[R-390] Nolan Lee etc.

Thu, 5 Jun 2003 12:19:16 -0400

His website's still around... http://www.acadiacom.net/nlee/

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry Hauser" <[email protected]>
To: "Scott, Barry (Clyde B)" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 12:03
Subject: Re: [R-390] Nolan Lee etc.

> Actually, he's based in Sun, Louisiana.  Might have ventured too far South
> and got kidnapped by Cajuns or maybe some swamp dwellers, I dunno.  Or
maybe
> it was N'Orleans -- too far down Bourbon St. at night or Algiers.  Or
maybe
> he drank some bad likker at a fai-do-do.  Nobody knows.  "Dueling
> anjos"?  -- What was that movie with Burt Reynolds?  Or maybe the other
one,
> "Southern Comfort" with the Army or National Guard troop that disappeared
in
> the bayou.
>
> Also fearful that they get some pretty bad weather there -- hurricanes,
> tornadoes.  We've had nothing but rain for more than a week here in the
NYC
> area, so maybe we'll be swamp people soon.  I probably should check the
> e-thing under pierots or whatever those boats are called -- get one while
> they're still reasonable.
>
> Anyway, Nolan's input is sorely missed.
>
> Barry
>
>
> > Ditto.
> >
> > Wasn't he from Mississippi, not Georgia?
> >
> > Barry(III) - N4BUQ
> >
> >
> > Nolan Lee posted some of the most informative and technically correct
> > postings about R-390A's that I've ever read.  These were often laced
with
> > his offbeat humor, which added to the readability of the postings -- and
> his
> > use of the English language was talented and skillful.  His
contributions
> to
> > this reflector are substantial, IMHO.  He gave us a step by step
> explanation
> > of what he did to rebuild one of his R-390A's, a very detailed master
list
> > of capacitors for the R-390A, and many postings rich with insight and
> depth.
> >
> > Nolan's humor was top flight, and seemingly misunderstood by some.  He
is
> > certainly undeserving of any gratuitous and unsubstantiated comments.
> > 73's,
> > -tom
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: [email protected]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 10:04 AM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [R-390] Nolan Lee etc.
> >
> > I saw that, a pretty decent webpage. Someone told me that the picture of
> him
> > is 20 years old, maybe more.
> >
> > Looked at the archives, his main claim to fame seems to be a 3TF7
ballast
> > tube that has lasted 3 bazillion hours, along with cat meat, survival
gear
> > and redneck stories. I bet if one were to get around him, you could
> probably
> > hear "Dueling Banjos" playing in the background.
> >
> > DX'ing Since 1957
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