[-] RE: [SOC] Radio Shack - New SOC Member?

[Paul Playford]

I ordered 40 PL-259's 3 months ago from RadioWorks and have already used 
half of them.  Not Amphenol, but silver plated and teflon insulation.

So much for a lifetime supply.....

The last PL-259's I purchased from RS were not plated with anything - just 
bare steel - and would not take solder.  And the plastic insultion melted. 
And the last RS RG-58 coax had less than 50% braid coverage, kinda like 
looking through chicken fence.  I was able to order a 2000 foot roll of 4 
strand guy wire from them when I erected my 80m 4sq array.  Unfortunately 
that RS store has gone out of business and I don't know of any others that 
will actually take a special order.

I have signed on for Clipperton2008 in March, and am in the process of 
building/acquiring antennas for 30m and down.  We seem to have a problem: so 
many people have signed up we may have to use a bigger boat <grin>.  Not all 
of the people that have signed up are amateur radio operators (French 
citizens, and FO0 is France) and to further complicate things, we know that 
not everyone that has signed up will actually make the trip.

de Paul, W8AEF

ZF2JL/ZF2TA  FO8DX/FO8PLA  8Q7AA  XZ0A  VU7RG


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Madison Jones" <w5mj at hal-pc.org>
To: "'Second Class Operators' Club'" <soc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 6:01 PM
Subject: [-] RE: [SOC] Radio Shack - New SOC Member?


> Well, Paul, I can tell you that Amphenols are getting pretty rare, and RS 
> is
> open on Sundays in Houston.
>
> Where is our next trip?
>
> Regards,
>
> Madison  SOC #626
> W5MJ
>