[Icom] +Dusting Icom Rigs

Wed, 21 May 2003 13:59:17 -0500

Hi Paul and all,

Hay, that rhymes.....   Well, one of WM's top guns is WM5D. Who knows maybe
they will start selling Icom 7800 at a WM price & whoopee, I get a discount
there...

73

        William J. Diamond (Bill)
        Rogers, Arkansas USA
        [email protected]

        Ham Radio Operator WR�T
      Flying The Flag Long Before
            It Was Popular

 Please Visit My Icom Radio Page At

 http://pages.sbcglobal.net/wjdiamond/index.html

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
Behalf Of Paul S. Serio
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 1:52 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Icom] +Dusting Icom Rigs

Bill,
While you were in Walmart did you stroll down the aisle that the clocks
were on? They now sell
a WWV synchronized desktop clock with built in thermometer for $19.95.
Who'd have thunk it?
Walmart selling ham radio accessories!

wjdiamond wrote:

>Hi Floyd and all,
>
>Yeppers, the dirt roads was a whopper but the duster is not. They are
>great. Most of AR got electric power back in 1946 but then, most Icom's do
>run on batteries.
>
>Very few people believe that Arkansas has paved roads, or modern cities.
>
>Several years back I was the general manager of a large Dillard's
>distribution center in KC. Dillards is an AR based company and my
secretary
>once asked me how they could deliver stuff to KC from Little Rock during
>the winter because surely the semi's would get stuck on the mud roads.
>This is the gospel truth.
>
>About 6 months later, I sent her to the Corporate office in AR for a
>seminar, and I never heard another word about redneck hillbillies or mud
>roads.
>
>Check out the Icom rig dusters, you will love them.
>
>
>        William J. Diamond (Bill)
>        Rogers, Arkansas USA
>        [email protected]
>
>        Ham Radio Operator WR�T
>      Flying The Flag Long Before
>            It Was Popular
>
> Please Visit My Icom Radio Page At
>
> http://pages.sbcglobal.net/wjdiamond/index.html
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
>Behalf Of Floyd Petri
>Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 2:17 AM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Icom] +Dusting Icom Rigs
>
>
>Bill if you don't have paved roads and people in Arkansas don't wear shoes
>(so I been told) then how do you know what an ICOM Radio is? By the way do
>you have electricity in Arkansas or do you just watch the radio and dust
>it?
>Personally I think youall are telling us a whopper yes I do. ICOM through
>Arkansas once and I did see a paved road yes I did and Airplanes were
>landing on it yes they were. I saw them do it with my own eyes yes I did.
>
>Does anyone know of a weekend class for a Technician License being made
>available in Southeast Texas in the Houston - Beaumont - Lufkin area? Go
to
>class for a day or two and take the test before leaving? Thanks in
advance.
>
>Floyd
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "wjdiamond" <[email protected]>
>To: "Icom@Mailman. Qth. Net" <[email protected]>
>Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 11:47 PM
>Subject: [Icom] +Dusting Icom Rigs
>
>
>
>
>>Hi Folks,
>>
>>Well, it is time for a different subject.  While I was at Wal-Mart today
>>
>>
>I
>
>
>>ran across something that is really neat for dusting rigs (Icom of
>>
>>
>course).
>
>
>>It is called the Swifter Dusters, and it is a neat little package with a
>>handle and 5 dusters. They are only about 4.00
>>
>>For years, I have used a sash and trim paint brush for dusting the fronts
>>and knobs, for the younger generation it is an angle brush.
>>
>>This little gizmo is really neat for dusting the tops and sides...
>>
>>So some will ask why is there dust, with a large electronic air cleaner
>>
>>
>in
>
>
>>the radio room?
>>
>>Remember now, I live in Arkansas and we ain't got no paved roads here,
>>
>>
>just
>
>
>>dirt and gravel. Hi Hi.
>>
>>See, didn't youall get a chuckle out of that?  And remember youall is one
>>word.
>>
>>        William J. Diamond (Bill)
>>        Rogers, Arkansas USA
>>        [email protected]
>>
>>        Ham Radio Operator WR�T
>>      Flying The Flag Long Before
>>            It Was Popular
>>
>> Please Visit My Icom Radio Page At
>>
>> http://pages.sbcglobal.net/wjdiamond/index.html
>>
>>
>>----
>>Your Moderator: Dick Flanagan W6OLD, [email protected]
>>Icom Users Net: Sundays, 1700Z, 14.315 MHz
>>Icom FAQ: http://www.qsl.net/icom/
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>----
>Your Moderator: Dick Flanagan W6OLD, [email protected]
>Icom Users Net: Sundays, 1700Z, 14.315 MHz
>Icom FAQ: http://www.qsl.net/icom/
>
>
>----
>Your Moderator: Dick Flanagan W6OLD, [email protected]
>Icom Users Net: Sundays, 1700Z, 14.315 MHz
>Icom FAQ: http://www.qsl.net/icom/
>
>
>

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