[R-1051] R-1051B Need Help/New Member

[paul swed]

Its simple. Its ballast to keep the ships right side up. The other reason
is they can say the ship is bigger 300K Tons :-)

On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Ray Fantini <RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu> wrote:

> Metal is the only way to go, if you got nylon remove and throw out and put
> the old school stuff back in!  I work on the radios but do to the huge
> weight and problems shipping will only do radios brought to the shop. Got a
> Harris AN/URC-94 that's been breaking my back all week on the bench right
> now. Why is it that everything designed for navy use weighs so much? Did
> the contractors get paid by the pound?
> Ray F
>
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> From: r-1051-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:
> r-1051-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of chuck.rippel at cox.net
> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 3:14 PM
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> Subject: Re: [R-1051] R-1051B Need Help/New Member
>
> Fair Radio has the chain sets for something like..... $40.
>
> One of my "H" models needs fixed.  Do we know anyone that does those?
>
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> Chuck Rippel
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Mike A wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Feb 01, 2013 at 08:04:10PM +0000, chuck.rippel at cox.net wrote:
> >> I wonder if his has the nylon gear chains in it.  Those strip all the
> >> time.
> >
> > If it's a "B", I suspect the odds are good that it has the metal
> > chains, which are *so* much better -- and *so* damnably expensive. My
> > "H", on the other hand, is awaiting replacement of the
> > never-sufficiently-to-be-condemned
> > nylon-ladder chains, which have a crosspiece break out at the
> > slightest shadow of an excuse.
> >
> > --
> > Mike Andrews, W5EGO
> > mikea at mikea.ath.cx
> > Tired old sysadmin
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