
> to a disease!
>
> You can tell if somebody is a Redneck, if they grab Santa in a half
nelson, hold
> a lit cigarette under his beard of snowy white, and threaten to roast his
> chessnuts over a fire if he does not give them a winning lotto ticket!
>
> If you celebrate Christmas, have a very merry, safe and joyous one with
family
> and friends. If you do not observe Christmas, but do enjoy some other
holiday,
> have a most wonderful time too. Above all, whatever you believe or
celebrate,
> remember to help those in need, share with those with less, care for those
who
> have nobody to care about them, make a little child happy by blessing him
or her
> with some of your bounty, invite an elderly person who is alone to have
dinner
> with your family, care for a pet somebody turned out and abandoned, be
thankful
> for what you have, not complain about what you have not and always try to
do
> unto others, as you would have them do unto you. This may be my last
Christmas
> on the Earth, due to the discovery of advanced colon cancer in July, maybe
it
> will also be yours, we just do not know. This much I do know, life is
always too
> short, so make every second you have count in a positive way of some kind,
let
> grudges be erased, let forgiveness dominate and jealousy be banished from
your
> consciousness. There is but one race, the human race. Share a smile, share
a
> memory, share a meal, share some love and share the time you have here
wisely,
> as your memory is the only legacy that will endure.
>
> Hear you tomorrow above the roar of those last minute shoppers, the
blaring of
> motorist's horns fighting for that last parking space and that electronic
> talking 'honey do' list with the Oriental accent that announces your yet
undone
> duties on the hour, every hour!
>
> Duane Fischer, W8DBF/W9WZE
> NCS: Hallicrafters Collectors International
>
>
>
>
>
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