[R-390] The kielbasa saga

[rbethman]

List,

Here is as far back as I can pull, as I have indeed had a few hard drives over the decades.  I know it was even discussed on posts between an East Coast bunch of us AM nuts back in 2001.  Specifically we discussed the use of kielbasa in lieu of the ballast tube in the R-390A.

Then there is a hole in my messages.

However, I did indeed did pick up the fragment in 2005:

> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rbethman" <rbethman at comcast.net> 
> To: "Barry Hauser" <barry at hausernet.com> Cc: "Barry" <n4buq at aol.com>; 
> <R-390 at mailman.qth.net> Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 8:54 PM Subject: 
> [R-390] Ballast tube AGAIN We never did decide whether it was raw, 
> smoked, fried or boiled Kielbasa was the BEST at current regulation 
> for ballast tube replacement  -  did we? Bob Bob - N״DGN 
>                       Bob Bethman - N״DGN            
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