[Hammarlund] question

[Ron Kolarik]

Ask an old telephone guy what it is, the origins pre-date R390
usage.......still black gooey stuff, used as a flooding compound
in some phone cables, real pita to get off your hands.

Ron
K0IDT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roy Morgan" <k1lky at earthlink.net>
To: "Hammarlund Mail List" <Hammarlund at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Hammarlund] question


> 
> On Jul 26, 2010, at 5:19 PM, RICHARD MC KINNEY wrote:
> 
> > What's an uckumpucky????
> 
> Not "an" but a material or substance.
> 
> The term's true origin may be lost in the annals of the R390 mailing  
> list.  It was used there first many years ago, as I remember, to  
> describe the gooey gunk inside the plug-in electrolytic capacitors  
> found on the audio module of the R-390A radios.
> 
> Roy
> 
> Roy Morgan
> k1lky at earthlink.net
> K1LKY Since 1958 - Keep 'em Glowing!
> 
> 
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