[R-390] Ballast Tube Thread

[John]

Hello Barry, Les (all) //Being the 4th of July, and as we DO remember 
our heritage...VR//John



Barry Hauser wrote:

>Hi there Les ...
>
>Look who's talkin' -- speaking of missing persons, where the heck have you
>been?
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>In honor of the 4th of July, let's see how long we can keep this reprise of
>the dreaded ballast tube thread goin' and how many pilgrims can get sucked
>into it.
>
>Barry
>Dead Horse Resurrection Society -- motto:  If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: <Llgpt at aol.com>
>To: <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 9:42 PM
>Subject: [R-390] Ballast Tube Thread
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>>Oh for the good old days when this thread would trigger an onslaught of
>>e-mails that would jam any server.
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>>It appears that the deadest horse that has ever been beat has once again
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>been
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>>revived for all the new subscribers and those that have forgotten this
>>dreaded thread.
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>>But, gone are the posters of the past, the beehive kickers, the nay sayers
>>and witches who use solid state devices in place of the beloved 3TF7 which
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>is
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>>now approaching record prices.
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>>Everyone who has replaced this ballast tube can still hear that heterodyne
>>from Pitcairn Island or the flea farting in Fiji, but the legends live on.
>>
>>Where has everyone gone to? Hopefully, not the great listening post in the
>>sky............
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>>
>>Les Locklear
>>Monitoring from The Gulf of Mexico
>>Hammarlund HQ-120X
>>Harris RF-505A (R-5075/GRR)
>>R-390/URR
>>Ten Tec RX-350D
>>Alpha Delta Sloper
>>Various Longwires
>>Monitoring since '57
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