[SOC] New Member qualifications

Thu Oct 1 18:16:38 EDT 2009

Umm.... Bondo.

WM4B

> -----Original Message-----
> From: soc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:soc-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of Curt Steger
> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 5:41 PM
> To: Second Class Operators' Club
> Subject: Re: [SOC] New Member qualifications
> 
> The forgot the extra compunent to Bondo.. Chicken wire.. What would
> Bondo be
> without a chicken wire base.
> 
> On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Bob Nielsen <n7xy at clearwire.net> wrote:
> 
> > Bondo!
> >
> > On Oct 1, 2009, at 2:02 PM, Mike Besemer ((WM4B)) wrote:
> >
> > > Don't forget RTV.  Or, as we called it in the Air Force, nutplate-
> > > in-a-tube.
> > >
> > > Mike
> > > WM4B
> > >
> > >
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: soc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:soc-
> > >> bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> > >> On Behalf Of Rich Jones
> > >> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 4:44 PM
> > >> To: Second Class Operators' Club
> > >> Subject: Re: [SOC] New Member qualifications
> > >>
> > >> Curt, you left out a very important "fixit" item......JB Weld. I
> > >> buy it
> > >> by the case and has saved the day more times than I care to
> mention.
> > >> Rich K8UV
> > >>
> > >> --- On Thu, 10/1/09, Curt Steger <csteger515 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> From: Curt Steger <csteger515 at gmail.com>
> > >> Subject: Re: [SOC] New Member qualifications
> > >> To: "Second Class Operators' Club" <soc at mailman.qth.net>
> > >> Date: Thursday, October 1, 2009, 1:05 PM
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Rich - I hold on to the old "rigs." One never knows when you will
> > >> have
> > >> to
> > >> repair a newer "rig." You also need to keep several rolls of duct
> > >> tape
> > >> on
> > >> hand to assist with the repairs.
> > >>
> > >> Now when the cat used it for a litter box, I found adding dirt, or
> > >> cat
> > >> litter improved the quality of the soil the antenna wad is mounted
> > >> near/on.
> > >>
> > >> As for the beverage, Guinness works well, but the bottle
> > >> attenuates the
> > >> signal more than I prefer. I found a case of (insert favorite
> > >> beverage)
> > >> in
> > >> cans works best. As you empty the cans, use the roll of duct tape
> to
> > >> connect
> > >> them. One side benefit is, the cans can also be used for transmit.
> > >>
> > >> 73 de NA7CS
> > >>
> > >> Curt
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Rich Jones
> <michjonezee at yahoo.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Curt - Excellent for sure, made my day.  However it sounds like
> you
> > >> are
> > >>> speaking from experience.  Do you recycle your rigs down at the
> > >> recycle
> > >>> dumpster when the ink starts to fade and the cat has found a home
> > >> inside one
> > >>> of them?  They say aluminum is getting a fair price on the
> recycle
> > >> market,
> > >>> don't toss out that old wad of antenna. As for that
> beverage....from
> > >> earlier
> > >>> posts, Guinness will also increast that rigs DB output! 73 Rich
> K8UV
> > >>>
> > >>> --- On Tue, 9/29/09, Curt Steger <csteger515 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> From: Curt Steger <csteger515 at gmail.com>
> > >>> Subject: Re: [SOC] New Member qualifications
> > >>> To: "Bill Bailey, KG4NZR" <kg4nzr at cfl.rr.com>, "Second Class
> > >> Operators'
> > >>> Club" <soc at mailman.qth.net>
> > >>> Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 4:50 PM
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Get a cardboard box, size doesn't matter. Ddraw knobs, dials and
> a
> > >> meter on
> > >>> the front with a magic marker. This can be your radio. If you
> prefer
> > >> boat
> > >>> anchors like me, then a refrigerator box would do. If, on the
> other
> > >> hand
> > >>> you
> > >>> are into the newer SDR rigs (which should disqualify you as a
> SOC)
> > >> then a
> > >>> small USPS mailer will do.
> > >>>
> > >>> Your antenna can be just a wad of aluminum foil.
> > >>>
> > >>> Once you have completed the above monumental tasks, you can pour
> > >>> your
> > >>> favorite beverage (drink, NOT antenna), kick back and enjoy the
> > >> amateur
> > >>> radio hobby.
> > >>>
> > >>> 73 de NA7CS
> > >>>
> > >>> Curt
> > >>>
> > >>>
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